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2016 Rehearsals Day 5: SF1, France, and Spain

May 6, 2016

Friday provided a clearer separation of the wheat from the chaff as all eighteen performers from Semifinal 1 took to the Eurovision stage for their second rehearsals.

Ana Rucner from Bosnia & Herzegovina rehearses for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest (Photo: Andres Putting)

2016 Rehearsals Day 2: Czech Republic through Malta plus Sweden

May 3, 2016

Tuesday saw ten more countries rehearsing for the first time on Stockholm’s Eurovision Song Contest stage.

Eurovision 2016 Entry: Iceland — Greta Salome — “Hear Them Calling”

April 6, 2016

Can Greta Salome get Iceland back into the Eurovision Grand Final with “Hear Them Calling”?

First Listen: Iceland’s “Calling” Out to Stockholm

February 26, 2016

Does Iceland’s “Hear Them Calling” get lost in translation?

Eurovision 2015 Semi-Final 2 Wrapup: The Final Invite List

May 21, 2015

Votes from the second Semi-Final’s juries and viewers are in! Who received the final ten invites to attend the Eurovision Song Contest’s Grand Final?

Eurovision 2015 Entry: Albania — Elhaida Dani — I’m Alive

April 8, 2015

Elhaida Dani’s “I’m Alive” is giving Albania life in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Will the song pull the country out of its slump?

Eurovision 2015 Entry: Iceland — María Ólafsdóttir — Unbroken

March 26, 2015

Iceland is the only Northern European country that hasn’t won Eurovision. Will 2015 be the year they head into the light forever?

Iceland’s Eurovision Skillz Remain “Unbroken”

February 16, 2015

Over the weekend Iceland selected “Unbroken” by María Ólafsdóttir as its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. How does it sound?

Eurovision 2014 Entry: Hungary — András Kállay Saunders — Running

April 9, 2014

Hungary could be a contender to win the Eurovision Song Contest with “Running” by András Kállay Saunders. Might the subject matter of the song prove to be too heavy for voters?

Eurovision 2014 Entry: Iceland — Pollapönk — No Prejudice

April 7, 2014

It wouldn’t be Eurovision without a song about everyone just getting along. Enter Iceland’s Pollapönk with their punk-infused track “No Prejudice.” Will audiences get along with this song?