Zeno Kapitein Webmaster / Videographer
Zeno Kapitein (he/him) lives in Amsterdam and works as a product designer at grocery startup Crisp. He studied Industrial Design in Eindhoven, followed by a study in Digital Experience Design at Hyper Island Manchester. Zeno designs, builds, and maintains the Eurostory website. Next to this he works on (too many) side projects, such as the Gloei podcast together with Edward.
About the Eurovision Song Contest:
Without Eurostory my connection to Eurovision would have been nearly non-existent – not much more than the typical Twitter comments on a Saturday night. Until I was approached by a bunch of strangers and asked to build a website about the Song Contest. As compensation I was invited to join the team in Stockholm and experience the madness myself.
Ever since then I've secretly fallen in love a bit after all. With the spectacle, sure, but above all with everything surrounding it: exploring a beautiful city, meeting new people from all over the world, and building something great with amazing people.
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Norway
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Kyiv 2017
JOWST – Grab the moment
(Joakim With Steen/Jonas McDonnell)
Belgium
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Vienna 2015
Loïc Nottet – Rhythm inside
(Loïc Nottet/Beverly Jo Scott)
Italy
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Turin 2022
Mahmood & BLANCO – Brividi
(Mahmood/BLANCO/Michelangelo)
Czech Republic
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Lisbon 2018
Mikolas Josef – Lie to me
(Mikolas Josef)
Netherlands
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Turin 2022
S10 – De diepte
(Arno Krabman/Stien den Hollander)
Written by Zeno
Whew, there’s so much to tell about Pasha Parfeni, the singer representing Moldova – again! – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. We’ve made a selection for you: the ten things you need to know to fully understand Pasha’s song Soarele şi Luna. The song (a fairy tale…), the lyrics (…about cosmic love…) and the act (…with horns … »
#standwithukraine – these illustrations are free for download. Artist: Saskia Halfmouw.