The parliament of the Republic of Latvia voted today against the withdrawal of this Baltic country from the Eurovision Song Contest! Taking things from the beginning, a month ago an online petition took place through the ManaBalss platform in which citizens asked the withdrawal of the country from the pan-European song contest, (despite the fact […]
The Municipal Council of Zürich passed two motions in favour of the sumbition of a bid for the hosting of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest! On Wednesday 12th of June, the Municipal Council of Zürich passed two motions sumbitted by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz– SP) and the Green Liberal […]
A court decision in Poland, following a complaint by the local OGAE, orders the announcement of the detailed results of the national final for Eurovision 2023. The story of the dispute While we have not yet practically calmed down from the scandals and the tense atmosphere at Eurovision 2024, a decision of the Warsaw Regional […]
Bern and Biel/Bienne Municipal Councils are considering a joint bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The de facto capital of Switzerland Bern as well as the birthplace of this year’s Eurovision winner Nemo, Biel/Bienne are examining the possibility of hosting the Eurovision song contest at the Bernexpo Groupe Exhibition Center. In a statement by […]
It is known that Turkey has abstained from the Eurovision Song Contest for the last 12 years with their last participation dating back in 2012 when the contest took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, a country that Turkey considers as a brother nation. From 2013 onwards, the country decided to stay away from the competition, initially […]
A new update has emerged regarding the disqualification of the Netherlands’ Joost Klein hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, despite having qualified from Thursday’s second semi-final. According to the widely circulated Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Dutch representative Joost Klein appears to have confessed to this violent behavior by using his fist against […]
Switzerland’s national broadcaster SSR SRG kicks off proceedings for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest today in Bern. A working group has already been formed and is due to hold its first meeting on the details of the competition. Three cities eager to host Eurovision 2025 So far three cities in Switzerland have expressed their intention […]
Bambie Thug who is representing Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is asking contest organizers to investigate commentary from Israeli television ahead of their appearance in the first semi-final on Tuesday. Claiming that this comment broke the rules of Eurovision, Bambie Thug is of the opinion that Israel should not participate in the contest. […]
After the end of the Jury Rehearsal for the grand final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, accrediated jurnalists of ESCXTRA.com got outside Malmö Arena and asked the audience regarding their favourite entry. In total, more than 3,300 votes were counted in the poll with Nemo taking first place. In fact, it was at the top […]
In an official annoucement a while ago, EBU reported that the publication of the results from the Italian televoting during the broadcast of the second semi-final was in violation of the rules and that those results were incompelte. “The European Broadcasting Union has investigated this matter with both RAI and its televoting partner and can […]
