Author: Richard West-Soley

Richard West-Soley

Senior Editor

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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Croatian clips online

Croatian broadcaster HRT has published short clips of the 32 entries for Dora 2006 online. Fans now have the chance to judge the entries in advance of the contest. Although…

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Newcomer Jennifer for Andorra

The Andorran press today gave details of the third singer to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to reports, one lucky former waitress has been plucked from…

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Skopje stars at OGAE party

OGAE Macedonia is preparing to host its second annual Eurovision Song Contest party at a Skopje nightclub. The entertainment will double as a preview of this year's talent for FYR…

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Romanian line-up changes

TVR has republished its list of semifinalists for the Romanian selection process, after four of the songs were withdrawn by their respective teams. Sistem, Paula Seling and Marcel Mârza, and…

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Anzej sings 'Mr Nobody'

The writers of EMA winner Plan B have been hard at work producing a new mix of the song, it is reported on the official website of performer An�ej De�an….

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Javine arrested for no-show

Javine Hylton, who represented the UK at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, was arrested last week for failing to attend a court appearance for charges of drink-driving. Acting…