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  • April 23, 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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LIVE: Final six compete in Bergen semifinal

The big daddy of the Melodi Grand Prix – not Jahn Teigen, but Tor Endresen – competes against five other

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Javine to join reality TV line-up

Javine Hilton, who represented the United Kingdom in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, is in training for what may be

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Two acts qualify for Norwegian final

Two more acts have qualified for places in the Norwegian final in the second semifinal, held in Bodø. In a

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Tonight: second Norwegian semifinal

The coastal town of Bodø is preparing to showcase another six acts in the second Norwegian semifinal on Friday, 20th

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James Fox in West End success

James Fox, the UK participant in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, goes from strength to strength in his stage career

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Cypriot elections threatened by Athens 2006

This year's Cypriot participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has already courted much controversy on the integrity of the songs

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Two qualify in Norwegian semifinal

Six songs went head to head in the first of the Norwegian semifinals. Two of them won tickets to the

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First Norwegian songs online

Norwegian broadcaster NRK has published full versions of the songs for the first semifinal on its website today. Fans can

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Tonight: familiar faces in Norwegian semifinal

A handful of repeat performers will be hoping that Friday 13th really is lucky for some this week, as they

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UK chart success for 2006 Irish participant

Brian Kennedy, who will represent Ireland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest semifinal in Athens, has moved up to the

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Comebacks: an analysis

Every year, former Eurovision Song Contest participants take the risk of entering their national selection again. But more often than