Eleanor Cooper

Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.

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Eurovision News Past Participants Russia Sweden

Russia: Sergey Lazarev and Eric Saade perform at Europa Plus Live 2017

Thunder and lightning, it’s getting exciting- two of the most ‘popular’ Eurovision contestants in recent years, Sweden’s Eric Saade and

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Countries Eurovision News Past Participants Russia

Russia: Sergey Lazarev and Alsou perform at opening of Confederations Cup 2017

On Saturday, Sergey Lazarev (Russia 2016) and Alsou (Russia 2000 and host 2009) took part in the opening ceremony for

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Countries Eurovision News Past Participants Russia

Russia: Sergey Lazarev and Dima Bilan release Prosti Menya

The two kings of Russian pop music, Sergey Lazarev and Dima Bilan, have teamed up to release the song Prosti

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Countries Croatia Eurovision News Past Participants

Croatia: Severina releases Mrtav bez mene

The singer who represented Croatia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, Severina, has released a new song, Mrtav bez mene.

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Countries Eurovision News Ireland

Ireland: Commentator Marty Whelan calls for return to national final

Could the Irish national broadcaster, RTE, potentially revert to selecting their Eurovision entrant via a national final once again? The rumour

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Ukraine Ukraine 2017

Ukraine: Behind the scenes at the hosts’ costume department

Last weekend saw the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest take place, and whilst most eyes were on the

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Countries Eurovision News Portugal

Portugal: All Salvador Sobral concerts now sold out

In less than 24 hours, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Salvador Sobral, has sold out all ticket

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Countries Eurovision News France

France: Nazim Khaled wins Eurostory award for Requiem

Every year, the Dutch-based online Eurovision magazine, Eurostory, awards a prize for the best written lyric of the Eurovision Song

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Eurovision News Ukraine 2017

Eurovision 2017: Here are the results from semi-final 1!

The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 kicked off in style tonight, and we have our first ten qualifiers for the final!

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Eurovision News Ukraine 2017

Tonight: Semi-final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The night has finally arrived – tonight marks the official start of the Eurovision Song Contest as the first semi-final

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#OP_ESC Countries Eurovision News Ukraine 2017

Eurovision 2017: Highlights from the Red Carpet

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ESCToday team was live at today’s Red Carpet and Opening Ceremony event which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine! We saw first-hand

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Eurovision News Ukraine 2017

Watch now: Red Carpet and Opening Ceremony in Kyiv!

Today at 19:00 CEST, the official opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will take place at Parkovy Exhibition

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Countries Eurovision News United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Lucie Jones to star in UK and Ireland tour of Legally Blonde

Lucie Jones, the UK representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, has been announced as the lead role in the

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Countries Eurovision News Serbia

Serbia: Meet Tijana’s team for Kyiv!

This year marks the tenth entry of Serbia as an independent country, and Tijana Bogićević will represent them singing In too