An EBJ top ten: ESC to JESC!

Bonjour, everyone, and Happy Easter! I’m finally back from what feels like a year-long (involuntary) break from blogging. In reality, it was just over a week,…

Big love for the Big 5

It’s often debated whether automatic entry into the Eurovision final is an advantage or disadvantage. Less than impressive results from the Big 4 (and occasionally the…

The chaos comes to a close, and the countdown continues to number 56!

It seems like yesterday we were all celebrating Germany’s win of 2010 and imagining where we’d be tuning in to one year on. But that year…

Eric Saade, Alexey, and the mysterious absence of Azerbaijan…

So we thought we’d be ringing in this fine Sunday (depending on where you are in the world) with all 43 songs picked in preparation for…

Slovakia, second chances and another Saturday night!

It’s actually a bit said that we are getting to the point where all of this year’s songs have been chosen. There’s Eurovision excitement going on…

Greece marches on as Ukraine changes its mind…again

We are nearing the end of another week, and that means some more news on the Düsseldorf front! Last night, Greece, one of Eurovision’s most reliable…

More songs for Düsseldorf and more controversy for Ukraine

It’s amazing what can happen in Eurovision-ville in the space of a couple of days! Since Super Saturday, three more countries have chosen their entries, one…