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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Spain publishes the new video of “Voy a quedarme”
Spain has published this morning the new video of “Voy a quedarme”, the song that Blas Cantó will sing at Eurovision 2021. A totally different video from the one recorded a month ago for the presentation of the songs and that, according to the singer’s words, immerse the audience in his memories. The new video […]
Senhit brings Adrenalina to Eurovision for San Marino
She will bring some Adrenalina on her freaky trip to Rotterdam! After a snippet of the song was released earlier in the day, Senhit finally reveals what song she will bring on her freaky trip to Rotterdam! She will be representing San Marino with Adrenalina, which also includes the rapping vocals of American rapper Flo […]
Daði Freyr’s Father-in-Law Creates Iceland’s Props for Eurovision 2021!
A new documentary on Icelandic TV network RUV has revealed an important member of the team working towards the group’s Eurovision 2021 performance. Ásmund Lárusson, the father of Daði Freyr’s wife, is busy in his workshop creating the props and instruments for the show. Ásmundur says that he uses what is available to him to […]
Polish Song for Eurovision 2021 to be released this Friday!
Eurowizja TVP have posted on Facebook that the Polish song for Eurovision 2021 will be released during the morning show “Pytanie na Śniadanie” (Question for Breakfast) on TVP2 this Friday, 12th March. It is expected we will be able to hear the song at the end of the show. There have been many rumours about […]
Jeangu Macrooy will use Staging Director Hans Pannecoucke for his Eurovision Performance!
It has been revealed that Jeangu Macrooy and Dutch broadcaster Avotros, will use Brussels-based creative director Hans Pannecoucke to stage the 2021 Eurovision entry for the Netherlands! Hans is no stranger to Eurovision having previously worked with The Common Linnets (Netherlands, 2014), Douwe Bob (Netherlands, 2016), Manel Navarro (Spain, 2017), Waylon (Netherlands, 2018) and ZiBBZ […]
LATVIA — Staging Details for Samanta Tina’s Entry Revealed!
Latvian star Samanta Tina has been sharing her preparations for Eurovision 2021 on Latvian TV, on her show “Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu” (How to win at Eurovision? Samantha Tina’s Road to Rotterdam). We can reveal that Samanta will be joined by three singers/dancers on stage and the performance visuals will feature […]
WATCH — Jendrik’s Incredible Road to Eurovision!
A short video documenting the unique journey of Jenrik from unknown Hamburger to German Eurovison star has arrived! Delivered in his unmistakable energetic, unique and joyous style, we get a behind the scenes account of his journey so far. Including…the incident that inspired his song, self-producing his music video in an empty church, his audition […]
Måneskin accepts RAI’s proposal and will represent Italy at Eurovision 2021
Following the grand finale of Sanremo 2021, Italian public television (RAI) has proposed the winning Sanremo 2021 band, Måneskin, to represent Italy at Eurovision 2021. The group has confirmed their participation at the Eurovision Song Contest today. Before competing, all contestants are required to tell broadcaster RAI whether they would be willing to represent Italy […]
MELODIFESTIVALEN: Running order for the grand final revealed!
The Andra Chansen night of Melodifestivalen 2021 has just finished and, after five intense Saturdays, we finally have names of the 12 finalists. SVT, Swedish national broadcaster, has just revealed the running order. Next Saturday we will be seeing the artist performing in the following order: Danny Saucedo – Dandi dansa Klara Hammarström –Beat Of […]
It’s Fyr og Flamme for Denmark!
Tonight was the night for Denmark as they chose their Eurovision 2021 entry. A total of eight acts took to the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix stage, in which the duo Fyr og Flamme were crowned the winner with their song “Øve os på hinanden”. This is the first time that Denmark have sent a song […]
He is the lucky one! Uku Suviste wins Eesti Laul 2021
He’s done it again! Uku Suviste has won Eesti Laul 2021 and will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May with The Lucky One. After a tough final competing among other big names in the Estonian music industry such as Koit Toome and Ivo Linna, Uku sung his way to victory one […]
Music video for “Birth Of a New Age” released
The music video of the song “Birth Of a New Age”, which had its premiere on the 4th of March during the AVROTROS (Dutch Broadcaster) live stream, was released a yesterday. The video has been recorded in the national museum of The Netherlands, “Rijksmuseum” in Amsterdam. The viewer can definitely feel the atmosphere of the […]
Hurricane releases their Eurovision entry “Loco Loco”
The moment has come! The Serbian 2021 hopefuls Hurricane have just premiered their long-expected song titled Loco Loco. The song was premiered alongside with the music video on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. They came back with an uptempo banger again! They’ve kept it in Serbian, with a few words or rather phrases in Spanish […]
Gjon’s Tears will release his Eurovision 2021 entry March 10th
Today, Swiss representative for the 2020 and 2021 Eurovision Song Contest Gjon’s Tears will release his entry for this years contest on the 10th of March at 16:00 CET. Gjon’s Tears told the news on his social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gjon’s tears (@gjon.s_tears) As part of announcement, he […]
Go_A’s final version of ‘Шум’ to be released on March 9th
Ukraine’s representatives for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest Go_A are due to release the final version of their entry Шум on March 9th. Last week the band spoke to radio station UA:Ukranian radio and confirmed that the final version of the song had been recorded along with a new music video. The release will take place at […]
Armenia withdraw from Eurovision 2021
Armenian broadcaster AMPTV have announced Armenia’s withdrawal from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Despite their best efforts, AMPTV stated that after Armenia’s confirmed participation in the contest they found it impossible to find an entry before the deadline, therefore taking the decision to withdraw. AMPTV said in a statement: “After careful and detailed discussions, the […]
Hurricane’s backing vocalists have been revealed
It has been revealed that Hurricane will be joined by three backing vocalists at Eurovision 2021: Jelena Pajić, Mladen Lukić and Olga Popović. All three singers have Eurovision experience, either as backing vocalists or as the main singer. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jelena Pajic (@jelenapajic) Jelena Pajić is a Serbian […]
Listen to Natalia Gordienko’s “Sugar” for Moldova
After a long wait, Moldova has released “Sugar” We have all being waiting for a while, but Moldova has finally released their entry for this year’s contest Sugar by Natalia Gordienko. The song was revealed after a roughly two-hour song presentation, with the songwriter, Philip Kirkorov, being the main spokesperson in the show. You can […]