It wouldn’t be a Eurovision season without scandals and the first national final of 2015 has already given us one. Skopje Fest has been accused of rigging the televote in favour of Macedonia’s representative Daniel Kajmakoski using phone cards, according to Vecer.mk. The rules of the show stipulate that only one vote could be cast from each mobile number, with …
Daniel Kajmakoski to represent Macedonia with Lisja Esenski
Macedonia has decided, Daniel Kajmakoski with song Lisja Esenski (Autumn Leaves) will represent his country on Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. In this year’s edition of Skopje Fest a total of 20 songs were competing. Last year’s winner of regional version of X Factor Daniel Kajmakoski was voted the best with 50:50 international jury/televoting system gaining 10 points from …
LIVE BLOG: Skopje Fest 2014
It’s time to finally kick off the upcoming national final season! Skopje Fest will determine the Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The show starts at 20.15 CET – you can watch it HERE! We will constantly update this page with live blog entries about the show – so make sure to keep an eye on it! [liveblog]
San Marino to announce artist in next few weeks
The tiny landlocked microstate of San Marino – arguably one of the more endearing stories of the Eurovision Song Contest – will announce their selected artist for Eurovision 2015 in the coming weeks. A name is expected from SMRTV between the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this Saturday and the end of November. Whoever is chosen will have big shoes to …
Audition Dates Set for Serbia’s National Selection
Serbia’s host broadcaster, Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS), had an open call for submissions for people to represent Serbia this year in Vienna. RTS received over 200 submissions and Vladimir Graić, who is composing this year’s entry, is selecting the best performers, who will be invited to auditions in one of six Serbian cities. The auditions will began on November 17, …
How to watch Skopje Fest live
We’re understandably excited by tonight’s Skopje Fest at ESC United as we can officially kick off the journey to Vienna in May with the first song of 2015! If you’re looking forward to Macedonia’s national selection tonight and want to watch the action live you can view it online from 20:15 CET here, with a stream provided by Macedonian broadcaster …
Tonight: Macedonia decides!
Can you believe it? It feels like the curtain has only just fallen on Copenhagen, but tonight the national final season for 2015 officially kicks off! Macedonia will begin the exciting journey to Vienna early this year as tonight (12th November) the country hosts Skopje Fest 2014 to decide their artist and song for 2015. 20 artists have been chosen …
Latvia are back with a vengeance in 2015
It seems Latvia – who have been out of the Eurovision final longer than any other country – are ready to show Europe what they can do! The Latvian broadcaster recently announced the Baltic nation would have a new selection process in 2015 entitled “Supernova”. The show takes Latvia away from the Eirodziesma format of recent years and invites soloists …
2015: Speculations about the host duo
According to rumours, ORF has already made its decision regarding the hosts of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest – several Austrian media are speculating about Alice Tumler and Andi Knoll having been chosen to present the huge event in May. Alice Tumler has worked for German-French broadcaster ARTE and only joined the ORF family last year. She was born in …
Norway: MGP format revealed
Today the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has announced their plans for the upcoming Melodi Grand Prix. This year, the traditional national final will undergo quite some changes. NRK decided to drop the semi finals – instead, the national final will only consist of one show with 10 participants. A special jury will pick the contestants out of a pool of about …