Rodrigo Romero Hidalgo
🇷🇴 Slideback Sunday: Romania + Eurovision should not equal OTT
Features
July 12, 2020
🇷🇴 Slideback Sunday: Romania + Eurovision should not equal OTT
Romania’s Eurovision journey Like many Eastern European countries, Romania made its Eurovision debut in the early 1990s. However, it wasn’t…
Flashback Friday: Dragović is the desire
Features
August 24, 2018
Flashback Friday: Dragović is the desire
Back in the good old days, there were countries that always enjoyed some sort of success and other that seemed…
Eurovision is not always easy to get right… right, Switzerland?
Editorials & Opinion
July 23, 2018
Eurovision is not always easy to get right… right, Switzerland?
At the end of last week, the Swiss plans for Israel 2019 were revealed. SRF, the Swiss broadcaster, announced they…
Cliff Richard wins privacy case against the BBC
Attention!
July 18, 2018
Cliff Richard wins privacy case against the BBC
It took almost four years after the BBC reported that South Yorkshire police had searched Cliff Richard’s home due to…
Amaia and Alfred to represent Spain in Lisbon!
Lisbon 2018
January 30, 2018
Amaia and Alfred to represent Spain in Lisbon!
Just over three hours of show were necessary before we found out who will represent Spain in Lisbon. After two…
Spanish act for Lisbon chosen on 29 January
Lisbon 2018
January 9, 2018
Spanish act for Lisbon chosen on 29 January
Operación Triunfo, the popular contest that helped Spain select Rosa, Beth and Ramón, is well under way. Today it was…
Meet the ESCXTRA team! Part 11 – RODRIGO
Features
July 2, 2017
Meet the ESCXTRA team! Part 11 – RODRIGO
This summer, we are running a series of feature articles that is slightly different to the norm. We think this…
12 best winners of all time
Editorials & Opinion
June 18, 2017
12 best winners of all time
It is just slightly over a month since we saw Portugal finally take its first taste of Eurovision glory and…
The shame(lessness) of RTVE
Editorials & Opinion
February 14, 2017
The shame(lessness) of RTVE
In case anyone has been absent from the Euroverse in the last couple of days, there is DRAMA going on.…
Xtra’s Anti-pick of the 50s/60s
Editorials & Opinion
December 14, 2015
Xtra’s Anti-pick of the 50s/60s
This week, for a change, all of our team’s picks will be those songs that we simply can’t stand. As…