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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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Eurovision 2008: The second semi-final

Join esctoday.com this evening as we follow the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. With a

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Big Poll 2008 : Semi 2 results!

With mere hours to go until the full line-up of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final is known, we can

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The bookies' ten for tonight

With the bookmakers correctly placing the majority of the favourites from the first semi-final in the successful top ten, how

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Punters' predictions

With the first semi-final over and the first clutch of happy contestants through, how have the bookmakers� predictions fared against

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Norwegian envelope relief

Last out, and last to sing at the final; Norwegian broadcaster NRK was quick to announce the country�s joy at

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Live: Norway selects for Eurovision

Three weeks of semifinals and a second chance round culminate tonight, as NRK hosts the final of the Melodi Grand

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Gisela confirmed for Andorra

After much speculation, it has been confirmed that 28-year-old Spanish singer Gisela will represent Andorra at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Eimear Quinn to release Christmas album

Eimear Quinn, winner of the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, is to release a new album of Christmas and Winter songs

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Carola and Andreas top rumour mill

As one of the most hotly anticipated national selection events by fans, Sweden�s Melodifestivalen is no stranger to rumours and

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London schlager party online

SF events has launched a website for the London Schlager Party events. Following the huge success of the first two

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Ronnie Hazlehurst passes away

Former United Kingdom conductor and musical director at the Eurovision Song Contest, Ronnie Hazlehurst, has passed away aged 79. Ronnie

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More information about Eurovision changes

The full details of the changes to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will be announced shortly by the EBU, but

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Dervish clock up a tenth album

Dervish, Ireland's representative group at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, are set to reach double figures as they release their

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Who should represent the UK in Belgrade?

The UK OGAE Second Chance Contest web page has launched a poll to find out who fans think should represent