A virtual press centre is being created for Eurovision 2021
Tech company Let’s Get Digital have been announced as the organisation that will be creating a virtual press centre for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The virtual press centre is being created for journalists who want to cover the contest, but are not able to be there in person due to coronavirus restrictions. Babet Verstappen, […]
Reports say these are the titles of the six potential songs for Azerbaijan
On the 7th of January, the Azerbaijani brodacaster – iTV has launched songs submissions for Samira Efendi’s entry for Eurovision 2021. Few days ago, it was announced that they narrowed the selection down to 6 songs. On the 9th of February, according to the Interntional Network of Fan Clubs of Eurovision (INFE) these six titles […]
Voting opens for Blas Canto’s songs on February 10th & Song Titles revealed
An unexpected announcement from the Spanish broadcaster, RTVE. The Spanish broadcaster announced to everyone’s surprise that the votes to choose Blas Canto’s song would open on February 10. The Spanish candidate confirmed through Twitter that on the same day it will be possible to “listen to the entire songs”. The Spanish representative has also confessed […]
Lenny Kuhr and Getty Kaspers among interval acts for Eurovision 2021
It has been confirmed that Lenny Kuhr and Getty Kaspers will perform as part of the interval act of Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, alongside many other Eurovision winners and participants. Executive Producer for this years contest, Sietse Bakker, revealed the news on television programme Tijd Voor MAX. He mentioned that there will be a medley […]
Marvin Dietmann will direct Blas Cantó’s staging
The Austrian artistic director will help the Spanish candidate for Eurovision 2021. The announcement was made by the Spanish broadcaster, RTVE. Marvin Dietmann is an international reference in choreography and staging. He has worked for the Austrian delegation on several occasions and he directed, among others, the staging for “Rise like a Phoenix” by Conchita […]
Snippets of DORA songs have been released
The song snippets for the 14 competing songs in DORA 2021 have been released. Each candidate revealed a snippet from their song. These 1 minute snippets have been published on HRT official YouTube. These snippets reveal quite different inspirations and musical styles, depending on the candidates. It now remains for Croatia to organize the selection […]
Azerbaijan narrows selection down to 6 songs for Eurovision 2021
The selection process to find Azerbaijan’s 2021 Eurovision song is well under way, with reports from media in Azerbaijan reporting they are down to 6 songs. Of the 229 submissions to broadcaster ITV, they have narrowed the choice down to just six songs, including a mix of ballads and up-tempo tracks. The song will be […]
Örs Siklósi from AWS has passed away
Very sad news has reached us of the passing of AWS lead singer Örs Siklósi from leukaemia at the age of only 29. Siklósi was diagnosed with leukaemia in June 2020, but he continued working on his first studio album and on the fifth AWS album which was planned for the summer, until he unfortunately […]
Blas Cantó recorded 10 songs for Eurovision 2021 selection
Spanish Eurovision 2021 representative Blas Cantó has revealed that he recorded 10 songs, before two were shortlisted for a national final. Cantó explained that 10 songs were in contention for the Spanish national final due to take place later this month, however all but two were dropped as they were ‘too radio formulated’ and ‘not […]
Jury to be expanded for Pabandom iš naujo final on Saturday
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT have revealed that the voting jury will be expanded for the Pabandom iš naujo final on Saturday. In previous years, a jury of five voters have helped to pick the nations Eurovision entry, however this year there is expected to be eight jury members voting for the Eurovision 2021 participant for Lithuania. […]
Go_A song for Eurovision revealed!
The Ukrainian jury’s choice revealed today! The Ukrainian jury, made up of the following 6 personalities, had to choose between 3 songs presented by Go_A. Jamala – singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Yevhen Filatov – producer, leader of the band The Manaken Ruslan Kvinta – music producer, composer Yaroslav Lodygin – member […]
Tanja originally planned to sing a different song in Eesti Laul 2021!
Tanja has revealed that she planned to sing another song at Eesti Laul 2021 instead of her now compeating song Best Night Ever. In recent interviews Tanja said that there was another song in the race to compete at Eesti Laul 2021 but she didn’t have a feeling to the other song just three days […]
Loreen to release new Swedish album in February!
In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen announced that her new album will be released in February 2021. She also revealed that the album is gonna be in her mother language, Swedish! Loreen participated in the eleventh season of the famous Swedish TV show Så mycket bättre. Since then she released some new […]
A professional jury will decide Roxen’s Eurovision song
For the first time, the Romanian public will not participate in the choice of the song that will represent them at Eurovision. Romanian broadcaster TVR has announced that for the Eurovision 2021, a jury will choose Roxen’s song.. The selection for Eurovision 2021 has started, and the Romanian representative will present several songs to the […]
Samanta Tīna to reveal Eurovision entry on March 12th as part of television series
“I’m not looking for a standard Eurovision classic! I want to stay with that surprise, that crazy.” Samanta Tīna After being announced as Latvia’s Eurovision 2021 participant on May 16th, Samanta Tīna announced back in November that she had already chosen her song for this years contest. And now, it has been reported that she […]
Snippets of Go_A’s potential Eurovision songs have been released
Snippets of the three songs that were presented by Go_A to the Ukrainian jury have just been revealed. While yesterday we announced that the Ukrainian jury had already chosen the song that will represent Ukraine at Eurovision, today they have revealed snippets to the public. Via a publication on the Instagram account of the official […]
Scenario A ruled out for Eurovision 2021
One of the first decisions on how Eurovision 2021 in May will be organized have been revealed to the public. Scenerio A has definetley been ruled out due to the restrictions for the pandemic. We are left with 3 potential scenarios in how Eurovision 2021 will be organized. In late 2020, we did get to […]
Go_A’s Eurovision 2021 song has been chosen
Last week UA:PBC announced the composition of the jury to nominate the Ukrainian song for Eurovision 2021. Today, the Ukrainian broadcaster announces that the jury has already made its choice! The jury consists of: Jamala – singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Yevhen Filatov – producer, leader of the band The Manaken Ruslan […]
Fifty songs submitted to Belorussian selection for Eurovision 2021
The Belorussian broadcaster has reported receiving approximately 50 songs for Eurovision 2021. Belarus has still not decided how it will make its decision on the representative for the next Eurovision Song Contest. After a call for applications, the broadcaster announces that it has received several songs. Last year BTRC had received nearly a hundred songs, […]
San Marino to release Eurovision 2021 entry on February 23rd
The official twitter account for San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest announced today that the Sammarinese entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be released on February 23rd. The song will be performed by Italian singer Senhit, who was due to represent San Marino at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Freaky! after […]
Barbara Pravi will represent France in Eurovision 2021!
France has spoken! Barbara Pravi has won the ticket to represent France with the song Voilà. The song was determined tonight after two rounds of voting, with the first round narrowing down the acts to eight and the second round choosing the winner through a 50/50 combination of jury and public vote. Juliette Moraine came […]
Eurovision 1996 host Morten Harket is Viking on the Masked Singer UK!
Eurovision 1996 host and A-ha frontman Morten Harket was unmasked tonight on the Masked Singer UK as Viking! Morten Harket hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 held in Oslo alongside Ingvild Bryn following Secret Garden’s win in 1995 with Nocturne. Morten Harket is also known internationally as the frontman of pop band A-ha, who were […]
Efendi’s song for Azerbaijan will be released in March
It has been revealed that the Azerbaijani entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be released in March. The vocal coach who has been working with performer Efendi has said that expect to hear the entry in the second week of March. The song selection submissions for the Azerbaijani entry are still open until […]
Bulgaria will take public feedback into account for 2021 entry
Bulgarian broadcaster BNT have announced that they will be taking public feedback into consideration when they decide Victoria’s entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, due to be held in Rotterdam this May. It was revealed this morning that the public will be able to provide feedback on the contending songs. There will be an […]
Melodi Grand Prix semi final 3: the results are in!
Tonight saw the third semi final in Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix 2021. A further four acts battled it out to win a place in the grand final, with Emmy coming out on top. The four acts were split into two duels, who each competed against each other to try and win a place in the […]
Drama in Italy: Could Sanremo 2021 be postponed?
Sanremo’s artistic director has hinted about the possibility of postponing Italy’s selection show. After Amadeus confirmed supermodel Naomi Campbell as host for the Sanremo Music Festival 2021, the artistic director of the show maintains his position: He wants an audience or he will threaten to postpone the event to 2022. “Without an audience, there is […]
Hosts revealed for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021, songs released on 10th February!
We have news coming from Denmark! It has been revealed that the hosts for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021 will be Martin Brygmann, an actor and musician, and Tina Müller, a local television host. On top of that, it has also been revealed that the songs for this year’s Danish national final will be revealed […]
Dora 2021 participants to perform Dora’s greatest hits on Eurosong od Doma
After a successful first episode of Eurosong od Doma (Eurovision from Home) back in May 2020, featuring some of the most popular Croatian singers from DORA and Eurovision, it has been confirmed that there will be a second episode, featuring all of the artists from this year’s DORA. The show was created in response to […]
Spain will choose Blas Cantó’s song in a national final
After the cancellation of Eurovision 2020, Spain was one of the countries that immediately confirmed the re-election of its artist for Eurovision 2021. Blás Cantó was going to sing “Universo” last year, a song chosen internally by him. However, Blas wants the public to choose his song for Rotterdam 2021 in a national final. This […]
DORA 2021: new voting system announced
One of the hosts of DORA, Barbara Kolar, has given some details about the new voting system to be implemented for the 2021 show. Three weeks ahead of the Dora 2021, the voting system has been updated according to one of the hosts, Barbara Kolar. In an interview to Jutarnji list newspaper, she said the […]
Internships will be offered to singers and dancers for the stand in rehearsals
On 19th of January, NOS/AVATROS/NPO announced that 24 young dancers and singers from Rotterdam Codarts and Albeda College will be given internships to be in performers for Eurovision 2021. The broadcasters will offer 14 singers and 10 dancers internships. Rotterdam Councilor, Mr. Said Kasmi says: “I think it is great that the organization of the […]
Edsilia Rombley shares her thoughts on the potential scenario for Eurovision 2021
Information from the hostess of Eurovision 2021 on the organization of the competition given to Dutch media. While Albania and Israel have now selected their songs for the ESC, Edsilia Rombley gave her thoughts about the organization of the contest in May. The former Dutch representative (1998 and 2007) was interviewed on NPO Radio 1. […]
Vincent Bueno has recorded his song for the Eurovision 2021
From his instagram account Vincent Bueno shared details around his new song. The Austrian singer has recorded his song earlier this month in Switzerland. He was backed by the co-producer Pele Loriano, Jonas Thander the producer and Tobias Carshey as back singer. The song was written by Ashley Hicklin, songwriter for Belgium 2010 (Me And […]
Set Me Free Is Eden Alene’s song for Eurovision 2021!
At the end of a long and winding process, we can finally announce: Eden Alene will represent Israel in Rotterdam with . The song was declared the winner of Israel’s national selection at the end of a televised broadcast on KAN, hosted by Eurovision 2019 co-presenter Lucy Ayoub. It was selected from a field of […]
Cyprus will release El Diablo on February 24th!
We have a date! It has been revealed that Cyprus will reveal their entry El Diablo on February 24th. The Cypriot representative Elena Tsagrinou posted a picture on social media with the title of the song and the date, meaning that it won’t be long until we hear the song! View this post on Instagram […]
Results for Lithuania’s Pabandom iš naujo! Heat 2 revealed!
Lithuania has chosen 5 more acts to advance further in the semi-final after last night’s Heat 2 of Pabandom iš naujo! (Let’s try again!). “Fourth time’s the charm” seems to be working for Gebrasy (real name Audrius Petrauskas), who’s participating this year for the fourth time as his mid-tempo track Where’d You Wanna Go? emerged […]
Melodi Grand Prix semi final 2: who qualified to the final?
The second semi final of Melodi Grand Prix 2021 took place tonight in Norway, with four acts competing for a place in the final. The four acts were split into two duels, who each competed against each other to try and win a place in the super duel. The winner of each duel was decided […]
Petition for Belorussian broadcaster to leave EBU
Don’t be too political? Even though Danish singer Leonora has warned us to keep politics outside of Eurovision, Belarus once again shows that this is not always possible. Due to the ongoing political conflicts and protests based around Alexander Lukahsenko, a Belarorussian foundation called Cultural Solidarity has started a campaign towards the European Broadcasting Union […]
Sietse Bakker talks about hopes and expectations for Rotterdam 2021
In a recent television interview, executive producer for Eurovision 2021, Sietse Bakker, has revealed how he could see the upcoming contest taking place in Rotterdam. Sietse Bakker’s main priority at the moment is to make sure that all of the acts can perform in Rotterdam: “Our priority is to bring all artists and expeditions to […]
Festival Da Canção to be held in RTP studios with no audience
It has been reported by escportugal that this years edition of Festival Da Canção will be taking place in RTP studios, and without an audience. Portugal joins Estonia, Finland and Norway in having a national final without an audience. This will be the first time since 2015 that the contest won’t be hosted from an […]
Russia confirms Junior Eurovision 2021 participation
Russia is the latest country to confirm their participation for Junior Eurovision 2021, and the fourth country so far to do so after France, Spain and The Netherlands. Russia has already opened up its selection process, and it will remain open until August 25th. Citizens of Russia, or those residing in the country for at […]
Songs and performers for Festival Da Canção revealed!
Portuguese Broadcaster RTP has today revealed the 20 songs and artists who will compete in the 55th edition of Festival Da Canção, the Portuguese national final for Eurovision 2021. In a press conference held today, the hosts of the semi-final and final shows were also announced with Filomena Cautela & Vasco Palmeirim being chosen to […]
Vasil will return for North Macedonia to Eurovision 2021!
Great news! It has just been confirmed that Vasil Garvanliev, otherwise known as Vasil, will be returning to Eurovision 2021 after being the representative for North Macedonia in the cancelled contest of 2020. He brings the number of artists returning from 2020 to 22. Both the EBU and Vasil confirmed the news, with the latter […]
All the glitz and glam! Head Stylist for Eurovision 2021 talks costumes for the contest
As soon as you hear ‘Eurovision’ and ‘costumes’ you’ll more than likely instantly think of two things – glitz and glamour! The head stylist for the 2021 contest set to be held in Rotterdam this May, Diek Pothoven, has spoken on a Dutch radio program Never Sleep Again about his vision for the 65th edition of […]
LISTEN: Aksel releases UMK 2021 entry “Hurt”
Eurovision 2020 representative for Finland, Aksel Kankaanranta, is back to Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) with his song “Hurt”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lGLdkPSHY Aksel is a Finnish singer from Turku. He began his career in 2017 when he was runner-up on The Voice Finland. Since his participation on The Voice, he lent his voice to Pyhimys’ hit song, “Jättiläinen” […]
Watch: Official videos released for Eden Alene’s national selection songs
Israel’s national selection process went into overdrive today, as the official music videos were revealed for all three songs competing in the national final. The videos premiered during a special broadcast on KAN featuring Eden Alene. Watch the videos below. The broadcast was also used to open the public voting period for the winning song. […]
Get ready to party as The Roop confirm “Discoteque” will be released on Friday
Pabandom iš Naujo 2020 winners and 2021 finalists, The Roop, have confirmed that their 2021 entry “Discoteque” will be released on Friday 22nd January. They announced the news on their official social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE ROOP (@theroopband) The Roop have an automatic place in the final of […]
Croatian broadcaster announces running order and hosts for Dora 2021
In December, the Croatian broadcaster chose 14 participants who will fight for a place to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. From 140 songs, 14 were selected through a five member expert committee, from three broadcaster channels, and consisted of Andrej Babić (HGU, HDS), Hrvoje Prskalo (HDS), Matija Cvek (HGU), Monika Lelas (HRT) […]
Broadcasters will have a lot of flexibility over pre-recorded performances for Eurovision 2021
“Of course we hope that we can bring all 41 acts to Rotterdam, because we want them to be together and perform on that same stage, as it always has been. But if it’s not, I think it will be one of the most colourful and diverse Eurovision Song Contests we have ever seen.” Sietse […]
Roxen has chosen her entry for Eurovision 2021
Romanian representative for Eurovision 2020 and 2021, Roxen, has revealed on social media that she has chosen the song that she would like to sing at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam. At the moment, it is unknown when Roxen’s Eurovision song will be revealed, or how it will be revealed. Roxen was chosen as Romania’s 2021 […]