Ireland confirm Eurovision 2025 participation as song submissions open
Ireland are headed to Basel for Eurovision 2025! Ireland have confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2025, as well as announcing that song submissions have opened for their 2025 selection process. Irish broadcaster RTÉ is ready to hear from artists, performers and songwriters who have the talent and the ambition to not only compete, but also […]
Simone Grande will represent Italy at Junior Eurovision 2024
It has been confirmed that Simone Grande will be representing Italy at this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest. After his win on The Voice Kids Italy 2023, it was rumoured that Simone Grande would be Italy’s Junior Eurovision representative, after Rai announced that the winner of The Voice Kids would represent Italy at Junior Eurovision […]
Luxembourg Song Contest returns for a second year in 2025
The Luxembourg Song Contest will be returning to screens in 2025 for its second edition. It has been confirmed that the second edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest will be taking place on January 25th at the Rockhal, a concert hall in Beval, a neighbourhood in the city of Esch-sur-Alzette in Southern Luxembourg. This is […]
AVROTROS granted extension deadline for Eurovision 2025 participation
AVROTROS have been given extra time to decide on Eurovision 2025 participation. The Dutch broadcaster has been granted an extension deadline for Eurovision 2025 participation by the EBU. The broadcaster now has until November 1st to make a decision on whether The Netherlands will be present in Basel or not. The deadline for all other […]
Idols SM will represent San Marino at Junior Eurovision 2024
San Marino have announced their act for Junior Eurovision 2024. It has been comfirmed that girlgroup Idols SM will be representing San Marino at this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Spain. The group is made up of: Asia Ceccoli, Giulia Rinaldi, Giorgia Descisolo and Stefania Olkhovskaya.They were revealed as San Marino’s Junior Eurovision representatives […]
Executive Producer of Eurovision 2025 speaks about rumoured Céline Dion comeback
Will Celine Dion make a Eurovision comeback in Switzerland next year? Since Nemo brought Switzerland their third Eurovision victory this year, many fans have been wondering: will Celine Dion return to Eurovision in 2025? The Canadian superstar secured a second Eurovision win for Switzerland in 1988 with “Ne partez pas sans moi”, and has since […]
Czechia confirm Eurovision 2025 participation with internal selection
Czechia are headed to Basel next year with a new selection process. Czechia have become the latest country to confirm their participation in Eurovision 2025. At the same time, they have also confirmed the end of their national final, ESCZ, to ensure “that we can allocate resources more effectively towards staging and promotion.” Czechia will […]
TVP confirm no talks have taken place with JoJo Siwa regarding Eurovision participation
TVP have not been in contact with JoJo Siwa and her team regarding Eurovision 2025. The Polish broadcaster has confirmed that there has been no discussions with JoJo Siwa, or any other artist, in regards to Eurovision 2025 participation. This confirmation comes after numerous TikTok videos from JoJo Siwa, in which she talks about representing […]
BREAKING: Cyprus announces return to Junior Eurovision 2024
Cyprus will be participating in this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Cypriot broadcaster has confirmed that they will be returning to Junior Eurovision this year, and also that 11 year old Maria Pissarides will be their representative. The production company Chandal Entertainment Ltd put Maria forward to CyBC to become Cyprus’ Junior Eurovision 2024 […]
Leonhard Baumgartner wins Eurovision Young Musicians 2024 for Austria
Austria has won Eurovision Young Musicians 2024. 17 year old Leonhard Baumgartner from Austria has been crowned the winner of the 21st edition of Eurovision Young Musicians, which took place in Bodø, Norway on 17th August 2024. The show was broadcast live from Bodø’s Stormen Concert Hall at 21:00 CET yesterday evening, with journalist and […]
Eurovizija.lt returns for Eurovision 2025 as submissions open
Lithuania is gearing up for their Eurovision 2025 participation. The Lithuanian broadcaster has not only confirmed their participation for Eurovision 2025, but have also confirmed that they will once again be using Eurovizija.lt as their selection method. The submissions have already opened, and will close on Monday November 11th. Eurovizija.lt 2025 is expected to have […]
Benjamin Ingrosso is back with new song “All My Life”
Benjamin Ingrosso has released his brand new song “All My Life”. Swedish singer-songwriter Benjamin Ingrosso is back with a brand new song “All My Life”, which will be featured on his upcoming album “Pink Velvet Theatre”, which is expected to be released on October 25th. “All My Life” is Benjamin’s fourth single to be released […]
Could a Eurovision return be on the cards for Montenegro in 2025?
Will we be seeing Montenegro back at Eurovision in 2025? In a recent document published by Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG, “Montesong 2024” is mentioned, and its rules have been outlined. There is speculation that this will serve as Montenegro’s new national final for Eurovision 2025. The document states that the submissions window closes on October 1st, […]
Song submissions for Festivali i Këngës 63 open September 27th
RTSH confirm Festivali i Këngës 63 song submissions will open on September 27th. The Albabian broadcaster has confirmed that the song submissions for the upcoming Festivali i Këngës will open on September 27th, and will close on September 29th. All songs can be submitted to: festivali63@rtsh.al. View this post on Instagram A post shared by […]
Azerbaijan confirm participation for Eurovision 2025
Azerbaijan will be present at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ITV | Eurovision Azerbaijan (@ictimaieurovision) The Azerbaijani broadcaster has confirmed that the country will be participating in next years Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. Alongside this, they have also confirmed that submissions have opened for […]
OGAE Second Chance Contest 2024 entries revealed
The songs competing in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2024 have been revealed. The OGAE Second Chance Contest, which has been held every year since 1987 among the OGAE clubs across Europe and the Rest of The World, is in full swing. The contest sees national final entries which didn’t make it to Eurovision in […]
Junior Eurovision 2024: what we know so far
With just under four months until Junior Eurovision 2024, what’s going on so far? As we near the end of July, we are just under four months away from this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Various competing countries have already selected their artists, and have their selection processes well underway; but despite this, we only have […]
Interrogations into Joost Klein case have been completed
Further developments have been made in the Joost Klein incident. At the request of Joost Klein’s defense, the prosecutor in Sweden asked their dutch colleagues to conduct a number of additional interrogations of people who were either present or involved in the incident which Joost Klein is being charged in. On Monday 15th July 2024, […]
Save the date! Spain’s Junior Eurovision 2024 representative to be revealed on July 18th
Spain’s Junior Eurovision 2024 representative to be revealed in the coming days. In less than one week, we will have our fifth confirmed act for this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as Spain are set to reveal their representative on Thursday 18th July. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eurovision-Spain | PrePartyES […]
Iceland rule out Junior Eurovision debut in 2024
Iceland will not be participating in Junior Eurovision 2024. Despite Icelandic broadcaster RÚV confirming in December 2023 that they would consider participating in Junior Eurovision in the future, it seems that we might have to wait a little longer to see Iceland in the contest, as they have confirmed they will not be making their […]
Swiss broadcaster makes call for song submissions for Eurovision 2025
The reigning Eurovision champions are on the hunt for Nemo’s successor! Eurovision 2024 winners Switzerland are gearing up to find the next act who will sing on homesoil at next years Eurovision Song Contest. Once again, Switzerland will select their Eurovision representative via an internal selection, which they have been doing since 2019. Swiss broadcaster […]
Carlo Conti reveals new rules for Sanremo Giovani
New rules incoming for this years Sanremo Giovani. The new host and creative director for next years edition of Sanremo, Carlo Conti, has revealed that there will be new rules in place for Sanremo Giovani. Sanremo Giovani will be made up of four selection shows which will take place on November 12th, 19th, 26th and […]
Wales and Scotland will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2024
Wales and Scotland will not be making an appearance in Spain for Junior Eurovision 2024. It has been confirmed to Eurofestivales that both Wales and Scotland will not be participating in this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Spain. At the present time, no specific reason has been given for their non-participation. Due to the […]
The United Kingdom will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2024
The United Kingdom will not be competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The United Kingdom will be withdrawing from Junior Eurovision 2024, as reported by Adrian Bradley on X. Whilst no specific reason has been given at this stage, it is likely that viewing figures and scheduling clashes would be the main reasons […]
Auditions begin to find North Macedonia’s Junior Eurovision 2024 representative
North Macedonia have begun the search for their Junior Eurovision 2024 representative. After confirming their Junior Eurovision 2024 participation at the beginning of June, the broadcaster put out an open call for singers. Auditions have been taking place today at MRT Studios in Skopje for the upcoming contest. The open call was open to all […]
Junior Songfestival 2024 finalists revealed
The finalists for this years Junior Songfestival have been revealed. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS have revealed the finalists that will be competing in this years Junior Songfestival. There are nine finalists in total, who have all either been put into a group, or who have been left out of the groups to compete as a soloist. […]
The Netherlands to keep future Eurovision participation under consideration
AVROTROS release new statement about the ongoing situations surrounding Eurovision 2024. The Dutch broadcaster have released a new statement regarding the ongoing issues that occured during Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, and the ongoing investigation into Joost Klein’s disqualification from the Eurovision 2024 grand final. AVROTROS initially made a statament regarding the Joost Klein incident on […]
NDR to continue organising Germany’s Eurovision participation in 2025
NDR to remain responsible for the selection of Germany’s Eurovision 2025 representative. Despite reports last September in which it was stated that NDR will no longer be working on Germany’s Eurovision participation beyond 2024, these reports seem to have been quashed as they are confirmed to be working on finding Germany’s Eurovision representative for 2025, […]
Radio Liechtenstein set to apply for EBU membership
Could we be seeing Liechtenstein making their Eurovision debut? Daily newspaper Liechtensteiner Vaderland have reported that Radio Liechtenstein is in the process of applying for European Broadcasting Union membership, with the aim of eventually being able to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, due to the broadcaster being radio only, it is unsure if […]
Marcus and Martinus prove to be “Unforgettable” with new album release
Marcus and Martinus are back with a brand new album, “Unforgettable”. The Norwegian twins, who recently represented Sweden at Eurovision 2024 with “Unforgettable” are back with a brand new album of the same name, and their first album in six years. The album is available on Spotify. “We’re so excited to release our first album […]
Kosovo set to apply to participate in Eurovision 2025 in June
Kosovo is gearing up for a potential Eurovision debut next year. The Chairman of the Board of Kosovan broadcaster RTK, Besnik Boletini, has confirmed that in June, they will be applying to the European Broadcasting Union in the hopes of being able to apply to compete in Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland. “In June, we will […]
Eurovision 2024 sees 163 million viewers tuning in to the conest
The three live shows of Eurovision 2024 saw a viewership of 163 million. The European Broadcasting Union have crunched the numbers and revealed the viewing figures and other data for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The EBU have revealed that all three live shows for this years contest saw 163 million people tuning in from […]
RTVE opens submissions window for Benidorm Fest 2025
The Spanish broadcaster has opened the submissions window for Benidorm Fest 2025. The submissions window for the 2025 edition of Benidorm Fest opened on May 20th, and will remain open until 10:00 CET on October 10th, 2024. You can fill out the submissions form here. The broadcaster has outlined the rules and regulations for Beniform […]
Baby Lasanga donates award money from Croatian government to charity
Baby Lasagna says goodbye to award money as he donates it to charity. In the wake of Baby Lasagna achieving Croatia’s best ever result in the Eurovision Song Contest, the Croatian government awarded him 50,000 euros as a special recognition for his contribution to promotion and international visibility of Croatia through his Eurovision 2024 participation […]
RTVSLO request concrete answers from EBU about various incidents surrounding Eurovision 2024
RTVSLO request answers from EBU in regards to various incidents that took place at Eurovision 2024, among other things. The Slovenian broadcaster has called on the EBU to provide them with concrete answers in regards to the various incidents that occured during Eurovision 2024, as well as detailed data on the Slovenian televote this year. […]
Gåte almost considered withdrawing from Eurovision 2024 whilst in Malmö
Gåte reveal they almost withdrew from Eurovision 2024 at the last minute. Norway’s representatives at this years Eurovision Song Contest, Gåte, have revealed to Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that they almost withdrew from Eurovision 2024, whilst in Malmö. The band’s guitarist Magnus Børmark has said that he had a strong confrontation with the EBU over the events […]
RTP question delay in publication of Iolanda’s grand final performance
The Portuguese broadcaster are questioning the delay in uploading Iolanda’s grand final performance. Every year at Eurovision, short clips of every acts performances in the semi finals and grand final are uploaded to the Eurovision Song Contest’s official social media accounts. However, at this years grand final, Portugal’s clip was uploaded late (more than one […]
EBU releases statement about the incidents surrounding Eurovision 2024
The European Broadcasting Union has released a statement regarding the Eurovision 2024 incidents. The EBU have released a statement to British tabloid The Mirror, regarding the various incidents that were reported as Eurovision 2024 was taking place in Malmö, Sweden. “We regret that some delegations at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö didn’t respect the […]
Eurovision 2024: Nemo secures third Eurovision victory for Switzerland!
Nemo from Switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! The grand final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest has concluded tonight in Malmö, Sweden, hosted by Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman. Following on from Joost Klein’s disqualification from the Eurovision 2024 grand final earlier today, we only saw 25 acts competing tonight. Switzerland, France, Croatia, […]
BREAKING: AVROTROS releases statement: disagrees with Dutch disqualification
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS release statement on Joost Klein incident. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, who are the competing broadcaster for The Netherlands in Eurovision have released a statement in regards to the incident surrounding Joost Klein. “An incident occured after last Thursday’s performance. Against clearly made agreements, Joost was filmed when he had just gotten of stage […]
BREAKING: Bambie Thug releases statement on absence from dress rehearsal
Bambie Thug has explained their absence from todays dress rehearsal for the Eurovision 2024 final. This afternoon, the final dress rehearsal for the live Eurovision 2024 grand final is taking place. Ireland’s representative Bambie Thug did not appear during the flag parade, nor did they perform live. Instead, a live-on tape was used for them. […]
BREAKING: Joost Klein will not perform at Eurovision 2024 final
Joost Klein will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 grand final. The EBU have released a statement confirming that the Dutch representative in Eurovision 2024, Joost Klein, will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 grand final. The statement from the EBU is as follows: “The Dutch artist Joost Klein […]
BREAKING: Madrid to host Junior Eurovision 2024 on November 16th
Junior Eurovision is coming to Madrid on November 16th, 2024! In a press conference held earlier today by RTVE, it has been confirmed that Madrid has won the Junior Eurovision 2024 host city bidding, and that they will be hosting the contest on Saturday 16th November at Caja Mágica. This marks the first time since […]
BREAKING: EBU statement on Joost Klein incident
Earlier today, the European Broadcasting Union released a statement regarding the Dutch representative for Eurovision 2024, Joost Klein. The statement is as follows: “We are currently investigating an incident that was reported to us involving the Dutch artist. He will not be rehearsing until further notice. We have further comment at this time and will […]
Former Eurovision winners to pay tribute to ABBA in Eurovision 2024 final
Three former Eurovision winners to take to the Eurovision 2024 stage for ABBA tribute. It’s time to put on your dancing shoes as three iconic Eurovision stars are coming together to pay tribute to four even more iconic Eurovision stars. Carola Häggkvist (Sweden 1983 & 1991), Conchita Wurst (Austria 2014) and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999 […]
Alcazar to re-unite for one off performance in Eurovision 2024 grand final
Swedish icons Alcazar are set to re-unite for Eurovision 2024 grand final performance. There will be no Crying At The Discoteque as it has been confirmed that iconic Swedish trio Alcazar will be re-uniting and performing at the grand final of Eurovision 2024 on May 11th. Alcazar, who ultimatley ran on and off between 1998 […]
Final ten qualifiers announced for Eurovision 2024 grand final
The grand final line-up for Eurovision 2024 is now complete! The second semi final of Eurovision 2024 has concluded tonight in Malmö arena, in which we have seen the last ten countries qualify for the grand final on May 11th. Latvia Austria The Netherlands Norway Israel Greece Estonia Switzerland Georgia Armenia Tonight’s acts will be […]
Further performers announced for Eurovision 2024 semi final two
Semi final two set to be a true Nordic party as interval acts have been confifmed. The interval acts for semi final two of Eurovision 2024 have been confirmed, and we have some fellow Nordic participants gracing the stage once again. Eurovision 2023 runner-up Käärijä will be returning to the stage alongside Eurovision 1984 winners […]
Eurovision 2024 semi final one qualifiers announced
Eurovision 2024 has its first ten qualifiers for the grand final! The first semi final of Eurovision 2024 has taken place tonight in Malmö Arena, with 15 acts competing, including Luxembourg, who have now competed in a Eurovision semi final for the very first time upon their return to the contest for the first time […]
Tali originally entered Luxembourg Song Contest with a different song
The song that never was: Tali originally entered Luxembourg’s selection with a different song. It has been confirmed that Luxembourg’s Eurovision 2024 representative Tali initially entered the Grand Dutchy’s national final with a different song. Online newspaper Virgule report that Tali had originally teamed up with Jimmy Martin, who represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1993 as one […]