UK’s Eurovision 2021 entry ‘Embers’ has been added to BBC Radio 2’s A List!
BBC Radio 2 was the first station to play the United Kingdom’s Eurovision 2021 entry Embers on March 11th, and on March 29th the song had reached the A List on Radio 2’s New Music Playlist. This means that Radio 2 listeners will be able to hear Embers played regularly on the station from March 20th, which will sure […]
Eurovision legend Guildo Horn got revealed on The Masked Singer Germany!
Guildo Horn, well-known for his Eurovision entry ”Guildo hat euch lieb!” with which he represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, got revealed in the semifinal of The Masked Singer Germany where he embodied a bull. Guildo said after the reveal on Tuesday that he was thankful to experience this at his age. He […]
“Øve os på hinanden” becomes first Eurovision entry to top Danish charts since 2013
Since winning Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on March 6th, “Øve os på hinanden” by Fyr og Flamme has topped the Danish charts, making it the first Danish Eurovision entry to do so since “Only Teardrops” in 2013. Alongside this, the Danish Duo have racked up an impressive one million streams on Spotify. The duo also […]
Sofia to host countries’ delegations to record back-up performances for Eurovision 2021
On the 15th of March, iCard Eurovision Bulgaria posted on Twitter that several countries, including Cyprus among many others, have decided to film their back-up performances in the capital city of Bulgaria, Sofia. BNT (Bulgarian Public Broadcaster) is going to cooperate with the same company, which produced the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 also […]
3.6 Million viewers watched the Melodifestivalen Grand Final
On the 13th of March, the national final most beloved by fans, Melodifestivalen, came to the end with the victory of a debutant Tusse with his song Voices. On the 15th of March, Gustav Dahlander, the Swedish journalist who is also a Melodifestivalen expert online, posted on Twitter that the last night of the competition […]
Listen: Eurovision version of Zitti E Buoni by Måneskin!
Sanremo 2021 winners and Italy’s Eurovision representatives, Måneskin, have released the final version of their song, Zitti e Buoni. As per the rules of the contest, “no swearing or other unacceptable language” is allowed in the lyrics of any competing entry. In addition to this, the song was slightly too long. Therefore, to fit in […]
Anxhela Peristeri to team up with Sacha Jean-Baptiste for Eurovision performance
Albania’s Eurovision 2021 representative, Anxhela Peristeri, has confirmed on her social media that she will be working with Swedish choreographer Sacha Jean-Baptiste for her Eurovision performance. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Music is my religion!♈️ (@anxhelaperisteriofficial_) Sacha Jean-Baptiste is no stranger to Eurovision. She has worked with many artists over the […]
Austria: Vincent Bueno to wear Michael Cinco for Eurovision
Austrian representative Vincent Bueno’s preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 are in full swing after releasing his entry Amen a week ago, and collaborating with renowned Dubai-based designer and fellow Filipino Michael Cinco to wear his outfit for the contest in May. Vincent revealed in an interview with Peopleasia.ph that he has dreamed ever […]
BBC asked James Newman to return to Eurovision 2021 back in summer 2020
Speaking with UK commentator Graham Norton on Virgin Radio UK, James Newman has revealed that the BBC asked him to return to Eurovision 2021 in the summer of 2020. However, James wasn’t officially announced as the United Kingdom’s 2021 representative until February of this year. Singer and songwriter @JamesNewmanUk chats about his journey to representing […]
Save the date! The “Russian Woman” revamp is coming on March 19th
After confirming that her song would undergo a revamp, which includes adding more English lyrics into the song, Manizha has now revealed that the final version of “Russian Woman” will be released on March 19th. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MANIZHA (@manizha) Manizha won Russia’s last minute national final on March […]
Moshe Kaftan to be artistic director for Eden Alene’s performance
The team working on Eden Alene’s Eurovision 2021 performance, including Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Stylist, have been revealed by EuroMix. Eden’s performance will be staged by Artistic Director Moshe Kaftan. Moshe is a well-known theater director in Israel, and he has worked on such shows as The Masked Singer and X Factor. He was also […]
“Omaga” producer reveals origins of the song
Filip Viček, the producer of “Omaga”, Benny Cristo’s song for Eurovision 2021, has revealed details of the origin of the song, and how it all came about. Filip reveals that working on Omaga together was born the first time he and Benny met. “He came out of the kitchen and said I need to make […]
Thank you for everything Christer Björkman!
The schlager general Björkman’s 20 years with the modern Melodifestivalen ended majesticly last Saturday. The handsome and talented ESC winner Måns Zelmerlöw hosted the final with the wonderfully weird musical actress Shima Niavarani. They sang that they were “both Edith Piaf and Backstreet Boys, an opera fan next to a padel fan, maybe it’s Sweden’s […]
Plans for a hybrid Eurovision village in Rotterdam
In a letter, the city councillor for Education, Culture and Tourism, Said Kasmi, gives details. Considering the current health situation, the organization of a village as in the previous editions “does not seem realistic”. An alternative option is therefore being studied. Thus, social distancing would be in place, a limited reception capacity and probably a small […]
Germany reveal details about Junior Eurovision 2021 selection!
Germany has revealed further information about their Junior Eurovision selection process for 2021. After the quick confirmation of their second participation at the junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the responsible broadcaster NDR changes some things about the selection process. In a collaboration of NDR and KIKA (the children channel), young talents can apply […]
“Husavik” nominated for best original song at the Oscars
The song has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Original Song The film “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga” has not finished being awarded! For several months, nominations and awards have followed one another for David Dobkin’s film. The song performed by Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in the movie, […]
Russia says no to Big 5 status!
Russian delegation approached to be member of the Big 5 In an interview given to “Humans of Eurovision” former Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand has revealed that Russia would not want to become a member of the Big Five. It was part of a broader discussion about the Big Five and their importance in the […]
Malta: Destiny releases Je Me Casse for Eurovision 2021
That’s another song to this year’s line up! Malta’s Destiny has now released her song for Eurovision 2021. The title is called Je Me Casse and its music video was released on the Eurovision Youtube channel, which you can check out below. Je Me Casse is written by Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund Pete […]
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani releases his Eurovision 2021 entry “You”
The second out of three songs to be revealed today is out!
Nevena Božović to release new single ‘Ljubi’ on March 20th
Serbian singer Nevena Božović has announced on her social media pages that she will be releasing her new single Ljubi on March 20th during the first episode of the show Studio. The first episode of Studio will be aired on RTS 1 at 21:00 CET, you can watch a teaser for the new show below! https://youtu.be/qkjTzsIpqQo Who […]
GO_A nominated for YUNA awards
Ukrainian representatives for Eurovision 2020 and 2021 honored by the Ukrainian music industry. “YUNA” is the Ukrainian annual national professional music award. The abbreviation “YUNA” stands for Yearly Ukrainian National Awards. Established in 2011, the awards allow honoring Ukrainian artists according to different categories. After being reselected Ukrainian candidates for Eurovision 2021, Go_A have […]
Azerbaijan’s Efendi will sing Mata Hari in Eurovision 2021
It has been confirmed that Azerbaijan’s Efendi will be singing Mata Hari in Rotterdam this May. This news was confirmed by INFE Azerbaijan and is set to be released on the 15th March. The decision of the song being chosen came after the song submissions being narrowed down to 6 songs which included: Mata Hari Ratata When […]
Documentary in production on Lesley Roy’s ESC journey
Irish singer/songwriter Lesley Roy is working on a documentary with Irish broadcaster RTE One. This was revealed on Roy’s own Instagram page earlier this week. In the post the artist stated that the filming of the documentary had begun last year, when she was set to perform Story of My Life for Ireland. In an […]
Tusse has won Melodifestivalen 2021
Tusse has won Melodifestivalen 2021! After 6 weeks of competition and 12 potential songs, we finally have a winner! Tonight, the Melodifestivalen grand final, hosted by Måns Zelmerlöw and Shima Niavarani alongside the Melfest general himself Christer Björkman, aired live from Annexet in Stockholm. The show saw Tusse with the song Voices win and […]
Iceland’s song ’10 Years’ for Eurovision 2021 is out for the world to listen!
Iceland is serving us their Eurovision 2021 entry 10 Years! Their entry was revealed on the show Straumar, and now we are all going to hope the best for Iceland in May when they’ll perform in Rotterdam. It’ll be super interesting to see what staging they are going to bring! Who creates the costumes? The […]
Suur aitäh! Silver and Joonas from Traffic help out at Tallinn hospital
Not all heroes wear capes! Two band members from Eesti Laul 2019 finalists Traffic have been helping out at the East Tallinn Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia, and have said they intend on helping out until the very end of the worldwide crisis. Silver Laas and Joonas Sarapuu have been helping deliver supplies […]
ESC 2021 Semi – Final 2 acts revealed
On social media ESC official account annouced that ballet dancer Ahmad Joudeh and Dez Maarsen will be as Semi-Final 2 interval acts for Eurovision 2021. Ahmad Joudeh was born to a Syrian father and Palestinian mother in Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp surrounding the Syrian captial of Damascus but moved to Damascus itself to study […]
Samanta Tīna will sing “The Moon Is Rising” in Rotterdam
The end is near for the song selection season! Samanta Tīna has released her song The Moon is Rising on the Latvian broadcaster’s (LTV) Youtube Channel and on her own channel as well. It all was broadcast during a show called “Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu” (How to win at Eurovision? Samanta […]
Blas Cantó confirms a new version of “Voy a quedarme” for Eurovision 2021
The representative of Spain confirmed this morning on the radio program “Pasaporte a Eurovisión” that he is preparing a new version of “Voy a quedarme” to highlight the most intimate side of the song. Although it is still pending final approval, Blas Cantó has already confirmed a new version of his song “Voy a quedarme” […]
Rafał Brzozowski will represent Poland with the song “The Ride”
On the 12th of March at 10AM on the morning show “Pytanie na Śniadanie” on TVP 2, it was announced that Rafał Brzozowski is going to represent Poland with the song The Ride, which was inspired by the 1980’s dance-pop. The song has been written by Swedish composers such as Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson, Joakim […]
Vasil releases his entry “Here I Stand”
We are getting more and more Eurovision entries these days and one of them is North Macedonian. Vasil has finally released his Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry titled “Here I Stand”. The song was just premiered alongside with the music video on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbXczPgRI7Y Unlike the last-year’s Latino-influenced song “You”, this […]
Statement issued from the EBU regarding Belarus
Belarus may be disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 due to the political content in their submitted entry Ya Nauchu Tebya (I’ll Teach You) performed by Belarusian band Galasy ZMesta. The EBU has issued a statement regarding Belarus’ entry this year. Many issues were highlighted in the statement, including how “The song puts the […]
James Newman lights up the room with Embers
He promised a banger, and he certainly delivered! The United Kingdom has just released their entry for Eurovision 2021. James Newman will be singing Embers in Rotterdam this May. It was released first on BBC Radio 2 on Ken Bruce’s show and then the music video was released shortly afterwards. The song is available to listen […]
VICTORIA will be singing ‘Growing Up Is Getting Old’ in Rotterdam!
Now its time to find out the winning song for Bulgaria! “Growing Up Is Getting Old” will be the official song for VICTORIA representing Bulgaria at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight we have been enjoying a live performance of VICTORIA’s debut EP a little dramatic on YouTube where she revealed the song that will […]
“Russian Woman” will have more English lyrics in Rotterdam
On the 8th of March the Russian national final Russia Decides was won by Manizha with her bilingual song Russian Woman. For a bilingual song from Russia we had to wait as long as for the national final. The last time both were seen or heard was in 2012, when Russia sent Burnaovskiye Babushki and […]
KEiiNO to release new single ‘Unbreakable’ on Friday
Norwegian band KEiiNO have today announced on their socials they will be releasing their new single Unbreakable on Friday. This will be the band’s first release since coming second in Norwegian Eurovision selection Melodi Grand Prix last month with the song Monument. The single artwork and aesthetic is very similar to that of Monument, so the thought is that […]
Gjon’s Tears releases Eurovision 2021 entry “Tout l’Univers”
Switzerland representative has just released his song for Eurovision 2021! The young Swiss artist, Gjon’s Tears, who was one of the favourites of the 2020 contest, has again gained popularity over his song for Eurovision 2021. Gjon’s Tears was supposed to perform “Répondez-moi” for Switzerland at Eurovision 2020, but unfortunately due to the contest’s cancellation […]
Dropping a fire entry tomorrow? UK’s Eurovision 2021 entry is called ‘Embers’
Ahead of the release of the UK’s Eurovision 2021 entry tomorrow, BBC Eurovision have today announced the title of the song, and it’s Embers. Earlier this morning BBC Eurovision posted a puzzle picture where the only clue given was the letter ‘E’ and fans were able to comment their guesses on the much anticipated song title. […]
Full results of Eesti Laul 2021 are revealed by ERR
Estonian broadcaster ERR has revealed the full results from both Eesti Laul 2021 semi finals and the Grand Final, which Uku Suviste won on March 6th for the second time in a row with resounding televote support. The results released show the numbers of votes cast in each stage of the contest, and show Uku’s […]
2021 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix was the most watched in five years
After six years of falling viewing figures, the 2021 edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix saw its first increase in since 2015, with 1,532,000 people watching it. That’s the highest total since 2016, when 1,563,000 viewers tuned in to watch Lighthouse X claim an unexpected victory with “Soldiers Of Love.” The figure for 2021 sees […]
International jury for Melodifestivalen 2021 revealed
Swedish national broadcaster, SVT has revealed eight countries that will take place as international juries in this year’s Melodifestivalen. The international jury will provide half of the result in the grand final this Saturday. These are the countries: Albania Cyprus France Iceland Israel Switzerland The Netherlands United Kingdom However, this was not the initial list. […]
Melodifestivalen final to be broadcast with English commentary
For the first time ever in history, one national selection is going to have a commentary in the English language. Having in mind that Melodifestivalen is definitely the most popular and the most successful national selection, providing two winners and six top 10 finishes in the past 10 years, it is watched worldwide. This is […]
Junior Eurovision 2021 to take place on November 28th?
eurovision.de have reported that the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be taking place on Sunday, 28th November. However, this has yet to be confirmed by the organisers and broadcaster. eurovision.de also go on to reveal more details about Germany’s participation in this years contest, suggesting that there will be an online vote for people […]
Galasy ZMesta to sing “Ya Nauchu Tebya” for Belarus
It has been confirmed that the band Galasy ZMesta will represent Belarus at this years Eurovision Song Contest with their song “Ya Nachu Tebya” (I’ll Teach You). The band, who come from the city of Baranavichy in Belarus, is made up of five members: Dmitry Butakov, Evgeniy Artyukh, Evgeniy Kardash, Irina Sorgovitskaya and Maxim Ponomarenko. […]
Our million voices goes to Tusse
Melodifestivalen 2021 has been an experience with ups and downs, different genres and lots of entertainment. Now we finally have 12 finalists who are ready to battle for the trip to Rotterdam. DJ Trexx from the Swedish humour group Grotesco made a comeback in Melodifestivalen last Saturday. The Russian DJ upset the Russian embassy in […]
Uku Suviste plans changes to Eurovision performance in May
Estonia’s back up performance for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in May has been filmed and performer Uku Suviste is planning changes to his staging for the contest, he revealed in an interview with Raadio 2 following his Eesti Laul victory on March 6th. Uku Suviste revealed in an interview with Raadio 2 that Estonia’s […]
Marvin Dietmann to stage Benny Cristo’s Eurovision performance
Austrian artistic director Marvin Dietmann has been revealed as the person who will stage the Czech Republic’s entry at Eurovision this year. Marvin has worked on a number of Eurovision songs over the last ten years, and has provided some iconic staging, most famously Conchita Wurst’s winning entry “Rise Like A Phoenix” in 2014. As […]
Full Semi final results revealed for Festival da Canção 2021
The full results of the Festival da Canção 2021 semi finals have been revealed. The semi final results were decided by a mix of 50% in-studio jury voting and 50% televoting. The top five from each semi final advanced to the final. Semi final 1 full jury and televote results: The Black Mamba – “Love […]
James Newman to release his Eurovision song on Thursday
We have been teased for a while now about when James Newman is going release his entry for Eurovision. Finally have it come to our knowledge that this Thursday will be the day when we will hear his song for the first time at 9:30am (GMT). BBC radio 2 popped this news today on Twitter! […]
It’s Manizha for Russia!
Tonight, Russia held their much anticipated national final to select their Eurovision 2021 participant, and Manizha has emerged victorious with the song Русская Женщина (Russian Woman) and will be flying the Russian flag in Rotterdam this May. The national final aired on Channel One this evening was kept largely under wraps and participants and major details […]