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Joe Sansom

I blame Belle and The Devotions (United Kingdom 1984) for first drawing me into the Eurovision bubble. Lover of all things Nordic and Baltic, and the odd Balkan ballad. First Eurovision I attended was the one in Riga in 2003 and Lisbon is #12!

'Don’t live to dance, dance to live'

Eurovision 2019

83 Submissions for Latvia’s ‘Supernova’

Joe Sansom Oct 22, 2018

The submission window for Latvia's preselection event, 'Supernova', closed yesterday evening, and the Latvian broadcaster LTV has today confirmed that a total of 83 submissions have been received. The announcement was made on the…

Live From Lisbon

LIVE – Grand Final (Jury Show)

Joe Sansom May 11, 2018

The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest is finally here, and tonight's Jury show will see 50% of the votes cast, so we will be well on the way to determining who will win the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. You can follow our live…

Eurovision 2018

LIVE – Semi Final 2 (1st Dress Rehearsal)

Joe Sansom May 9, 2018

So, the first semi-final is now over, but there is only limited time fro us to reflect as we move straight on to the preparations for Thursday's second semi-final. The first full dress rehearsal begins at 14:00 local time (15:00 CET), and…

Eurovision 2018

Vanja Radovanovic joins the line up for the ESCBubble Party!

Joe Sansom May 5, 2018

We are pleased to announce that another of this year's Eurovision artists has agreed to perform at the ESCBubble Party! Vanja Radovanovic who is representing Montenegro with his song 'Inje' joins Sanja Ilic & Balkanika of Serbia,…

Eurovision 2018

ESCBubble party on the 7th of May!

Joe Sansom May 1, 2018

After a successful party in Stockholm two years ago, ESCBubble is happy to announce the second Party that will take place on the 7th of May, in the EuroCafe! ESCBubble is going to celebrate its second party at the EuroCafe in Lisbon -…

Eurovision 2018

Live in Lisbon – Day 3 – Rehearsals (Semi Final 2)

Joe Sansom May 1, 2018

We are back in the press centre and ready to go with day 3. Today we will see the first rehearsals of the songs competing in the first half of the second semi-final. We will be seeing: - Norway - Romania - Serbia - San Marino -…

Eurovision 2018

Live in Lisbon – Day 2 – Rehearsals (Semi Final 1)

Joe Sansom Apr 30, 2018

So we are back in the press centre awaiting the start of day 2. We have a busy day ahead with first rehearsals from the remaining 9 countries competing in the first semi-final. You can follow our coverage here with our live blog in…

Eurovision 2018

LIVE: Semi Final 1 Rehearsals (Semi Final 1)

Joe Sansom Apr 29, 2018

Good Morning! It's Day 1 of the rehearsals here in the Press Centre with Matt and Joe and we're so excited to be here! The weather's been a bit drizzly, but it's starting to warm up which is good. Below we'll be blogging how the rehearsals…

Eurovision 2018

The Public Review ‘Inje’ by Vanja Radovanovic!

Joe Sansom Apr 25, 2018

We continue our series of reviews of all the 43 Eurovision entries. The reviewers are casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest, and not Eurovision fans. Today we have for you a review of “Inje” by Vanja Radovanovic, who will represent…

Austria

Cesar Sampson – ‘Having fun is key to tapping into my potential’

Joe Sansom Apr 8, 2018

Our coverage of the London Eurovision Party continues with our interview with Austria's representative in Lisbon, Cesar Sampson. Anne had a chat on the sofa with Cesar and asked him about his previous Eurovision connections with Bulgaria,…

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