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  • May 15, 2025

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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Spain sticks with ESC “despite televoting”

A week after announcing its withdrawal from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Spanish broadcaster TVE has announced that it will

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Javine expecting baby

2005 Eurovision Song Contest representative for the UK, Javine Hylton, is expecting her first child, it has been reported. Javine,

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Sakis down under

Greek superstar Sakis Rouvas is set to wow crowds in Australia next April, as he plans a four-hour special with

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Eürobeat hits Edinburgh Fringe

Australian-born Eurovision parody musical Eürobeat had already received a fair amount of coverage in the press since its inception; now,

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Lilla MF – a low budget copy?

Adam Alsing, who will copresent the Swedish national final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Agneta Sjödin, raised

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Bilan, Kirkorov and Pugacheva on Rich List

Former Russian Eurovision representatives Dima Bilan, Alla Pugacheva and Philipp Kirkorov have all made it into the ranks of the

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Europarty in Berlin

Eurovision Song Contest fans in Berlin this 24th August have the opportunity to dance the night away at a special

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ESC 2008 still “of state importance”

Björn Verdoodt, press representative of Flemish broadcaster VRT, has reacted to the criticism and cynical reactions the broadcaster received after

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Fans plead: Tokio Hotel for 2008!

Fans of one of Germany's biggest up-and-coming youth bands, Tokio Hotel, have started an online petition with the aim of

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Lynsey de Paul is fighting fit

Lynsey de Paul, half of the duo which represented the United Kingdom on home ground at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Dutch JESC tickets on sale August

Fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest can buy tickets for the Dutch selection from August 1st, it has been

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Malta publishes JESC rules

The MaltaSong Board is lumbering up for its participation at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this December, having

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Double A-side for Kate Ryan

Belgian star of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 semifinal, Kate Ryan, is supporting the Eurogames 2007 event as part of

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Belgian Eurosongs conquer German charts

Heyah Mama (Eurosong 1999) and El Mundo Bailando (Eurosong 2006), two songs which failed to win the Belgian Eurovision Song