Mads Enggaard to be Staging Director for Efendi in Azerbaijan’s Eurovision Performance
Danish Producer Mads Enggaard has confirmed that he will be the Staging Director for Efendi’s performance of “Mata Hari” at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam. View this post on Instagram A post shared by EFENDI (@efendi_music) Enggaard is no stranger to Eurovision, nor to working with Azerbaijan, being that 2021’s performance marks his second collaboration with […]
“Tout l’univers” goes viral in Spain and Gjon’s Tears will perform it on Spanish television tonight
Gjon’s Tears will do a live performance of his song “Tout l’univers” on the Spanish television channel Telecinco tonight at the premiere of a documentary about the Spanish celebrity Rocío Carrasco. This invitation arrives after the Swiss song has gone viral in Spain thanks to the promotion of this documentary series. Even Gjon’s Tears shared […]
Germany starts the search for their Eurovision 2022 entry
Although Eurovision 2021 week is in two months time, on the 19th of March, NDR (North German Broadcaster) announced that they have started the search for acts that would like to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, and for the 100 people who will rank them. Thanks to their reviews, the song will […]
Francesca and Fedez among Sanremo 2021 stars to make Billboard’s global chart
Two weeks after competing in Sanremo, four of the acts from this years festival have found themselves on Billboard’s global Excl. U.S. chart, making them the first fully Italian songs to make it on to the chart since it was created in September 2020. The chart lists the top 200 songs from digital downloads and […]
UK’s Eurovision 2021 entry ‘Embers’ has been added to BBC Radio 2’s A List!
BBC Radio 2 was the first station to play the United Kingdom’s Eurovision 2021 entry Embers on March 11th, and on March 29th the song had reached the A List on Radio 2’s New Music Playlist. This means that Radio 2 listeners will be able to hear Embers played regularly on the station from March 20th, which will sure […]
Mandatory nationals finals for Eurovision had been discussed by the EBU
Former executive supervisor of the European Broadcasting Union Jon Ola Sand has talked about several suggestions about the Eurovision Song Contest which haven’t been executed. One of these ideas mentioned by Ola Sand in an interview with Jan Bors, has been mandatory national finals to decide the representative for each country. Usually, the responsible broadcaster […]
Eurovision legend Guildo Horn got revealed on The Masked Singer Germany!
Guildo Horn, well-known for his Eurovision entry ”Guildo hat euch lieb!” with which he represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, got revealed in the semifinal of The Masked Singer Germany where he embodied a bull. Guildo said after the reveal on Tuesday that he was thankful to experience this at his age. He […]
“Øve os på hinanden” becomes first Eurovision entry to top Danish charts since 2013
Since winning Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on March 6th, “Øve os på hinanden” by Fyr og Flamme has topped the Danish charts, making it the first Danish Eurovision entry to do so since “Only Teardrops” in 2013. Alongside this, the Danish Duo have racked up an impressive one million streams on Spotify. The duo also […]
Sofia to host countries’ delegations to record back-up performances for Eurovision 2021
On the 15th of March, iCard Eurovision Bulgaria posted on Twitter that several countries, including Cyprus among many others, have decided to film their back-up performances in the capital city of Bulgaria, Sofia. BNT (Bulgarian Public Broadcaster) is going to cooperate with the same company, which produced the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 also […]
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 […]
Germany reveal details about Junior Eurovision 2021 selection!
Germany has revealed further information about their Junior Eurovision selection process for 2021. After the quick confirmation of their second participation at the junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the responsible broadcaster NDR changes some things about the selection process. In a collaboration of NDR and KIKA (the children channel), young talents can apply […]
“Husavik” nominated for best original song at the Oscars
The song has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Original Song The film “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga” has not finished being awarded! For several months, nominations and awards have followed one another for David Dobkin’s film. The song performed by Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in the movie, […]
Russia says no to Big 5 status!
Russian delegation approached to be member of the Big 5 In an interview given to “Humans of Eurovision” former Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand has revealed that Russia would not want to become a member of the Big Five. It was part of a broader discussion about the Big Five and their importance in the […]
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 […]
GO_A nominated for YUNA awards
Ukrainian representatives for Eurovision 2020 and 2021 honored by the Ukrainian music industry. “YUNA” is the Ukrainian annual national professional music award. The abbreviation “YUNA” stands for Yearly Ukrainian National Awards. Established in 2011, the awards allow honoring Ukrainian artists according to different categories. After being reselected Ukrainian candidates for Eurovision 2021, Go_A have […]
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 […]
Suur aitäh! Silver and Joonas from Traffic help out at Tallinn hospital
Not all heroes wear capes! Two band members from Eesti Laul 2019 finalists Traffic have been helping out at the East Tallinn Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia, and have said they intend on helping out until the very end of the worldwide crisis. Silver Laas and Joonas Sarapuu have been helping deliver supplies […]
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 […]
“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 […]
KEiiNO to release new single ‘Unbreakable’ on Friday
Norwegian band KEiiNO have today announced on their socials they will be releasing their new single Unbreakable on Friday. This will be the band’s first release since coming second in Norwegian Eurovision selection Melodi Grand Prix last month with the song Monument. The single artwork and aesthetic is very similar to that of Monument, so the thought is that […]
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 […]
2021 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix was the most watched in five years
After six years of falling viewing figures, the 2021 edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix saw its first increase in since 2015, with 1,532,000 people watching it. That’s the highest total since 2016, when 1,563,000 viewers tuned in to watch Lighthouse X claim an unexpected victory with “Soldiers Of Love.” The figure for 2021 sees […]
International jury for Melodifestivalen 2021 revealed
Swedish national broadcaster, SVT has revealed eight countries that will take place as international juries in this year’s Melodifestivalen. The international jury will provide half of the result in the grand final this Saturday. These are the countries: Albania Cyprus France Iceland Israel Switzerland The Netherlands United Kingdom However, this was not the initial list. […]
Melodifestivalen final to be broadcast with English commentary
For the first time ever in history, one national selection is going to have a commentary in the English language. Having in mind that Melodifestivalen is definitely the most popular and the most successful national selection, providing two winners and six top 10 finishes in the past 10 years, it is watched worldwide. This is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sanja Ilić has passed away
We have received the very sad news that Sanja Ilić, founder of the group Balkanika, has passed away in Belgrade due to complications caused by COVID-19. He died at the age of 69. Aleksandar “Sanja” Ilić represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song ”Nova Deca” together with the band Balkanika that he […]
Seven Artists added to the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame!
The Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame was established in 2020 to draw attention to the songwriters, artists and others whose contributions have had great significance for Melodifestivalen over the years. Last year 48 artists were inducted in into the hall of fame. Now, one year later, they will be joined by seven new inductees. These are: […]