Junior Eurovision 2021 running order: Germany to open the show, Portugal to close the show and France to perform 13th!
The opening and closing song revealed! Today, the opening ceremony of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest occurred. It was a pared back show, due to none of the delegations attending the event due to Covid safety concerns. However, it was still an important evening. This is because the countries that will be opening and closing […]
Eesti Laul Quarter Final 4 qualifiers announced!
The fourth and final quarter final of Eesti Laul 2022 has just come to an end, and we have a the last five qualifiers to add to the semi final line-up. Estonia’s Eurovision participant from 2016, Jüri Pootsmann and Eurovision icon Getter Jaani, who represented Estonia in 2011 were the hosts of the show, live from ERR […]
S10 to represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision 2022
AVROTROS has revealed that S10 will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision 2022 and that she will sing in Dutch
WATCH: Bulgaria become FIRST country to release Eurovision 2022 entry – “Intention” by Intelligent Music Project
Bulgaria releases its Eurovision 2022 entry – “Intention” by Intelligent Music Project! With the Eurovision 2022 season officially opening in September, we can finally say the race to the next most watched music show in the world has officially begun. Rock supergroup Intelligent Music Project along with Ronnie Romero, whose had been announced as Bulgarian representatives for […]
Anna Sahlene and Elina Nechayeva among Eesti Laul quarter final 3 qualifiers
The third quarter final of Eesti Laul 2022 has just come to an end, and we have a further five qualifiers to add to the semi final line-up. Estonia’s Eurovision participant from 2012, Ott Lepland and two times Eurovision participant in 2005 and 2017, Laura Põldvere, were the hosts of the show, live from ERR studios […]
ITALY: RAI reveals 22 participants of Sanremo 2022
RAI has finally announced the names of the first 22 artists competing in Sanremo 2022, and you may already know some of these faces… Who are they? Their names have been on everyone’s lips for weeks. Many tabloid magazines have taken their guesses (some wilder than others), but only one of them hit the nail […]
Eesti Laul 2022 quarter final 3 participants revealed
The 10 acts that will be participating in the third quarter final of Eesti Laul 2022 have been revealed today, and there are quite a few familiar faces in the line-up! Alabama Watchdog – “Move On” Anna Sahlene – “Champion” deLULU – “Music Saved My Soul” Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy” Goodreason – “Three Days Ago” Lauri Pihlap – “Take […]
Eesti Laul 2022 quarter final 2 results are in!
Tonight we saw the second quarter final of Eesti Laul, live from ERR studios in Tallinn. A total of 10 acts took part, with five of them advancing to the semi final. The show was hosted by Estonia’s Eurovision 2020 and 2021 representative, Uku Suviste, and Tanja, who sang for Estonia in 2014. Andrei Zevakin […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: the opening ceremony will be held on the Champs Elysées
The traditional flag parade of the Junior Eurovision will take place in the heart of Paris! During the press conference organised by the French broadcaster today, many announcements were made. One in particular caught our attention. The organisation of the traditional opening ceremony, the parade of flags, will be organised on a delayed basis. It […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: Latest updates!
Junior Eurovision 2021: During a press conference held at La Seine Musicale, France Télévisions gave the latest updates on the show! Good evening Europe! Bonsoir l’Europe ! The press conference started with a few words from Alexandre Redde, head of the French delegation. She said she was “proud, honoured and excited” that the competition would […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: hosts revealed!
Elodie Gossuin, Carla & Olivier Minne will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. During the press conference organised by France Télévisions in the hall hosting the competition on 19 December, the announcement was made public. The official announcement comes after several leaks in the French media from yesterday evening. Olivier Minne is a popular game […]
BREAKING — American Song Contest Premiere Date Revealed!
The American Song Contest is coming……and sooner than you think! Originally slated to begin in autumn/fall 2022, it has now been revealed by the European Broadcasting Union, that the American Song Contest will premiere on Monday 21st February 2022 with a two hour primetime extravaganza! This means that the first winner of the American Song […]
ABBA Would Write UK Eurovision Song for Dua Lipa!
ABBA’s Björn and Benny, have revealed that they would consider writing a Eurovision hit for the UK, if the artist was right. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the Swedish legends were responding to a question about the UK’s newly announced approach to selecting the entry for Eurovision 2022! In their opinion, a good song is only […]
EBU Team Visiting Turin Sites Today ahead of Eurovision 2022!
The Eurovision 2022 train is picking up speed following the announcement that Turin will host the contest in May 2022. Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest at the European Broadcasting Union, Martin Österdahl, has taken to his Instagram today to catalogue a visit by an EBU group to Turin’s famous sites today! Indicating that […]
Composers for Festival da Canção 2022 Revealed
The Portuguese broadcaster RTP has revealed the names of the 16 composers invited for the 2022 edition of Festival da Canção, and the 4 composers selected from the open submission. Gonçalo Madaíl the head of the Festival da Canção has revealed during a radio broadcast on Antena 1/RTP, the names of the 20 composers of […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: Tickets sales to open soon!
The French organisers have finally announced a date for the tickets sales The head of the French delegation to the Eurovision and Junior Eurovision, Alexandra Redde-Amiel has announced on her twitter account that the tickets sales for this year Junior Eurovision Song Contest would begin on Wednesday 3rd of November. 😉Christmas is coming 🎄🎁 I’m […]
Jovana and Dunja will perform “Children’s Eyes” at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Jovana and Dunja released their Junior Eurovision 2021 entry titled “Children’s Eyes”. Although the title is in English, lyrics are written in Serbian language. They open the song with spoken words accompanied with strings and after a half of a minute they start singing in a beautiful harmony. The song is an early 2000s inspired […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: Tatyana Mezhentseva returns for Russia!
It has been confirmed that Tatyana Mezhentseva has won Russia’s national final for Junior Eurovision 2021 and will represent the nation in Paris with her song “Mon Ami”. A total of 12 acts performed in the national final that took place today, October 26th. The winner was decided by a mix of online vote and […]
Junior Eurovision 2021: It’s Olena Usenko for Ukraine
Olena Usenko has been crowned the winner of Ukraine’s national final for Junior Eurovision 2021, and will represent her country in Paris with the song “Vazhil” (Leverage). Olena topped the jury vote and televote, beating ten other contestants to become Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision 2021 representative. The results were decided by 20% televote and 80% jury […]
Anna Gjebrea to sing for Albania at Junior Eurovision 2021
Anna Gjebrea has been revealed as the winner of Junior Fest 2021, and thus, becomes Albania’s Junior Eurovision 2021 representative. The 12 year old singer announced the news on her official Instagram account. View this post on Instagram A post shared by annagjebrea (@annagjebreaofficial) Anna’s song for Paris will be selected internally, and is expected […]
Måneskin get three nominations at MTV EMA 2021
After the extreme success obtained in Rotterdam, the Roman band led by Damiano David conquers another important achievement: being nominated in three different categories at the MTV EMA 2021, to be hosted in November in Budapest. On October 20, 2021, the official website of the EMAs revealed the full list of nominees for this year’s edition, […]
Enzo to sing “Tic Tac” for France at Junior Eurovision 2021
It has been confirmed that Enzo will represent the host country at this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Tic Tac”. Enzo becomes the first boy to represent France at Junior Eurovision since Thomas Pontier in 2004. Tic Tac has been written and composed by Alban Lico. The song talks about enjoying the […]
BBC to collaborate with TaP Music for Eurovision 2022
“In the U.K., our love for Eurovision is as big as ever and we have grand ambitions for the 2022 Contest, so we’re really excited to announce this collaboration that will enable us to tap into some great music talent.” Kate Phillips, Controller Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC The BBC have announced that they will […]
41 countries to compete in Turin for Eurovision 2022!
The official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest has just dropped the 41 participating names for the ESC 2022 which will be held in Turin after the victory of the rock band Måneskin. Just like in 2021, these 39 countries will compete for the victory: Albania, Azerbaijan, Australia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, […]
Maiú Levi will represent Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2021
Maiú Levi Lawlor has won Junior Eurovision Éire 2021 and thus will represent Ireland at this years Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris. The show, hosted by Louise Cantillon, was broadcast from the RTÉ studios in Dublin. The final result was decided by an in-studio jury panel, made up of radio presenter Niamh Ní Chróinín […]
Ike and Kaya are Malta’s Junior Eurovision 2021 representatives
After a mammoth national final for Junior Eurovision 2021, it has been decided that Ike Mizzie & Kaya Gouder Curmi will represent Malta at the upcoming contest in Paris with their song “My Home”. A total of 11 acts took to the stage tonight, with Yulan Law singing two different songs. The winner was decided […]
BREAKING — North Macedonia Selects Their Junior Eurovision Artists for 2021!
In keeping with previous years, North Macedonia has opted for an internal selection for its Junior Eurovision act! Broadcaster MRT have revealed that they will put forward the talented kids from popular Macedonian children’s show ‘Дајте Музика / Dajte Muzika‘ (‘Give Music)! Dajte Muzika is one of the most popular and most watched television programmes […]
Montenegro to Return for Eurovision 2022?
It has been reported by ESCToday that Montenegran broadcaster RTCG has confirmed a return to the Eurovision Song Contest for 2022! This follows a two year absence from the contest after their withdrawal in 2020 due limited funds being available for the contest. Montenegro was also absent from Eurovision in 2010 and 2011. It is […]
Eurovision 2022: Turin designated host city for the contest!
The city of Turin has been chosen as the host city of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest on May 10, 12, 14, 2022! It is a tradition, the country which wins organises the competition the following year. Thus, after winning it in Rotterdam (Netherlands), in May 2021, Italy will organize the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, […]
Kazakhstan to hold Junior Eurovision national final on November 6th
Kazakhstan have announced that they will once again be chosing their act for Junior Eurovision via a national final, which will take place on November 6th. Details of their selection process were revealed today in a press conference. The press conference took place today in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, at headquarters of the […]
Hayko has sadly passed away aged 48
Armenian singer Hayk “Hayko” Hakobyan, who represented his country at Eurovision 2007 in Helsinki, Finland, has sadly passed away. The singer contracted COVID-19 earlier this month, and had been in a grave condition until his death. Eurovision fans will remember Hayko as Armenia’s 2007 representative. He brought Armenia into to the top 10 for a […]
Poland chose Sara Egwu-James as their Junior Eurovision representative
Sara Egwu-James has won the third edition of “Szansa na Sukces: Eurowizja Junior” and will represent Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with her song “Somebody”. A total of three acts participated in the show, with the final results being decided by a mix of 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. Sara received […]
Ayana will represent The Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2021
Ayana has been crowned the winner of Junior Songfestival 2021 with her song “Mata Sugu Aō Ne” (See You Soon) and thus, will represent The Netherlands at the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris on December 19th. With her song title in Japanese, it will mark the first time the language has been heard […]
Eurovision 2022: Belgium first to reveal its representative!
The Belgian broadcaster, RTBF, has announced its choice early today. It is now official, the candidate who will represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is Jérémie Makiese, the last winner of The Voice Belgium. As we reported last week, Belgium is the first country to announced the name of its representative. The official […]
Germany have decided! It’s Pauline for Junior Eurovision 2021
Germany have become the first country to select their singer and song for Junior Eurovision 2021, which saw Pauline emerge victorious with the song “Imagine Us”. A televised national final, hosted by Jessica Schöne and Ben Blümel, was held in the Central Club in Erfurt. A total of three finalists performed two out of three […]
Eurovision 2022: Belgium will be first to announce it’s candidate!
The Belgium candidate will be designated next Wednesday Belgium made a surprising announcement today. Belgian broadcaster RTBF decided to choose its candidate once again very early on. Last year the group representing Belgium Hooverphonic was selected in October. No national selection for Belgium this year again, the candidate chosen internally will be presented during the program […]
ABBA are Back, 40 years later, with a New Record
It’s official! 40 years after the last album released, ABBA are back. The announcement was made this Thursday, September 2, by the Swedish group at a press meeting in London. There are three new features in a single announcement: in addition to the group’s return, a new album and a “revolutionary” concert are also confirmed. […]
Albania confirm Junior Eurovision 2021 participation
A spokesperson for the International Relations Department of Albanian broadcaster RTSH have confirmed that Albania will be participating in the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest in December. Details of how their song and singer will be selected are expected in the coming days. Albania previously took a break from the 2020 contest in Warsaw, Poland, […]
Azerbaijan return to Junior Eurovision with Sona Azizova as their representative
After speculation as to whether or not they would return to Junior Eurovision, it has now been confirmed that Azerbaijan will definetley be returning to the contest this year. The news was confirmed in a YouTube video from the Azeri broadcasters official channel. Along with confirmation of participation, it has also been confirmed that Azerbaijan […]
Måneskin debut on Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US
Måneskin’s fast march towards international superstardom reaches another gigantic milestone this week, as the Eurovision 2021 winners debut on the Billboard Hot 100, the flagship chart measuring the most popular songs in the US each week. Interestingly, the Italian rockers didn’t enter the chart with their winning song “Zitti e buoni”, but with their recording […]
Raffaella Carrà has passed away aged 78
Raffaella Carrà has passed away today, aged 78, following an undisclosed illness. Her former partner and long time collaborator, Sergio Japino, broke the news. “Raffaella has left us. She has gone to a better world, where her humanity, her unmistakable laugh and her extraordinary talent will shine forever Her unstoppable force, which has imposed her […]
Måneskin reach top 10 in the Official U.K. Singles Charts with “Beggin”
Måneskin have done it again! More than one month since they won The Eurovision Song Contest, the Italian rockers keep going from strength to strength, and today is testament to this as they have scored themselves another U.K. top 10 chart placing with their cover of “Beggin”. This news marks the fifth consecutive week that […]
Måneskin enter the Official UK Singles Charts at number 7
As of today, Italian superstars and Eurovision 2021 winners, Måneskin, have entered the Official Singles Chart in the United Kingdom at number 7 with their song “I Wanna Be Your Slave”. Their Eurovision entry, “Zitti e Buoni” sits at number 57, whilst their cover of “Beggin” is at number 73. The Italian rockstars are the […]
“Zitti E Buoni” has become the most viewed live Eurovision performance on YouTube
Måneskin’s performance of “Zitte e Buoni” has, as of today, become the most viewed live Eurovision performance on YouTube, and has broken the record for most viewed live Eurovision performance on YouTube. Their performance of “Zitte e Buoni” at the grand final of Eurovision 2021 has racked up an impressive 46.1 million views on the […]
Czech jury under fire for rule violation, points may be removed from final score
Just days after the revelation of voting issues involving the Dutch audience, the EBU are now investigating reports of an issue with a jury member from Czech Republic. Under the rules setout by the EBU, all jury members must be citizens of the country which they are voting for. In the case of the Czech […]
Submissions open for the American Song Contest
Hello Europe! This is America calling! On 14th May 2021, the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the American Song Contest will be making its debut in 2022, after reaching a deal with American broadcaster NBC, and production companies Propgate and Universal Television Alternative Studio. Planning of the show is moving forward, with song […]
Plans for Eurovision Asia have been dropped by SBS
It had been planned for several years, and when preparing the debut of the American Song Contest, the Eurovision Asia Song Contest is really in this field of ideas. The Asian format of the Eurovision Song Contest seemed to be on course in 2017, but there were always difficulties in co-ordinating at a geographical level, […]
Eurovision 2021: voting figures revealed for the grand final
As the 65th Eurovision Song Contest comes to an end, various European countries have revealed their viewing figures for the grand final which took place live from the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Austria In Austria, a total of 596,000 tuned in to the Eurovision 2021 grand final on ORF eins. This is the lowest […]
From Rome to Milan, cities across Italy express their interest in hosting Eurovision 2022
Since Måneskin’s momentous win for Italy at the Eurovision 2021 grand final in Rotterdam, various cities across Italy have expressed their interest in hosting Eurovision 2022. At the present time, a total of six cities are interested in bidding for hosting rights. Milan Milan was the first Italian city to express their interest in hosting […]
Eurovision 2021: jury voting running order revealed
The running order in which each country’s jury points will be revealed in tonight’s grand final has been revealed. Alongside this, we have also found out who will be the spokesperson for each country. Israel – Lucy Ayoub (Eurovision 2019 co-host) Poland – Ida Nowakowska (Junior Eurovision 2019 & 2020 co-host) San Marino – Monica […]