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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Europe's odds: Update

The first two days of rehearsals are over, and all of the semifinalists from this year's Eurovision Song Contest have

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Estonia gives strong rehearsal

With only three more rehearsals to go before the end of the day, it was Estonia's turn to take the

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Portugal's first day of rehearsals done!

The group Nonstop stepped onto the Athens stage for the first time today as they completed their first rehearsal and

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Ukraine confident in rehearsal and conference

Tina Carol took part in her first rehearsal for this year's Ukrainian entry Show me your love this morning, with

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UPD Monaco's rehearsal and conference complete

At 16:45 local time, it was the turn of Monaco to have their first rehearsal on stage in Athens. Despite

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First Cypriot rehearsal and press conference

Annet Artani has performed at her first rehearsal for Cyprus with the song Why do the angels cry? along with

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First Irish rehearsal and press conference

Ireland's Brian Kennedy has completed his first rehearsal of the song Every song is a cry for love on stage

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UPD Andorran rehearsal and press conference complete

Andorran semifinalist Jenny took to the stage at 11:00 local time to rehearse her entry for the principality, Sense tu.

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Athens 2006: Croatia

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now

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Athens 2006: France

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now

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Athens 2006: Greece

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now

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Athens 2006: UK

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now

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Athens 2006: Romania

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now

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Athens 2006: Denmark

In cooperation with our partners songfestival.web-log.nl, we present to you a different 2006 Eurovision Song Contest participant each day. Now