Starting today and lasting through to Wednesday 26th August, the Black Sea Songwriting Camp is taking place in the Bulgarian cities of Burgas and Primosko. Four teams of song-writers will be taking part in the camp. The songs that are composed will not only be offered to BNT, […]
Azerbaijan joins a list of other participating countries that have a brand new Head Of Delegation for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Isa Melikov, who was responsible for writing Azerbaijan’s only winning entry to date, has been named the new Head Of Delegation and will lead […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, has started the search for the entries of the 59th edition of Festivali i Kenges. Songwriters and performers have until Friday 2nd October to either email their submissions to the broadcaster or hand deliver them. It is currently unknown whether Festivali i Kenges […]
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 […]
In MID-JULY, RTVS, the Slovakian national broadcaster, had revealed that they were undecided on participation in 2021 – however, non-participation has now been confirmed. RTVS has cited both financial constraints and low viewing figures for staying away from the Contest. However, there is some good news. RTVS do […]
Could the twentieth anniversary Melodifestivalen tour be off next year? Aftonbladet are reporting that the competition could take place in the same venue in Stockholm, across the six week period. The format of the competition will not be different, but a full audience is unlikely if the current […]
We are happy she is releasing new music for her fans and we don’t have to wait until September to hear her voice. Hope you’re saving your best for Eurovision! Author: Bogdan-Stefan Fedeles Source: Roxen, Eurovision Ireland
RTL, the national broadcaster of Luxembourg, have confirmed that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Rotterdam. RTL has stated that participation would put the broadcaster under a financial strain. The focus at RTL is news programming, rather than music and entertainment. […]
Liechtenstein will not be making their debut at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Currently, 1FLTV, the national broadcaster of Liechtenstein, is not an Active Member of the European Broadcasting Union. Active membership is a requirement for participation at the Contest. Finances would then pose a problem […]
For the next instalment of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Italy – and you’ve certainly let us know! Thousands of you voted, looking through all the Italian Eurovision songs since 1956 to pick out […]