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Austria's bearded lady, Conchita Wurst, has
been selected for Eurovision 2014. Hurrah!

Source: Popbitch

Eurovision announces rule changes

Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark BBC

Eurovision Song Contest: BBC flops
BBC bosses are considering going “back to basics’’ and asking the public to choose our Eurovision act next year after a series of flops. www.dailystar.co.uk

Eurovision Song Contest: vote rigging countries face three-year ban
Evidence found of an attempt by Azerbaijan to try to buy votes from jurors during last year's competition in Sweden

John Plunkett www.theguardian.com

Borgen star to host Eurovision, but can Kasper cope with the kitsch?
Pilou Asbæk, the actor best known for his bleak Nordic noir roles, is presenting the cheesiest television of the year – but how will he use his expertise? www.theguardian.com

X Factor pop-poppet Eoghan Quigg is one
of the five Irish Eurosong contestants
and the bookies' favourite.

Rylan has been claiming at GAY that
Geri4Eurovision is a done deal. It
can't be true. Even BBC Eurovision
bosses aren't that dim. (Please...)

Source: Popbitch

Former X Factor star Ruth Lorenzo up for Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen
By Carl Greenwood Mirror

Eurovision 2014: Molly Smitten-Downes to represent UK
The unsigned singer, discovered via the BBC Introducing scheme, will perform her own track Children of the Universe www.radiotimes.com

Eurovision update
This year's front runner

Anyone for Yerevan? This year's
Eurovision entries are now out,
and Armenia are the early hot
favourites. It's a classy
song - complete with huge
dubstep breakdown.

Wubs and dubs are very much to
the fore this year - check out
Hungary's rather good drum
and bass, and Lithuania's electro.


Hear them:

FYI: Hungary's Andras Kallay-Saunders
is the son of Fernando Saunders,
Lou Reed's bass player for the
best part of 30 years.
Source: Popbitch

Jessica Mauboy to sing at Eurovision 2014

A "super excited" Jessica Mauboy will sing at the Eurovision song contest in May in what could be her biggest break yet, given a global television audience of many tens of millions will see her perform.

But hang on. If you just did a double-take and wondered 'why?' when Australia is not by any reasonable definition a part of Europe, it appears to be a reward for our ongoing love of pop music's most celebrated and self-conscious cheese-fest.

According to SBS, which has screened Eurovision for more than 30 years, 2.93 million Australians watched last year's contest, which was won by Danish singer Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest for a barefoot performance in which she was accompanied by hunky drummers in military-style outfits. As you do.

SBS says Mauboy's guest starring role in Copenhagen will be the first time a solo artist from a non-European country has been invited to perform by the key networks, the European broadcasting Union and the host broadcaster, in this case Denmark's DR.


Sydney Morning Herald

What date is Eurovision 2014? Entry details, venue, semi-final qualification, voting and more
By Carl Greenwood Mirror

Eurovision 2014 preview: Will Estonia entry Amazing see Tanja join song contest winners?
With this year's Eurovision Song Contest nearly upon us, we're profiling every
BY CARL GREENWOOD Mirror

Eurovision 2014 preview: Will Belgium entry Mother see Axel Hirsoux join song contest winners?

BY CAR LGREENWO Mirror

Eurovision 2014 preview: Will Finland entry Something Better see Softengine join song contest winners?
BY CARLGREENWOOD MIRROR