We've lost a few Eurovision people in the last year or so (Joy Fleming, Katie Boyle, France Gall and Lys Assia) but some very sad news today to hear of the death of Valters Fridenbergs at the age of just 30. Valters was one half …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka (Lithuania preview)
One of the longest of all the national selections is also the last country to reach its national final. The long selection process didn't help Lithuania much last year with a lowly result in the semi-final. Do any of the 6 finalists have what it …
Eurovision 2018 national selections: Melodifestivalen (Sweden preview)
Always one of the biggest, if not the biggest, of the national selections, after 4 semi final shows and the "Andra Chansen" show, we've nearly reached this year's final of Sweden's long-running Melodifestivalen. 12 finalists battle it out this Saturday to take up the baton …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Melodi Grand Prix (Norway preview)
We're almost at the end of the national final season but there are three more still to go this weekend - and three-times winner Norway chooses from their finalists on Saturday (10 March). Unlike Sweden, whose final falls on the same evening, there have been …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: from east to west (Poland, Portugal and San Marino previews)
It's a very busy weekend for national finals and song releases - as well as the trio of northern countries with national finals (see my preview), we have three other countries releasing their songs (Azerbaijan, Cyprus and The Netherlands), and also three further national finals …
Eurovision 2018 national selections: the north wind doth blow (Estonia, Finland and Iceland previews)
"The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow"... Well, that has certainly been true for Europe this past week as we shiver under a Siberian blast and snow falling in unlikely places. And aptly, this coming weekend will see us finding out which …
Eurovision 2018 national selections: Look East (Armenia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia and Ukraine previews)
Here in the UK we might be braced for the "beast from the East" cold blast, but this weekend it's a bumper set of national finals from no fewer than seven Eastern countries. Some of these finals contain a lot of songs so I've just …
Eurovision 2018 national selections: Unser Lied für Lissabon (Germany preview)
The final member of the big 5 to hold their national selection final, Germany are, like the UK, also having a midweek final with a selection of 6 finalists. It seems a decent quality field this year, although, again like the UK, Germany needs to …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Beovizija 2018 (Serbia preview)
After two years of internal selection, Serbia returns to a national final, and a big one at that - there are 17 entries bidding for a place at Eurovision. It takes place on evening of Tuesday 20 February (one of two mid-week national finals this …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Belarus Decides and Montevizija 2018 (Belarus and Montenegro previews)
Two more finals approach in east and south east of Europe. Belarus is never without a little bit of intrigue, drama or even state interference; for Montenegro, it's their first time in almost a decade they haven't selected internally. By end of Saturday (17 Feb) …