Hamster Wheels, Sequins and, Yes, a Lot of Singing
Now that Eurovision’s semifinals are over, an estimated 120 million viewers are expected to watch the finals on Saturday, and one website puts the odds on Sweden.. Estimated 120 million viewers are expected to watch 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest; event, which offers view of Europe in microcosm, is seen by many as both political and campy.
Armenians Are Shunning Song Contest in Azerbaijan
Armenia backed out of this year’s Eurovision contest because it will be in the capital of Azerbaijan, Armenia’s adversary in a dispute over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.. Armenia backs out of Eurovision contest because it will be in the capital of Azerbaijan, Armenia’s adversary in a dispute over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region; Armenians had seemed willing to go to Azerbaijan, the home of last year’s winners, until an Armenian soldier was shot to death at the border; Armenian performers called for the pullout and the Armenian public television station agreed.
Explainer: Everything you wanted to know about this years.
ITS EUROVISION TIME��� 33 countries from all over the continent (and Australia) have sent some of their most competent singers, musicians and dancers to Vienna for this years festivities. In keeping with the format of recent��.
Gay-Themed Traffic Lights Get Vienna Into Mood for EUROVISION Song Contest
Gay-themed traffic lights are getting Vienna into the mood for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, one of the worlds most popular kitsch cultural events which this year is being hosted by the Austrian capital.
Eurovision 2015: Why has Australia actually been entered into this years Song.
The simple answer to the question seems to be that this year marks Eurovisions 60th anniversary, so organisers decided to do something extra special by adding Australia to the line-up. Broadcasters have gone as far as to say this could be a historic.
Eurovision Odds: Russia and Serbia improve after semi final
The Eurovision odds have changed dramatically after the first semi final, with Russias Polina Gagarina moving to second favourite with the bookmakers.
EuroVision Star Becomes Voice of Protest
. Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop singer, has been an inspiration and a force for calm. Just don’t call her a leader of the popular movement against the government.
Israel: Eurovision 2015s craziest performance?
Otherwise known as Nadav Guedj, Israels answer to Justin Timberlake and most recent victor of Israels most-watched singing competition, The Rising Star. Contrary to appearances, he is only 16, one of the youngest performers at this years Eurovision.
Lithuania causes a stir with same-sex kisses at EUROVISION.
The Lithuanian performance at tonights Eurovision semi-finals featured dancers swapping around and kissing their same-sex partners.
Armenia at Eurovision 2015: Genealogy forced to change song title in wake of.
Genealogy, made up of six members from different countries in a Eurovision first, are singing powerful ballad ���Face the Shadow��� in Vienna on Saturday night after qualifying in Tuesdays semi-final. But whether theyll rack up enough votes to score.
Why has Ireland lost its way in the Eurovision Song Contest?
Since at least 2007 the wheels have fallen off Irelands Eurovision bus. There have been four failures to qualify for the final, including Molly Sterling this week, and weve twice finished last. Only Jedwards first Eurovision appearance in 2011 led.
Eurovision 2015: the Guardians data-driven prediction
We have now spent the last two years tinkering with the model and hope the improvements were introducing mean that our projected winner will be the one to take it all. So without further ado, the Guardian data prediction for Eurovision 2015 winner is.
Random Eurosong generator better than Eurovision - Boing.
x 2015-05-19 at 1.39.09 PM The Eurosong Generator allows you to create jaunty pop songs in the trashy style characteristic of the Eurovision Song Contest. The results are much better than the Eurovision Song Contest.
Georgia Withdraws From Music Contest
Contest organizers refused to allow a Georgian pop group to perform a song that pokes fun at Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Where a Glitzy Pop Contest Takes Priority Over Rights
Azerbaijan, fueled by oil money and focused mostly on playing host to the Eurovision Song Contest, turns a blind eye to rights violations -- as do its European neighbors.
Eurovision 2015 semi-final 2, review: It was the countries who dared to be.
Sonny and Cher. The White Stripes. Same Difference. Male and female duos tend to be few and far between in the pop charts ��� try naming 10 in 10 seconds, bet you cant! - but on Eurovision, you cannot escape them. If you like watching faux couples gazing.
Watching EUROVISION ironically is still watching EUROVISION.
BRITAIN has been warned that watching Eurovision to sneer at it is no better than watching it genuinely, like a Belgian. The contest, founded in 1956 to prove that a united Europe could never work, is viewed by millions of��.
Britain Makes Eurovision Pick
First Ireland picked a big-beaked glove puppet, Dustin the Turkey, to represent it in the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Now Britain has chosen its champion: a former garbage collector.
How Europe changed its tune- 60 years of Eurovision ��� RT.
Eurovision is more than just a song contest- its history tells us much about the way Europe has changed politically, culturally and economically since the mid-1950s, and how the changes have not always���
A Song Contest Becomes a Hot Spot in Feud Between Countries
The simmering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has moved into the Eurovision Song Contest.
EUROVISION 2015: Official Running Order! | The EUROVISION.
Eurovision 2015 ��� After the two semis gave us the 20 finalists to join the 7 entries already qualified for the final and that everyone got drawn randomly into one of the halves, the running order was finally released tonight!
Disabled punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimip��iv��t fails to.
Watch our recent interview with PKN in which they discuss their participation in Eurovision in addition to their origins, the challenges of their disabilities, and the reception theyve received from the punk community.
Russia Serves as Musical Muse for Europeans With an Itch
Russia is getting ready to host the Eurovision Song Contest against a backdrop of its growing assertiveness.
Baku Bets on Eurovision Songfest
. As viewers tune into the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend, human rights activists want them to think about the dark side of modern, glitzy Azerbaijan.
EUROVISION 2015 Gets Global Livestream | Rolling Stone
The epic annual campfest known as the Eurovision Song Contest is set to spread its pageant of artistic excellence and international rivalry to new and distant shores this year. For the first time since its 1956 debut, fans across��.
Geração à Rasca
Portugal’s disaffected youth – the “generation in trouble” or “desperate generation.”. Portugal’s disaffected youth – the “generation in trouble” or “desperate generation.”
EUROVISION 2015 stage: Hanging cameras, kinetic sculpture.
The Eurovision 2015 stage looks great. Cameras and Kinetic sculpture will hang from Wiener Stadthalles ceiling, while the stage floor is covered in LED.
E.U. United on Values, but Not National Interests
The Ukraine crisis has revealed the European project to be an uneasy coalition of national agendas that cannot focus far beyond narrow interests.
Eurovision song contest still gay - no booing allowed.
Now, amid fears Russias Eurovision singer Polina Gagarina will bear the brunt of the ill-will, contest organisers have installed drastic anti-booing technology for the final in Vienna. Special sound reducers have been installed��.
EUROVISION 2015: Australia will be cheering on its first-ever entrant this.
Eurovision is big in Australia because its a nation with a rich and complex immigrant population, says Michael Idato, television critic of the Sydney Morning Herald, speaking from Vienna where he is covering the event. Particularly for European.
Eurovision 2015: Will Italys Il Volo win the contest with popera?
Thats probably because Italy are one of the Eurovision Big Five, meaning they automatically qualify for the final. Thus, while many viewers have been able to see the likes of Sweden and Russia perform before the big night, Italys Il Volo remain.
Eurovision 2015: The countries that hate Britains entries so much they ALWAYS.
Montenegro are less likely to vote for the UK in Eurovision than any other nation according to past results, the Mirror can reveal. The Balkan country have had the opportunity to vote for the UKs Eurovision entry on six occasions since the competition.
Georgia Offers Sideburns and a Disco Beat as Payback for a War
Georgia has taken the fight with its northern neighbor to the disco floor, with plans to present a tune that jabs at Vladimir V. Putin at Europe’s premier song contest.
EUROVISION Joy Deflects Cares for a While
Azerbaijan’s contest victory was a welcome distraction for some from social tensions that emerged this spring.
The Continental Battle of the Bands
Since 1956, Eurovision has been one of the few cultural institutions that bind citizens of Europe together.
EUROVISION: Funniest Graham Norton lines since Terry Wogan quit
Graham on the Eurovision hosts suggestion that some viewers may not understand hashtags (2014). ���We are Slavic girls, we know how to use our charming beauty, now shake what your mama gave you. Its essentially a feminist anthem.��� ��� Graham gives .
Il Volo Rehearse For EUROVISION Song Contest In Vienna.
Il Volo hit the stage for rehearsals ahead of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on Wednesday afternoon (May 20) in.
Spains EUROVISION 2015 contestant Edurne Garcia is the sexiest WAG ever
Edurne Garcia is the hot favourite at this weekends Eurovision and she may we be the worlds sexiest WAG. Spanish beauty Edurne is performing her apparently heartbreaking song Amanecer which our mastery of Google tells us means Breaking Dawn.
Uniting a Continent Through a Wacky Song Contest
Eurovision, the Continental battle of the bands, is often dismissed as tacky but the contest may be just the thing that Europe needs right now.
Australia in full swing for Eurovision final
For these students, the opportunity to throw a Eurovision party, was not one to be passed up. Organiser Nathalie Pinson has been a Eurovision fan since she was a child. I never knew there were other Eurovision fans at school and I saw how many people .
Strewth! Australia takes centre stage at EUROVISION | The World
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Eurovision and viewers will be treated to perhaps the strangest act yet ��� an entry from Australia, a country notable for its distance from Europe. So how does the sunburnt land of beefy��.
Film Says Franco Rigged Eurovision Contest
The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco rigged the vote in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, according to a new documentary.
EUROVISION’s Glorious Silliness
Sure, the song contest is corny and camp, but it brings Europe together like nothing else.
Terry Wogan thinks Eurovision Song Contest is ridiculous.
HE MAY have done the UKs Eurovision Song Contest commentary for 35 years, but Terry Wogan admits the show is now a little too ridiculous for his liking.
Israeli Band’s Antiwar Song Pushes Pop Contest’s Buttons
Organizers of the annual Eurovision Song Contest might ban this year’s Israeli entry, “Push the Button,” because of what they call an inappropriate political message.
Eurovision: Most controversial acts of all-time - from Conchita Wurst and Dana.
Russias anti-gay president Vladmir Putin branded Eurovision a Europe-wide gay parade and shortly afterwards, Austrian drag singer Tom Neuworth more than got his own back. Neuworths bearded lady alter-ego Conchita Wurst triumphed with the .
EUROVISIONs official app is your guide to (not) enjoying.
For some of us, the Eurovision Song Contest means cringing at over-the-top performances and chuckling at Graham Nortons dry, subtly cynical commentary. For others, however, the annual karaoke competition is genuinely��.
Ireland didnt make it through to the Eurovision final
HOPES FOR IRELANDS eight Eurovision win have been dashed. This years entry, Playing with Numbers by 17-year-old Molly Sterling, has failed to qualify for this years final. The song was knocked out at this evenings��.
Meet the EUROVISION act with the worst odds
However, Eurovision voters seem less than enamoured with him ��� in a poll by Eurovision news website Wiwi Bloggs, hes currently ranking lower than countries that have already been eliminated, such as Finland. Ballads feature heavily in this years line.
Musical Show of Unity Upsets Many in Israel
An Arab and a Jew will represent the country in a musical contest, but critics call the gesture disingenuous.
EUROVISION 2015 final contestants: Countries to watch out for from Sweden to.
Eurovision is very popular in Australia and as its the competitions 60th anniversary organisers have invited the country to take part. They have a catchy song, performed by well-known singer in Australia and judge on Australian X-Factor Guy Sebastian.
Why is Australia in the Eurovision when its 12000 miles away?
Its the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and the organisers have added a wildcard in the form of Australia - a country not traditionally in Europe. Or factually. Or even metaphorically. In fact, is it the furthest possible country from.