ERT files complaint to EBU over Cypriot selection process for Eurovision 2024
ERT have filed a complaint with the EBU over Cyprus’ selection process for Eurovision 2024. Cypriot newspaper Politis have reported that the Greek broadcaster has filed a complaint to the EBU over Cyprus’ plans to select their Eurovision 2024 entry via Fame Story, a televised singing competition that is organised in Greece by Greek television channel Star […]
Save the date! Benidorm Fest 2024 is coming on January 30th
Benidorm Fest 2024 will take place between January 30th and February 3rd. It has been confirmed that next years edition of Benidorm Fest will be comprised of two semi finals on Tuesday 30th January and Thursday 1st February, and one grand final on Saturday 3rd February. The news regarding the dates and the format of […]
RTL begin selection process for Luxembourg’s Eurovision return
RTL have begun the search to find Luxembourg’s Eurovision 2024 representative. The Luxembourgish broadcaster held the first stage of their selection process for Eurovision 2024 this past weekend at the Rockhal, a concert hall in Beval, Esch-sur-Alzette, Southern Luxembourg. Around 100 singers, who applied for Luexmbourg’s Eurovision 2024 national final without a song, were invited to […]
April Darby would like to represent The Netherlands at Eurovision
April Darby has expressed her interest in representing The Netherlands at Eurovision. Dutch-American singer and actress April Darby has said that she would like to represent The Netherlands at Eurovision. Speaking on the NPO Radio 1 program Langs de Lijn en Omstreken on Tuesday evening, the singer has said that she will submit a song for […]
AVROTROS confirm internal selection for Eurovision 2024 as new Head of Delegation revealed
AVROTROS have confirmed that the Dutch entry for Eurovision 2024 will be selected internally. The Dutch broadcaster has opened submissions for Eurovision 2024, and welcomes artists, composers, lyricists and record labels to submit an authentic, distinctive and competitive song for Eurovision 2024. The submissions window opened on Wednesday July 12th and will remain open until […]
BREAKING: Malmö is the host city of Eurovision 2024
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be hosted in Malmö, Sweden. It has been confirmed that the city of Malmö will be hosting Eurovision 2024 on May 7th, 9th and 11th. SVT and the EBU will be working together to bring Eurovision back to a non-capital city for a fifth year running, and back to […]
RTL announce Luxembourg will select Eurovision 2024 representative via national final
RTL have confirmed a national final will be used to find Luxembourg’s Eurovision 2024 representative. The Grand Duchy have confirmed that on Saturday January 27th 2024, a live national final will be held at the Rockhal, a concert hall in Beval, a neighbourhood in the city of Esch-sur-Alzette in Southern Luxembourg. The submissions window has already […]
Luxembourg: RTL to launch selection process for Eurovision 2024 on July 3rd
Luxembourg will begin the search for their Eurovision 2024 representative on July 3rd. The Grand Dutchy has revealed that Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL will be beginning their selection process for Eurovision 2024 on July 3rd 2023. All details regarding registration and recruitment of singers, songwriters and composers for Eurovision 2024 will be communicated via Luxembourg’s official […]
Politicans opposed to temporary arena plan for Eurovision 2024
Stockholm’s plans to build a new arena for Eurovision 2024 have been met with political opposition. Earlier this week, Dagens Nyheter reported that the city of Stockholm proposed a plan to build a temporary arena of up to 15,000 capacity in Frihamnen, a cruise port in Stockholm, that would play host to Eurovision 2024. However, […]
Ana María Bordás returns as Spain’s Head of Delegation for Eurovision
Ana María Bordás is returning as Spain’s Head of Delegation for Eurovision. The Spanish broadcaster has decided to make a rather surprising decision to dismiss Eva Mora as Spain’s Head of Delegation, and bring back Ana María Bordás, who was fulfilled this role between 2017 and 2021. She was co-head of Delegation for Spain in Liverpool. […]
Cyprus to select Eurovision representative via national selection show
Cyprus look set to chose their Eurovision 2024 act through a national selection show. The General Director of the Cypriot Broadcaster, Thanis Tzokos, has confirmed, on the show Beautiful Day Every Day, that Cyprus’ Eurovision 2024 representative will be chosen by a national selection type show, with the television audience deciding the final results. Speaking on […]
Eurovision in Concert 2023: 19 acts confirmed so far
A total of 19 acts have so far been confirmed for Eurovision in Concert 2023. At the present time, 19 acts from the Eurovision 2023 line-up will be performing at this years edition of Eurovision in Concert in The Netherlands. Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – The Netherlands Gustaph – Belgium Joker Out – Slovenia Wild […]
Hannah, Julia, Alesha & Graham to host Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!
Afer months and months of speculation, BBC has finally released names of the hosts of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in Liverpool, United Kingdom.Long-anticipated hosts are Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina, Alesha Dixon and Graham Norton. They will be joined by Mel Giedroyc, Rylan, Scott Mills, Claire Sweeney, Sam Quek and Timur Miroshnychenko. Julia Sanina Julia […]
BBC announce two special entertainment shows to celebrate Eurovision
The BBC have announced two special, one-off entertainment shows to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest. The BBC have announced that two special, one-off entertainment shows, And The Winner Isn’t and The Greatest Show on Earth, will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in May. Rachel Ashdown, the BBC’s Lead Commissioner for Eurovision 2023, is […]
Better the Devil You Know! Fun stats facts of Eurovision 2023’s semi final allocation draw
On Tuesday, the semi final allocation draw of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 occurred at St George’s Hall in Liverpool, hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan. We now know where each semi finalist will perform. With all these random draws occurring and the excitement on where each country will be performing, let’s dive into some […]
PZE23: running order and song release date revealed!
Here comes some news from Serbia! RTS, national broadcaster, has released today the running order for semifinals which will take place on March 1st and 2nd as well as the song release date. This is the official running order: Semi-Final 1 / March 1st : Mattia Zanatta i Angela Kassiani – Novi svetmusic: Michele Boniventolyrics: […]
Gustaph wins Eurosong and will represent Belgium at the Eurovision 2023!
Belgium has decided! After a few years of internal selection, they decided to bring back the national final in order to choose their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Seven artist competed, but Gustaph managed to stand out and win the right to defends Belgian colors in Liverpool with the song Because Of You. […]
Potential Doubts Raised by EBU over Israeli Broadcaster’s Membership and Eurovision Participation
The EBU Chief has expressed concern about “threats to the integrity and independence” of Israeli national public broadcaster, KAN, which puts their membership of the EBU and participation at Eurovision at risk. The statement was a response to recent remarks by new Israeli Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, that the EBU claims has been a threat […]
The Big Eurovision Party is coming to the BBC on New Years Day
The BBC will be airing highlights of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest on New Years Day. The concert, which took place at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Netherlands last month, has been acquired for the BBC by Rachel Ashdown, Lead Commissioner for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show was hosted by Dutch Eurovision representative in 1998 and […]
Saara Aalto to host Finnish show ‘Pränkkää’!
Eurovision 2018 star Saara Aalto will host the Finnish version of LOL: Last One Laughing, ‘Pränkkää’. The show in which Saara will prank Finnish celebrities, as well as the general public will be aired on Amazon Prime. ‘Pränkää’ will be Saara Aalto’s first own Tv-show. In the show Saara will be seen transforming into unrecognisable […]
Irish broadcaster to organise “RTÉ Concert Orchestra Eurovision Night”
It has been announced that RTÉ Concert Orchestra will be putting on a special Eurovision themed concert. The Orchestra, which is one of the two full time professional radio orchestras in Ireland that are part of RTÉ, will be hosting a Eurovision concert later this year. The concert will take place at the National Concert […]
United Kingdom Officially Hosting Eurovision in 2023
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will be hosted in the United Kingdom on behalf of this year’s winning broadcaster, Ukraine’s UA: PBC. 2022 has had enough events to last a lifetime, but nothing shook the world more than what has been […]
Spain: just under 670,000 euros spent on Eurovision 2022 participation
RTVE have confirmed that 668,792,60 euros was spent on Spain’s Eurovision 2022 participation. Maldita.es report that a total of 668,792,60 euros was spent on Chanel’s Eurovision 2022 participation in Turin. This makes it Spain’s second most expensive participation since 2011. The total cost of Spain’s Eurovision 2022 participation include 24,700 euros spent on the staging […]
Netherlands: S10’s live-on-tape performance to not be released
The number of live-on-tape performances being released has gone down to 38. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS have announced that S10‘s live-on-tape performance of “De Diepte” won’t be released on YouTube. AVROTROS have told songfestivalupdate.nl “We have submitted a request to the EBU not to put it online. We would like the performance from the live shows to remain […]
Eurovision 2022: Live-On-Tapes to be released starting tomorrow
Still suffering with Post Eurovision Depression? How about seeing every Eurovision 2022 song’s live-on-tape to help cure it! Eurovision.tv have announced they will start releasing the live-on-tapes for each Eurovision 2022 entry on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. The first one to be released will be Albania which will premiere tomorrow at 4pm CET. Latvia will […]
Romania: TVR plans to sue the European Broadcasting Union
Following the scandal of the jury vote from Eurovision this year, the Romanian broadcaster TVR is still threatening the EBU. They have started to consider withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest and now, they want to sue them. TVR conducted an internal analysis and wants to clarify the situation. They aren’t done yet though. Back […]
“We are a split camp within the band.” British group Steps at loggerheads over Eurovision participation
British pop group Steps are a divided group when it comes to Eurovision… The pop group Steps, who are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, have spoken to The Daily Star about Eurovision, and it seems that the group is very much divided on whether they would like to participate or not. Steps is made […]
Kalush Orchestra sell Eurovision trophy for $900,000
Kalush Orchestra have sold their winning Eurovision trophy for $900,000! During a charity concert in Kyiv, “Save Ukraine – #StopWar”, reigning Eurovision champions Kalush Orchestra put their trophy up for sale. The groups rapper Oleh Psiuk auctioned off not only the Eurovision trophy, but also his pink bucket hat, bringing in an impressive $900,000 (approximatley […]
How many people tuned in to Eurovision 2022? Countries reveal their viewing figures for the contest – part 2
With just under one week since the grand final of Eurovision 2022, European countries have been revealing their viewing figures for the contest. The viewing figures for each country are a real mixed bag, with some countries reported record breaking viewing figures, whilst other countries are at the other end of the spectrum, and struggling […]
How many people tuned in to Eurovision 2022? European countries reveal viewing figures for the contest – part 1
With just under one week since the grand final of Eurovision 2022, European countries (plus Australia!) have been revealing their viewing figures for the contest. The viewing figures for each country are a real mixed bag, with some countries reported record breaking viewing figures, whilst other countries are at the other end of the spectrum, […]
Adios mi bebé-bé? Romania threaten to withdraw from Eurovision over voting irregularities
Following on from the voting irregularities that were found between six countries in semi final 2, Romania has now threatened to withdraw from Eurovision. After the grand final of Eurovision 2022, the EBU announced that it was investigating voting irregularities that were found in the second semi final between six countries, including Romania. Yesterday, the […]
Eurovision 2022: EBU release official statement on irregular voting patterns found in semi final 2
The European Broadcasting Union have issued an offcial statement regarding the voting irregularities that were found in semi final 2 of Eurovision 2022. We first got light of voting irregularities after the final of Eurovision 2022, when the EBU’s independent pan-European Voting Partner detected irregular voting patterns between six countries in semi final 2: Azerbaijan, […]
Eurovision 2022: countries seeking explanation over removal of jury votes
As confirmed by the EBU on the weekend, a total of six countries jury votes from Eurovision 2022 were removed and replaced with an aggrevated result. Five of these countries have reached out to the EBU for an explanation as to why this happened, and what was wrong with their original jury votes. Azerbaijan The […]
Eurovision 2022: voting irregularities found with six countries jury votes
The EBU have confirmed that they have found voting irregularities in six countries jury vote in Eurovision 2022. “In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) pan-European voting partner after the Second Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, certain irregular voting patterns were identified in […]
Eurovision 2022: discover all the postcard locations – part 3
As Eurovision week is coming to an end, and while we can’t wait to see all the acts, here is a tour with our special guide Nicoletta, to all the postcard locations… buon viaggio! The Big 5 France Alvan and Ahez’s postcard will show the town of Cavour, in Turin, the birthplace of an 1800 […]
Here are the 10 qualifiers from the Second Semi Final of Eurovision 2022!
Tonight 10 countries have qualified from the First Semi Final! There we have it! An exciting second semi final is now complete and we now know the 10 countries that received the most points from the juries and public vote! Here are the 10 qualifiers that made it through to the grand final this Saturday: […]
Australia to use online voting for the first time in Eurovision 2022
This year, Australia will become the first country to use online voting in Eurovision. TV Tonight have confirmed that Australia will be voting online in this years Eurovision Song Contest, as opposed to voting via phone or SMS. Australian’s have the chance to vote in semi final 2 and the grand final. Australian broadcaster SBS […]
Eurovision 2022: discover all the postcard locations – part 2
As Eurovision week is here, and while we can’t wait to see all the acts, here is a tour with our special guide Nicoletta, of all the postcard locations… buon viaggio! Semi final 2 Finland The Rasmus’ postcard will be set in the gorgeous alpine lakes of Fusine, in Tarvisio, a commune in the northeastern […]
The results are in: Here are the 10 qualifiers for Eurovision 2022 semi final 1
After much anticipation, we now have our 10 qualifiers from semi final 1! Eurovision 2022 is now well underway as we now know the 10 songs that have qualified from semi final 1 for the Eurovision 2022 grand final on Saturday. The finalists were decided by a 50/50 split of the public vote and jury […]
Australia decided! Courtney Act is Australia’s spokesperson for ESC 2022!
Only 4 more days until the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final is here! So we can look forward to making the journey around the wold to gather the points of all contesting countries. This year, Courtney Act will be Australia’s spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest! Just 3 years ago, Courtney Act decided to […]
Meet the German jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022!
Eurovision week is upon us! In the excitement that comes with Eurovision week, Germany have revealed their jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022! Let’s meet the German jury that consists of Michelle, Max Giesinger, Tokunbo, Jess Schöne en Christian Brost. German jury – Michelle Welcome back to 2001, where Michelle represented Germany in the […]
Eurovision 2022: Montenegro’s staging not as originally planned
Speaking to RTCG, Vladana has revealed that her Eurovision 2022 staging is not what was originally planned. Speaking to the Montenegrin broadcaster, Vladana explains that whilst she is satisfied with her rehearsals so far, her and her team only got 5% of what they asked for, in terms of staging. “I am satisfied with the […]
Eurovision 2022: a BBC interview with Sam Ryder
Ahead of the Eurovision 2022 final on Saturday 14th May, the BBC have caught up with the United Kingdom’s representative, Sam Ryder. How are you feeling about representing the UK for Eurovision 2022? “I’m excited, I’m trying to be focused about it and just getting nice and practiced singing wise and getting in the right […]
Eurovision 2022: a BBC interview with Graham Norton and Ken Bruce
As Eurovision week gets going, the BBC have caught up with the United Kingdom’s Eurovision commentator, Graham Norton and BBC Radio 2 host Ken Bruce Just like that, Eurovision is back! What makes Eurovision so special to you? Graham: “I’ve always loved Eurovison but somehow over the last few years it has become even more […]
POLL: Who are YOUR 10 qualifiers from Semi Final 1 after the rehearsals of Eurovision 2022?
The Eurovision 2022 rehearsals are complete! But who are your qualifiers? After a week of amazing rehearsals, we finally have the semi finals of Eurovision 2022. It all started with Albania kicking off the rehearsals last week, and then fast forwarding to today, where this Semi Final’s jury show is happening! What a line up […]
Eurovision 2022: discover all the postcard locations – part 1
Eurovision week is about to start, and while we can’t wait to see all the acts, here is a tour with our special guide Nicoletta, to all the postcard locations… buon viaggio! Semi Final 1 Albania Ronela’s postcard will be set in the Nuraghe village in Barumini, Sardinia. This beautiful archaeological site dates back to […]
Remaining Big 5 countries complete half allocation for Eurovision 2022 final
While Italy already knew their final slot, the remaining 4 automatic qualifiers drew which half they would be competing in the Eurovision 2022 final. France, Germany and Spain were all drawn into the first half, while United Kingdom will perform in the second half. With Italy already being announced to be performing slot 9, it […]
Måneskin to perform at Eurovision Song Contest 2022!
Our reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions will return to the Eurovision stage in Turin! Måneskin will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final on May 14th. Rumors of live stream Where there first were rumors of our 2021 Eurovision winners would perform live from Los Angeles, now Italian broadcaster Rai has reveled Måneskin […]
Malik Haris appears every bit the rockstar in his first rehearsal
Now that we’ve seen the first rehearsals (plus some second rehearsals!) for all of the semi finalists on stage at Pala Alpitour, it’s now the turn of the Big 5 to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. Today, we will see the first rehearsals for France; Italy; United Kingdom; Spain and Germany, with […]
Chanel and her Swarovski crystals dazzle on stage for her first rehearsal
Now that we’ve seen the first rehearsals (plus some second rehearsals!) for all of the semi finalists on stage at Pala Alpitour, it’s now the turn of the Big 5 to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. Today, we will see the first rehearsals for France; Italy; United Kingdom; Spain and Germany, with […]