World news about “Eurovision Festival” published by euronews.
Denmark triumphs at Eurovision Song ContestDenmark has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan finished second and Ukraine came third. The number one slot was never really in any doubt… 18/05/2013
Sweden: Eurovision Song ContestLoreen of Sweden performs during the dress rehearsal for the final in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena Hall in Malmo. REUTERS/Jessica… 18/05/2013
Eurovision excitement at fever pitch Denmark are the hottest favourites for years at the bookmakers, but all 26 competitors know they are just hours away from the most important three minutes of… 17/05/2013
Eurovision: our tips and the bookmakers’ favouritesBookmakers have installed Denmark as their favourites to win Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Danish entry, Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest, is… 17/05/2013
Eurovision: The final running orderThe running order for the Grand Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest which takes place this Saturday in Malmö, Sweden has just been announced. France… 17/05/2013
Eurovision: The Big Five and…SwedenSince 2000, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom qualify automatically for every Eurovision Grand Final thanks to their status as the biggest… 17/05/2013
Eurovision dress rehearsals Eurovision contestants have been going through their final dress rehearsals ahead of the competition’s semi-finals, which begin on May 14. Hopefuls from all… 14/05/2013
Eurovision: watch and judge the songs right now! (Part 4)All 39 Eurovision Song Contest entries are already available to watch online on eurovision.tv. Not patient enough to wait for the big day, we have had a… 10/05/2013
Eurovision: watch and judge the songs right now! (Part 5)All 39 Eurovision Song Contest entries are already available to watch online on eurovision.tv. Not patient enough to wait for the big day, we have had a… 10/05/2013
Eurovision Song Contest set for Semi Final 2All 39 Eurovision Song Contest entries are already available to watch online on eurovision.tv. Not patient enough to wait for the big day, we have had a… 10/05/2013
Eurovision: Songs, Scandals and Sequins This year Sweden is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the biggest one in the world: 39 countries are participating and the final is expected to be… 09/05/2013
Bonus interview: Björn Ulvaeus, former ABBA member In this interview with Björn Ulvaeus, the former ABBA member talks about the new ABBA museum in Stockholm but also about the Eurovision Song Contest and how… 09/05/2013
Bonus interview: David Goodman, Eurovision Song Contest expert David Goodman is a presenter at World Radio Switzerland who has followed the Eurovision Song Contest extensively. Here he explains how the contest has changed… 09/05/2013
Hungary’s ballad to win Eurovision? ByeAlex is the Eurovision hopeful from Hungary – although originally he was not the obvious choice. In early rounds of the competition, nobody really expected… 09/05/2013
Eurovision: watch and judge the songs right now! (Part 3)All 39 Eurovision Song Contest entries are already available to watch online on eurovision.tv. Not patient enough to wait for the big day, we have had a… 07/05/2013
Eurovision: watch and judge the songs right now! (Part 2)All 39 Eurovision Song Contest entries are already available to watch online on eurovision.tv. Not patient enough to wait for the big day, we have had a… 07/05/2013
Eurovision’s great controversiesCompetition often goes hand in hand controversy and that is certainly true of the Eurovision Song Contest. Putting a continent full of countries together in a… 03/05/2013
Going for a song: Sweden cuts the Eurovision budgetKitsch doesn’t always come cheap. And as they don’t come much more kitsch than the Eurovision Song Contest, putting on the event can be quite an expensive… 03/05/2013
Eurovision: Frankie Says Norway*The first in an occasional series from euronews’ own forecasting frog. Forget Paul the Octopus, or the latest psychic animal, Ukraine’s pig, so powerful it… 25/05/2012
Eurovision excitement builds in Azerbaijan Eurovision fever has gripped Azerbaijan, with just days to go before the finale of the annual singing competition. Also read: Eurovision: the great voting… 14/05/2012
Kosovo-born singer represents Albania at Eurovision In the sunny Albanian city of Tirana, Kosovo-born singer Rona Nishliu gets ready for the Eurovision Song Contest – where she will represent Albania in the… 11/05/2012
Eurovision’s youngest singer Slovenian Eva Boto is just 16, the youngest contestant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Still at school in a small town in the north of Slovenia… 27/04/2012
Eurovision’s Eastern promise In this edition of “Le Mag” we round up a few of Eastern Europe’s entries for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. 16/03/2012
Salvation Army band set for Eurovision glorySwitzerland will send a Salvation Army band to next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The group Heilsarmee was picked to go to next May’s event in Sweden by a… 17/12/2012
Ukraine wins Junior Eurovision Song ContestThere may not have been a throng of press and cameras to welcome ten year-old Anastasia Petryk back home to Kiev but the little girl and her family were… 03/12/2012
Euro Song Contest terror attack thwarted, claim policeAzeri television has shown footage of reported Islamist terrorists who had threatened to attack Azerbaijan’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. Last… 31/05/2012
Spotlight shines on Azerbaijan rights recordPolice in Azerbaijan arrested 35 pro-democracy protesters on Thursday as the focus remains on the ex-Soviet republic’s human rights record. The country has… 24/05/2012
Eurovision’s first semi-final winners announcedThe winners of the first semi-final in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest celebrated getting through to the all important climax of the competition on May… 23/05/2012
Cheers and tears for Azerbaijan’s Crystal HallAzerbaijan has announced the completion of its new concert hall which will be the venue for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Crystal Hall in the… 18/04/2012
