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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.

Russia's Sergey Lazarev closes out the first day of Eurovision Song Contest rehearsals in Stockholm (Photo: Thomas Hanses / EBU)

2016 Rehearsals Day 1: Finland through Russia

May 2, 2016

The first half of the first Eurovision Song Contest semi final rehearsed their performances on the Globen stage in Stockholm.

Douwe Bob will represent the Netherlands at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. (Photo: Marc de Groot)

Eurovision 2016 Entry: Netherlands — Douwe Bob — Slow Down

April 20, 2016

Will a return to Americana slow down the competition and get the Netherlands back to the Grand Final once more?

Douwe Bob will sing "Slow Down" at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. (Screen: YouTube)

First Listen: The Netherlands Goes Country (Again)

March 13, 2016

Has The Netherlands gone too many times to that well?

Eurovision 2015 Entry: Estonia — Elina Born & Stig Rästa — Goodbye to Yesterday

April 29, 2015

We close out our Eurovision 2015 coverage of the first semi-final with “Goodbye to Yesterday” by Elina Born & Stig Rästa. Will Estonia ride its status as favorite all the way to the top of the scoreboard?

Eurovision 2015 Entry: The Netherlands — Trijntje Oosterhuis — Walk Along

March 25, 2015

The Netherlands attempts to “Walk Along” to its third Eurovision Song Contest final in a row with Trijntje Oosterhuis. Are the Dutch establishing a new trend (aside from all the duets this year)?

Eurovision First Listen: The Netherlands Chooses to “Walk Along”

December 12, 2014

The Netherlands are third to pick their entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, choosing Trijntje Oosterhuis’ “Walk Along”. Have a few years of internal selections given them tunnelvisie?

Eurovision 2014 Entry: Armenia — Aram Mp3 — Not Alone

April 22, 2014

Armenia is the favorite to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Will Aram Mp3’s “Not Alone” deliver the country its first win?

Eurovision 2014 Entry: Portugal — Suzy — Quero Ser Tua

April 17, 2014

Portugal returns to the Eurovision Song Contest with “Quero Ser Tua” (“I Want to Be Yours”) by Suzy. Did the country use the year off to revamp its strategy to try to get its first win?

Eurovision 2014 Entry: Belgium — Axel Hirsoux — Mother

April 16, 2014

Belgium’s Axel Hirsoux sings the hell out of “Mother” but a good song does not necessarily equal a good entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.