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  • May 14, 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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Last semifinal dress rehearsal

The third and final dress rehearsal for the semifinal has begun in Athen's OAKA. It represents the final opportunity for

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Eurovision Dress Contest?

With reports in the media that Anna Vissi's dress for the final cost a phenomenal 170,000 Euros, Greece joins the

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Kate Ryan back on track

Kate Ryan's team are back on track after an additional meeting with ERT to iron out any final problems with

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Second semifinal dress rehearsal finishes

The second semifinal dress rehearsal has just finished at OAKA, and this time saw a set of performances running more

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Winner Séverine at Big Four party

Last night saw the eagerly anticipated Big Four party take place at the Euroclub venue in Athens. Not only were

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Olympic-style security plan in Athens

The authorities in Athens are taking no chances with security for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, with 3,000 police officers

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Five down, nine to go

Five of the finalists have now had their final outing on stage before two days of rest and reflection, and

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Douze points from Eimear

To commemorate ten years since winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo, Ireland's last winner Eimear Quinn will be

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Last day for finalist rehearsals

The fourteen finalist countries today have a last chance to perfect their performances before the final dress rehearsals later this

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And so the week begins…

The fourteen Eurovision Song Contest finalists have faced a long day of rehearsals and press conferences in Athens today, and

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UPD Daz Sampson lights up OAKA

The UK's hope for Eurovision glory, Daz Sampson, today gave spectators in the Athens arena the first taste of his

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Sidsel's turn to twist

Breakdancing makes a comeback in the performance of this year's Danish Eurovision Song Contest entry, with a very clever Johnny

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Las Ketchup: happy to take risks

Spanish quartet Las Ketchup say they are happy to run the risk that the Eurovision Song Contest can present, though

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Big gospel vibe for Israel

Eddie Butler and his backing team turned in an excellent performance of Together we are one this morning, maximising on