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  • June 8, 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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Belarus impresses Swedish OGAE

Belarus' Koldun has notched up another win in the OGAE voting rounds after a solid Swedish win, solidifying his second

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Olivia in farewell concert

Olivia Lewis, Maltese hope for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, is currently preparing to give a final farewell concert in

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Free Irish Download replaces single

As reported on esctoday.com last week, the new mix for the Irish Eurovision Song Contest entry for Helsinki, They Can't

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OGAE Serbia votes Belarus

As delegations from the semifinalist countries prepare to touch down in Helsinki this week, OGAE Serbia has provided its own

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Belgium fans pick Belarus

With the Eurovision Song Contest final now less than two weeks away, Belgian fans are the latest OGAE members to

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New mix for Ireland

RTE has made available a brand new mix of the Irish song for Helsinki, They Can't Stop the Spring by

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DJ Bobo tops Manchester event

DJ Bobo emerged victorious – for the second time in the UK – in Manchester last night after eighty fans

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Dutch money on Serbia

Serbia nudges ahead once again with a welcome douze points from the Netherlands in the latest OGAE preview result to

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Lebanon votes Bulgaria

The Lebanese branch of OGAE has held its own preview poll, and the results are in: in a close vote,

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Olivia hits MTV Europe

Malta's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry Vertigo is to be featured in a special promotional slot on MTV Europe, it

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Andorran dinner date with Bulgaria

The Anonymous boys of Andorra have had a chance to meet some of the competition from the forthcoming Eurovision Song

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Fourteen acts with pyrotechnics

The Finnish distributor for pyrotechnics specialists Le Maitre, Oy Pyroman Ltd., has been selected as the provider for the pyrotechnic

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Switzerland tops UK vote

OGAE UK members gathered together in the Midlands this weekend for a special final vote following a semifinal event earlier

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Edsilia interview: Making more of it

Edsilia Rombley, Dutch hopeful for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, gave an interview and press conference this weekend with Belgian