Gil Laufer

Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.

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Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017 on 25 February in Herning

The Danish broadcaster DR has announced that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017, the Danish national selection for Eurovision 2017, will

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Countries Eurovision News Sweden Ukraine 2017

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 dates and cities announced!

A bit earlier this time, the Swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the dates and cities for Melodifestivalen 2017, the Swedish national

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Sweden: Les Gordons to Melodifestivalen 2017!

Les Gordons did not make it to the top two in the final of Svensktoppen Nästa 2016, but were picked

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Today: Svensktoppen Nästa 2016 Final in Sweden

While we wait for the host city of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest to be announced, the national selections season

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Bosnia & Herzegovina: Denis Čabrić of Regina (2009) passed away at 49

Denis Čabrić, the bassist of the Bosnian band Regina, who represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in Eurovision Song Contest 2009, has

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Countries Israel Ukraine 2017

Israel: Rising Star 2017 to kick off in January with 10 heats

The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom has announced that the fourth season of HaKochav Haba La’eirovizyion (Rising Star for Eurovision), which will be used to

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Greece: Eurovision stars are ready to conquer MAD VMA 2016

The annual MAD Video Music Awards in Greece, which honour the year’s biggest achievements in music, will take place tonight.

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Israel: Revive the excitement with old ‘Kdam Eurovision’s on IBA’s archive

As IBA is about to be replaced by the new broadcaster IPBC in October, Israel’s national broadcaster for the last

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Countries Eurovision News Israel Ukraine 2017

Israel: The ‘Rising Star’ mechanism might be replaced for Eurovision 2017

The talent show Hakochav Haba (Rising Star) which was used to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015

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Countries Eurovision News Switzerland Ukraine 2017

Switzerland: National final on 5 February, new selection format introduced

Two last semifinal places for Switzerland has made the Swiss broadcasters to think again about the way of choosing the

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Countries Eurovision News Sweden

Sweden: Anton, Joy & Linnea invade South Korea’s music scene

While nothing special happens in the Eurovision music scene, things do happen in other parts of the world. Anton Malmberg

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Sweden: Svensktoppen Nästa 2016 final on 28 August

It has been a traditions that the first act of next year’s Melodifestivalen is being chosen by Sveriges Radio’s talent

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Countries Eurovision News Romania

Romania: TVR’s budget will be used to cover debts for EBU immediately

The Romanian broadcaster TVR is set to pay its debt of 17 million CHF (15,3 million Euro) in time for

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Countries Eurovision News OGAE

OGAE Second Chance 2016 participants announced

As in every year, the OGAE clubs around Europe give a second chance to their favourite song from the local