Tonight, ‘Junior Songfestival’, the Dutch National Final for the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place. Ayana took victory with “Mata Sugu Aō Ne”. You can watch “Mata Sugu Aō Ne”, the Dutch entry below: Let us know what you think about The Netherlands and the 2021 Junior […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chiara from Malta is 45 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was a fine decade when our favourite TV show moved in the general direction of getting bigger and bigger. A certain country returned in that decade, after a 16 year absence. Can you guess which […]
#BIRTHDAY: Justine Pelmelay from the Netherlands is 63 today Eurovision singers come from ethnicities far and wide. They’re not just of European, Israeli or Australian ancestry. They’ve had people from all over the world. Even more unlikely places like Indonesia. Today’s birthday girl Anneke Wilma ‘Justine’ Pelmelay sang […]
118 young acts have made a submissions to represent Ukraine at the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. A committee will select 12 to 16 finalists by Tuesday 5th October. The Ukrainian national final will be televised on UA:KULTURA, on Saturday 23rd October. The winner will be decided by […]
So , while we’ve ended one Eurovision season and started another ( patiently waiting for the host city to be announced for ESC Italy 2022) , another popular competition returned last week on BBC ,which is popular with some Eurovision fans too, the 2021 edition of Strictly Come […]
YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster, has put a call out for dancers for UMK 2022 – however it is currently unknown where it will be held. During the call for dancers, YLE announced that UMK 2022 will take place in the final week of February. Along with other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Patrick Fiori is 52 today It’s always nice to hear a song that’s not English. But even more special when we hear a proper minority language. Our friends in France have gone down that road in the past with, among others, Breton and Antillean Creole. They’ve also […]
Multiple Melodifestivalen finalists, The Mamas & Magnus Carlsson, have released brand new singles. The Mamas have released “Sun Go Down”. The official video is to follow, but you can listen to “Sun Go Down” below: Magnus Carlsson has released “Never Gonna Give You Up”. The official video is […]
As everyone in the Eurovision world know, Khabar Agency, the Kazakh national broadcaster and EBU associate member, has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2018 – on an invitational basis similar to Australia. They are also wanting to participate in the Adult Contest. Unlike the […]
‘Una Voce Per San Marino’, the new national selection from San Marino RTV, the Sanmarinese national broadcaster, has been announced. It is only a second time a national selection has been used since ‘1in360’, in 2018. ‘Una Voce Per San Marino’ will feature both emerging and big (established) […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alejandro Abad from Spain is 59 today You know that our favourite TV show is a contest for songwriters? They should – arguably – be getting top billing on their songs, as they’re the ones who’ve carefully crafted a masterpiece for our listening pleasure. But songwriters have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lisa Angell from France is 53 today You may think that when Portugal won, they had been mightily unlucky to only win at its 376th attempt. Well I guess they have, but now the most appearances without a win honour lies with Malta and Iceland – depending on […]
2019 Austrian Eurovision Song Contest finalist, PAENDA, alongside KTEE & Vida Noa, have released a brand new single – “Boys 4 Breakfast”. The official video of “Boys 4 Breakfast” can be seen below: Let us know what you think about Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest – either […]
2010 Swedish Eurovision Song Contest semi-finalist and multiple Melodifestivalen finalist, Anna Bergendahl, has joined forces with Tyler Rich and has released a brand new single – “Bottom of This Bottle”. The official video is to follow, but you can listen to “Bottom of This Bottle” below: Let us […]
Song submissions for Melodifestivalen 2022 closed last Friday. It has been revealed that 2530 entries were submitted, however this is down from 2747 last year. Karin Gunnarsson, Producer of Melodifestivalen, had the following to say: “It is incredibly fun to see how engaging Melodifestivalen is. For the past ten years, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Safura from Azerbaijan is 29 today Do you ever wish for more ethnic songs in Eurovision? By ethnic I mean songs reflecting the traditional music of the country it represents. Or do you like music you’re familiar with? Our friends in Azerbaijan have often used songwriters from […]
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! So far we’ve already gone through your Top […]
Tonight, the second heat of Junior Eurovision Éire was broadcast. Seven acts took to the stage with the hope of making the Semi Final of this year’s Contest. Each act was awarded a mark out of ten. The highest scoring act automatically went through to the Semi Final, […]
The Arab States Broadcasting Union’s Arab Music & Song Festival has taken place in Tunisia, with wins for both Algeria and Egypt. Tayeb Drifol took victory for Algeria in the music category, with the song “Joura”. Medhat Salekh took victory for Egypt in the song category, with the […]
This afternoon, the third Semi Final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place. The third Finalist has been chosen and it is Sara Egwu-James. She progressed with a performance of “That’s the way it is”. You can watch the performance below: Let us know what you think about […]
Måneskin, the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest winners, have been announced as part of the London line-up for Global Citizen Live. Global Citizen Live is been held across 24 hours, in various cities across the world – including Lagos, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York City, Paris, Rio de […]
PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, twenty shortlisted entries have been announced ahead of a second round of judging. The following twenty shortlisted entries are vying to make the final twelve. The twenty shortlisted entries are: BLOSSOM Breaking Barriers Building CHANGE DEAR WORLD Diamonds in the Skies Drops like […]
Dalita Avanesian from Armenia, has turned 21 years old today. Dalita represented Armenia, at the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 5th place, with “Welcome to Armenia”. Happy Birthday, Dalita! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sasha Son from Lithuania is 38 today Another weekend and another birthday, and it’s from our friends in Lithuania. As you’ll know, they often have an interesting selection process down Kaunas way that seems to last some 51 weeks. Or is that just how it feels? This […]
RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster, has confirmed that the national selection will return during The Late Late Show, on a yet to be revealed date in 2022. Micheal Kealy, the Irish Head of Delegation, had the following to say: “I am very excited by the return of a […]
Shortly after the end of this year’s ESC held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Denmark announced that they would be participating in next year’s contest in Italy .Today they have confirmed a date , venue and hosts for next year’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix . It will be held […]
Rai, the Italian national broadcaster, has admitted that the decision surrounding the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Host City, is now behind schedule. Stefano Coletta, Director of Rai1, had the following to say: “Rai is working very seriously and very rigorously on Eurovision. A committee of Rai professionals has […]
Julia van Bergen from The Netherlands, has turned 22 years old today. Julia represented The Netherlands, at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 8th place, with “Around”. Happy Birthday, Julia! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in […]
##BIRTHDAY: Ilanit from Israel is 74 today Our favourite TV show broadcasts far and wide, and even hosts places from all corners in Europe, and a little bit beyond too. After all, the European Broadcasting Area includes more countries than you think. Our friends in Israel have been […]
ČT, the Czech national broadcaster, has opened song submissions for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Submissions close on Thursday 30th September, 22:59 GMT/23:59 CET. While song submissions are open, ČT have yet to confirm participation in Italy next year. Let us know what you think about Czech Republic […]
RTVSLO, the Slovenian national broadcaster, has confirmed participation at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, with the return of EMA. Ana Soklič won EMA ahead of the cancelled 2020 Contest, before been internally selected for this year’s Contest in Rotterdam. This year’s song for Ana was suppose to be […]
Barbara Popović from North Macedonia, has turned 20 years old today. Barbara represented North Macedonia, at the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 12th and last place, with “Ohrid i muzika”. Happy Birthday, Barbara! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest […]
RTVE, the Spanish national broadcaster, announced this morning that Levi Díaz will represent Spain at the upcoming 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Paris. Levi Díaz won The Voice Kids Spain earlier this year. It is currently unknown when the song will be announced. Let us know what […]
This morning, Jérémie Makiese was revealed as the representative from Belgium, for the upcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Jérémie Makiese was revealed during the broadcast of Le 8/9 on VivaCité radio. It is currently unknown when Jérémie Makiese’s song will be revealed. It is the third time following […]
Some Swiss history from the Eurovision Song Contest has been discovered. Lys Assia’s full reprise of “Refrain” was discovered by Good Evening Europe after it appeared on YouTube just five months ago. You can watch the video below: Let us know what you think about Switzerland and the […]
HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have confirmed that Dora will once again be used to select their Eurovision Song Contest entry – therefore confirming 2022 participation. It is expected that Dora will once again be held in Opatija. Opatija hosts Glazbeni dani Hrvatske radiotelevizije, which Dora is part […]
RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, has opened up the song submission period for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. There are currently no further details available – including whether an internal selection or Beovizija will be used. Let us know what you think about Serbia and the 2022 Eurovision […]
The results from Week 1 of Ranina were announced across the first two shows on Saturday and Sunday. All participants scored a maximum of 120 points – therefore all ten acts are still on a level playing field. The ten acts taking part this year are: Andria Beridze […]
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’ve scoured the Big 5 countries and across […]
Tonight, the first heat of Junior Eurovision Éire was broadcast. Seven acts took to the stage with the hope of making the Semi Final of this year’s Contest. Each act was awarded a mark out of ten. The highest scoring act automatically went through to the Semi Final, […]
This afternoon, the second Semi Final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place. The second Finalist has been chosen and it is Miłosz Świetlik. He progressed with a performance of “Meluzyna”. You can watch the performance below: Let us know what you think about Poland and the 2021 […]
After forty years, ABBA return to the UK Official Chart with a Top 10 entry. “Don’t Shut Me Down” has entered the UK Chart at number 9, while “I Still Have Faith In You” entered at number 14. In Ireland, “Don’t Shut Me Down” entered at number 12, […]
Junior Eurovision Éire, the Irish national selection for the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, starts tonight! The show will be broadcast on TG4, at 20:00 GMT/21:00 CET. Further details about this year’s Junior Eurovision Éire can be found HERE. The Grand Final will take place on Sunday 17th […]
Steps are back in the UK with their new album, “What the Future Holds Part 2”. On the new album, Steps cover “A Million Years”, originally performed by Mariette and “Victorious”, originally performed by Lina Hedlund at Melodifestivalen. You can listen to both Steps covers below: Let us […]
Tonight, ‘Junior ESC – Wer fährt nach Paris?’, the German National Final for the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place. Pauline took victory with “Imagine Us”. You can watch “Imagine Us”, the German entry below: Let us know what you think about Germany and the 2021 Junior […]
Back in the beginning of August, we REVEALED the three finalists of ‘Junior ESC – Wer fährt nach Paris?’. Now we can reveal the three songs that they will be performing tonight. They are: Gut so (Good this way) Hausboot (Houseboat) Imagine Us Each of the three finalists […]
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