- Editorials & Opinion
The Ultimate National Final?
Amid the blur of winter’s national final super Saturdays, the shows can start to blur into one. Switching from nation…
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Ten songs in contention for Ira Losco
TVM confirms that Chameleon may not be Ira Losco’s song for Stockholm, and there are nine others in contention. Chameleon…
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Turkey + Greece + France + Belgium + Italy + Germany = San Marino 2016
San Marino RTV have today announced details of the team behind Serhat’s entry in Stockholm. It is, to say the…
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Semis Saturday: Reaction and Results
Tonight we see six nations take a big step closer to picking their representative for Stockholm. We’re keeping our eyes…
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FiK Uncovered: The Festivali i Këngës Experience
escXtra celebrated Festivali i Këngës 54 in Tirana, where Albania selected their participant for Stockholm 2016. Meet the city, the venues,…
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‘Music sounded loud and clear, For Eurovision comes but once a year’
Christmas and Eurovision have quite a lot in common. The annual anticipation. The glitter. The heavy drinking. The celebration. Embarrassing…
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Xtra’s Anti-pick of the 90s
Ireland had a lot to be proud of in ’90s Eurovision, with some worthy winners. Simon ponders whether the emerald…
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Xtra’s Pick of the Comebacks: 1970s
"Here we have ill-advised costumery, nonsensical lyrics, and curious misappropriation of a historical figure. As we know, all of these…
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Xtra’s pick of the 80s
It’s Wednesday, which means we throw ourselves back to the ’80s, where Simon feasts our eyes and ears with a EuroClub…
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Live: Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Welcome to the grand final of the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest from Arena Ameec in Sofia, Bulgaria. This year…
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