Russian Eurovision Stars cover ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’

Some of the biggest acts to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years have teamed up to cover ABBA’s 1974 winning hit song ‘Waterloo’.

Where Are They Now: The Class of 2015 (Part 1)

In this new feature we catch up with the acts from Eurovision 2015 and find out what they’ve been up to in the five months since Eurovision 2015 was staged in Vienna.

Week 7: Top 40 Poll Results: Who’s On Top?

For the last seven weeks you have been voting in our Top 40 Poll to see which of the 40 songs from the class of 2015 are your favourites. This is the last top 40 that we will do before the Eurovision Final on Saturday. We have decided for the last week before Eurovision that we will whittle the contenders down to the top 10. So the ten most popular over all (listed and emboldened below) will advance to the poll for the final week. Be sure to vote below for your favourite.

Wardrobe Wars: Battle 1!

Eurovision always pushes the boundaries of fashion and this year is no different. There have already been some amazing dresses on show following a number of rehearsals over the past two days. We want to know which dress is your favourite so far! Today sees the black open fronted dress worn by Trijntje Oosterhuis from the Netherlands take on the long flowing, billowy dress from Russian Polina Gagarina. Have a look at both of the outfits below and vote in the poll for your favourite.

Rehearsals Sneak Peek: Day Two!

Today the acts from Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Russia, Denmark, Albania, Romania and Georgia all got the chance to have their first practice run through on the Eurovision stage. Wiener Stadhalle in the Austrian capital has been totally transformed for the Contest and you can get a little sneak preview of some of the acts by reading on.

Week 6: Top 40 Poll Results: Who’s On Top?

This is the sixth week of our Top 40 Poll to see which of the 40 songs from the class of 2015 are your favourites. There are some climbers this week with Australia, Italy, Lithuania and Albania gaining quite a few votes, but who is on top? Read on to find out if your favourite made it into the top ten. And remember if it hasn’t, there is still time to change that by voting and helping your favourite climb to the top next week.

Week 5 Top 40 Poll Results: Who’s On Top?

This is the fifth week of our Top 40 Poll to see which of the 40 songs from the class of 2015 are your favourites. There are some climbers this week with Australia, Serbia, Switzerland and Azerbaijan gaining quite a few votes, but who is on top? Read on to find out if your favourite made it into the top ten. And remember if it hasn’t, there is still time to change that by voting and helping your favourite climb to the top next week.

Review: Russia- Polina Gagarina ‘A Million Voices’

Russia have recently, and rightfully so, been vilified at International events for their foreign policy actions in the Ukraine in the last year and a bit. They have also come under huge scrutiny for their policies at home which have encouraged savage beatings of gay Russians. Trivial as Eurovision may seem, some of these actions have had serious repercussions on the contest. For one, Ukraine have withdrawn from this year’s competition, with more pressing issues to deal with, following Russia’s invasion of the Crimea last year. Russia have also come under a lot of scrutiny from Eurovision fans for their policies at home, with fans booing Russia at every opportunity. This included when their 2014 entry, the Tomalchevy Sisters, performed at the semi final and final last year, but also when former winner Dima Bilan took to the stage at the 60th Anniversary Greatest Hits concert last month. It was interesting to see then who Russia would select as their Eurovision entry for 2015, how or if they would address these concerns. Read on to find out what we made of their 2015 entry.

Russia Still on Top of Our Eurovision 2015 Top 40 Poll (Week 4)

This week saw the results of our fourth Top 40 Poll and it was Russia’s Polina Gagarina who came out on top again for the third week in a row. Not much has changed in the Top 5 with Italy still in second place, Spain and Slovenia swapping places, now in third and fourth respectively and Maria Olafs from Iceland rounds up the top five, remaining in fifth.Read on to see the Top 40 in full. Is your favourite in the top ten? If not be sure to vote in the poll at the end of the article.

Russia Top Our Eurovision 2015 Top 40 Poll Again (Week 3)

This week saw the results of our third Top 40 Poll and it was Russia’s Polina Gagarina who came out on top for a second week in a row. Not much has changed in the Top 5 with Italy still in second place, Slovenia still in third, Spain still in fourth, but this week saw Iceland’s Maria Olafs climb six places to fifth with her song ‘Unbroken’. Read on to see the Top 40 in full. Is your favourite in the top ten? If not be sure to vote in the poll at the end of the article.