Eurovision song contest News

Denmark’s national broadcaster, DR, has announced Pernille Gaardbo as the executive producer chosen to oversee the 59th Eurovision Song Contest, which will be hosted by them in May 2014.

The 2013 musical extravaganza may only just have taken place but the Eurovision Song Contest bandwagon continues to roll, with the news that provisional dates for 2014 have already been set.

Latvian boy band PeR will have to watch from the sidelines this evening when twenty-six countries compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Final.

Thursday saw the selection of the last ten countries to go through to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final, which will be held this coming Saturday.

Andrius Pojavis, the artist representing Lithuania in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), is gaining fans, despite having his performance described as “karaoke”.

Tuesday saw ten countries progress through to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final, which will be held this coming Saturday.

Baku - Swedish pop star pop star Loreen swept to victory in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest hosted in Azerbaijan, with her popular choice of "Euphoria."

Baku - Iran is embroiled in a diplomatic row with neighbouring Azerbaijan, which is set to host the Eurovision Song Contest. Iranian clerics have protested that a gay parade will feature in the contest, and withdrawn their ambassador from Baku.

Letting the UK public choose who represents the country in Eurovision has hardly been a resounding success over the last few years. So, the BBC has chosen its own act this year. Enter 75 year old 'The Hump' himself, Engelbert Humperdinck.

In what was viewed by an estimated 125 million people around the world, the 2011 Eurovision Song Concert was full of surprises.