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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Sweden 2016

OSRAM announced as Lighting Partner for Eurovision 2016

OSRAM Licht AG, the multinational lighting manufacturer from Germany has been announced as the lighting partner for the Eurovision Song

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Eurovision News Sweden 2016

Eurovision 2016 Ticket Sale: When, How, Where and How Much?

Tomorrow at 10:00 CET the first ticket sale for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will begin, and tickets are expected

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Countries Switzerland

Switzerland: Expert Check on 6 December, participants revealed

The shortlist of 19 participants that qualified to Switzerland’s Expert Check has been revealed. It will take place on 6

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Countries Greece Italy

Greece: Listen to Antonis Remos’ version of Grande Amore

The Greek singer Antonis Remos has recently released a cover version of this year’s Italian entry Grande amore, under the title

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Countries Slovenia

Slovenia: Deadline to submit songs to EMA 2016 is 21 December

The deadline to submit songs for the Slovene national final EMA is set to 21 December at 23:59. Interested authors

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Countries Eurovision News Germany Sweden 2016

Germany: Bild readers want Helene Fischer to Stockholm

The readers of the German tabloid Bild have been asked to vote for their favourite act to represent Germany in the upcoming

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Countries Eurovision News Sweden Sweden 2016

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2016 artists to be presented on 30 November

The Swedish broadcaster SVT has announced that the participants of Melodifestivalen 2016 will be revealed in a special press conference

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Sweden 2016

Eurovision 2016 ticket sale dates confirmed

The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports today that the first wave of ticket sale to Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is set to begin

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Countries Malta

Malta wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Destiny Chukunyere from Malta is the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Her song Not my soul gained 185

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Countries Eurovision News Germany Sweden 2016

Germany: Xavier Naidoo will not go to Eurovision

Only two days after Xavier Naidoo was announced as the German representative for Eurovision 2016, the German broadcaster ARD has announced

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Albania Armenia Australia Bulgaria Eurovision News Georgia Ireland Italy Malta Montenegro North Macedonia Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia The Netherlands Ukraine

Watch Now: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!

The 13th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held tonight. A total of 17 countries will go on

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Countries Sweden 2016 Ukraine

Ukraine: Nationwide auditions to national final in December

The Ukrainian broadcaster NTU along with the country’s leading TV channel STB will collaborate in the quest for finding Ukraine’s

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Countries Israel

Israel: ‘Rising Star for Eurovision 2016’ begins 5 December

Already before this year’s contest it was announced that a good result in Vienna would lead to using the same

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Eurovision News

Sweden: Gina Dirawi and company to host Melodifestivalen 2016

More than a month ago it was reported that Gina Dirawi is the hot favorite to host Melodifestivalen 2016. In