Hello Eurovision fans! Welcome to the first episode of SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER! In this series, Eurovision Ireland will look back at some of the performances of each country taking part in Eurovision from the last decade, anlaysing camerawork, staging, costumes and even musical content to decide what went […]
Eurovision truely kicked off last night with the first epsiode of The Next Star 2018 – the show that selects Israel’s representative for next year’s edition of Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. To reach to the next stage of the competition, each act must impress a pannel […]
We recently reported on EBU sanctions against Macedonia’s national broadcaster MRT and the potential repercussions this could have for the country taking part in Eurovision next May. Well, our friends over at ESCToday.com have contacted the EBU to ask for clarification and below is what they had to […]
Macedonian broadcaster MRT is facing sanctions from the EBU, including no longer having access to EBU services as a result of long standing debts. According to ESCXtra, unnamed sources within MRT claim that the broadcaster’s debts are in excess of 21.8 million Euros, owed to trustees both abroad […]
TVR (the Romanian National Broadcaster) announced today a new format for Selectia Nationala 2018 – the show that selects Romania’s representative for Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The show will include like last year a preselection – available online for the public, five semifinals in different cities from […]
Slavko, the Montenegrin entry of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest fell at the last hurdle in the audition stage, in this year’s UK X-Factor at Judges Houses. This is the stage before the LIVE shows begin. He took the result graciously and professionally – not only does he […]
For the first time in 10 years, Montenegro’s broadcaster RTCG will host a national selection ‘Montevizija’ to decide who to send to Lisbon next May! Details released by RTCG state that Montevizija will be held sometime in February 2018. From all the submitted entries, a 5 person jury […]
Within the last hour, Minsk in Belarus has been announced as next year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest – a month ahead of this year’s contest. This will be the second time Minsk has held the contest – first time been 2010. Source: YouTube/EBU Jon Ola Sand, the EBU’s […]
Earlier on today, Australian broadcaster ABC premiered their entry for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tbilisi. Isabella Clarke, who is 13 year’s old, will be performing the song “Speak Up!”. Video Source: YouTube/EBU Author: Richard Taylor Source: Junioreurovision.tv
ISRAEL: confirmation of participation in Eurovision 2018 New Israeli broadcaster IPBC/Kan (כאן) has confirmed that it will be sending a representative to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Since the previous broadcaster, the IBA closed down in May, its successor’s application to formally join the EBU is still pending. […]