Norway reveals the first 10 artists to compete in Melodi Grand Prix 2021!
The Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, has just revealed the first 10 artists set to participate in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix, Norway’s national selection process. Four of these songs will be competing in Semi Final 1 on Saturday. Their songs have also been released. The four artists competing in Semi Final 1 are: Beady Belle […]
No live audience for Finnish national final UMK 2021
As the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic is still prevailing, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), Finland’s national selection for their entry to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, will have no live audience in the southern city of Tampere come February 20. Furthermore, the seven finalists chosen from almost 300 submissions made to Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) […]
Song titles and semi final draw revealed for Lithuanian national final
As 2021 starts, we have some news from Lithuania about their national final! Lithuanian broadcaster LRT revealed participants with their song titles for the country’s Eurovision selection contest Pabandom iš Naujo 2021. The national selection will consist of two heats, semi finals and final and in total there are 22 participants. The final changes to […]
San Marino are discussing their selection method for 2021 entry
San Marino is one of the countries who has nominated the same artist for Eurovision 2021 as they did for Eurovision 2020. Just as last year, Sammarinese broadcaster RTV internally picked Senhit as their 2021 representative. In terms of the selection process, there is new information! According to their Instagram account, San Marino is currently […]
Singers for Festival da Canção will be revealed on 20th January!
We have some more national selection news coming from Portugal! The national broadcaster has announced that they will be announcing the singers that will be taking part in their long standing national final, Festival da Canção, on the 20th January! The 2 semi finals are set to be taking place on the 20th and the […]
10 Artists for Norway’s MGP to be revealed on Monday!
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has announced that 10 of the 26 competing entries in MGP 2021 will be revealed on Monday 11 January at 12.30 PM CET! You can follow the broadcast of the press conference which will be held from the NRK’s Headquarters, down below. watch the Broadcast here https://youtu.be/xgHklZThUbk Last year Ulrikke won the […]
iTV have launched songs submissions for Efendi’s 2021 entry
Azerbaijani broadcaster iTV have today made an open call for potential Eurovision 2021 songs for Efendi. All entries must be sent to song@eurovision.az no later than January 19th. The winning song is expected to be chosen internally by the broadcaster. 2021-ci ildə "Avroviziya" səhnəsində Azərbaycanı təmsil edəcək mahnının müəllifi bəlkə elə sənsən? Yanvarın 19-na kimi […]
Russian broadcaster hints on Little Big’s participation in 2021
Valdis Pelsh of Channel One says that Little Big are set to represent Russia in 2021, but is it true?
2 songs left in the running for Stefania and 2021 committee is revealed!
Stefania and Dream Team have 2 songs in the running for her Eurovision 2021 entry! According to Eurovision Fun, Stefania and Dream Team already have chosen two songs which might be performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Greece. However, there were three songs in the running last week which the committee reviewed and […]
Here are the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2021!
Today, SVT finally have revealed the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2021! The Melfest general himself Christer Björkman, who has been in charge of the contest for the past 20 years, will be hosting all of the 6 shows alongside new hosts every week. All shows will be aired from Annexet in Stockholm. This also happens to […]
Daði Freyr needs your help for his Eurovision 2021 entry!
Iceland’s Eurovision 2020 and 2021 representative, Daði Freyr, has a made an open call to all his fans to help him out with his Eurovision 2021 entry. After confirming that he has finished writing his Eurovision entry back in December, the Icelandic singer is now looking to complete his entry with the help of his […]
Benny Cristo’s song will be internally selected!
With the 2021 season well and truly underway, we are beginning to see the songs slowly but surely trickle through. Soon, we will be hearing the song from the Czech Republic, who have internally selected their 2020 artist Benny Cristo. The national broadcaster Ceska Televize have just confirmed that Benny Cristo’s 2021 entry will be […]
Which scenario will it be for Eurovision 2021? Decision to be made in 4 to 5 weeks.
Back in September 2020, the EBU and the organisers for Eurovision 2021 revealed that they had put together four scenarios for the 2021 contest, ranging from scenario A which sees the contest taking place as normal, to scenario D, which would most likely be a contest similar to that of Junior Eurovision 2020. Today, the […]
Israel Reveals Final Three Songs for National Selection: Listen!
(UPDATE: KAN has released 20-second snippets of Eden Alene’s recordings of all three songs. The broadcaster also pointed out, however, that work on the entries is still underway, so it’s unclear at this stage whether these are excerpts from the final versions. Listen to the snippets below.) Last month (last year actually), we reported the […]
Liam Reilly (Ireland, 1990) Has Passed Peacefully at his Home
Sad new has been reported from Ireland. It was confirmed that Liam Reilly, Ireland’s Eurovision representative for 1990 has died aged 65. Reilly’s song ‘Somewhere in Europe‘ finished in joint 2nd place. He also wrote Ireland’s 1991 entry. Reilly had an extensive career outside of Eurovision, fronting the band Bagatelle for over 40 years. A […]
Who’s joining Tõnis as the second Eesti Laul 2021 host? Find out here!
Tõnis Niinemets will be joined by fellow Estonian television presenter Grete Kuld at Eesti Laul 2021! Tõnis revealed his co-host for the Estonian selection next March on a special new years eve program and said “I understood tandems work when Grete is part of it.” Grete expressed her excitement at the role alongside Tõnis, but […]
Could Nikkie de Jager be the fourth host for Eurovision 2021?
In a recent video uploaded to NikkieTutorials official YouTube account, Nikkie de Jager talks about 2020 and looks forward to 2021. As part of the video, she talks about her experience of being a part of Eurovision 2020 and “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light” back in May, as well as looking forward to Eurovision 2021, […]
And then there were two! Hooverphonic reveal two songs are in the running for Eurovision 2021
Hooverphonic’s band member and sound engineer Alex Callier, in interview with local news site VTM Nieuws, spoke about preparations for next years Eurovision Song Contest, and how the band are coming along with their 2021 song. “We haven’t decided. We have two top-top songs and we just can’t choose.” – Alex Callier Hooverphonic were the […]
Lee Smithurst reveals more about the UK announcement and participation!
With the 2021 season well and truly underway, fans are very eager to find out what the plans are for the UK this year as the plans for the future. Speaking to Eurovision podcast, The Euro Trip, Series Producer Lee Smithurst discussed many things, including the reasons why they decided for an internal selection this year […]
New things for Germany as they revamp their selection process for 2021!
News from Germany: ESC Kompakt has announced that there have been some changes in terms of the selection process. In terms of the general concept, nothing has changed since 2020. Broadcaster NDR held an internal selection consisting of an Eurovision jury made up from music experts, Eurovision fans and an international jury of former Eurovision […]
‘Karma’ is to remain in Albanian at Eurovision 2021!
Festivali i Këngës 59 winner and Albania’s Eurovision 2021 representative Anxhela Peristeri has answered the question we’ve all been asking since she claimed her victory – Will Karma be translated into English for Eurovision? The answer is no, Karma will be remaining in Albanian! In an interview with Eurovision Buddies, Anxhela explained that she had always thought if […]
Anxhela Peristeri wins Albania’s Festivali I Këngës!
Anxhela Peristeri has just won Albania’s long-running Festivali I Këngës, which is used to select Albania’s Eurovision entry. The winning entry Karma will likely get a revamp for Eurovision After 3 shows, the winner was finally decided by a jury. On the first night all songs were performed in the studio version and on the second […]
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 […]
20 songs were in the running for 2021 Swiss Eurovision entry
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’
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!
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’
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 […]
RTSH reveal Festivali i Këngës finalists
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!
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 […]
Samanta Tīna’s Eurovision 2021 entry will be released in January!
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
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!
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 […]
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo is currently selecting 2021 entry
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 […]
Eden Alene’s 3 songs in the final of ‘Our Song For Eurovision’ are to be revealed on January 3rd
The final 3 songs that performed by Eden Alene that will be competing in the Israeli national final Our Song For Eurovision will be revealed on January 3rd 2021. After 11 days of online voting between nine potential songs, the votes are being counted and tallied. Two out of the three songs advancing to the […]
Festival da Canção 2021 semi final line-ups have been drawn!
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 […]
Samanta Tīna releases teaser for a new single – could it be a potential Eurovision 2021 entry?
On 11th of December 2020, Samanta Tīna posted on her Instagram story and revealed a snippet of a new single, which could be a potential song for Latvia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest due to be held in Rotterdam next May. Of course it could just be a new single that she’s releasing prior […]
Ana Soklič releases official video for Voda!
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
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 […]
Eesti Laul 2021 has begun! All 24 songs and music videos have been revealed
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 […]
It’s a date! Festival da Canção 2021 to be held on March 6, composers revealed!
We now have a date for the longstanding national selection for Festival da Canção, Portugal’s selection process for Eurovision! RTP has just announced that the final of Festival da Canção is set to be held on the 6th March 2021. There will be two semi finals held on the 20th and 27th of February at […]
Greek entry for Eurovision 2021 will most likely be internally selected
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!
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 […]
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Dadi Freyr releases music video for new Christmas song!
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 […]
Lake Malawi frontman Albert Černý releases first Czech language single “Nová Láska”
Albert Černý, frontman of Czech Eurovision 2019 representatives Lake Malawi, announced on Instagram he was releasing a new single, and his first one in his native Czech language called “Nová Láska” or “New Love” in English. Even though Albert released this single as a soloist, his band Lake Malawi also worked on it and was […]
Stage plans for the al fresco edition of Festivali i Këngës 59 have been revealed!
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!
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 […]
The Netherlands starts to ‘Open Up’ in the 41 Eurovision postcards!
As we all know, the Netherlands are going to host the Eurovison Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam after the previous contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020’s motto “Open Up” remains the same in 2021. Correspondingly to this motto, the Core Team of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 revealed new details about the […]
LISTEN: Eden Alene’s National Selection Songs Revealed!
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 […]