Victoria announces the titles of her potential Eurovision 2021 entries!
Bulgaria’s Eurovision 2021 representative Victoria has already revealed that her upcoming EP A Little Dramatic will have her potential Eurovision entry in the track list, and today she has released the names of the tracks on the EP via Instagram! In late 2020, Victoria announced that her single UGLY CRY would also be in the running of potential […]
UMK 2021 running order revealed!
News from Finland: The running order of the Finnish national selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (or UMK) has just been revealed. Teflon Brothers x Pandora will open the show, Ilta is gonna close the show in slot 7. The full running order is the following: Teflon Brothers x Pandora – I Love You Aksel […]
Benny Cristo entry will be released on February 16th!
The Czech contestant announced the release of his song for February 16th. While we are only 100 days away from Eurovision 2021, Benny Cristo took the opportunity to make an announcement awaited by the fans. In just 5 days, on February 16, the Czech candidate will reveal his song. He made the announcement on Eurovision’s […]
Spain will celebrate its national final on 20th February
The Spanish national final in which the audience will decide which song Blas Cantó will perform in Eurovision 2021, Destino Eurovisión, will be broadcast live on the 20th February, as announced by the Eurovision reference website in Spain (eurovision-spain.com). Besides singing Voy a quedarme and Memoria, Blas will be accompanied in this show by great […]
The two songs of Blas Cantó for Eurovision 2021 have been released
It has been announced that Memoria and Voy a quedarme are Blas Cantó’s proposals for Eurovision 2021. The songs, an uptempo pop tune and a ballad, have been released on the website of Spanish public television (RTVE) today. From this moment, Eurovision fans from any country can vote for their favorite option through the RTVE […]
1000th Melodifestivalen song to be performed next Saturday!
SVT’s Melodifestivalen expert Gustav Dahlander has announced that WAHL feat. SAMI will be the 1000th Melodifestivalen act ever to take the stage since the first contest in 1959. The second heat of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen will take place next Saturday. 2 acts will join Danny Saucedo and Arvingarna in the Final, and 2 other acts will advance to the […]
Ireland opens submissions for Junior Eurovision 2021!
Irish broadcaster TG4 has confirmed participation in Junior Eurovision 2021, and opened submissions. To apply you need to be aged between 9 and 14, and you do not need an original song. The submissions will close on the 19th of March 2021. Ireland was due to participate at Junior Eurovision 2020, however, they withdrew due […]
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021 songs are released!
Eight acts competing in DMGP 2021 are revealed!
Reports say these are the titles of the six potential songs for Azerbaijan
On the 7th of January, the Azerbaijani brodacaster – iTV has launched songs submissions for Samira Efendi’s entry for Eurovision 2021. Few days ago, it was announced that they narrowed the selection down to 6 songs. On the 9th of February, according to the Interntional Network of Fan Clubs of Eurovision (INFE) these six titles […]
Serbia to say Hasta La Vista to the national final for Hurricane?
On the 23rd of November 2020, Serbian group Hurricane were announced to represent their country in Eurovision 2021. They should have represented Serbia in 2020 (after winning Beovizja), however the contest had been cancelled, because of the pandemic, and they were unable to sing for Serbia in Rotterdam. On the 17th of December, RTS (Serbian […]
Voting opens for Blas Canto’s songs on February 10th & Song Titles revealed
An unexpected announcement from the Spanish broadcaster, RTVE. The Spanish broadcaster announced to everyone’s surprise that the votes to choose Blas Canto’s song would open on February 10. The Spanish candidate confirmed through Twitter that on the same day it will be possible to “listen to the entire songs”. The Spanish representative has also confessed […]
Melodifestivalen 2021: We voted for the simple and reliable
Last time two songs in Swedish went directly to the final were in 2007, when Anna Book’s “Samba Sambero” and Tommy Nilsson’s “Jag tror på människan” got the most votes. Last Saturday, it happened again. Danny Saucedo, former Melfest runner-up with “In The Club” (2011) and “Amazing” (2012), had the most star quality in the […]
NRK reveals final 4 MGP 2021 acts!
Norway’s broadcaster NRK has revealed the final 4 acts which will be participating in the fifth semi-final on Satuday! They will be battling for the 11th spot in the grand final which will be held on 20 February 2021. They will first battle in duels, of which one from each duel makes it to the Gold […]
It’s The Roop for Lithuania!
It´s The Roop for Lithuania The results from Pabandom iš naujo!, the Lithuanian national final are out, and we can announce that “The Roop” have won once again and they will be going to Eurovision in May. The final included six contestants in the hope to take the Lithuanian ticket. After Eurovision being cancelled last […]
Melodifestivalen 2021 Semi 1 results are in!
Tonight Melodifestivalen 2021 finally kicked off, and despite a lack of a live audience, it got off to a great start! The show aired live from Annexet, Stockholm where all Melodifestivalen shows this year will take place due to the ongoing Corona pandemic. Danny Saucedo with the song Dandi Dansa and Arvingarna with the song Tänker inte […]
Melodi Grand Prix 2021: Who qualified from heat 4?
Tonight saw the penultimate heat in Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix, which brought us one step closer to finding out who will represent Norway at Eurovision 2021. A further four acts competed against one another in two separate duels, in the hopes of advancing to the golden duel. The first duel was Marianne Petha & Mikkel […]
Koit Toome talks about Eurovision 1998 and stage fright!
During an interview with Estonian radio station Raadio 2, singer Koit Toome revealed that representing Estonia at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest helped him to combat stage fright. Speaking about his first performance at Pärnu Embankment, he explained: “I remember that after my first performance at the Pärnu Embankment, I thought that I can’t do […]
Lenny Kuhr and Getty Kaspers among interval acts for Eurovision 2021
It has been confirmed that Lenny Kuhr and Getty Kaspers will perform as part of the interval act of Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, alongside many other Eurovision winners and participants. Executive Producer for this years contest, Sietse Bakker, revealed the news on television programme Tijd Voor MAX. He mentioned that there will be a medley […]
Marvin Dietmann will direct Blas Cantó’s staging
The Austrian artistic director will help the Spanish candidate for Eurovision 2021. The announcement was made by the Spanish broadcaster, RTVE. Marvin Dietmann is an international reference in choreography and staging. He has worked for the Austrian delegation on several occasions and he directed, among others, the staging for “Rise like a Phoenix” by Conchita […]
Snippets of DORA songs have been released
The song snippets for the 14 competing songs in DORA 2021 have been released. Each candidate revealed a snippet from their song. These 1 minute snippets have been published on HRT official YouTube. These snippets reveal quite different inspirations and musical styles, depending on the candidates. It now remains for Croatia to organize the selection […]
Azerbaijan narrows selection down to 6 songs for Eurovision 2021
The selection process to find Azerbaijan’s 2021 Eurovision song is well under way, with reports from media in Azerbaijan reporting they are down to 6 songs. Of the 229 submissions to broadcaster ITV, they have narrowed the choice down to just six songs, including a mix of ballads and up-tempo tracks. The song will be […]
Örs Siklósi from AWS has passed away
Very sad news has reached us of the passing of AWS lead singer Örs Siklósi from leukaemia at the age of only 29. Siklósi was diagnosed with leukaemia in June 2020, but he continued working on his first studio album and on the fifth AWS album which was planned for the summer, until he unfortunately […]
Dora 2021: voting system explained
A few days ago Croatian Broadcaster HRT revealed a new voting system for its national final, which will take place on the 13th of February. Fourteen songs will compete at this years DORA in Opatija to try and represent their country in Rotterdam. Jury and televoting will still have the same importance (50% Jury, 50% […]
Sanremo 2021 to go ahead without an audience
Italian broadcaster RAI and Italian media have confirmed that the 71st edition of Sanremo will go ahead, but without an audience. All of the shows however, will be broadcast between the 2nd-6th March, as originally planned. The artistic director for Sanremo, Amadeus, along with the Italian broadcaster, have had lots of debates and discussions over […]
Lithuania: Voldemars has a special question for his fans
Several days ago, Voldemars Petersons, participant of this year’s Lithuanian national final Pabandom iš Naujo, asked his fans, which version of my song “Never Fall For You Again” should be performed in the grand final on Saturday? Besides the original version, which could be heard during the first heat of the national final, Voldemars and […]
Blas Cantó recorded 10 songs for Eurovision 2021 selection
Spanish Eurovision 2021 representative Blas Cantó has revealed that he recorded 10 songs, before two were shortlisted for a national final. Cantó explained that 10 songs were in contention for the Spanish national final due to take place later this month, however all but two were dropped as they were ‘too radio formulated’ and ‘not […]
Ana’s song for Rotterdam has been chosen!
Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has announced that Ana Soclič’ song for Eurovision has been chosen. The song was chosen from 191 submissions. The song will be presented in the show ‘EMA 2021’ on February 27. The show will be hosted by Lea Sirk and Nejc Šmit. Not much has been announced on the chosen song, apart […]
Jury to be expanded for Pabandom iš naujo final on Saturday
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT have revealed that the voting jury will be expanded for the Pabandom iš naujo final on Saturday. In previous years, a jury of five voters have helped to pick the nations Eurovision entry, however this year there is expected to be eight jury members voting for the Eurovision 2021 participant for Lithuania. […]
KEiiNO release music video for “Monument”
“The music video for whomever gets the chance to represent Norway in Eurovision will be viewed by millions. Just look at our song “Spirit in the Sky” from 2019, the music video has already been viewed 8.5 million times. We take the role as ambassadors for Norway very seriously, and we hope the video for […]
The Netherlands have chosen 30 candidates for Junior Eurovision 2021 national final
The Netherlands was one of the first countries which confirmed its participation at Junior Eurovision 2021. They did it even before the 2020 contest had taken place! At the end of September, a call for young Dutch artists was opened. Three-moths-lasting enrollment was closed at the end of 2020. Zapp (children’s department of the Dutch […]
Go_A song for Eurovision revealed!
The Ukrainian jury’s choice revealed today! The Ukrainian jury, made up of the following 6 personalities, had to choose between 3 songs presented by Go_A. Jamala – singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Yevhen Filatov – producer, leader of the band The Manaken Ruslan Kvinta – music producer, composer Yaroslav Lodygin – member […]
No songwriters allowed in the Melodifestivalen Arena
One of SVT’s strict regulations in the pandemic is to not allow songwriters in the arena, according to one of the songwriters. Andreas Stone Johansson, co-author of Nathalie Brydolf’s entry “Fingerprints” and Raylee’s song “Hero” in MGP, confirmed to the podcast Melfest Monday that the songwriters have to watch the show at home instead. “Unfortunately […]
Tanja originally planned to sing a different song in Eesti Laul 2021!
Tanja has revealed that she planned to sing another song at Eesti Laul 2021 instead of her now compeating song Best Night Ever. In recent interviews Tanja said that there was another song in the race to compete at Eesti Laul 2021 but she didn’t have a feeling to the other song just three days […]
Loreen to release new Swedish album in February!
In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen announced that her new album will be released in February 2021. She also revealed that the album is gonna be in her mother language, Swedish! Loreen participated in the eleventh season of the famous Swedish TV show Så mycket bättre. Since then she released some new […]
A professional jury will decide Roxen’s Eurovision song
For the first time, the Romanian public will not participate in the choice of the song that will represent them at Eurovision. Romanian broadcaster TVR has announced that for the Eurovision 2021, a jury will choose Roxen’s song.. The selection for Eurovision 2021 has started, and the Romanian representative will present several songs to the […]
Samanta Tīna to reveal Eurovision entry on March 12th as part of television series
“I’m not looking for a standard Eurovision classic! I want to stay with that surprise, that crazy.” Samanta Tīna After being announced as Latvia’s Eurovision 2021 participant on May 16th, Samanta Tīna announced back in November that she had already chosen her song for this years contest. And now, it has been reported that she […]
Snippets of Go_A’s potential Eurovision songs have been released
Snippets of the three songs that were presented by Go_A to the Ukrainian jury have just been revealed. While yesterday we announced that the Ukrainian jury had already chosen the song that will represent Ukraine at Eurovision, today they have revealed snippets to the public. Via a publication on the Instagram account of the official […]
Scenario A ruled out for Eurovision 2021
One of the first decisions on how Eurovision 2021 in May will be organized have been revealed to the public. Scenerio A has definetley been ruled out due to the restrictions for the pandemic. We are left with 3 potential scenarios in how Eurovision 2021 will be organized. In late 2020, we did get to […]
Melodifestivalen 2021: semi final one lyrics revealed
The lyrics for all of the songs competing in the first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2021 have been revealed on Melodifestivalen’s English-language Twitter account, Melfest_en. A total of seven acts will be performing in semi final one, and it includes a lot of familiar faces; Jessica Andersson sang for Sweden in 2003 (as one half […]
Go_A’s Eurovision 2021 song has been chosen
Last week UA:PBC announced the composition of the jury to nominate the Ukrainian song for Eurovision 2021. Today, the Ukrainian broadcaster announces that the jury has already made its choice! The jury consists of: Jamala – singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Yevhen Filatov – producer, leader of the band The Manaken Ruslan […]
Fifty songs submitted to Belorussian selection for Eurovision 2021
The Belorussian broadcaster has reported receiving approximately 50 songs for Eurovision 2021. Belarus has still not decided how it will make its decision on the representative for the next Eurovision Song Contest. After a call for applications, the broadcaster announces that it has received several songs. Last year BTRC had received nearly a hundred songs, […]
UMK 2021 stage design revealed!
Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed the stage design for UMK 2021, which is set to take place on February 20 2021. The stage was designed by Ari Levelä. The 7 participating acts are: Laura – ‘Play’ Ilta – ‘Kelle mä soitan’ Oskr – ‘Lie’ Teflon Brothers X Pandora – ‘I Love You’ Aksel – ‘Hurt’ Danny […]
Melodifestivalen 2021: Getting the show off to a good start
After a long time waiting, the season with Prosecco every Saturday, excited fans and uninteresting interviews with the classic questions “how does it feel?”, “how are the preparations?”, “what is the feeling right before you enter the stage” begins! That’s right, I’m talking about the mother of all national finals, Melodifestivalen! The first heat is […]
San Marino to release Eurovision 2021 entry on February 23rd
The official twitter account for San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest announced today that the Sammarinese entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be released on February 23rd. The song will be performed by Italian singer Senhit, who was due to represent San Marino at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Freaky! after […]
The “Alcohol is Free” for Senhit in the next chapter of her #FreakyTripToRotterdam
Senhit is back with yet another Eurovision cover in her #FreakyTripToRotterdam series! This time, she has gone Greek in her cover of “Alcohol is Free”, originally sung by Koza Mostra and Agathon Iakovidis for Greece at Eurovision 2013. Senhit has once again teamed up with artistic director Luca Tommassini, who has directed the music video, […]
NRK reveals acts for MGP semi-final 4!
Norway’s broadcaster NRK has revealed the 4 acts which will be participating in the fourth semi-final on Satuday! They will be battling for the next spot in the grand final which will be held on 20 February 2021. They will first battle in duels, of which one from each duel makes it to the Gold duel, […]
Fedez & Francesca Michielin risk Sanremo disqualification after rule violation
The Italian national selection for Eurovision, Sanremo, faces a violation of their rules: One of this year’s act, Fedez & Francesca Michielin, are in danger of getting disqualified. Fedez posted a small 10 second snippet of his duet with Michielin called Chiamami per nome on his Instagram profile. Even though this snippet has been deleated […]
Barbara Pravi will represent France in Eurovision 2021!
France has spoken! Barbara Pravi has won the ticket to represent France with the song Voilà. The song was determined tonight after two rounds of voting, with the first round narrowing down the acts to eight and the second round choosing the winner through a 50/50 combination of jury and public vote. Juliette Moraine came […]
Eurovision 1996 host Morten Harket is Viking on the Masked Singer UK!
Eurovision 1996 host and A-ha frontman Morten Harket was unmasked tonight on the Masked Singer UK as Viking! Morten Harket hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 held in Oslo alongside Ingvild Bryn following Secret Garden’s win in 1995 with Nocturne. Morten Harket is also known internationally as the frontman of pop band A-ha, who were […]
Efendi’s song for Azerbaijan will be released in March
It has been revealed that the Azerbaijani entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be released in March. The vocal coach who has been working with performer Efendi has said that expect to hear the entry in the second week of March. The song selection submissions for the Azerbaijani entry are still open until […]