#BIRTHDAY: 8 Mar – Sergej Ćetković from Montenegro is 50 When Yugoslavia disintegrated many years ago, we were always keen to see as many of its parts entering songs in our favourite TV show. All six of them (that are EBU members) have now, but some are sitting […]
Poland , last night, held their National Final to decide who will represent them at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Vienna. Last year, Poland were represented by Justyna Steczkowska, with the song GAJA . The eight candidates hoping to succeed her were : Alicja […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have held the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Following the combination of public (telephone/app) and jury voting, we finally have a winner of Melodifestivalen 2026. After six weeks of competition, the […]
#SAN MARINO: And the winner is… Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV has completed its search for a participant for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna in May. The format was simple. Ten qualifiers from two semi-finals, along with 11 directly qualified songs, would compete for the win. The winning […]
#BIRTHDAY: 7 Mar – Manel Navarro from Spain is 30 For those of you who remember the older contests, but the more recent ones seem to meld into one, we’ve picked a song from 2017 today. It was in the beautiful Ukrainian capital of Київ/Kyiv. Luckily we’ve got […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed the innternnational juries for the Melodifestivalen 2026 grand final – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Eight international juries will vote during the Melodifestivalen 2026 grand final. Each jury cast their votes as follows: 1, 2, […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed the sign language team lined up for Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Jenny Ryttervik and Magnus Ryttervik will be tasked with leading the sign language audience throughout the Melodifestivalen final together with the host couple Gina […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed the return of KAJ for the Melodifestivalen 2026 final – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. In this year’s final, last year’s winner KAJ returns to the Melodifestivalen stage to perform a medley that celebrates Melodifestivalen’s […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Five with Jamesfrom EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to a […]
France Télévisions, the French national broadcaster, has released it’s entry, ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. France Télévisions have internally selected Monroe to represent them in Vienna, with the song “Regarde! (Look!)” – which you can watch below. Monroe was born in Utah in the […]