Eurovision Song Contest Reviews

The Eurovison Song Contest was originally designed to build bridges between European nations based on the shared love of music..... These days it's a political battle where European nations, Israel, anyone who asks to join in and Andrew Lloyd Webber tactically vote to ensure that the music isn't considered but neighbouring countries all ...  Read the complete review

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual contest held in May in Europe, its a song contest which every European country can enter, the show was first shown in 1956, it is most famous for bringing Abba to the notice of the unsuspecting world with their amazing song Waterloo. It is less well known for Daz Simpson's awful rap song which was a nadir ...  Read the complete review

The Eurovision song contest is a contest held every year in europe and over 50 countries partake to try and win and bring glory to their country. It has been held for over 50 years, and this year it is held in Russia, after Russian Artist Dima Bilan won last year and brought it to Moscow. There are 2 semi finals where about 20 countries ...  Read the complete review

It's that time of year again - the biggest musical extravaganza to be seen on television is almost upon us and some of us will spend this week familiarising ourselves with the 42 songs that will participate in a contest that stopped being about the song a long time ago. On Saturday 16th May, in Moscow, the 54th winning song will be ...  Read the complete review

This years song contest will be the 54th, taking place on the 16th May I know I've got my seat prepared, all set to watch it. Nobody, and I mean nobody is going to stop me from watching this great musically entertaining show. OK, so I may be going over the top a bit here, but seriously when it comes to laughing at other people, this is a great ...  Read the complete review

As was once said on BBC radio 2 '30 seconds of Charpentier's Te Deum followed by three hours of Eurovision tedium." Well we love it really don't we? The Eurovision was first staged to unify Europe through music and now the annual smorgasbord of pop involves over 40 countries. I have watched it each year since 1991 however more ...  Read the complete review

Whilst the brilliant Lewis Hamilton was winning the Monte Carlo Grand Prix yesterday, Europe's most prestigious motor race, his black British counterpart, Andy Abraham, an ex bin man and X-Factor star, was finishing last in the Eurovision Song Contest the night before, Eastern Europe again exerting their power on the contest voting patterns, now ...  Read the complete review

UK the only country in Europe with none whites in the contest just typical, Never win in Europe like that in a million years.
Just pull out of contest in the future please.

EUROVISION 2008 Last night, 25th May 2008, saw the final of the 53rd Eurovision Contest. As it was Russia who won this year in 2009, if the contest still exists, it will be held in Moscow, Russia. This year it was held in Belgrade and as always was hailed a success by commentators on the night. However it is not just because the United ...  Read the complete review

For anyone who has lived under a rock for the past few decades, the Eurovision song contest is a competition among the countries of Europe as to who can enter the best song. This is known mainly for Terry Wogan's wonderfully snarky commentary, and hilariously bad songs. There are two reasons why wonderfully awful songs end up in the ...  Read the complete review

The Eurovision song contest is a competition thats held on an anual basis and held among active member countries of the EBU. Each country is likey to have a competion, to see who will represent their country. Then there is a semi-final where members who are going to be entered into the finals are annouced. In the finals, each country representive ...  Read the complete review

The Eurovision Song Contest first started back in 1956 as a show that could be broadcast to all members of the European Broadcasting Union at the same time. After all those years, the contest is now broadcast worldwide, even in countries that do not participate. So if you live in Alaska or Hong Kong, you can still watch the cringe parade that is ...  Read the complete review

I’ve seen some strange behaviour around the world – Sadhus in India who will sit with one arm in the air for 20 years to show how holy they are; Spaniards who’ll dress up in what looks (to our outside eyes) like Ku Klux Klan uniforms and beat themselves ritually during Holy Week. But if you want a painful and ritual humiliation, there’s little to ...  Read the complete review

OK, so this is a show you watch just because you watch! Just like Christmas, it comes around every year and it's kinda traditional to watch it, good or bad! The GB entry for the last 2 years was absolutely BRILL and didn't deseve not to win! Eurovision is a fabulous forum for seeing what kind of music our European (and ...  Read the complete review

Before the contest, it sounded like a controversy packed event, with Tatu making too much noise and Alf Poier bringing on a show with animals, as monotonous as you'd like, with Norway not ggiven much of a chance and with Belgium-where did that song come from? interlude. As the event started, we were warned about the fast rhythm of ...  Read the complete review

Everyone has a favourite Eurovision hit (even Snoop Doggy Dogg I'm sure!). Arguably the best litmus paper to test the political waters of Europe, Eurovision has become a massive institution all across the continent. For over 40 years, the best (but mostly worst) of Danish, Icelandic and Portuguese music has found a mass audience all across ...  Read the complete review

...is an anagram of 'The Eurovision Song Contest' (believe it or not!) I am probably a couple of months late in writing this opinion, as the contest itself is held in April, usually hosted by the nation that won the previous year's event. However, I will persevere, as the build up to the contest is a more protracted process. ...  Read the complete review

Terry Wogan did it again! I have to say that over the last 20 odd years that I’ve been following the Eurovision song contest, he is still THE man to listen to during all of the performances. It is not only the fact that some time after the party has started he has had a few and the words keep outing his mouth in a faster pace (if ...  Read the complete review

This is an account I wrote of the Eurovision song contest held in Norway in 1996. I must admit I do love the scoring section of this contest and if it was ever dropped there would be a major gap in the kitsch calendar. I watched the proceedings on RTE (Ireland's national broadcaster) when Pat Kenny who did the voice over. He is now the ...  Read the complete review

God, I love Eurovision. There's nothing quite like sitting around at home with friends and beer, watching through a growing haze of alcohol as each successive European nation humiliates itself. Music, I suppose, could be described as the great leveller, and since all the songs are equally bland and forgettable, I suppose that means that ...  Read the complete review