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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Mihai unveils new site

Romanian pop phenomenon Mihai Traistariu, fresh from a fourth place for his country at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, has

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Greek artists shun JESC

Greek broadcaster ERT has been compelled to extend the submission deadline for its Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry due to

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Edsilia heads Eurovision extravaganza

Edisilia Rombley, the Dutch diva who sang the Netherlands to a celebrated fourth place at the Birmingham Eurovision Song Contest

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Maltese stars in statue tribute

Three of Malta's former performers made a surprise appearance in the village of Ghaxaq this week, giving a live performance

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Eurokids for Belgium: Details emerge

A thousand spectators will be able to buy tickets to watch the selection of Belgium's junior participant for Romania, presented

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Helsinki 2007: The Shape of Things to Come

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 is starting to take shape as the key issues, in particular funding and sponsorship, are

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Carola: I drove at 160kph

Three-time Eurovision star Carola claims that Swedish police stopped her as she drove at 160kph in order to make it

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Norway 2007 : First hopeful named

The alternative rock band Corbin are the first artists to be named as potential candidates for Norway's 2007 Eurovision Song

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Silvia goes stateside

Silvia Night, outspoken star of Iceland's Eurovision Song Contest entry for Athens, aims to release her first full-length album in

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EU 'Eurovision hoax' debunked

The EU commissioner at the centre of the recent controversy surrounding the use of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in

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2008 dates worry Norway

NRK has raised strong concerns over the EBU's proposed dates for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, it was claimed yesterday

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'Welcome to Castle Dima'

Dima Bilan's hotly anticipated album launch event The Castle Theatre of Dima Bilan has been deemed a huge success as

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Tinka scoops second at festival

Tinka Milinovic, one sixth of the Swiss entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, continues to win acclaim across the

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UPD 'A Song for the European Union'

The European Commission plans to use the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Union,