Entries by Apostolis Matamis

Spain: Eurovision 2022 Participation Costing Over €600,000!

Based on budget data from RTVE, ESCPlus reports that Spain’s Eurovision participation cost more than €600,000. According to the RTVE Transparency portal, the total cost of the participation is €637,984.18. ESCPlus adds that almost half of the budget consists of broadcasting fees, but other costs are related to artistic expenses, rental of items and costumes, […]

Iceland: Sweden with Cornelia Jakobs Wins Alla leið 2022!

The Icelandic Eurovision preview show Alla leið, with overall victory going to Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden. The Icelandic Eurovision preview show came to its conclusion last night with four jurors reviewing the songs from the Big Five competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The winner of last nights show was Mahmood & Blanco from […]

Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs at EurovisionFun! | Interview

After the second rehearsal, Cornelia Jakobs spoke exclusively to the EurovisionFun and Matamis Apostolis. Sweden‘s representative at Eurovision 2022 stated that she had some problems with her sound and microphone, which were corrected after a while and that the rehearsals are never perfect. She also said that they have gone further than what they expected and […]

Eurovision 2022: The announcement of the EBU for the negative comments of the last days!

Through its official social media, the EBU made an official statement about the discrimination and all the uproar that has been created in recent days for the organization of this year’s Eurovision! Below you can see EBU Statement: In the spirit of the Eurovision Song Contest we’d like to remind our followers of the values […]

Eurovision 2022: Greece’s First Rehearsal!

The second day of rehearsals continues with Greece and Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord entering the stage of PalaOlimpico for her first technical rehearsal with the song “Die Together”. Who is Amanda? Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord is a critically acclaimed international singer and songwriter. Tenfjord spent the early years of her life living in Greece, before later relocating to Norway with […]