Mercy becomes picture book

Cooperation between Madame Monsieur and Eurostory

The lyrics of Mercy, the song that pop duo Madame Monsieur sang for France at the Eurovision Song Contest of 2018, will be published as a picture book in the Dutch language. The illustrations are made by Saskia Halfmouw. Origin of the book Emilie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas (Madame Monsieur)… »

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Mahmood: the fine thin line

Parijs, October 28th 2019, Café de la Danse

Reasons There are many reasons to attend one of Mahmood’s concerts. Here is a list: – He finished second place at the Eurovision Song Contest, gave one hell of a performance, and his Soldi became the most-listened to Eurovision song on Spotify ever. – He is handsome (no really, check his Instagram). –… »

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Duncan Laurence: how it all began

Amsterdam, May 1, 2019, Het Zonnehuis

This is how it all began. That’s what we’ll say. Later, looking back. On Wednesday night, May 1, 2019 in Het Zonnehuis in the North of Amsterdam. Where, for the first time in his life, Duncan Laurence gave a concert. This is where it all began. Crossing the IJ on… »

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Italy wins Eurostory Best Lyrics Award

To highlight the art of writing song lyrics, www.eurostory.nl hands out the Eurostory Best Lyrics Award – an award for the best song lyrics from this year’s Eurovision-songs. This year’s award is won by Italy: song writers Mahmood and Dardust, for the lyrics of their song Soldi. Who came second… »

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France: Bilal Hassani’s Kingdom

The best lines of his debut album

He is nineteen years old (born on the day of the nines: 9-9-’99) and he is the French participant at Eurovision 2019. Bilal Hassani is his name, a boy of Moroccan-French descent, who got famous after taking part in The Voice Kids (where he sang Conchita Wurst’s winning Eurovision song… »

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INTERVIEW MADAME MONSIEUR: O, it’s so great !

They came to Eurovision 2018 with a story. On Twitter, the two members of Madame Monsieur, Émilie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas, learned about a baby named Mercy, born a refugee, on a boat in the middle of the Mediterranean sea. The sincere lyrics of their song were awarded our ‘Best… »

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Bilal Hassani: Kingdom

The best lines of his debut album

He is nineteen years old (born on the day of the nines: 9-9-’99) and he is the French participant at Eurovision 2019. Bilal Hassani is his name, a boy of Moroccan-French descent, who got famous after taking part in The Voice Kids (where he sang Conchita Wurst’s winning Eurovision song… »

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Iceland: what Hatari has to say about Gaza

Our love for the first semi-final

The Eurovision entry for Iceland paints a dystopia: a horrific, fictional society. A society full of dismal elements that can best be described by using a word such as ‘sinister’. The lyrics for Hatrið mun sigra (‘Hatred shall prevail’) reads as the musical reincarnation of the science fiction novel Brave new world (published in 1932)…. »

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Izhar Cohen: Many, many things happened

Izhar Cohen (1951) was the first Israeli winner ever. He competed for his country in Paris in 1978 and won with the now iconic disco song A-ba-ni-bi. Still being a renowned and respected performer, he talks to Eurostory about the glory of it all – and the hardships.  You are… »

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IMRI: Let’s continue!

Imri Zev (IMRI, 1991) is the young Israeli singer, dancer, actor and model that participated in Eurovision three times. Twice as a backing singer – and then, in 2017, on the main stage, singing I feel alive. Eurostory spoke with him about the impact the festival had, and about his… »

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