By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Banished from Eurovision, Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest at President Vladimir Putin’s behest on Saturday, with a Soviet-era name and acts intended to promote “traditional family values”. Singers at “Intervision” will hail from 23 countries accounting for more than half the world’s population,…
In a season when couture has sometimes taken a dystopian turn, leave it to Kevin Germanier to restore a sense of childlike wonder. Guests arriving at his show in a basement bunker at IRCAM, a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, were greeted by an installation of inflatables glowing iridescent in…
The UK has entered the Eurovision Song Contest every year since 1959, but its success at the event has been very mixed over the decades. This year’s contest in Basel, Switzerland is the 69th edition of the annual competition, and comes after Swiss singer Nemo won the event last year with ‘The Code’. READ MORE: The…