Norway will be present at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, with submissions for Melodi Grand Prix 2022 open until Sunday 15th August. The Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, encourages that registered entries have at least one Norwegian songwriter, as Melodi Grand Prix wants to prioritise and promote Norwegian music […]
“Junior ESC – Wer fährt nach Paris?”, the German national selection for the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will be taking place on Friday 10th September, in Erfurt. The three finalists will compete with two songs each. Applications can now be submitted through until Friday 25th June. A […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jónsi from Iceland is 44 today We move north after our little sojourn into the Balkan world. And to someone who has been on that stage. Once alone, and once with a pal. You see it’s true that some just can’t get enough of the heady Eurovision […]
Nadezhda Misyakova from Belarus, has turned 20 years old today. Nadezhda represented Belarus at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 7th place, with “Sokal”. Happy Birthday, Nadezhda! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments below […]
Once again, the BBC has received, the now annual complaint, that the Contest “is political and a waste of the license fee”. The BBC has given the following response to the complainants: “Ever since the Eurovision Song Contest first burst onto our television screens in 1956, the competition […]
A former act, as part of the German 2009 entry, was unmasked during ‘The Masked Dancer UK’ tonight. Dita Von Tesse performed as Beetroot. You can watch her performances below: Night One Night Three Night Three – Dance Off Night Three – The Reveal Let us know what […]
‘Serataron’ is one of Malta’s most popular television shows and Destiny has appeared since her return from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. During the show, Destiny performed ‘Je Me Casse’ in her national language of Maltese – which you can watch below: Let us know what you think […]
After last taking place in 2019, due to the cancellation of the 2020 Contest, the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest saw 183,000,000 viewers tune in – this was from across 36 different EBU member markets. The Contest was a massive hit with young audiences. The viewing share of the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Toni Cetinski from Croatia is 52 today For many performers, Eurovision gets into their blood. Many deny it, but plenty would love to come back and have another chance at singing in front of 100 million people, even if it’s just for three minutes. For them, it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Zdravko Čolić from Yugoslavia is 70 today It’s important to remember that our favourite TV show started around the middle of the 20th Century – it’s not just a thing invented in the 2010s for people to show off posh frocks and much arm waving. And with […]