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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Russia: Win tickets to Dina Garipova’s concert in Berlin

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Italy: Sanremo 2016 mechanism and rules released

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Iceland: Paul Oscar explains sexuality to children on TV

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Hungary: Song submission for A Dal 2016 is open

For the fifth year, Hungary will use its national contest A Dal to select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. The

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Sweden: Reports on Melodifestivalen 2016 artists

The official press conference that will reveal the artists, titles and songwriters participating in Melodifestivalen 2016 is estimated to take

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Germany: Changes in the national final format

Germany’s last place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has led to immediate thinking on how to improve the country’s result in 2016. “Our

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Sweden: Gina Dirawi top favorite to host Melodifestivalen 2016

The preparations for Sweden’s national selection for Eurovision 2016 are in high speed. It has been 15 years since the current

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Israel: ‘Festigal’ covers Heroes as theme song

The Israeli annual song and dance show for children, the Festigal, that runs around Hannukah holiday (December) every year, is

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Ireland: Jedward plans a comeback representing UK

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Greece: Sto Theo Me Paei videoclip released

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Sweden: Eurovision Artists Gather to Help Refugees at ‘Hela Sverige skramlar’

More than fifty Swedish artists will gather this evening for a live concert at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm for Hela Sverige

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MTV EMA 2015: Eurovision artists nominated

The 22nd edition of MTV Europe Music Awards will take place this year in Milan, Italy in 25 October 2015

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Lithuania: Monika Linkyte releases debut album

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The Netherlands: AVROTROS in touch with Douwe Bob for Eurovision 2016

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