#PORTUGAL: Five more songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 The Portuguese public have picked five more song to go through to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2021 on Saturday 6 March. But what are the five? EU.CLIDES – Volte-Face Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar Carolina […]
The four duels for next weekend’s Andra Chansen round of Melodifestivalen have been revealed. The winner of each duel will go through to the final. The duels are: Duel 1: Alvaro Estrella – Baila baila vs. Lillasyster – Pretender Duel 2: Frida Green – The Silence vs. Paul Rey – The […]
Tonight, Melodifestivalen 2021 took to the national selection stage. We had two direct finalists and two second chancers. Direct to the Final were: Eric Saade – Every Minute The Mamas – In The Middle They will join the following entries in the Grand Final: Danny Saucedo – Dandi dansa […]
Ana Soklič will sing Amen for Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The song premiered on a special edition of EMA earlier tonight, though both the song and Ana Soklič were selected internally following her victory at EMA in 2020 with ‘Voda’. As the contest was subsequently […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção SF2 from 22.00 CET Portugal’s broadcaster RTP continues the search for a song for Rotterdam tonight. In this second semi-final, ten more songs will compete for five more places in the Grand Final of Festival da Canção on Saturday 6 March. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jessika Muscat is 32 today It’s always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there’s the bog standard national final. Or you could be innovative. Like a certain event in 2018. Our friends in San Marino tried something different in 2018. […]
Tonight see’s the continuation of Melodifestivalen – with all six shows this year coming from Stockholm, with no audience. For Semi Final 4, Christer Bjorkman will be joined by Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren for hosting duties – Christer will be joined by somebody different each week. Join […]
Last night, Lesley Roy took to the stage of The Late Late Show to give her first television performance of the Irish 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entry, “Maps”. You can watch her performance below: Lesley had the chance to reflect on the disappointment of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 74 today It’s often good to be the first to do something. No one can take that “I was first…” accolade away from you, even though others may do the same thing bigger and better. Today we have a first, on […]
#IRELAND: Lesley Roy reveals her song for Rotterdam! RTÉ has today launched Ireland’s 2021 Eurovision entry, Maps, by Lesley Roy. Dubliner Lesley will get her second chance to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May, following the cancellation of last year’s show due to the ongoing pandemic. […]