After a thirteen year break away from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Spanish broadcaster, RTVE, have internally selected Melani Garcia to represent the nation. Melani Garcia is 12 year’s old and won the last season of The Voice Kids in Spain. The song that Melani will be […]
BIRTHDAY: Tonia from Belgium is 72 today Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. Some of our favourite countries have them, others not. And it is said in some quarters that you need neighbourly voting to win at a certain song contest. I say this because there must always be […]
BIRTHDAY: Reynaerdt from Belgium is 64 today If you can cast your mind back to 1956 – never forget your heritage – you’ll know seven countries took part. Look them up. Fast forward to 2019, and each of those seven has won at least once. Of those seven, […]
BIRTHDAY: Tal Sondak from Israel is 43 today Several countries in our favourite TV show don’t actually lie in Europe proper. That’s the beauty of Eurovision – we have Europeans and Mediterraneans all as one big happy family. As you’ll know, we were in Israel in May and […]
While many had hoped it would become a reality – especially with The Netherlands hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year, Luxembourg will not be retuning to the Contest next year. RTL told ESCToday: “It currently concentrates on news features rather than music and entertainment shows. A Eurovision […]
BIRTHDAY: Ryan Dolan from Ireland is 34 today Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it’s because you’d like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well in years gone by and have since lost their way. Talking of countries that have lost […]
It has been announced that the US streaming service Netflix, have gained the rights to stream this year’s and next year’s Contests. As of today, viewers in the USA can view the whole of this year’s Contest from Tel Aviv. Next year’s Contest in the Netherlands, will be […]
Szansa na Sukces has been chosen as the method to select this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry from Poland. The show will feature three casting heats, with two entries progressing from each heat. The final will then feature those six singers progressing from the casting heats. In […]
BIRTHDAY: Anders Berglund from Sweden is 71 today In a change to our performers’ birthday, it’s worth remembering that for 43 contests, an important part of Eurovision was the orchestra. do we miss them? Some conductors only did their job once or twice. Others were more notorious. And […]
JESC2019: Final list of participating countries Over the previous months, various broadcasters have been announcing whether they would – or would not – be participating in the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It takes place in Gliwice, in southern Poland, on Sunday 24 November. But who will we […]