KBS, the South Korean national broadcaster, has been chosen to host the 2023 ABU TV Song Festival, in Seoul. KBS is celebrating 50 years of public broadcasting during 2023, therefore the ABU TV Song Festival and the ABU General Assembly will form part of these celebrations in Seoul. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Semiha Yankı from Türkiye is 65 today Much as I hate to say it, but Sweden has been involved in more than its fair share of good contests over the years. Not just ones they’ve won, but also ones they’ve hosted. I go on (and on) about […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. Fourth up is John! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 It was good to see some sense of Eurovision normality return in 2022. We were able to travel (a bit more) freely to the […]
At this moment in time, the American Song Contest season two is currently 50/50 in whether it’ll be going ahead or not. Christer Björkman, one of the Producers for the Contest has spoken out about NBC and the responsibility they must hold too. Christer Björkman, had the following […]
This week continues the week-in, week-out 2023 National Final marathon season kick off! This week continues the national selections, with three shows and a number of Artist & Song announcements… Monday 16th January Tuesday 17th January Wednesday 18th January Thursday 19th January Friday 20th January Saturday 21st January […]
RTVE, the Spanish national broadcaster, has revealed that the proposed Hispavisión is currently in deadlock. María Eizaguirre, RTVE’s Director of Communication and Participation, had the following to say: “Hispavisión is currently in a deadlock. We have a bit of leeway. Let’s see if we can go to the […]
LTV, the Latvian national broadcaster, have hinted when Eurovision Choir will return in 2023. LTV’s Ieva Rozentāle, became the Head of the EBU TV Music Expert Group at the beginning this year. The EBU TV Music Expert Group oversees Eurovision Choir and the co-production of the Vienna Philharmonic’s […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, has opened the voting lines following the second Semi Final of Eesti Laul 2023, for two wildcard finalists. The ten losing semi finalists have been given another chance to get to the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2023. Two places are up for […]
#BELGIUM: And the winner is… Belgian broadcaster VRT has just chosen its representative at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After a good national final, the person with the golden ticket is… Gustaph with Because of you! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland, VRT
Tonight,Norway held the first of its three Semi Finals to decide who goes through to the Grand Final of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix to fight it out for the golden ticket to represent their country at the ESC 2023 in Liverpool in May . Eight acts fought it […]