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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Armenia Countries Eurovision News Ukraine 2017

Armenia: Listen to a snippet of Artsvik’s Eurovision 2017 entry ‘Fly with me’

The Armenian broadcaster has released a teaser of Fly with me, the song which Artsvik will sing during the first semifinal

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Countries Eurovision News Germany

Germany: Jamie-Lee nominated to the Echo Awards 2017!

Jamie-Lee, who represented Germany in last year’s Eurovision Song Contest with Ghost, is now nominated to the German Echo Awards in

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Countries Eurovision News Sweden

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 full voting breakdown revealed

As the Swedish selection is now over, the local broadcaster SVT has revealed the full voting figures of the six

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Countries Eurovision News Russia

Russia: Yulia Samoylova to sing Flame is burning in Eurovision 2017!

Time to end the rumours: Reports about Russian withdrawal from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have come to an end

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Countries Eurovision News Norway

Watch now: Norway selects for Kyiv with Melodi Grand Prix 2017

The annual Melodi Grand Prix in Norway will be held tonight at Oslo’s Spektrum. Out of ten entries, only one

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Countries Eurovision News Israel

Israel: Watch the official preview video of ‘I feel alive’

The Israeli entry was officially presented a few moments ago on IBA Channel 1. The entry as well as its

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Countries Eurovision News Israel

Israel: Listen to the Eurovision 2017 entry ‘I feel alive’ by IMRI

A few hours before the official release, the Israeli entry has found its way up online and shortly to afterwards

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Countries Eurovision News Sweden

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2017 Final rehearsals underway [LIVE UPDATES]

The twelve finalists of Melodifestivalen 2017 will take the stage at the Friends Arena today to rehearse for Saturday’s grand final. The

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Countries Eurovision News Israel

Tonight: Israel presents its Eurovision 2017 entry ‘I feel alive’

I feel alive, the Israeli entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, will be officially presented tonight during a special

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Countries Eurovision News Israel

Israel: IMRI is feeling alive as video shooting takes place

IMRI, along with Eurovision fans, dancers and and a production team, have gathered in the Sharona District of Tel Aviv in

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Countries Estonia Eurovision News

Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura wins Eesti Laul 2017 and goes to Kyiv!

The 23rd entry of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest comes from Estonia: it’s Koit Toome & Laura with Verona! After two rounds

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Countries Estonia Eurovision News

Watch now: Estonia selects for Eurovision with Eesti Laul 2017

It’s time for Estonia to choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Earlier in February, two semi-finals were

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Countries Croatia Eurovision News

Croatia: Listen to the official version of the Croatian entry, ‘My Friend’

Following a campaign of teasers, the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is now released. My friend will

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Countries Eurovision News Latvia

Latvia: Triana Park won Supernova 2017 with more than 50% of the votes

It was Triana Park who won the final of Supernova 2017 on Sunday night and got the Latvian ticket to