Entries by Manos Katsoulakis

New statement by EBU on hosting Eurovision 2023

EBU has just released a follow up statement on the hosting of Eurovision 2023 which you can read below “The EBU fully understands the disappointment that greeted the announcement that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) cannot be staged in Ukraine, this year’s winning country. The decision was guided by the EBU’s responsibility to ensure […]

After Boris Johnson, UK Culture Secretary also wishes Ukraine hosts Eurovision 2023

After the EBU announcement that Ukraine is not able to host Eurovision 2023, talks began with BBC about hosting next year’s contest with Glasgow being the favorite to host the contest. However, there have been UK government officials who spoke against this decision, expressing their wish to see Ukraine being the host country. During his […]

Ukraine: Preparations commence as UA:PBC submits questionnaire on security

Hosting Eurovision 2023 is already a widely discussed topic, due to the situation in the winning country Ukraine. Despite rumors and broadcasters expressing their provisional interest to host next year in case Ukraine is unable to, today the Public broadcaster of Ukraine UA: PBC issued an official statement regarding the preparations for Eurovision 2023. On […]

Foals-Yannis Filippakis: I received an email from someone related with Eurovision in Greece!

As we previously wrote, preparations for Eurovision 2023 have already started. Among our -legendary- recommendations on who should represent Greece next year, is the UK based band Foals and their frontman, Yannis Filippakis. In an interview for Life is Yours magazine which is out next Friday, among others he reveals that he received an email […]

Romania: TVR is considering suing EBU!

A few days after the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final, EBU issued an announcement regarding voting irregularities during Semi-Final 2 ,in which the Romanian jury was among the juries detected for “irregular voting patterns”. The national broadcaster of Romania, TVR, has publicly reacted against the decision and the CEO of the broadcaster stated that participation for […]