Within the last week, we have seen news that confirms at least one non-debutant and one non-returnee. A few week ago, we looked at the possible debutants at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel next year. We can now confirm that Liechtenstein are very unlikely to be there […]
Last week, the European Broadcasting Union held their General Assembly in Tirana, Albania. After various discussions, a decision was made to hold a vote for Full Membership of RTK in December. While the EBU have declared a vote for December, some countries have already declared their objection around […]
Over the last six months, there have been talks of not one debut in Israel, but three – however this will be unlikely in our eyes, maybe one or two if we are lucky. Kosovo Last week, RTK (the Kosovo Broadcaster) spoke to members of the European Broadcasting […]
Submissions for the second edition of Destination Eurovision have now opened in France. According to Destination Eurovision and EBU rules, the song must not be published before September 1st and specifically for the National Selection, the submissions must not be commercially available before the Contest. With average viewing […]
Yes, you’ve read the headline right – Malta will no longer be using the Malta Eurovision Song Contest as their National Final. MESC has been in use since 1971, when Malta debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest. Instead this year, the artist representing Malta will be chosen through […]
Yesterday, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Eurovision Reference Group and RTP – the Portuguese broadcaster, met for a debrief after this year’s Contest. Today, KAN, the Israeli broadcaster met with the EBU and the Reference Group to set out a timescale of events in preparation for next […]
Our friends over at Eurovoix have reported earlier today that we could possibly see the 2019 edition. of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Austria – well that’s according to one of the 1999 Contest Producers Araleh Goldfinger. Araleh Goldfinger explained the following after mentioning no government interference […]
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), will continue to use their invitational approach with artists for their 2019 Contest. It is currently unknown whether a group of artists will be selected for a televised final or whether one artist will be selected to present a number of songs like Saara […]
Since Netta took victory for Israel in Lisbon with her song ‘Toy’, various Israeli politicians have come out with a range of statements. The one to have grabbed the most attention since Lisbon, is probably the following: The statement in English, reads as follows: “The Israeli Minister of […]
Back in 2005 Donna McCaul and her brother Joe represented Ireland at Eurovision in Kyiv with the pop song “Love?” Even though they failed to qualify into the final, obtaining 53 points and thus being on the 14th spot (in the Semi Final), they will always be in […]