TMC, the national broadcaster of Monaco, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, next year. Monaco has had to stints of participation in the Contest. The first saw their debut in 1959, before withdrawing after the 1980 edition. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Soraya from Spain is 38 today There are some unlucky countries out there. They try and try and just can’t quite get that elusive next win. Sometimes their best entries for years are up against real fan favourites. Our friends in Spain have now gone for over […]
The second semi final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place this afternoon with the theme World Hits That You Have Listened To. Agata Serwin was the lucky contestant to progress to the final on Sunday 27th September. The jury of Cleo, Gromee and Michal Wisniewski had the […]
RTVE, the Spanish national broadcaster, has internally selected Solea Fernandez as their representative for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The song that Solea will perform, will be revealed at a later date. Solea Fernandez had the following to say: “Representing Spain at Junior Eurovision is everything for […]
Following the final of P4 Nasta last night, Julia Alfrida has been selected by a jury as the first act for Melodifestivalen 2021. Julia Alfrida performed “Dark Room” at P4 Nasta, however will be performing another song at Melodifestivalen 2021. Hilde & Erik won the Contest last night […]
On Tuesday, the Participants List for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was released – although the European Broadcasting Union has indicated this may not be the final one. Seven countries have withdrawn ahead of this year’s Contest and ESCXtra have approached their national broadcasters to see if […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mathé Altéry from France is 93 today We like taking chances here, and I’ll wager that, unless you’ve down your research, you may not know today’s song. It’s probably never ever been played at the typical Eurovision disco. Back in 1956, on some Thursday night in May, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Red Hurley from Ireland is 71 today It’s all very well being a singer, but you need that right song to sing in the first place. It could be one you’ve written yourself, in which you’ve only got yourself to blame if it goes wrong. Or you […]
On Tuesday, we REVEALED the 2020 Participation List for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – or so we thought. With the format change of pre-recorded performances, the EBU have announced a possible increase to twenty participating countries – although a deadline is currently unknown. The EBU told ESCplus […]
After the cancellation of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and the indefinitely-postponed Eurovision Young Musicians, we approached Interkulter, the organiser’s of the European Choir Games – which Eurovision Choir is part of. Edlira Keta, Choral Consultant for Interkulter, had the following to say: “There will most definitely be […]