In Malmö, Belgium just managed to achieve a left-half-of-the-scoreboard result for the second time since nearly winning the contest with Sanomi in 2003, but unfortunately the country is rather used to missing the final. This year, Flemish broadcaster VRT tried a whole...

Belarus were one of the first countries to choose their song for Eurovision 2014 way back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago. After a close battle, TEO won the ticket to Copenhagen on his second attempt at going to Eurovision, the first being in 2009. TEO,...

Does Azerbaijan want to win Eurovision again? Because if they do, and if they’re willing to put in the usual work behind the scenes to optimise their chances, then we could very easily be heading back to Baku. If you're getting a sense of déjà vu, that's because those...

After a series of unsuccessful attempts at Eurovision - apart from Nadine Beiler (who at least reached the final) - Austria is now trying their luck again with an internally selected artist. Austria have sent arguably the most controversial artist in this year’s...

Still one of the more recent countries to join the contest, Armenia enjoyed an extremely strong start to their ESC career, finishing in the top 10 on each of their first five appearances. However, things have since gone downhill: first there was Emmy's...

In the past two years, Albania has experienced both extremes - getting stuck in the semi (in 2013) after getting a top 5 result (in 2012). However, the majority of Albanian entries have reached the final, so that should be the more likely fate for the Mediterranean...