Between 5th and 9th March this year, I went out to Lisbon to cover the 56th edition of Festival da Canção. Fair to say RTP did a fantastic job, giving me exclusive access to the live shows and the press rooms, where I conducted interviews…

Mahmood and Blanco’s song 'Brividi' has done more than give themselves some ‘shivers’. Today the song has hit #5 on the Spotify Global Top 50 chart, an incredible achievement for a song that was released on Monday evening. In doing so, they…

After a dramatic and tense voting sequence in the Scandinavium where first place swung back and forth between Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, it was Norway that emerged victorious at the end of the evening in Gothenburg in 1985.…

Aside from picking a host city and venue, perhaps the greatest task a host broadcaster has before Eurovision is choosing the hosts. Great presenters can make or break a Eurovision Song Contest. Can you remember who hosted back in 2012?…

Merry “FiKmas” everyone! We are celebrating Albania’s Festivali i Këngës this week on ESCBubble. This festival is generally well-known by many Eurovision fans, as it is usually the first national final every year. With the 60th edition of…

Ahoj! This week is all about the Czech Republic, a country still awaiting its first Eurovision victory! Broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) has been teasing us over the last few weeks with scant details about this year’s edition of the Czech…

In a typical Eurovision year, hype builds throughout November, in anticipation of the National Finals season kicking off in December in Albania – but not this year! Estonia has pipped Albania at the post for the honour of starting…

In a month from now, or so, RAI will choose the city that will have the honour of hosting the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Last month, the list of the 17 bidding cities was revealed with some real surprises. The next step…

Finally it's here!  We are hours away from the Grand Final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, from the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. Ahead of the big event, the ESCBubble panel of Nick, Anne, David, Kyle and Joe are back to predict the…

With the Turquoise Carpet and the first Semi-Final behind us, we are still waiting for the second Semi-Final which is set for tonight. And don't you even think that the artists in the second Semi-Final let go of their outfits! (Well, at…