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Mahmood wins Sanremo with ‘Soldi’

Italian-Egyptian rapper Mahmood won the 69th Sanremo Festival with 'Soldi' (Money). Ultimo ended in second place with Eurovision alumni Il Volo in third. The Teatro...

First acts make German Eurovision shortlist

A German blogger has named some of the acts shortlisted for the 2018 German Eurovision ticket. Next year's participant is to be selected on 22...

The Fanning Verdict Eurovision 2021: Spain

‘Voy A Quedarme’ is purportedly a song composed after Blas Cantó lost his granny. And unless the Cantó clan has some kind of lizard...

Sanremo goes public with names for 2019

24 acts will compete in the 2019 Sanremo Festival. The competition traditionally sources the Italian Eurovision song. For the first time since 2004, there will...
Sam Ryder

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 40 – United Kingdom

Space Man – Sam Ryder After years of deserved low scores, someone at the BBC (aided by TaP) has hit lucky and plucked a decent...

France – Variations of an enigma

So, to the third of our Big Five anthology. This is the one that perplexes me the most. With Spain and Germany I knew what...

S!sters to sing German Lied für Israel

Laurita Kästel and Carlotta Truman are to sing for Germany at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Together they're known as S!sters. Their song is...

Eurovision 2018: A game of two halves

There are 104 days to go until the great and good of Europe (and bits beyond) gather in Lisbon to compete in the 2018...

The Fanning Verdict Eurovision 2021: United Kingdom

This year, the BBC has stepped back from picking UK song and artist and handed it over to BMG who stuck with their 2020...

10 become 1 – Spain ready to pick Eurovision song

Buckle up, 20 January will be a LONG night as RTVE picks the song to represent Spain at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Once again,...