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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Two more leave Ukrainian selection

Anna Kohanchik and Taras Dobrovolskiy have become the next two contestants to be voted off the Ukrainian casting show Ti-zirka, ending their dream of Eurovision participation. Irina Rozenfeld topped the…

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Tina Karol leads in Ukraine

The live voting tally for Ti-zirka, the casting-style selection round of the Ukrainian Eurovision preparations for 2006, is available online, and Tina Karol is currently a long stretch ahead of…

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Dora date change

HRT have moved the dates for the Dora national selection back one day, with the semifinals now broadcast on 2nd and 3rd March, with the final taking place on 4th…

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UK firm to style Athens stage

ERT today announced that the British company Stage One has been appointed to build the set for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. Specialising in ultra-modern, mechanical sets, the…

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SR launch Melodifestivalen site

Swedish Radio broadcaster SR have launched their Melodifestival 2006 site, offering visitors to listen to P4 Melodifest, playing round-the-clock non-stop Eurovision music, online. P4 Melodifest promises broadcasts from the 2006…