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 Sweden 2016

Sweden: 2450 entries submitted for Melodifestivalen 2016

A total of 2450 songs were submitted under the last two weeks to the Swedish broadcaster SVT. Only 27 of

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Norway: Listen to Mørland’s ‘No Firewall’

Kjetil Mørland, who represented Norway in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest along with Debrah Scarlett, is back with the single No firewall.

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Sweden Sweden 2016

Eurovision 2016: SVT offers Måns Zelmerlöw to host Eurovison

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Sweden: Smajling Swedes to Melodifestivalen 2016!

The final of Svensktoppen Nästa was held earlier today in Göteborg. Michael Fannon was declared as the winner, but it

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Sweden: I’d be honoured to host Eurovision 2016 says Måns Zelmerlöw

Among Måns Zelmerlöw’s travels in Europe, we have managed to catch him for a talk during his visit to Israel.

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Eurovision News Sweden Sweden 2016

Sweden: Svensktoppen Nästa finalists revealed

The grand final of Svensktoppen Nästa 2015, the talent competition organised by Sweden’s regional radio P4, will take part on 6 September

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Countries Israel

Israel: Nadav Guedj releases ‘Summer Together’

Nadav Guedj, the Israeli representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has just released his second single – Summer together. The

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Countries Israel Sweden

Sweden: Nadav Guedj to perform in WONK Pride Event

Nadav Guedj, the Israeli representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, will perform live at the WONK Stockholm Pride party

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Conchita comes to the Feast Festival in Australia!

The Austrian queen Conchita Wurst who won the Eurovision Song Contest last year, will come to Adelaide in Australia for the Feast

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Israel: Partyline DRECK celebrates with ‘Heroes’ cover

The well-known party line DRECK in Israel has decided to celebrate its 5th anniversary with a special cover of Heroes, the

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Countries Eurovision News Israel Sweden 2016

Israel: IBA facing problems as the search for The Next Star begins

Following the report that a qualification and a good result in Vienna might lead Israel to use the same mechanism of

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Countries Croatia

Croatia: Severina releases summer hit ‘Calimero’

Severina, the Croatian diva who represented her country back in 2006 with Moja štikla and reached the 12th place, is back to

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Countries Greece

Greece: Eurovision artists awarded at MAD VMA 2015

The annual Greek MAD Video Music Awards ceremony was held earlier this week, where the biggest achievements of the Greek

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Countries Sweden Sweden 2016

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2016 submission opens 1 September

“We are so proud and happy with our victory in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Now we are getting