The contestants press conference took place today in Brasov, at Centrul Cultural Reduta, near the Golden Stag stage. All the contestants were present in a very nice athmosphere, with not too many jouranalists, but enough to keep us entertained. The conference was moderated by Smaranda Vornicu, who is also the director of the festival, and a true pro on the matter. The main topics were learning how to sing in the romanian language and how does it feel to play with a live orchestra behind you, a thing that you don’t fint often these days. Apart from that, a few inevitable eurovision related questions and the f

The Golden Stag Trophy will enter the digital era by using , for the first time ever in the history of the festival, a volumetric 3D model . “ It is an art piece made after a modern technology, by pouring bronze into a wax fading system” - Aurel Ionescu – Team Coordinator. " The silhouetee of the stag is inspired by the original trophy, whit a few modernised lines, and the pedestal is made of stone, symbolising  force and continuity in time" - Andrei Rotaru ( architect) The Trophy itself will weight 5 kg, with a height of 25 cm and will be plated in gold, and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize trophys

Being in the Eurovision family, TVR didn’t hold back when it comes to Eurostars being present at The Golden Stag Festival.  So this year they have outdone themselves and we say a big Thank You ! for the wonderfull line-up they will present on stage in Brasov. Starting with the contestants, no less that 4 Eurostars will be competing on the Golden Stag Stage. John Karayiannis – Cyprus ( ESC 2018 – Wien ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUNEoMBLGc8 Ryan O’Shaughnessy – Ireland ( ESC 2018 – Lisbon ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1cQ2wZ1dk Lidia Isac – Moldova ( ESC 2016 – St

The biggest romanian music festival is about to be revived by TVR. The Golden Stag international festival will take place this year betwen  29.08-02.09.2018 in Brasov, in the Piata Sfatului Square. The festival opened in 1968, 50 years ago, and had 17 editions so far. Due to different political and financial reasons, the festival was interrupted for a long period of time, but now is back, and hopefully will stay. As far as the Eurostars attending, we had plenty of them during the years: Toto Cutugno ( ESC 1990), Patricia Kass ( ESC 2009 ), Ruslana ( ESC2004), TATU ( ESC2003) Glen Vella ( ESC 2011), Pas

Castigatoarea trofeului Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Netta Barzilai, a ajuns acasa ieri in tel Aviv aterizand pe aeroportul Ben-Gurion. A fost intampinata la aeroport de o cohorta de jurnalisti. Conform ziarului Haaretz, Netta a declarat: " Acesta este un moment superb pentru mine, pentru delegatie si pentru tara. Ma bucur ca am reusit sa creez un motiv de bucureie pentru o tara care zilele acestea nu prea are multe motive de bucurie. Suntem cu totii un pic cam obositi pentru ca am petrecut victoria aseara." ( @haaretz.com) Seara Netta a participat la un concert special in Rabin Square din Tel Aviv, intampina

The full voting list were published late last night for the 3 shows. As far as the semifinals are concerned these were pretty weird. Romania, Russia and Azerbaijan missed the final, loosing their 100% reccord of qualification into the final. Romania missed it with a 4 points difference opposite Hungary. The most interesting fact comes from the final voting, where is clear that the juries favoured Sweden and Australia, as for the public, they completly lacked interest for these two countries. It was such a huge shock in the audience when the first country to be announced as the country that got the lowest scor

Israelul a castigat Eurovision 2018, cu o victorie stransa in fata Ciprului. Netta si Eleni s-au batut pana in ultimul moment, dar Israelul a iesit castigator. Extazul din sala nu poate fi descris in cuvinte. Vom uploada cateva video-uri din sala pentru a vedea cam cum s-a simtiti din public Eurovisionul. Felicitari Israel, felicitari Netta:                                       photo source: Andres Putting ( EBU) Ionut Demetriad for escro

In aceata dupa masa au fost acordate, aici la Lisabona, Premiile Marcel Bezencon, premii acordate de specialistii din industrie. Aceste premii au fost infintate in 2002 la initiativa lui  Christer Björkman si  Richard Herrey,  pentru a rasplati pe cei mai buni dintre cei mai buni. Anul acesta castigatorii pe categorii sunt: Premiul pentru Compozitie: BULGARIA                 Premiul Presei: FRANTA ( acordat de presa acreditata la eveniment)                 Premiul

Tocmai s-a terminat semifinala a doua si din pacate dezamagirea este maxima pentru noi pentru ca nu ne-am calificat. Am urmarit semifinala de aici din Centrul de Presa cu sufletul la gura, si dupa prestatia Romaniei nu aveam nici un dubiu ca nu ne vom califica. Cand a mai ramas de anuntat ultima tara calificata, un coleg din Rusia care statea in fata noastra, dezamagit si el, a strigat catre noi : Romania sau Olanda....a fost Olanda :(  Nu stim cum am pierdut semifinala , si ce voturi am primit, dar stim ca nu e fost un sentiment placut. Dar asta este Eurovisionul. The Humans au avut o prestati impecabila

  Cu centrul de presa am facut cunostinta astazi  in 8 Mai , cand am ajuns la Lisabona. Dupa perchezitiile absolut necesare de la intrarea in intregul complex al Arenei Altice, prima oprire a fost centrul de acreditari de unde ne-m ridicat acreditarea, fara de care nu poti circula in Press Center si nici in arena pentru repetitiile generale la care are acces presa. Locatia aleasa de organizatori este absolut fantastica, fiind pe malul apei intr-un decor mirific, in Parcul Natiunilor. Poate un pic mai mic decat in alti ani, acesta este destul de incapator pentru toata lumea prezenta fara te simti ingh