Austria’s 2021 Eurovision song will be released in March

The Austrian representative for Eurovision 2021, Vincent Bueno, has revealed that his song for next year’s contest will be released in March. Speaking as a guest on a special Christmas show on Austrian radio station Ö3, Vincent outlined some of his plans and expectations for Eurovision 2021. When asked if he is worried about the […]

See ya! Melani releases new single “Adiós”

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Melani García, who represented Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2019, has released a song on all streaming platforms called “Adiós”. Melani’s new single is about intending to encourage all people to fulfil their dreams and fight against people telling them “You can’t do it”! Who is Melani García? Melani García is a […]

Seen it all before? Helena Paparizou releases new song “Deja Vu”

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On December 18th on YouTube and other streaming platforms, Helena Paparizou who represented Greece at Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and took the victory released her new song which is called Deja Vu featuring Marseaux, who is a local Greek artist. The song is all about love, pain and betrayal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N6LhuwkmE8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDbJayTe5Kg Who is Helena Paparizou? Helena […]

20 songs were in the running for 2021 Swiss Eurovision entry

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Switzerland’s Eurovision 2021 participant Gjon’s Tears has revealed in an interview with TopRadio Albania that 20 songs were written for his entry at next year’s contest in Rotterdam. In the later part of this year, Gjon’s Tears has already announced on social media that his 2021 song has been chosen, but we are still yet […]

Back in the office! Netta releases new EP ‘The Best of Netta’s Office Volume 1’

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Eurovision 2018 winner Netta Barzilai has released her new EP The Best of Netta’s Office Volume 1. The EP consists of 6 covers of well known songs including Blue by Eiffel 65 and Barbie Girl by Aqua. As this is Volume 1 of the EP, we can expect more new music from Netta in the future!  You can listen to The Best of Netta’s […]

UMK 2021 participants will be revealed on January 13!

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Eurovision 2021 is getting serious! More and more national selections are about to give details about their participants. Some of them already revealed full songs or at least snippets of them. Now, the Finnish broadcaster YLE revealed that the participants list is going to get revealed on January 13th 2021 for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. Up […]

RTVSLO prepared to delay Slovenian song selection under ‘Scenario D’

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Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO have revealed that if ‘Scenario D’ happens out of the four possible scenarios that depend on the pandemic, they are prepared to push back their song selection show as far as possible. In an interview with Humans of Eurovision on YouTube, Slovenian Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Aleksander Radić […]

DORA 2021: HRT will release one minute snippets one week before the final

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“A week before Dora 2021, we will play a minute of each song and I think that will be enough to get some first impressions… to intrigue both viewers and fans and for the excitement in front of Dora itself…” Uršula Tolj Speaking to eurosong.hr, Croatian Head of Delegation, Uršula Tolj, has revealed that one minute […]

RTSH reveal Festivali i Këngës finalists

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Albanian broadcaster RTSH has revealed the 18 finalists of the 59th Festivali i Këngës, who will be battling it out for the honour of representing Albania at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest due to be held in Rotterdam next May. The first semi final was held last night, December 21, and the second acoustic semi […]

Germany’s act for Eurovision 2021 has been chosen!

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We have news from Germany! Alexandra Wolfsladt, Head of the German Delegation for Eurovision, has revealed in a podcast that the Eurovision act for 2021 has been chosen. Last month, Eurovoxx and others reported that the selection process had been in the final stages. Until this point, we have no information about the song and […]

Shhh! Ott Lepland teams up with Púr Múdd on new single ‘Vaikida Võib’

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Eurovision 2012 participant for Estonia, Ott Lepland, has teamed up with Estonian house duo Púr Múdd. Vaikida Võib is Púr Múdd’s first ever single in Estonian – and who else better is there to sing it than Ott Lepland himself? Púr Múdd participated at Eesti Laul in 2016 with Meet Halfway and performed as an interval act […]

Damir Kedžo releases new single “By My Side” with Reko360!

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Croatia’s 2020 Eurovision representative Damir Kedžo has collaborated with the Swedish music collective Rika360 for his new Single By My Side. This song which is fully in English differs a lot to Kedžo’s previous song both in terms of the language and also the style. By My Side is a very cool and modern song […]

Samanta Tīna’s Eurovision 2021 entry will be released in January!

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Latvia’s Eurovision 2021 entry is set to be revealed next month – definitely the good start to 2021 that we needed! It has been chosen out of eleven potential entries for participant Samanta Tīna produced throughout the year in song writing camps.  Notable participants of the camp include Animata who represented Latvia at the Eurovision […]

Martin Österdahl discusses four possible scenarios for Eurovision 2021

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Executive Producer of the Eurovision Song Contest Martin Österdahl has discussed four possible scenarios regarding how the 2021 contest in Rotterdam will take place, all depending on where we are at with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. All four scenarios depend on epidemiological data.  What are the most likely scenarios? Österdahl has revealed that the most […]

The story of her life continues! Lesley Roy will represent Ireland again in 2021!

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We have another confirmed Eurovision act for 2021: The Irish singer and songwriter Lesley Roy has just been confirmed by the official Eurovision Channel as well as on social media. Therefore, she joins the big number of returning artists from 2020. Roy was supposed to compete in Rotterdam in May 2020 with the pop-rock song […]

Manel Navarro shows his most sincere feelings in his new song ‘Quiéreme’

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Manel Navarro’s path to Eurovision was not perfect and he finished last. However, the artist has continued working as a singer-songwriter and is giving Spanish music great creations. The latest one is Quiéreme (Love me), a romantic song together with the singer Bely Basarte. Manel Navarro shows us his most personal side and most sincere feelings […]

Pastora Soler and Al Bano unmasked in the semifinal of The Masked Singer Spain

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The famous masked contest “The Masked Singer” is succeeding in the world and there are several Eurovision artists who have hidden behind their masks. Last night, during the semifinal of the Spanish version of the contest, two artists were unmasked, both Eurovision stars: Pastora Soler (Spain 2012) and Al Bano (Italy 1976 and 1985). A […]

Czech Republic: Benny Cristo is currently selecting 2021 entry

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Considering the circumstances, many artists of 2020 have been internally selected for Eurovision 2021 so they can actually showcase their potential to a wide audience. One of these artists is Benny Cristo from the Czech Republic who was supposed to represent his country with the song Kemama. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the contest had […]

Various singers come together for the “San Marino United Artists” project

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Fourteen singers from San Marino, singing under the name “San Marino United Artists”, have come together for a new Christmas-themed song, “Sogno” (Dream). The song has been written by Miodo (San Marino 2008) frontman, Nico Della Valle. Sogno, a fairytale transformed into music, is a dreamy song that tells the story of a magical night. […]

Junior Eurovision winner María Isabel releases her new song ‘Me Enseñaste’

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Junior Eurovision 2004 winner María Isabel has released her new song Me enseñaste which translates to You Taught Me in English. A beautiful urban ballad which is very different from the style of her latest songs. María Isabel makes it clear that she knows how to make her followers dance, but she also knows how […]

Festival da Canção 2021 semi final line-ups have been drawn!

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It has been revealed by Portuguese broadcaster RTP who will be competing in which semi final for the 2021 edition of Festival da Canção. The winner of Festival da Canção will go onto represent Portugal at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, due to be held in Rotterdam next May. Ten artists will perform in each […]

Ana Soklič releases official video for Voda!

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Ana Soklič who was set to represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2020, and will represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2021 has just released the official music video for her Eurovision 2020 song Voda!  On the release of the official video Ana Soklič says: ‘I dedicate this video for the untried Eurovision song “Water” to my grandmother, Marija […]

The Roop are the most Google searched artist in Lithuania during 2020

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On 9th December, The Roop announced on their Instagram account that they are the most searched artist in Lithuania of 2020, and lead singer Vaidotas Valiukevičius was the 5th most searched person on Google. View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE ROOP (@theroopband) Who are The Roop? The Roop are pop rock […]

Franka has a “Plan B” with new single release

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“You know the feeling when you’re in love, and nothing else matters?… Plan B is perfect for cold, nostalgic winter.” – Franka. Croatia’s Eurovision 2018 representative has released a new song “Plan B”, together with an official music video. The power ballad that is “Plan B” has an intimate and warm melody to it. It […]

Congratulations to Victoria as she makes Forbes “30 Under 30 leaders” of 2020

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Bulgaria’s Eurovision 2020 and 2021 representative, Victoria, has been nominated for Forbes Bulgaria’s “30 Under 30”. This is an annual list, which includes leaders who are under 30.  The 30 leaders are divided into five categories. Victoria was nominated in the Culture, Art and Media category. But she wasn’t the only Bulgarian to be nominated; […]

Elina Nechayeva releases new single ‘Dans Mes Rêves’

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Estonian soprano Elina Nechayeva has released her stunning new single Dans Mes Rêves just in time for Christmas. This is her third studio single, and the first in French. Her previous singles La voce dell’alba and La Forza have both been in Italian. She announced the single’s release on her Instagram page with a very ‘winter wonderland’ photo to match!  View […]

Bonjour Junior Eurovision! France will be the host for the 2021 contest!

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Bonsoir Europe: France is going to be the host of the 19th Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2021. This has been announced today on social media by the official Junior Eurovision channel. Unlike in Eurovision, the winner of Junior Eurovision doesn’t necessarily host in the following year. For example, Italy won in 2014 with the […]

New information revealed about France’s national final for Eurovision 2021

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Back in August, it was announced that France would be holding a brand new national for Eurovision 2021, “Eurovision: C’est vous qui décidez!”, and just a few weeks ago, it was confirmed that the show would be taking place in January. Fast forward to now and it looks like we might potentially have our first […]

Festivali i Këngës 59 participant Manjola Nallbani tests positive for Covid-19

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The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the entire world, especially the music industry which has been hit by restrictions with cancellations of pretty much every concert. Besides internet projects, music festivals and competitions on television are the only shows that are allowed to work at the moment. However, there is always a risk of getting infected […]

Rise like a Phoenix! Elina Nechayeva unmasked as Fööniks on Maskis Laulja

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Tonight, we had the Grand Final of Maskis Laulja, the Estonian adaptation of the popular celebrity singing competition The Masked Singer. In the final three we had Draakon, who sang a medley from The Sound Of Music, Fööniks who sang Never Enough from The Greatest Showman and Polaarhunt, who sang Born This Way by Lady Gaga.  Unmasked first and subsequently in third place was […]

Eesti Laul 2021 has begun! All 24 songs and music videos have been revealed

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Tonight, we finally got to hear all 24 competing songs and watch their music videos in Estonian Eurovision selection contest, Eesti Laul. We have a very diverse range of genres, and even languages this year which will prove interesting in the February 2021 semi finals who will prevail and proceed to the Grand Final on […]

Christmas with you! Stig Rästa releases festive single “Jõulud sinuga”

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Eesti Laul veteran and Estonian music legend Stig Rästa has released a heartwarmingly wholesome festive song, Jõulud sinuga which translates into English to Christmas with you. The official music video to Jõulud sinuga is currently a photo of a loved-up couple in the middle of a snow storm, with the beautiful lyrics of the song surrounding […]

Greek entry for Eurovision 2021 will most likely be internally selected

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The Greek broadcaster ERT, according to Eurovision Fun, will most likely select a song for the Dutch-Greek singer Stefania Liberakakis, or usually known as Stefania. There are several reasons for this decision. First of all, Greece have chosen their Eurovision song internally for four years in a row now. In addition to that, considering the […]

New year, new logo! Check out the new logo for Eurovision 2021!

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It’s time to leave 2020 behind us and start looking towards 2021 (with a positive view!) The logo for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed, and we can see that the logo for the cancelled contest of 2020 has undergone a revamp! This new logo comes about after the Dutch Core Team have […]

Krakow was all set to host Junior Eurovision 2020 before COVID-19 struck

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Konrad Smuga, Creative Director for Junior Eurovision 2020 has confirmed that the contest was due to be held in the city of Krakow, at the Tauron Arena, but the plans had to be changed due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. At the beginning of 2020, Krakow was the front runner to host this years contest, […]

France would like to host Junior Eurovision 2021!

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The 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held on November 29th  in Warsaw, Poland. As we know the winner of that night was France with Valentina and her song “J’imagine” which turned out to be France’s first victory in a Eurovision event in 43 years. Last winner was in 1977 when Marie Myriam won the Eurovision […]

Dadi Freyr releases music video for new Christmas song!

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To make you more cosy and warm at the start of the festive month, Dadi Freyr gives all of us a present for Christmas and it’s called “Every Moment Is Christmas With You”. Dadi released his festive single earlier this week, and treated us all to the official music video too to get us in […]

Stage plans for the al fresco edition of Festivali i Këngës 59 have been revealed!

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On November 27th, Festivali i Këngës announced on Instagram the stage concept for the 59th edition of of the Albanian song festival, which is used to select their participant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Festivali i Këngës 59 will take place outside in Sheshi Italia (Italy Square) in Tirana due to restrictions during the COVID […]

9 artists including Dotter and Charlotte Perrelli added to Melodifestivalen 2021 line-up!

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Throughout this week Swedish broadcaster SVT is releasing the 28 competing acts for Melodifestivalen 2021! Yesterday 9 acts were already announced, these are: Danny Sauceso- Dandi Dansa Lovad- Allting Är Precis Likadant  Kadiatou- One Touch Mustasch- Contagious Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos- Rena Rama Ding Dong Emil Assegård- Om Allting Skiter Sig Tess Merkel- Good […]

Dora 2021 participants to be revealed on December 15th!

News about the Croatian national selection Dora has been revealed. All participating artists and songs will be released on Tuesday, 15th of December 2020. In total, we will get 14 competing songs as well as 4 reserve songs. The Croatian broadcaster HRT will release the songs on their official website. All the songs will be […]

LISTEN: Eden Alene’s National Selection Songs Revealed!

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The wait is over: After many delays and format changes, Israel has finally revealed the songs competing for the chance to go with Eden Alene to Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam. KAN, the Israeli broadcaster, has published the nine songs chosen for the national selection. Yes, nine. After reportedly trimming the number of participants from 16 […]

Take a walk with Roxen and Alexander Rybak in a Wonderland

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There have been many times in which Eurovision alumni have teamed up to work together on a song and today is no different as Alexander Rybak (Winner of 2009 for Norway) and Roxen (Romanian representative for 2020 and 2021) have teamed up on their new song ‘Wonderland’ Released on the 27th November, the song features […]