Eurovision

I’m the founder and editor of Wiwibloggs — the world’s most-followed independent Eurovision web site and YouTube channel, which has amassed nearly 200 million views. Described by Dutch media as “the world’s most influential Eurovision viewer,” I’ve visited 30 countries — from Albania and Armenia to Moldova and Russia — interviewing aspiring and established pop stars and judging primetime song contests. I previously won Arts & Culture Blogger of the Year at the UK National Blog Awards. More recently, I appeared as myself in the Will Ferrell Netflix comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

My adventures through the world of Euro-pop have been featured in The New York Times, VICE, The Guardian, Billboard and countless other publications, and I’ve been a talking head on the BBC, CNN, CBS, CNBC and other major networks. I was also one of five central characters in the 2017 ARTE documentary Eurovisions, and had my own segment on Swedish television’s three-part Eurovision pre-show in 2016. I’ve spoken about Eurovision at the European Union headquarters in Vienna and was the only blogger to speak at the European Broadcasting Union’s Eurovision Song Contest: 60th Anniversary Conference at BAFTA in London. Some of these experiences became part of my memoir “Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision.”

As a Eurovision influencer I’ve collaborated with major brands including ABSOLUT, MyHeritage and VisitHolland.