Eurovision Song Contest

FOCUS eurovision song contest : Eurovision 2011: French losers and queer angles

Eurovision 2011: French losers and queer angles

Do you have to be gay to be a eurovision fan? A French researcher has looked into the culture of the fan clubs of the famous European song contest. Whilst references to the competition are ever camp, good old eurovision has turned out to be an excellent recognition tool for sexual minorities - whether the European cultural elite like it or not

by Matthieu Stankowski @ // 16/05/11

eurovision song contest, gay rights, lgbt, discrimination, gay, france, music

REPORT eurovision song contest : 2011 win for Azerbaijan: Eurovision returns east

2011 win for Azerbaijan: Eurovision returns east

Norway, Germany...after two years in western Europe, Azerbaijan was the surprise winner of the Eurovision song contest on 14 May. The 2012 contest will be held in the Caspian Sea coast city of Baku, an awkward host city given that the country is in an ongoing military conflict with its neighbour Armenia

by Dave Keating @ // 16/05/11

eurovision song contest, azerbaijan, caucasus, competition, culture calendar, music, eurovision

REVIEW eurovision song contest : Best and worst of Eurovision 2011

Best and worst of Eurovision 2011

It's a year of astonishing comebacks, pleas to stop climate change and, most intriguing of all, France's entry singing entirely in a language other than French. The famed song contest is held between 10 - 14 May in Duesseldorf, Germany. We've put ourselves through the best of Europe out of the 43 participants - especially for you

by Dave Keating @ // 05/05/11

eurovision song contest, germany, competition, culture calendar, songs, music, eurovision

PANORAMA eurovision song contest : Porn, drugs and Domenech: a Eurovision of World Cup songs

Porn, drugs and Domenech: a Eurovision of World Cup songs

As the World Cup moves into the next phase – sixteen of the best battle it out for the second round from 26 June – we follow the 2010-featuring European teams in song. Spain, Holland and Germany are EU favourites as runners-up on 11 July, with Brazil or Argentina to win, according to betting agencies

by English language version of cafebabel.com @ // 21/06/10

eurovision song contest, football, world cup, italy, raymond domenech, sport, rock

ANALYSIS eurovision song contest : Baby language

Baby language

Scientists and parents were shaken by a recent discovery: newborns cry in tune with the melody line that they have most often heard while still in their mothers’ placenta. To that, we say ga ga - baby phrases of the week

by Marysia Amribd @ // 25/11/09

eurovision song contest, tower of babel, languages, henning studte, children, expressions, translation

OPINION eurovision song contest : Eurovision 2009: kitsch but politically correct

Eurovision 2009: kitsch but politically correct

Watching the best party that a flagging Europe is supposed to provide reminds me more of watching the antics at an elderly relative’s birthday party. Extravaganza, my eye. The only aspect that continues to emerge like a beast year in, year out is its political censorship from Spain to Russia

by zenay @ // 31/07/09

eurovision song contest, georgia, vladimir putin, songs, opinion, israel, politics

AGENDA eurovision song contest : The Russian music rundown

The Russian music rundown

As the Eurovision song contest 2009 final takes place in Russia on 16 May, we check out the pop, hip hop and even central Asian choirs marking its music scene today. Music videos

by Karolina Chodorowska @ // 20/04/09

eurovision song contest, russian federation, rock, youtube, blues, label, culture calendar

INTERVIEW eurovision song contest : Sofia's clubs: what American jazz?

Sofia's clubs: what American jazz?

Balkan sounds and American influences are in search of space. The jazz scene in particular is in rapid evolution, after the darkness of the communist period. A meeting of several of the major musicians on the Bulgarian music scene - Theodosii Spasov, Elitza Todorova, Stoyan Yankoulov and Anton Duchev

by Giacomo Rosso @ // 31/03/09

eurovision song contest, jazz, sofia, eudebate on the ground, eudebate2009, music, eurovision

ANALYSIS eurovision song contest : Dustin to Lisbon: Eurovision turkeys and European treaties

Dustin to Lisbon: Eurovision turkeys and European treaties

Will Ireland vote no in a referendum on 12 June? It is the only European public to voice its doubts about the Lisbon treaty, which has been  ratified by fifteen EU member states and needs the remaining twelve votes to work

by Angela Steen @ // 12/06/08

eurovision song contest, trattato di lisbona, dublino, referendum, dustin il tacchino, ireland, politics

PANORAMA eurovision song contest : Top five Eurovision hits

Top five Eurovision hits

Since its first broadcast on 24 May 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has seen hundreds of songs battle it out for the titles of the worst, the funniest and above all the best

by lea chalmont @ // 21/05/08

eurovision song contest, massiel, video gallery, serge gainsbourg, festivals, abba, overview

OPINION eurovision song contest : Eurovision song contest: chamber of horrors

Eurovision song contest: chamber of horrors

Dear readers – it’s not easy, but I have to tell you the truth. You surf cafebabel.com, amazed by the variety of themes the online magazine covers and the quality of the analyses it publishes. You’ve no idea of the unhuman conditions which are imposed on its journalists! Recently the editorial team asked me to write an article about the participants of the 2008 Eurovision song contest. Great! So enthusiatic .... I am such a poor baboon

by Alexis Brunelle @ // 20/05/08

eurovision song contest, trash, serbia, eurofestival, eurovision, culture

ANALYSIS eurovision song contest : Ourvision song contest in Helsinki – northern talent nodes

Ourvision song contest in Helsinki – northern talent nodes

Modest budgets, amateur singers, no dance troupes: the song contest is open to people living in Finland with non-Finnish origins

by Soili Semkina @ // 20/05/08

eurovision song contest, serbia, ourvision, song, finland, music, eurovision

REPORT eurovision song contest : Serbia win Eurovision

Serbia win Eurovision

Inaugarated one year before the treaty of Rome in 1957, the Eurovision Song Contest celebrates European diversity. All eyes are on Helsinki during 5-12 May

by milena fayt // 11/05/07

eurovision song contest, helsinki, western eu, finland, music, eurovision, culture

eurovision song contest : Musical revolution in Estonia

Musical revolution in Estonia

Former Eurovision participant, singer Vaïko Eplik, 24, explains why he shuns the bright showbusiness lights of the mainstream music industry

by evangéline masson // 11/12/06

eurovision song contest, brunch, interview, tallin, estonia, revolution, music

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