#LITHUANIA: First five songs make it through Pabandom iš Naujo 2021! We have the first five qualifers for the semi-final on Saturday 30 January. After a 50/50 combination of voting from Lithuanian televoters and an expert jury, here are the five lucky qualifiers: Voldemars Petersons – Never fall […]
#LITHUANIA: Live Blog of Pabandom iš Naujo! from 20.00 CET The Eurovision season starts in earnest tonight, and Lithuania’s broadcaster LRT starts its search for a competitor for the contest in May in Rotterdam. Ten acts will compete for five spots in the semi-final of Pabandom iš Naujo! […]
#IRELAND: Review of Ireland’s Eurosong 1990 Ireland’s progress through the Eurovision Song Contest is more than just seven wins. There has been a fair share of other high finishes through the years. Eurovision Ireland reviews the Irish national final from 1990. This show yielded a joint runner-up in […]
With Russia revealing Little Big’s song for Rotterdam, we now have all 41 songs competing at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest – which means National Selection season is officially over! While we’re now all looking ahead and excited for May and the start of rehearsals, National Final season […]
The results of UMK are in! Flying the Finnish flag in the Netherlands this May will be Aksel Kankaanranta and his song Looking Back! Finland will need to earn their spot in Saturday’s final by battling their way out of the 2nd Semi Final on the 14th of […]
#And the winner is… Eesti Laul 2020 has just finished, and Uku Suviste will represent Estonia and ERR in Rotterdam in May. He will sing What love is. Jaagup Tuisk finished second with Beautiful life, and Annet x Fredi finished third with Write about me. Author: John Stanton […]
ESTONIA: Meet the contestants at Eesti Laul 2020 – Part III In our final instalment, Eurovision Ireland caught up with some of the contestants vying to be the Estonian representative at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. In this segment, we spoke to Annet x Fredi, Jaagup Tuisk and […]
ARMENIA: Depi Evratesil Live Blog #Joinus from 19.00CET Our friends in Armenia are holding a national selection, and there are high hopes of making a Eurovision Grand Final for the first time since 2017. Armenia will choose a winner using a combination of televoting and a nine-member jury. […]
ITALY: Sanremo Grand Final blog #joinus from 20.45 CET Italy’s festival of music in the Teatro Ariston comes to a conclusion tonight with the Grand Final. The winner will probably go on to represent their country in Rotterdam in May. However, the Grand Final is an interesting affair […]
BELARUS: Twelve finalists for Eurofest selected Belarusian broadcaster BTRC has completed its audition process, and twelve lucky songs have made it to the national final, to be held sometime soon. The national final will pick a winner using a 50/50 mix of jury and televoting. But what are […]
LITHUANIA: Live blog of Pabandom iš naujo! Heat 2 from 20.00CET Our friends in Lithuania are choosing their song for Rotterdam apace. Tonight is heat two of Pabandom iš naujo! (We go again!). Twelve acts are up for six spots in the semi-finals that start on 1 February. […]
Finally we have a piece of news about the Romanian National Selection for Eurovision 2020. The Mayor of Buzau City Constantin Toma, stated on his facebook page that it is very likely (99% certainty) that the Romanian National Selection for Eurovision 2020 will be held in Buzau on […]
BELARUS: ZENA to sing Like it in Tel Aviv National Otbor has just finished, and ZENA has been triumphant, beating nine other acts. She will sing Like it at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May. Here’s the winning song: Do you like this song? […]
PORTUGAL: Conan Osíris wins Festival da Canção 2019 The 51st Festival da Canção has just finished in Portimão, and Portugal will be sending Telemóveis to Tel Aviv with the song xxx. Conan won both the regional jury vote, and the televote. Here’s the song: Here are the final […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção from 22.00 CET Last year’s hosts take a step nearer Tel Aviv tonight, when they decide who’s getting the Portuguese golden ticket to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Two semi-finals have already passed, cutting the 16 songs down to the eight […]