Ahead of their 2022 national selection, TVP, the Polish national broadcaster, have announced a rebranding of Krajowe Eliminacje. Krajowe Eliminacje will now be known as Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hity na Eurowizję. In English, this translates as The heart of Europe beats here! We choose hits for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cindy Berger from Germany is 74 today Duets can be an odd thing. Get it right, and you can feel the chemistry oozing from the two singers. Get it wrong, and all you get is two singers facing each other shouting as loudly as they can. A […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tuğba Önal from Turkey is 48 today Remember Turkey? They were the ones who could properly get away with that vert eastern sound. You know the ones – their preview videos always featured the Bosphorus and the Pamukkale thermal springs. And don’t forget the letter ‘i’ without […]
At the weekend it was announced that Gabriele Corsi had tested positive for Coronavirus and would no longer be able to co-host the allocation draw. RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, have today announced a new co-host for tomorrow’s draw. Mario Acampa has been announced by RAI as the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hanne Krogh from Norway is 66 today Eurovision has had a lot of innovations over the years. Of course the most recent ones include the new voting structure and HD, but the changes go back for years. Can you imagine, for example, Eurovision songs without preview videos? […]
#BIRTHDAY: Youddiph from Russia is 49 today Début entries? Don’t you love them? That new country comes along with high hopes of success. They maybe can’t believe they’re mixing it with some of these countries that have participated since 1893. Of course, there was an experiment in 1993 […]
RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, have announced that Tijana Dapčević will be replacing Stefan Zdravković in Pesma za Evroviziju ’22. Tijana Dapčević represented North Macedonia at both the 2008 and 2014 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. Tijana Dapčević will participate with “Ljubi, ljubi doveka”, a reworking of […]
This week sees the week-in, week-out 2022 National Final marathon continue! This week has seven shows and three announcements… Monday 24th January Ukraine – Vidbir Artists Announced Tuesday 25th January EBU – Semi Final Allocation Draw (11:00 GMT/12:00 CET) Wednesday 26th January Spain – Benidorm Fest Semi Final […]
Tonight, the third and final heat of Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 took place. Six of the twelve participants have progressed to the semi final stage. They are: Rūta Loop – Call Me From the Cold Vilija – Šimtas ir vienas Gintarė Korsakaitė – Fantasy Eyes Monika Liu – […]
Late this afternoon, RAI, the Italian national broadcaster and the EBU, revealed the slogan and visual of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest – “The Sound of Beauty”. Further information around the slogan and visual will be revealed on Monday 24th January, one day ahead of the Semi Final […]