(Photo: Andres Putting) After an interval of some 44 years, the Netherlands have scored their fifth ESC win. Duncan Laurence won the contest on 18 May in Tel Aviv with his song “Arcade” thus giving the Netherlands the right to organise the ESC in 2020. Preparations for next year’s event have already begun and several … More Congratulations to the Netherlands
Delegations and fans will start arriving in Tel Aviv shortly, with rehearsals due to start in the next few days. The city will be offering fans an unprecedented range of Eurovision-themed events during finals week. There will be a EuroVillage operating every evening along the seafront, the OGAE Israel-organised EuroCafe in the city centre, and … More Tel Aviv 2019 – Party Town
OGAE Turkey would like to invite all OGAE members to join them for their annual party in Istanbul on 27 April. This year’s “Golden Party” will take place at the W Lounge (Suleyman Seba Cad. W Istanbul No:22, Akaretler, Besiktas/Istanbul) and will be the grandest event since the start of these annual parties in 2004. … More OGAE Turkey invitation
The OGAE International Bureau (management committee) is up for election at this year’s Presidents’ meeting in Tel Aviv. The President, Treasurer and two bureau members are putting themselves up for re-election, but the Secretary and two other bureau members are standing down this year. Any current member of an OGAE national club is eligible to … More OGAE International Elections
For all those who purchased OGAE ticket packages for the ESC in Tel Aviv, we are still working with the local ticket agency to finalise arrangements for where and when your tickets may be collected. We are also still working on the final seating plan and so those who bought seated packages have not yet … More Ticketing update
Ticket arrangements for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest live shows are still being finalised. Details of any tickets to be made available to OGAE members along with purchase procedures will be announced some time in February. There are numerous rumours, press and media reports about ticketing, although no details have yet been officially announced. Definitive … More ESC 2019 OGAE ticketing
The 2018 meeting of the OGAE National Club Presidents held on 11 May in Lisbon accepted an application from “Fan Club Eurovision Bulgaria” to become an OGAE associate member. As an associate member the club will be entitled to participate in all OGAE activities in accordance with our statutes. The presidents will review the club’s … More New OGAE club in Bulgaria
The Israeli singer, Netta, won the ESC18 Grand Final with a total of 529 points, taking the public televote over Eleni Foureira from Cyprus with her song Fuego. 25-year old Netta had earned the right to represent Israel by winning KAN’s Next Star for Eurovision national selection show. Earlier in the week, Netta appeared at … More Israel win ESC18
OGAE Portugal has set up the Eurocafe as Lisbon’s biggest eurovision party venue during finals week. The venue is open until Sunday morning with days passes available each day on the door. For details see https://www.ogaeeurocafe2018.ogaeportugal.pt/index.php/pt/
Wednesday 9 May will see the annual OGAE Party at the Lisbon Eurocafe. This will be the biggest and best Eurovision party night of the week. The evening will be hosted by Portugal’s Suzy and will feature Sanna Nielsen, Baccara and other special guests as well as two separate dance floors playing ESC music. Day … More OGAE Party 2018
