{"id":3350,"date":"2023-01-16T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?page_id=3350"},"modified":"2023-05-04T22:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T21:56:47","slug":"latest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/17\/lets-douze-this-2\/\">Let&#8217;s douze this&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Happy Eurovision day!!! H\u2019loo! Here we are then on the ESC Grand Final day. It\u2019s been a quick week, hasn\u2019t it. I didn\u2019t post after the second semi-final as I was, to be frank, a bit bored by the end of the shenanigans on Thursday night. Some surprises once again in terms of who got\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/17\/lets-douze-this-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Let&#8217;s douze this&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/15\/serving-sass-and-class\/\">Serving sass and class&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Here we go then with the rundown for the second semi-final. Ten more songs to make it through to the Grand Final on Saturday, with three more \u2018Big 6\u2019 performances. Interestingly this year, all \u2018Big 6\u2019 countries are singing in their native language. I\u2019m sure this doesn\u2019t happen very often? I\u2019m a big fan of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/15\/serving-sass-and-class\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Serving sass and class&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/14\/welcome-to-the-birthplace-of-eurovision\/\">Welcome to the birthplace of Eurovision&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Our Swiss hosts wasted no time in making that point, announcing the Contest as a welcome home party. I hadn\u2019t thought of it like that, but I guess it is. I know I mentioned yesterday that there wouldn\u2019t be much faffing at the start of the show, but there was! The duo of presenters settled\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/14\/welcome-to-the-birthplace-of-eurovision\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Welcome to the birthplace of Eurovision&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/13\/bring-on-basel\/\">Bring on Basel&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Just a quick post before the first semi-final tonight at 8pm UK time. Watch out for a change in how the results are delivered at the end of the show, to see who has made it to the Grand Final. You will remember that in the past the ten countries were read out at random,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/13\/bring-on-basel\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Bring on Basel&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/12\/finns-can-only-get-better\/\">Finns can only get better&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Preview of the first semi-final HAPPY EUROVISION WEEK! It\u2019s finally here! Long anticipated by many, we\u2019re one day away from the first semi-final. Rehearsals began in Basel on what was our bank holiday weekend in the UK. In the first week there were technical rehearsals of the staging, lighting etc., with the use of stand-ins\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/12\/finns-can-only-get-better\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Finns can only get better&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/09\/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-2\/\">Let&#8217;s start at the very beginning\u2026<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Bonjour, vilkomen, ciao and welcome to my Eurovision Song Contest blog for 2025! I can\u2019t quite believe that it\u2019s just over a year since I last blogged with you and shared my thoughts, feelings and memories on all things Eurovision. Longtime readers will know that I\u2019ve been doing this blog for Edge Hill University since\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/09\/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Let&#8217;s start at the very beginning\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2025\/05\/07\/eurovision-2025-calling\/\">Eurovision 2025 calling!<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Phil Jackson&#8217;s Eurovision Song Contest blog will be relaunched on Friday 09 May 2025! Check back then and with daily updates during Eurovision week, starting Monday 12 May, through Sunday 18 May. Let&#8217;s get our Eurovision Party started! \ud83d\ude00 xx<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2024\/05\/12\/abba-solutley-fabulous\/\">Abba-solutley fabulous\u2026<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What a brilliant show last night, as the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest reached its conclusion. We\u2019re off to Switzerland next year, after their well-deserved win. As with last year, the winning song was the favourite with the national juries but not the public televote. I don\u2019t have a problem with that (as I said on\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2024\/05\/12\/abba-solutley-fabulous\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Abba-solutley fabulous\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2024\/05\/11\/lets-douze-this\/\">Let&#8217;s douze this&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Happy Eurovision Grand Final Day! Yesterday, we thought we had our running order for the grand final. Well, we did \u2013 until today. There were news stories circulating yesterday about something going on with The Netherlands, as they did not participate in the dress rehearsal on Friday afternoon. For the Jury Final last night, a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2024\/05\/11\/lets-douze-this\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Let&#8217;s douze this&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2024\/05\/10\/ding-a-dong-a-sing-along\/\">Ding-a-dong a singalong&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The fun times continued in Malm\u00f6 arena last night, with Petra and Malin guiding us through the proceedings effortlessly. What did you think of the songs? I found it a bit of a slog! I think that was because the first semi-final had a number of songs that had everyone talking (UK, Ireland, Croatia). 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