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11 May 2023
This week, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to his favourite Eurovision Song Contest entries.
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11 May 2023
This week, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to his favourite Eurovision Song Contest entries.
21 March 2022
The 65-year old mainstay of the European cultural calendar, the Eurovision Song Contest, heads across the Atlantic this week. A new show will pit all 50 states, five US territories and Washington DC against each other in…
19 May 2015
Monocle’s Robert Bound and Fernando Augusto Pacheco take a look at some of the contenders for the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Vienna. Who are the hot favourites, who has the most ridicu…
15 May 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest is back and so are its noisy fans. Europe’s most popular cultural event will take place in Rotterdam next week, following last year’s cancellation. While the glitter-encrusted contest is prima…
9 May 2016
Last week it was announced that the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest would be broadcast in the US for the first time, with LGBT network Logo airing the competition. Can Eurovision be as successful in the US as…
9 May 2017
For the second instalment of our special Eurovision series this week, we look at the Western Balkans. The event might be a light-hearted matter in Britain and much of western Europe but in the East it’s a serious matter …
11 May 2017
We continue this week’s series on the Eurovision Song Contest with a look at the Finnish track record from the past 50 years. Monocle 24’s resident Finn Markus Hippi explains how Eurovision became a national obsession – and…
6 May 2023
Last year’s Eurovision Song Contest was a demonstration of the extraordinary political and diplomatic potency of this curious annual circus. For many of the same reasons, this year’s Eurovision will be as well. What has it…
7 May 2016
The Eurovision Song Contest, the final of which takes place in Stockholm next week, is one of the greatest expressions of European solidarity and soft power. But as the whole continent struggles, what can it tell us about…
12 May 2017
We continue this week’s series on the Eurovision Song Contest with a look at Portugal. It has been competing for nearly half a century but still hasn't been able to snatch the much-revered top spot. Bets are high for this…
9 May 2023
We meet the production designer behind this year’s Eurovision Song Contest stage and, in Alaska, find out about the challenges of designing for cold climates with architect Aaron Cooke. Plus: Carolina Castiglioni, founder…
8 May 2017
The countdown is on as Eurovision creeps ever closer. This Saturday, Kiev will host the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest, the annual music extravaganza. To get us into the mood, we’re inviting some of our contributors this week…
10 May 2017
And now for the third instalment in our special Eurovision series. Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest six times, it just needs another win to tie with Ireland. Besides being the third-biggest music exporter in the…
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