The Eurovision Song Contest

Most years you can only shake your head at the way countries award their points at the Eurovision Song Contest. The 2011 competition was no exception. In fact, this year it appeared worse then normal. Neighbourly voting was so obvious, even the large crowd at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf began booing as each result was announced. Why were even surprised that Cyprus awarded its twelve points to Greece? Or that the Scandinavian countries were an exclusive club, giving their highest points to...

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]1. Azerbaijan: Ell and Nikki – Running Scared Pts. 2212. Italy: Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love Pts. 1893. Sweden: Eric Saade – Popular Pts. 1854. Ukraine: Mika Newton  Angel Pts. 1595. ...

Azerbaijan may have won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, but the result of the Eurovision Poll saw a different winner, Eric Saade of Sweden.Over 3000 votes were cast in the poll, with more than 2000 cast for the final twenty-five countries. Here are the results: the figures representing the percentage of votes for each song: 1 Sweden 9.4 ...

The second semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest took place earlier today and ten more countries will join those who qualified from the first semi-final on Tuesday. Among those who will perform in Saturday’s Final are Jedward, the X-Factor rejects from Ireland. To many people, not a surprise, but here’s the lucky ten: Estonia: Rockefeller Street by Getter Jaani (sings 8th in Final) Romania: Change by Hotel FM (sings 17th in Final) Moldova: So Lucky by Zdob si Zdub (sings 15th in Final) Ireland: Lipstick by Jedward (sings 6th in Final) Bosnia ...

Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa of British band Blue pose for Attitude Magazine ahead of their Eurovision appearance where they will be singing I Can. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] © 2011, Richard. All rights reserved. Any links to this post must give credit to this blog. Share this on del.icio.us Add to a lense on Squidoo Blog this on Blogger Post this to Posterous Share this on Plurk Digg this! Post this...

The first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest has just been completed and here are the winners and losers from this section of the competition:Qualifiers:1. Serbia: Magical by Nina (sings 24th in Final)2. Lithuania: C’est Ma Vie by Evelina Sašenko (sings 4th in Final)3. Greece: Watch My Dance by Loukas Giorkas featuring Stereo Mike (sings 9th in Final)4. ...

Based in the United States as I am, I have only just caught up with Blue’s performance of I Can on The Paul O’Grady Show. Although I didn’t need any more convincing that this is the winning song, this live performance has really sealed the deal. Powerful singing to a song that you can’t get out of your head is what Eurovision is all about. I Can has this in abundance. If Blue perform it this well (bring back a few of those fist pumps, please) at the Final, then Eurovision will be coming to the UK in 2012. All the bullshit about the group’s participation being a mistake

Over the past few weeks members of the OGAE (Organisation Generale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision), a worldwide Eurovision Song Contest fanclub, have been adding their voices to the predictions for the winner of the 2011 competition. With only a few of the member clubs left to vote, the current leader is the entry representing Hungary: What About My Dreams? sung by Kati Wolf. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] This conflicts with recent betting odds which place France as the favourite to win, with Hungary as fifth favourite. However

With just ten days left before this year’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest, leading British bookmakers William Hill place France’s Amaury Vassili as the clear favourite. The young French tenor will be singing Sognu on May 14 in Dusseldorf. Current runners-up are the UK’s Blue who will sing I Can, with Estonia as third favourite represented by Getter Jaani and the song Rockefeller Street. If you are a betting kind of person, now might be the right time to have a flutter on either Sweden (...

The UK Midweek Music Chart has revealed that I Can by Blue has entered the Top 10 at Number 7. Complaints of lack of airplay for the UK’s 2011 Eurovision Song Contest entry, while no doubt justified, haven’t stopped both fans and casual listeners from picking up the track. As one of the UK’s best entries in years, will Blue continue to sell enough copies of I Can to see it rise further up the chart by Sunday? If I Can is your favourite song, why not vote for it in the 2011 Eurovision Song...

Blue, the group representing the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2011, have released an official video for the song I Can. The group’s previous video had Blue atop a London building, with views of the city behind them. The new video is altogether different. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] The previous video can be seen here. Which of the videos do you prefer? © 2011, Richard. All rights reserved. Any links to this post must give credit to this blog. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on

With a little over a month until the Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, the voting at the top of the Eurovision Song poll is becoming very close. Out of a total of 462 votes, Sweden are the current leaders, but now only by a hairsbreadth. Only 2% of the vote divides the top five countries, as shown below: 1. Sweden: 9.7%  – Eric Saade: Popular 2. Hungary: 9.5%  – Kati Wolf: What About My Dreams? 3. The Netherlands: 7.8%  – 3JS: Never Alone 4. The United Kingdom: 7.6%  – Blue: I Can 5. Portugal: 6.9%  – Homens da Luta: Struggle is a Joy While this poll cannot

Today’s 2011 Eurovision Song Contest betting odds show that the Estonian entry, Rockefeller Street by Getter Jaani, is currently the bookies favourite to win this year’s competition. Alternatively, William Hill is showing France (Amaury Vassili) as the current favourite at 5/1, with both Estonia and the United Kingdom (Blue) close behind at joint 6/1 favourites. Estonia 5/1 Turkey 40/1 Croatia 80/1 France 11/2 Ukraine 40/1 Spain 100/1 United Kingdom 6/1 Armenia 40/1 Albania 100/1 Bosnia

All of the songs for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest have been announced for a couple of weeks now. So, this is the time to select your favourite for this year and submit your vote at The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Poll. The last time I looked the current leader is the Swedish entry by Eric Saade called Popular. Just in case you haven’t heard all of this year’s entries, all 43 songs are at this Eurovision Song Contest page. © 2011, Richard. All rights reserved. Any links to this post must...

The full version of the song I Can by Blue, the United Kingdom’s entry for Eurovision 2011, has now been revealed. Premiered on The Graham Norton Show on March 11, the track has now leaked onto internet video sites. Click here to listen to the full version. © 2011, Richard. All rights reserved. Any links to this post must give credit to this blog. Share this on del.icio.us Add to a lense on Squidoo Blog this on Blogger Post this to Posterous Share this on Plurk Digg this! Post this on Diigo...