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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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Portugal's Dora back on screen

Dora, Portugal's representative at the 1986 and 1988 Eurovision Song Contests, has made a surprise comeback on a new music

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Wogan out, say British writers

The British songwriting team behind two of Belgium's Eurosong 2006 entries have suggested a controversial first step in changing the

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Work begins on Helsinki postcards

With ten months to go, work has already commenced on the postcards for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, to be

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Eürobeat… Almost Eurovision

An interactive musical parodying the Eurovision Song Contest is taking Australia by storm this year, and is set to hit

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Spain: a Podcast for Europe?

The organisers of a new public song contest in Spain plan to submit their winning song to Spanish broadcaster TVE

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Lys Assia headlines Swiss OGAE event

On 14th October, 2006, Switzerland's branch of the Eurovision club network OGAE will hold its annual event in Basel. Headlining

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Boonika wins over Denmark

The Moldovan entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Boonika bate doba, has unexpectedly charted in Denmark, over a year

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Vissi hits the Swedish charts

Anna Vissi's Greek Eurovision Song Contest entry Everything has finally hit the Swedish charts at position 41, nearly two months

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Brian Kennedy walks for cash

Ireland's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest representative Brian Kennedy is set to join fellow Eurovision star and former winner Linda Martin

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Czechs prepare for 2007

Plans for the first Czech national final to take the country to a Eurovision Song Contest debut in Helsinki are

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Ukraine kicks off junior search

Ukrainian broadcaster NTU has announced the start of its campaign to select a performer for the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song

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Luminita to duet with Lou Bega

Romanian third-placed sensation of the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, Luminita Anghel, is set to record a duet with the Cuban-styled

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Fans invited to Birmingham bash

OGAE UK are planning to host a fun-packed event in the Eurovision Song Contest city of 1998, Birmingham this September.

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Rain stops play for Lordi

The heavens were not kind to Lordi last night, as a torrential downpour in Belgium forced the band to cancel