Riccardo Maddalozzo

On a sunny Tel Aviv Thursday, hours before the second semi-final, we had the opportunity to chat with Italy’s representative Mahmood. Mahmood will sing “Soldi“‘ during tomorrow’s grand final of Eurovision 2019. He says he feels very comfortable and happy about being in Tel Aviv and hopes to do his…

Tel Aviv offered us another exciting live show, and now we have the final 10 countries that qualified for the Grand Final! They join the ten qualifiers from the first semi-final, the Big 5 and host country Israel. The qualifiers The ten countries who made it to Saturday’s final, revealed…

Today is day 13 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! This is when we learn who will be the last qualifiers for Saturday’s Grand Final. After this afternoon’s semi-final 2 family show, we’ve conducted today’s Daily Press Poll. This time, we’ve asked the press to predict their ten semi-final 2 qualifiers……

Last weekend, the lovely Jonida from Albania graced us with an extremely energetic interview where she discussed her dress, pre-parties and the message she hopes to transmit. Jonida has been delivering solid performances during her rehearsals and that may well be because she is feeling very comfortable on stage as…

After an exciting first semi final, we now have the names of the first ten countries that are still on the run to earn the coveted Eurovision 2019 trophy! The qualifiers The ten countries who made it to Saturday’s final, revealed in a random order are: GreeceBelarusSerbiaCyprusEstoniaCzech RepublicAustraliaIcelandSan MarinoSlovenia Seven…

Last weekend, we had the privilege of having a live chat with the talented Greek entrant Katerine Duska, who is tipped to do very well on tonight’s Semifinal. During our interview with her, Katerine revealed some details about how her team and herself decided to translate the song into the…

Day 10 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 has come to an end! And what a day it turned out to be! The performances that the juries will score from have now been completed. As is the ESCXTRA tradition, we have conducted the daily press poll to discover how members…

ESCXTRA.com are live in Israel at the Expo Tel Aviv press centre for day 9 of rehearsals ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Israel, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. Below, you’ll see our written review of each rehearsal. If…

ESCXTRA.com are live in Israel at the Expo Tel Aviv press centre for day 9 of rehearsals ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Israel, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. Below, you’ll see our written review of each rehearsal. If…

ESCXTRA.com are live in Israel at the Expo Tel Aviv press centre for day 8 of rehearsals ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! The countries rehearsing today, in chronological order, are Croatia, Malta, Lithuania, Russia, Albania, Norway, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Azerbaijan. Below, you’ll see our written review of…