GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster, have announced that Ranina, the Georgian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will be returning for it’s fourth consecutive year – having first taken place in 2018. The application process for Ranina is now open, with any interested applicants able to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cristina Scarlat from Moldova is 30 today If you were lucky enough to get to the big Eurovision stage, what would your gimmick be? You only have three minutes to impress the juries and viewers, so it has to be instant. And memorable. But not shocking. It’s […]
As ardent fans of Danish Melodi Grand Prix will know by now , this Saturday sees the 2021 edition take place at DR Byen studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. As a person who comes from a Danish family background, I have always taken a keen interest in this national […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is now broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – that’s well over 1500 songs! You told us you wanted to vote for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Valentina Monetta is 46 today What do you think of those performers that keep coming back? Do you think they should call it a day if they don’t do well? Do you admire persistence? Do you secretly one a trier to win at some point? Back in […]
The seventh week, of what is the National Final marathon season is complete. Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a full round-up of all the results, in one place. Wednesday 24th February In Cyprus, Elena released her song “El Diablo”. Thursday 25th February In Germany, Jendrik released his song “I Don’t Feel […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 28 today Are you always able to pick a winner when you first hear it? Or does it baffle you completely when [insert country here] wins? Obviously, if you could pick a winner, every year, you’d be as rich as Crœsus. […]
This week see’s the eighth of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has ten shows, as well as song announcements… Tuesday 2nd March Italy – San Remo Night 1 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Wednesday 3rd March Italy – San Remo Night 2 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Thursday […]
#PORTUGAL: Five more songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 The Portuguese public have picked five more song to go through to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2021 on Saturday 6 March. But what are the five? EU.CLIDES – Volte-Face Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar Carolina […]
The four duels for next weekend’s Andra Chansen round of Melodifestivalen have been revealed. The winner of each duel will go through to the final. The duels are: Duel 1: Alvaro Estrella – Baila baila vs. Lillasyster – Pretender Duel 2: Frida Green – The Silence vs. Paul Rey – The […]
Tonight, Melodifestivalen 2021 took to the national selection stage. We had two direct finalists and two second chancers. Direct to the Final were: Eric Saade – Every Minute The Mamas – In The Middle They will join the following entries in the Grand Final: Danny Saucedo – Dandi dansa […]
Ana Soklič will sing Amen for Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The song premiered on a special edition of EMA earlier tonight, though both the song and Ana Soklič were selected internally following her victory at EMA in 2020 with ‘Voda’. As the contest was subsequently […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção SF2 from 22.00 CET Portugal’s broadcaster RTP continues the search for a song for Rotterdam tonight. In this second semi-final, ten more songs will compete for five more places in the Grand Final of Festival da Canção on Saturday 6 March. […]
The running order has been decided for the Danish Melodi Grand Prix, to take place next Saturday, 6th March . This year , we have just 8 acts instead of the usual 10 performing for the Danish ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Rotterdam, […]
Tonight see’s the continuation of Melodifestivalen – with all six shows this year coming from Stockholm, with no audience. For Semi Final 4, Christer Bjorkman will be joined by Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren for hosting duties – Christer will be joined by somebody different each week. Join […]
Last night, Lesley Roy took to the stage of The Late Late Show to give her first television performance of the Irish 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entry, “Maps”. You can watch her performance below: Lesley had the chance to reflect on the disappointment of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision […]
#IRELAND: Lesley Roy reveals her song for Rotterdam! RTÉ has today launched Ireland’s 2021 Eurovision entry, Maps, by Lesley Roy. Dubliner Lesley will get her second chance to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May, following the cancellation of last year’s show due to the ongoing pandemic. […]
Just a little bit of patience dear readers of Eurovision Ireland. Our delightful Lesley Roy will premiere her 2021 Eurovision song ‘Maps’ tomorrow morning at 8:35 AM (Ireland time) @RTÉ 2fm. So be sure to tune in tomorrow! Are you excited? We certainly are. Oh, and if you don’t […]
It has been heavily rumoured by both journalist, Andrea Conti and newspaper, La Stampa, that Diodato will open the first night of San Remo with “Fai Rumore”. This follows similar appearances of Ulrikke and Elisa in both Norway and Portugal. Andrea Conti had the following to say on […]
Jendrik Sigwart was internally chosen by NDR, the German national broadcaster, to represent them at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Moments ago, the official video for the German entry was revealed: You can also see the first live performance on Barbara Schöneberger’s chat show tonight – at 21:00 […]
A limited number of people will be able to join the audience of the televised reveal of Jeangu Macrooy’s 2021 Eurovision Song Contest song reveal – albeit virtually. The televised show will take place on Thursday 4th March, at 18:00 GMT/19:00 CET. Audience members will be able to […]
This lunchtime, 60 second clips of each of the songs from the fourth semi final of Melodifestivalen 2021, has been released. You can listen to the clips below: Tess Merkel – “Good Life” Lovad – “Allting är precis likadant” Efraim Leo – “Best of Me” The Mamas – […]
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest Steering Group has been updated with re-elections for 2021. The eagle-eyed team from ESCplus noticed one particular inclusion. One member of the Steering Group appears to be Carla Bugalho, from RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster. Generally, Steering Group members can only come from […]
Back in 2019, BBC Alba first discussed the possibility about participation at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, however has yet to make a debut – the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest is no different. ESCBubble approached BBC Alba over a possible 2021 participation and was given the following […]
Germany, the last of the Big Five countries to make their debut at the Junior Eurovision Contest last year, have confirmed their participation in the 2021 Contest. Talking to ESC Kompakt, Thomas Schreiber, the Head of Entertainment at NDR, had the following to say: “I am happy to […]
Today CyBC1, the national broadcaster of Cyprus, premiered the much awaited video of the entry they will send to the Eurovision song contest 2021 ,to take place in Rotterdam,Netherlands. This year the country will be represented by Elena Tsagrinou with the song ” El diablo “, which is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nina Morato from France is 55 today It must be daunting when you’re drawn to perform last in the Eurovision Song Contest. It might have been less so when they were smaller, but in these years of 25+ songs per contest, those butterflies must start to appear […]
Hurricane, who were internally selected to represent Serbia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest again, after last year’s cancelled Contest, have revealed their song title for this year. This year, Hurricane will be performing “Loco Loco” in Rotterdam. The song will be released at some point during March. […]
Yesterday, ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, revealed the running order for this year’s Grand Final of Eesti Laul. Opening the show will be Egert Milder and closing it will be Kadri Voorand. The full running order can be seen below: 1. Egert Milder – ‘Free Again‘2. Suured Tüdrukud […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is now broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – that’s well over 1500 songs! We asked you which group of countries you […]
The sixth week, of what is the National Final marathon season is complete. Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a full round-up of all the results, in one place. Monday 15th February In Norway, the Second Chance round of “Melodi Grand Prix” took place: Progressing to the Final was: Jorn […]
Applications for this year’s New Wave festival have opened. The festival, for 7-13 year olds, is due to take place during the last week of May. The festival that originated in Moscow, Russia, back in 2008, is due to take place in Crimea for the first time this […]
Applications for this year’s New Wave festival have opened. The festival is due to take place over six days in August. The festival that originated in Jūrmala, Latvia, back in 2002, has taken place in Sochi, Russia, since 2015. It was due to be held in Kazan last […]
On Thursday, we presented the six POTENTIAL 2021 Eurovision entries that VICTORIA will perform in Rotterdam. Revisit the songs before heading towards the feedback website. BNT, the Bulgarian national broadcaster, has launched Bulgaria2021.com, their feedback website. The final choice is in the hands of VICTORIA and her team, […]
This week see’s the seventh of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has three shows, as well as song announcements… Wednesday 24th February Cyprus – Elena Releases “El Diablo” (Time TBC) Thursday 25th February Germany – Jendrik Stigwart’s Song Reveal (16:50 GMT/17:50 CET) Friday 26th […]
After an exciting night in Madrid, the Spain Eurovision for entry for 2021 has been decided! Blas Cantó will perform in Rotterdam the song ‘Voy A Quedarme’/ (I will Stay). Congratulations Spain and best of luck in Rotterdam! Do you like ‘Voy A Quedarme’? Let us know in […]
Tonight Norway held its Melodi Grand Prix Final at the H 3 arena in Fornebu , Norway., hosted by Ronny Brede Aase, Kåre Magnus Bergh and Silje Nordnes , twelve acts participated , with four going forwards to a second round and then two going forward to the […]
After a thoroughly entertaining night in Tampere, UMK 2021 has finished and we have a result! Representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be… Congratulations to Blind Channel and Dark Side!! Finland now have to earn their spot in the Eurovision Final by competing in the […]
Tonight, Melodifestivalen 2021 took to the national selection stage. We had two direct finalists and two second chancers. Direct to the Final were: Charlotte Perelli – Still Young Tusse – Voices They will join the following entries in the Grand Final: Danny Saucedo – Dandi dansa Arvingarna – Tänker inte alls gå […]
Tonight see’s the continuation of Melodifestivalen – with all six shows this year coming from Stockholm, with no audience. For Semi Final 2, Christer Bjorkman will be joined by Jason Diakite for hosting duties – Christer will be joined by somebody different each week. Join me, Richard, from […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jessika Muscat is 32 today It’s always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there’s the bog standard national final. Or you could be innovative. Like a certain event in 2018. Our friends in San Marino tried something different in 2018. […]
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