Welcome to our first country-specific #AtoZ series. During the National Final season, we will look at a different country alphabetically each week. This week, we are looking at Norway and today we are looking at A-E… Alexander Rybak Alexander Rybak took Norway’s third victory in 2009 with “Fairytale”. […]
This morning, the first Semi Final artists, along with the automatic Finalists have been announced. The first Semi Finalists and their songs are: Stina Talling “Elevate” Jorn “Fate Bloody Faith” Blåsemafian “Let Loose” Beady Belle “Playing With Fire” The automatic Finalists have also been announced. Each Finalist will […]
The format, jury and location for Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez! has been announced. After all twelve acts have performed, a public vote will save seven of the acts, while the jury will save one further act. The eight acts will then face the vote again, where […]
Two days before Christmas, the following 23 acts were announced to be taking part in Pabandom iš naujo! 2021: Aistė Brokenleg Aldegunda Be U Group Black Spikes with Indre Launikonyte Donata Virbilaitė Evelina Sašenko Evita Cololo Gabrielė Goštautaitė Gabrielius Vagelis Gebrasy (Audrius Petrauskas) Gintarė Korsakaitė Martyna Jezepčikaitė Milita […]
This week see’s the return of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has two shows, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 11th January Norway – Semi Final 1 Songs & Artists Announcement (11:10 GMT/12:10 CET) Wednesday 13th January Finland – UMK21 Artists Announcement […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aminata from Latvia is 28 today Does it ever pique your interest when you see someone with a noteworthy name taking part in our favourite TV show? They could be a native of their country, but have an interesting ancestry. Today’s birthday girl Aminata Savidogo is one […]
Efendi, the Azeri artist that was supposed to represent the nation at the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, will be back for the 2021 Contest in Rotterdam. The search for songs by Ictimai TV, the Azeri broadcaster, has opened and will continue until Tuesday 19th January. Songs can […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 56 today Did I hear you ask for a duet? Did I? Did I? well, you’re getting one anyway. One from a famous year which featured songs with a very common theme. Yep, the year of note was 1990. Our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Piasek from Poland is 50 today Have you ever wondered why a country can do well in the Junior version of our favourite TV show, but don’t quite have the same success at the Big One? Exhibit A: Poland. Exhibit B: Belarus. Our friends in Exhibit A […]
#BIRTHDAY: Conan Osiris from Portugal is 32 today When you’ve only got three minutes to make a statement, you should think about how you do it. A nice safe song with wide appeal? A very attractive performer to maybe sell a more mediocre song? Or do you just […]