Senhit prepares to Rise Like A Phoenix as she continues on with her #FreakyTripToRotterdam
“Every month, a song from the history of the Eurovision Song Contest is reinterpreted by Senhit, becoming not a simple video clip, but a real work of art.” On October 31st at 23:59, Senhit will release her new cover song from her #FreakyTripToRotterdam series. This time, she is taking us all back to 2014 as […]
The T.R.U.T.H is out… Guy Sebastian is Number 1
Guy Sebastian is celebrating as his latest album T.R.U.T.H has debuted at the number 1 spot on the ARIA charts, becoming his third number 1 album. Looking at the success of some of the singles released from the album, its not hard to see why: Choir – Peaked at number 7 on the ARIA charts, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mirud’s FIK song is in the style of Elvana Gjata’s ‘Me Tana’ and has been given her approval!
We love an exclusive, and we’ve got one for you right now! We’ve not only had the artist names and song titles for this year’s edition of Festivali i Këngës 59, but while discussing the news on our YouTube channel, Mirud dropped in with some exclusive revelations about his song! Contrary to his song from […]
UPDATE – Festivali i Këngës 2020 lineup confirmed!
Update – RTSH has officially confirmed the artists and the song titles for Festivali i Këngës 2020! You can check out the full lineup in the instagram post from the RTSH instagram page below. There are familiar faces returning to FiK this year, including the likes of Mirud, Inis Neziri and Orgesa Zaimi. Unfortunately, this […]
PBS opens submissions to find Destiny’s song for Eurovision 2021
The Maltese public broadcaster, PBS, has made a call for songwriters and composers that are interested in creating the Maltese entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The broadcaster is taking is taking a different approach for next year in the form of a traditional call for songs. They have opened submissions with a post on […]
Wig Wam are back with a bang as they release new song “Never Say Die”!
Do you remember Wig Wam’s Eurovision entry “In My Dreams” back in 2005? They brought us one of the greatest glam rock entries at Eurovision, which is still popular among fans. Well now we can tell you: Wig Wam are back!The glam metal band have reunited after a six year hiatus and released their come-back […]
Anja Nissen “Can’t Do This” with new single release
Anja Nissen released her new single “Can’t Do This” on 22nd of October 2020 on her YouTube channel. This modern pop song is a breakup song where she tries to maintain a relationship, but simply couldn’t take the pressure and the fights any longer. Lyrics such as “You manipulate my feelings. I can forgive but […]
Get(away) into Viki Gabor’s imagination with her new studio album
Reigning Junior Eurovision Song Contest champion Viki Gabor has released her debut album “Getaway (Into My Imagination)”. 7 of the 12 tracks in Viki’s debut album have been previously released as singles. To name a few, this includes the catchy “Getaway”, the Junior Eurovision winning entry “Superhero”, Viki’s collaboration with Kayah “Ramię W Ramię”, the […]
First female president elected at The European Broadcasting Union!
From 1st January 2021, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, will assume the role as the President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) while Petr Dvořák will serve as Vice President. Ms Delphine is the first female to be elected as EBU’s president. They were both elected to their respective roles after winning a majority of the votes […]
Warsaw’s Junior Eurovision stage will Move The World in 2020
The stage design for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed! Warsaw will be bringing a stage which is very modern, and include a number of technical solutions that have never been used in Junior Eurovision before, including augmented reality. Featuring strong circular elements, the author of the contests scenography, Anna Brodnicka, was […]
Steps dive into the Melodifestivalen archives for their lastest release
Steps are back, and the hits just keep on coming! Hot on the heels of the title track from their upcoming album, What The Future Holds, the band are going back into the past for their next release. Something In Your Eyes was originally sung by Swedish singer Jenny Silver at Melodifestivalen 2011 where it […]
No more tears for Victoria as BNT announces 2021 plans
Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT, has revealed their plans for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021. Following the cancellation of the 2020 contest, BNT decided to select Victoria to represent them again in 2021. The “Tears Getting Sober” singer has hit the ground running, participating in a 10 day songwriting camp in August, along with fellow […]
Rotterdam will Open Up in 2021. But which countries will be there?
41! That is the magic number! With just over 6 months until the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, today the European Broadcast Union has announced today that all 41 countries who were due to compete at the cancelled 2020 contest will be returning. Martin Österdahl, the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest said in a […]
18 facts about The Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The 18th edition of The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted from Warsaw, Poland, on November 29th 2020. So to celebrate this, we bring you 18 facts about the contest we’ve all grown to know and love. 1. Since the show began in 2003, there have been 5 male winners, 12 female winners, 2 […]
‘Together’ (Ireland 2018) — Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Song Was Originally Intended for Another Eurovision Star!
Following years of unfortunate results for the Emerald Isle, Ryan O’Shaughnessy brought the country back into sight of the top of the leaderboard with his touching ballad ‘Together‘. However, in a recent YouTube interview with the Association for Research on Irish Studies at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), Ryan revealed some interesting facts about his […]
Let the trees tremble: Beth releases new single “Que Tremolin Els Arbres”
The singer and songwriter Beth, who participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song “Dime” is back with a new single! After seven years of silence, the artist from Súria has returned to the music scene and presents her new song “Que Tremolin Els Arbres” (Let The Trees Tremble). Beth tells us about […]
Nikkie Tutorials wins ‘Wie Is De Mol?: Renaissance’!
Eurovision 2020 and 2021 co-host Nikkie De Jager has won the all-stars season ‘Wie Is De Mol?’ (Who Is The Mole?), one of the biggest television shows in The Netherlands! Nikkie de Jager, also known as Nikkie Tutorials already participated in the 2019 season of the show, which she decided to leave early due to […]
Mikolas Josef enters Czech Airplay Charts with “Lalalalalalalalalala”
Mikolas Josef has released the music video to his new single “Lalalalalalalalalala” (the original with 10 “la”’s) last Sunday on the 19th of October. With a viewcount of almost 200.000 after 5 days, it has been a success already. In addition to that, Josef managed a chart debut in the Czech airplay charts at #29, […]
Dolly Parton works 9-5 reacting to a cover from a former Eurovision act!
Dolly Parton, the famous American country singer, did a reaction video for the Youtube channel “Glamour”. She reacted to her own songs covered by fans, involving hits such as “9 to 5”, “I Will Always Love You” & “Hard Candy Christmas”. In addition to that, one of her famous songs “Jolene” has been covered by […]
Who is VOSTOK? Kristian Kostov reveals all in new project
In 2017, Kristian Kostov stole our hearts with his song Beautiful Mess, coming second only to Portugal’s Salvador Sobral. Since then, Kristian has been treating us with his voice in singles such as The One (I Need You), Burning Bridges (a song with the Norwegian entrant for 2017 Jowst) and even two EP’s in the […]
Iceland has thought about things… and Daði Freyr & Gagnamagnið WILL represent Iceland in 2021!
Breaking news! This is the news that many Eurovision fans have all been anticipating! Daði Freyr has just announced on his Instagram page that he, alongside Gagnamagnið, will indeed represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 in Rotterdam next May! You can check out his post below: View this post on Instagram Eurovision 2021! I’m […]
It’s time to celebrate as Portugal confirm participation for Eurovision 2021!
Portugal have officially confirmed that they will be participating in Eurovision 2021, and thus, become the 39th country to confirm for next years contest. The Portuguese broadcaster will once again use Festival da Canção to find their representative for the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. However, they have announced that some changes will be […]
UMK21! Seven Finalists Chosen for Finland’s National Selection!
Finnish broadcast Yle has announced today that they have already chosen the 7 songs to complete in their national selections, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. On the official Instagram account for UMK, it was revealed that the lucky 7 were chosen from a total of 278 applications. Tapop Hakanen from Yle is quoted as saying: “The standard […]
Melodifestivalen Format to be Revamped for 2022.
The Executive Producer of Melodifestivalen, Annette Helenius, has stated that Melodifestivalen will be revamped with a changed format for the Eurovision season after Rotterdam 2021. Speaking to one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, Dagens Nyheter, Helenius said that Sweden’s public broadcaster is looking for new, innovative ways to improve the National Final and heighten suspense throughout […]
What’s Another Year -Hungary unlikely to return ESC 2021
The Hungarian broadcaster MTVA has revealed details about “A Dal” mainly focussing on the with song submissions which will be accepted until 10th of November 2020. This Hungarian music contest has been used as a national selection for Eurovision from 2012 until 2019. However, Hungary decided to keep the music contest without a participation in […]
Tom Leeb’s new album provides a “Silver Lining” through tough times
Tom Leeb is an extremely talented artist! His new album, Silver Lining, featuring a total of 7 songs in both French and English, was 100% written by himself! Silver Lining is a project undertaken by Tom during the pandemic. Lyrically powerful and tugging at emotional heart-strings, all the tracks encompasses the theme of Hope, Love, […]
Miki Núñez debuts as a host for new talent show
Miki Núñez, who represented Spain at Eurovision 2019 with his song La Venda, will be hosting a musical talent show “COVER” on TV3, the primary Catalan television channel. The aim of the talent show is to discover music talent using social media and the internet. Interested participants would have to record their covers of famous […]
So congratulations, I have arrived! Will we see these countries making a Eurovision debut?
As one can see, Eurovision could include many more countries than they already have at the moment. In general, it can be said that a longer absence could lead to a lower chance of return, which we have seen with countries such as Turkey, Luxembourg and Andorra, among many others. Countries such as the Czech […]
Working hard! Samanta Tina is in recording studios to write her Eurovision 2021 song
She’s been given a second chance at representing Latvia in Eurovision and she isn’t wasting any time in writing her song! It has been reported that Samanta Tina, the 2020 and 2021 Latvian representative, has spent some time this week in the recording studio working on the song she will sing in Eurovision next year. […]
How do you deal with a broken heart? Alicja has the answer with new song “Pusto”
Alicja Szemplińska, the 18 year old Polish representative at this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest and winner of the 10th edition of The Voice Of Poland, has released her new single “Pusto”, which is available on all streaming services. “Pusto”, which means Empty in English, is an emotional pop ballad in which Alicja asks both […]
Over 200 Songs Submitted to the Israeli Song Selection for Eden Alene!
The submission window for Israel’s Eurovision 2021 selection process has closed in the last few days and it has been reported that around 220 songs have been submitted. Eden Alene, previously selected for Eurovision 2020, has already been confirmed as the artist who will represent Israel in 2021. The selection process for 2021 had already […]
Changes to be made to Junior Eurovision voting
The EBU have confirmed that there will be small changes made to way in which the online voting will work for this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as well as the way the votes will be presented. For this years contest, the voting will remain the same as it has been since 2017: 50% jury […]
Valentina’s ‘J’Imagine’ has been released!
The French entry for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been released! ‘J’Imagine’ by Valentina is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzj2Daf1fhc The song, (which was written by the same team behind ‘Bim Bam Toi’ from last years contest), is a very catchy, upbeat and uplifting pop song that has some Disney […]
Zdravo Dora 2021! Here’s what we know so far about the Croatian selection
Croatian broadcaster HRT have announced the dates for the much anticipated Eurovision selection for the 2021 on test due to be held in Rotterdam. The final of Dora will be held in Opatija, and entries to the selection will be open from the 26th October until the 10th December 2020. Head of the Croatian delegation, […]
Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian nominated for ARIA Awards
It would be an understatement to say it’s been a tough year for many big musical events, which had to be postponed or cancelled. But the ARIA Awards, Australia’s top musical honor, are pushing through with plans for a live ceremony. On Tuesday, the nominees for the 2020 ARIAs have been announced, and Eurovision fans […]
‘Vidkryvai’ official music video released
The music video for Oleksandr Balabanov’s Junior Eurovision 2020 song, “Vidkryvai” (Open Up) has been officially released by Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. The video was premiered live on the television programme “Public Studio”, on channel UA:Pershyi. The music video was filmed in 15 locations around Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, including the Podil District in the centre of […]
Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final to take place on February 20th
“In a time when there are no events where Norwegian people can come together for a shared experience, MGP 2021 will be especially important.” The Norwegian head of delegation, Stig Karlsen, has said this of Melodi Grand Prix 2021 as he confirms the final will take place on February 20th. Stig revealed this news on […]
Stefania has recorded five songs for Eurovision 2021
Eurovision Fun have reported that Stefania has recorded a total of five potential songs for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdanm. Stefania has been working with the Dream Team on her 2021 entry, just as she did for Superg!rl in 2020. The production of the demos for each of the five songs is expected to take place […]
Fancy a Road Trip? Time to listen to Omar Naber’s new single “Cesta in nebo”!
Do you remember Omar Naber? The Slovenian singer and songwriter represented Slovenia twice in Eurovision, with his own songs: in 2005 he sang the rock ballad “Stop” and in 2017 he sang the ballad “On My Way”. Now he has released his new single “Cesta in nebo” (Road and Sky). His “new” release isn’t actually […]
Sanremo 2021: winner gets first refusal for Eurovision
Italian broadcaster RAI have released the rules for Sanremo 2021, and have confirmed that the winner of of the Campioni category will have first refusal for Eurovision 2021. These rules mean that if Diodato wants to represent his country again, in Eurovision 2021, he would need to compete in Sanremo again. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 […]
Confirmed: Montenegro withdraws from Eurovision 2021
Montenegro’s official broadcaster, RTCG, confirmed today that Montenegro will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, due to be held in Rotterdam next May. This will be the 2nd consecutive year that Montenegro will be absent from the Eurovision Song Contest after their withdrawal in 2020 due to limited funds available for the […]
Bye Bye Baby: will we ever see these countries return to Eurovision?
As we all know, Eurovision includes dozens of countries every year, from the small San Marino through to the isolated Iceland, up to the big mother of Russia. The diversity of countries may be one of the best part of Eurovision since it’s connecting many different people with different nationalities all coming together. However, the […]
Music video of Petar Aničić’s “Heartbeat” is released
We had the artist, now we have the song and the music video! It has been previously announced that Petar Aničić would be representing Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw this November with the song Heartbeat. On Friday 9th October, the song and the music video for the song got released. You […]
Valentina for France in Junior Eurovision 2020!
Valentina for France in Junior Eurovision 2020 It’s Valentina for France in Junior Eurovision. Valentina has been chosen internally by the broadcaster France Télévisions in the hope of winning the Junior Eurovision 2021 title and hosting next year’s edition in France. The French entry will be announced at a later date. We can’t wait to […]
Arina Pehtereva will represent Belarus at this years Junior Eurovision
Belarus have gone internal! For the first time in their Junior Eurovision history, Belarus have internally selected their act for the contest, and this year, the honours go to 12 year old Arina Pehtereva who will sing “Aliens”. Born in March 2008 in Mogilev, Arina has been singing since she was 6 years old. She […]
Junior Eurovision 2020 will be held at TVP Headquarters
The 18th edition of The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live from the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw on Sunday 29th November. During a press conference on TVP yesterday, the three Junior Eurovision 2020 hosts gave many interviews. In one of these interviews, with JastrzabPost, Rafał Brzozowski revealed that the TVP Headquarters would play […]
David Sundin won’t host Melodifestivalen 2021
Earlier in a famous Swedish newspaper it was rumoured that David Sundin will host Melodifestivalen again in 2021. It was also rumoured that he will be joined by another co-host. However, on the 30th September, David himself confirmed to fellow Eurovision news site escxtra, that, that he will NOT host Melodifestivalen again in 2021. In […]
Joining Team Ding-Dong: VAL announces they are getting married!
‘Tis the season to get engaged! On their official Instagram account Valeria Gribusova and Vladislav Pashkevich (VAL) announced they are engaged. Vladislav asked Valeria the big question on a mountain in Montenegro. The couple has been there for holidays as the current situation in their home country still stays the same. After being in discussions […]
No Lovewave in 2021: Iveta was considered for 2021 but ruled out by the German broadcaster
In a post on Instagram, 2016 Armenian representative Iveta Mukuchyan has now announced she was considered to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 which will be held in Rotterdam. Earlier this year Iveta got a call from the German broadcaster that she was voted by the experts without even knowing she was […]
Junior Eurovision 2020: Some delegations will record their performances on stage in Warsaw!
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Today it was announced that a few of the thirteen participating countries in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest will fly to Warsaw to record their performances in the polish capital. This opportunity was given to all the competing countries but not all […]