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: Fans around the world party with Melodifestivalen

The Swedish national selection, the Melodifestivalen, is known for having fans around the world. Yesterday, a few dozens of fans

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Sweden: Helena Paparizou – the interview

Right before the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2014, we have managed to find some time in the tight schedule and

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Sweden: Here begins Melodifestivalen’s final rehearsals (Gallery)

The rehearsals at the Friends Arena in Stockholm are in full speed. Earlier, all artists were presented by Christer Björkman,

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Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2014 final kicks off with a welcome party

Last night, all finalists of Melodifestivalen 2014 gathered at Café Opera in Stockholm for a dinner, right before the rehearsals

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Watch now: Israel decides for Copenhagen

After nearly a week of voting, IBA, the Israeli broadcaster, will announce tonight which song will Mei Finegold sing in

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Sweden: Here is the Melodifestivalen final running order

SVT, the Swedish broadcaster, has recently announced the running order of the ten songs that will compete on representing Sweden

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Israel: Listen to Mei Finegold’s preselection songs

Earlier tonight, the three participating songs in the Israeli national final were broadcasted for the first time. For the first

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Watch now: Song selection process begins in Israel

Tonight at 21:00 local time (20:00 CET), Mei Finegold’s three participating songs in the Israeli national final will be revealed

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Israel: Mei Finegold’s preselection videoclips are underway

During the last week, Mei Finegold has shot three videoclips for the songs that will be competing for the honor

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Watch now: First semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2014

Tonight, the Swedish national broadcaster SVT will kick off the annual competition Melodifestivalen 2014 for selecting the Swedish entry with the

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Sweden: Malmö is ready- 2:30 studio version of entries released

Fireballs, confetti, long fabrics and a big glass box – this is a partial list of what is waiting for

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Israel: Song titles and national final date announced

IBA, the Israeli broadcaster, has  announced the three entries that will compete for the honor of representing Israel in the

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Moldova: Listen the 40 entries of the live auditions phase

A couple of days ago it was reported that 61 songs were submitted to the Moldovan preselection for Eurovision 2014.