[AdSense-B] Third in our series of Czech interviews is a young lady with a huge talent! Eva will certainly “Fly” in such a selection and has become a firm favourite with our forum members. We were lucky enough to get to chat with her about her upcoming participation! Hello Eva! First of all thank you for your time talking to …

[AdSense-B] Romania’s travelling selection show for 2018, the annual Selecția Națională, begins its campaign tonight in the eastern city of Focșani, and already we kick off the selection with a very familiar face in the line-up! The competition will be held in six different cities across Romania with the final, naturally, taking place in the capital Bucharest. The slogan for this …

The final line up of Destination Eurovision has been set following Saturday’s second semi-final, with nine acts fighting for the final four places in the final THE SEMI FINAL SHOW Like last week the artists opened with a cover before a postcard style video which was their introduction before starting their performance of their Eurovision song. Tonight’s 9 acts performed …

This article comes to us courtesy of Connor Terry; we’ll have his profile set up soon. Tonight, the second wave of Eurovision hopefuls in Lithuania fought for the ticket to Lisbon. With the exception of their initial 1994 entry that was selected internally, Lithuania has used a national final to field all of their Eurovision entries. The show’s length has …

Malta’s selection for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is just around the corner, so it’s high time we got to meet some of the hopefuls fighting to represent the islands in Lisbon! Today, Christabelle has spoken to us about her upcoming experience in MESC! Hello Christabelle! First of all thank you for your time talking to us. How are you? …

[AdSense-B] Tonight truly kicks off the busy period in any Eurovision fans’ life, as we begin to dust off our second monitors or our phones and prepare to multitask – that’s right, national final season 2018 is in full swing! Tonight, three shows will take place in three separate areas of Europe. Want to know what’s going on on Saturday? …

Editor-in-Chief Matt continues the Reaction Video series, a journey through the National Final season. In an attempt to bring the readers a raw and uncensored experience, the intent is to watch and/or listen to the entries live on cam for the first time. Norway has three victories under their belt and their most recent victory dates back to 2009. They …

[AdSense-B] Icelandic broadcaster RUV will stick to the same recipe as in previous years – Söngvakeppnin. These 12 participants will be divided into two semifinals and you can also hear their songs here: Ari Ólafsson – Heim / Our Choice Aron Hannes – Golddigger / Gold Digger Áttan – Hér með þér / Here for You Dagur Sigurðarson – Í stormi …

[AdSense-B] This national final season is going to be one of the biggest of the last few years, and we have more updates to bring to #YOU! Serbian broadcaster RTS will organize Beovizija – the first one since 2009. Today, via the official twitter account, it was confirmed that all of the details, participants and songs will be revealed on …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. Last year, I wrote an article which showed that, for the last ten years, it seems to make little difference whether an entry was selected via a national final or through internal selection. …