Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
The Grand Final of next year’s Melodi Grand Prix will take place on Saturday 20th February, NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster has confirmed. The first of five Semi Finals will commence on Saturday 16th January. All six shows will take place at the H3 Arena in 2021, where […]
RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Montenegro has previously stayed away from the Contest for two consecutive years – that was in 2010, when the Contest was held in Oslo and 2011, […]
We’re weeks away from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and although it’s going to be a very different contest this year, we’re still as excited as ever! And someone else who is also very excited is 9 year old Chanel Monsiegneur, who is singing ‘Chasing Sunsets’ for […]
Bosnia & Herzegovina will continue their absence from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 due to financial constraints. BHRT, the Bosnian national broadcaster, told ESCToday the following: “We will not participate at the forthcoming 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam due to ongoing financial hurdle the broadcaster is facing.” […]
All six shows for next year’s Melodifestivalen will take place from the same venue in Stockholm – SVT has just announced. 2021 was due to be the twentieth anniversary tour for the Contest. Anette Helenius, the Project Manager for Melodifestivalen, had the following to say: “An intermediate tour […]
Uku Suviste has reunited with Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn, the winning team behind his entry “What Love Is”, to record his entry for Eesti Laul 2021. Uku has an automatic semi final spot in Eesti Laul 2021 due to ERR holding the annual national selection. The automatic […]
It has been confirmed that the Ariston Theatre will have an audience for Sanremo 2021. It is still to be decided exactly how many audience members and journalists will be allowed to attend the event next March. Those attending will have swabs taken at the beginning of the […]
Four scenarios have been put together to ensure that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Rotterdam. The European Broadcasting Union, along with the Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have worked together to come up with the four best possible outcomes. The Eurovision Song Contest official […]
A total of 2747 submissions have been made for Melodifestivalen 2021 – 202 submissions more than 2020. Out of those 2747, 27 entries will join Julia Alfrida in the final line-up. Karin Gunnarsson, the Melodifestivalen Contest Producer had the following to say: “It is incredibly fun to see […]
TMC, the national broadcaster of Monaco, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, next year. Monaco has had to stints of participation in the Contest. The first saw their debut in 1959, before withdrawing after the 1980 edition. […]
Following the final of P4 Nasta last night, Julia Alfrida has been selected by a jury as the first act for Melodifestivalen 2021. Julia Alfrida performed “Dark Room” at P4 Nasta, however will be performing another song at Melodifestivalen 2021. Hilde & Erik won the Contest last night […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Armenian Head of Delegation, David Tserunyan, has announced today that Armenia will be participating at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as well as next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be in Rotterdam. It is currently unknown how the Armenian representative will be selected for Warsaw. However, […]
Amadeus, the Artistic Director for the 2021 Sanremo Festival, has come out with a blunt message surrounding next year’s Festival and the current Coronavirus pandemic. He had the following to say: “The 2021 Festival, what for me is 70 + 1, must be the first post Coronavirus, that […]
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