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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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Eurovision tribute in London

Fans feeling the anti-climax after this year's Eurovision Song Contest is over need not despair, as a London theatre is

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Eurovision season on Bosnian TV

The public broadcasting service of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a packed schedule lined up for the lead-in to the Eurovision

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Still Greece? You bet…

Another week closer to the contest, the betting odds are still in flux as countries shift up and down the

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Riki Sorsa cancer battle

Former Finnish representative Riki Sorsa, who made a big impression at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with Reggae OK, is

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Big Poll : first results!

A month has passed since the end of the semifinal season, and in that time, esctoday.com members have been busy

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Greece still top with bookies

The dust has begun to settle, firm favourites have emerged, and it has become clear where the main money is

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NRK hosts preview clips

Fans now have an alternative location to watch the videos for this year's Eurovision Song Contest entries after Norwegian broadcaster

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Elena Risteska on Athens visit

FYR Macedonia representative Elena Risteska is now in full swing with her promotional tour, which this Thursday will take the

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Daz drums up home support

Daz Sampson is a man with a mission as he tries to rally UK support and get the nation behind

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Carola's wild night in Athens

Only a week after winning the Melodifestivalen and a ticket to represent Sweden for a third time, Carola last night

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Javine wins UK sports challenge

Javine Hylton, the 2005 UK entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest is Kyiv, has been crowned the female winner of

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France granted song delay

France has been granted an extra period of time in which to finalise and submit a new entry to the

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First betting odds online – Update

After months of selections and internal decisions, that time is here again when bookmakers all over Europe take a long

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Slovenia showcases Mr Nobody

Mr Nobody, An�ej De�an's entry for Slovenia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, is now available to hear in its