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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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No Eurovision winner's tour in 2009

Time issues and organisational costs mean that there will be no Eurovision Song Contest winner's tour after this year's competition.

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Sweden: Interval act sparks row

Sweden is used to the annual Melodifestivalen generating interest far beyond its borders, but it may have to contend with

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Norway: Artists for Kongsvinger

As reported earlier by esctoday.com, the artists for Norway's first round of selections have been made public. Here, you can

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Norway: More song details

NRK has released details on all of the remaining songwriters and lyricists to be taking part in the recently extended

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Eurovision: From Belgrade to Moscow

The mayors of Belgrade and Moscow were the focal point of one of the first major media events of the

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Direct from NRK: Norway's first eleven

The first songs for Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 2009 have been decided, and today Norwegian broadcaster NRK made the titles

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Поздравляем, Россия!

Поздравляем, Россия! That's our message from esctoday.com to Dima Bilan and the Russian team, on the country's first Eurovision Song

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Bookies chose a winner

The votes are in, the winner is chosen; and now it's time for fans all over Europe to take stock

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The final: live!

With a final verdict almost upon us, join esctoday.com as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 takes place.

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Big Poll : The Final

The finale of two weeks of rehearsals and press conferences is nearly here, and in just a few hours we

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Saved by the jury

One of yesterday's ten qualifiers from the second Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was saved by the backup jury, it has

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Eurovision 2008: The final 25 in running order

After a nail-biting finish, the second semi-final is over; fans all over Europe and the World can breathe a sigh

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Switzerland: Isolation and disappointment

Although for many, tonight was a great night for Eurovision � a fair night, and as far from the grumbles

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Big Poll 2008 : How did we do?

The results are out, and the final line-up for Saturday is sealed; but how well did fans do in our