Erika Vikman is representing Finland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and her song “ICH KOMME” has proven to be one of the show’s most controversial. The singer has plenty of experience in the ...

Israel‘s place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is under the microscope following a petition signed by more than 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals urging a ban due to alleged “war ...

Austria seeks compromise on Israel’s Eurovision entry as Spain, Ireland and others threaten boycott over Gaza war.

BASEL, Switzerland — There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: sauna. The northern Swiss city isn’t known as an epicenter of steamy wood-cabin ...

BASEL, Switzerland — There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna. The northern Swiss city isn't known as an epicenter of steamy wood-cabin ...

VIENNA—Nine years ago, the Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest dressed as monsters of the underworld, stunning European audiences with gruesome makeup and other satanic accouterments, ...

This week’s UK singles charts have been dominated by four of this year’s hit Eurovision entries, with the 2023 competition’s runner-up nearly breaking the top 5. On Friday (19 May), BBC Radio 1’s Jack ...

Eurovision’s first semi-final truly did not disappoint on Tuesday, although two particularly, memorable performances seemed to be burned into people’s minds. The Eurovision Song Contest is officially ...

This article and radio report by Rae Ellen Bichell for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on March 3, 2015, and is republished as part of a content-sharing agreement. Gladiators in leather ...

As Eurovision 2007 ramps up, the continent looks to Finland and its rubber-faced monster men to yet again save us from the serenades of every brown-toothed gypsy Slovakia has to offer. We're going to ...