Richard West-Soley

Richard’s ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it’s been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.

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Denmark: DR in ultimate ESC archive project

Danish broadcaster DR is spearheading an exciting project aiming to bring together both vintage and recent contest material in a

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Eurovision News Sweden 2013

Eurovision 2013 a ratings smash

Whatever the result, fans have one thing they can all celebrate following the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – the show

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Split votes 2013: An initial analysis

As the number-crunching begins following the EBU’s release of split-voting data, fan sites and blogs are busy spotting trends and

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Italian televote: new system, new controversies

This year, fans had to reckon with a change not unfamiliar in the contest’s long history: a change to the

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Christer Bjorkman speaks to esctoday.com

esctoday.com's Russell Davies interviewed Swedish Head of Delegation Christer Bjorkman, who has recently been elected to the Eurovision Song Contest

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Shirley Clamp in Moscow

esctoday.com's Russell Davies caught up with Shirley Clamp in Moscow, following the first Eurovision Song Contest semifinal, in which she

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Soraya talks to esctoday.com

Spanish hopeful Soraya caught up with esctoday.com today to chat about her preparations for the big night this Saturday. "It

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United Kingdom : The Press Conference

Join esctoday.com live from the press conference hall as Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren join the UK delegation

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The final : First dress rehearsal

The song performances for the first dress rehearsal of the grand final have now taken place, and journalists and audience

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Dita arrives in Moscow

Despite rehearsing twice already, one vital ingredient has been missing from the German presentation up until today – the star

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Semifinal 2: The Winners' Conference

Join esctoday.com live in the press conference hall as the ten winners from tonight's show join the press to draw

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Azerbaijan: AySel's mystery admirer

In a very special interview, esctoday.com was privileged to meet with AySel in her hotel suite in Moscow, where she

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Semifinal 2 : Rehearsal 3 live

Join esctoday.com live in the press centre as the third rehearsal for the second semifinal takes place in Moscow. The

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Celebrity bash for Prikhodko

A whole host of Russian celebrities appeared on stage this evening to wish Russian hopeful Anastasiya Prikhodko all the best