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Basel Bulletin: odds, opinions and social media

Odds, opinions and social media; that is what we talk about these days. The last seven participants of the second semifinal have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. We also have pictures. 🇬🇪 Georgia Georgian representative Mariam Shengelia

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Basel Bulletin: a doll, fog, flames and a microphone

📷 Miika Varila This afternoon we saw Basel Bulletin: a doll, fog, flames and a microphone. Today we continue with the next 4 rehearsals. We tell you everything about the last part of the second semifinal. EBU has decided to release photo’s of it only the day after. But still

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🇱🇺 Road to Basel: Luxembourg

Road to Basel: Luxembourg Road to Basel: Luxembourg! As the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel approaches, we continue our daily spotlight on this year’s contestants. Today, we focus on Luxembourg.​ Photo: Massen Photography Laura Thorn Laura Thorn is a 25-year-old Luxembourgish singer and music educator from Esch-sur-Alzette. Trained in

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Laura Thorn

📷 EBU/Corinne Cumming About Quick Facts NameLaura Thorn Born22 January 2000 Nationality🇱🇺 Luxembourgish National SelectionLuxembourg Song Contest 2025 In Eurovision2025 Basel SongLa poupée monte le son (2025) Biography Laura Thorn, born on January 22, 2000, in Luxembourg, is a singer and multi-instrumentalist. She began her musical education at the age

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🇱🇺 Laura Thorn wins in Luxembourg

Laura Thorn wins in Luxembourg. She will thus represent the grandduchy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The song is written by Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal and composed by Julien Salva. The song was the clear winner of the expert jury, while Zero Point Five was the televoters’ favourite. Upcoming Tuesday we

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🇱🇺 Luxembourg selects a song

Tonight is the night: Luxembourg selects a song. Last year they returned to Eurovision after a long break… and they stay! The show starts at 20:00 and you can watch it here. The show will be held in the Rockhal in Esch-zur-Alzette. Out of 7 songs, an international jury ánd

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🇮🇪 Ireland: Dickie Rock passed away

Ireland: Dickie Rock passed away aged 88. That is what his family have announced. His death was confirmed in a statement issued by his family this evening: “His children, Jason, John, Richard, Sarah Jane and Peter will miss him very much. Dickie lost his beloved Judy in 2022 and they

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After the Eurovision fame

After the Eurovision Fame: Vicky Leandros

Vicky Leandros participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2 times; in 1967 she represented Luxembourg with “L’amour est blue” and finished in fourth place. The song, however, became a worldwide hit, and was covered by many. In 1972 she was again asked to represent Luxembourg. She won the festival that

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Malmö Messages: yesterday’s pressconference

photo: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett Yesterday, after winning the tickets to the final, the 10 winners headed to the winners’ pressconference. We of Eurovision Universe were present at this press conference. Cyprus Silia Kapsis said it was a huge opportunity to be here. She was super proud and super happy. About

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Malmö messages: from rainbows to proud Eurovision fans

Azerbaijan: Fahree and Ilkin Dovlatov represent Azerbaijan. In the photos that have been released, it becomes even clearer that hands play a leading role in “ÖzünlÉ™ Apar”, the song Azerbaijan is sending. For the first time, the Azerbaijani language can be heard at the song contest, albeit in a few

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