We have been receiving quite a bit of information about some of the entrants this year. Check out our Press Release Section for information from Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, Iceland and San Marino. Keep an eye on this section for more over the next few days.

We have received information letting us know that OUTtv has once again launched its online poll for its annual award. OUTtv is the gay lifestyle channel in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Canada.

In this poll you can vote for your favourite song from among this year’s Eurovision contestants. The award is now in its 6th year. You can still vote for your favourite song until the 13th of May by going to OUTmusic Awards or their website OUTtv.

You simply go to the submission of your choice from all the songs provided and press “bekijken” (View), watch the video and cast your vote! The winner will be announced on Wednesday 20th May on the OUTtv show “Vienna Calling” and on the OUTtv website.

Previous Winners

It is interesting to notice that the rehearsals start quite late each day – 12 midday. But it seems they have allowed each country a shorter rehearsal time than the 45 minutes or so we had in the past. Also there are just 20 minutes for meet and greet – let’s hope most fans will be able to meet and greet the artists. If they allow one minute per website or journalist, then the maximum they can have is 20.

We finally have information about the Vienna pickup packages. This is for members who selected the pickup delivery option.

Members now have the opportunity to check the status of their ticket packages via this link: oeticket.com

Look for this little symbol on the top right and click on it, then all you have to do is enter the e-mail address and order ID (confirmation number), and you’ll know whether the tickets have been printed/on their way/etc.

Ticket pickup opens on Monday 11 May 2015
…and closes on Saturday 23 May 2915

You can pick your tickets up from:
Oeticket Center
Museumsquartier
Halle E+G im Museumsquartier Foyer
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien

The offices are open the following hours:
Monday – Saturday: 10.00 am – 13.00 pm & 14.00 pm – 19.00 pm
(The offices are closed for one hour for lunch)

Thursday 14 May is a public holiday so the offices won’t be open on that day.

Tickets have to be picked up personally, and passport and confirmation must be presented at the time of pickup. We gather ‘confirmation’ means the item you got when you booked.

Please make a note of these details.

Richard has been hard at work to give the website a new look on the home page, by grouping things together and re-arranging the page headings in more priority order.

We will also give the whole home page a new look – but that will happen after Vienna and we will also ask input from our visitors.

When the page was originally created, it was done just to have something to start with and now that we are up and running and with a lot of info on the website, we can start with a new look and experiment a little. I think we are the fastest growing website of the OGAE clubs and we could not have achieved this without the help of a lot of dedicated people. A big thank you for that.

Liam has supplied some interesting shots from the Swedish newspapers making their predictions for Melodifestivalen tonight.