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. The trees are up, you’ve heard the same old songs one hundred times already and you’ve not even got to open THIS year’s pair of socks from some almost-forgotten aunt, yet the 2018 …

Stepping out of the shadows and into the limelight is always a great feeling for any artist, and many over the years have done so in Eurovision, including Tijana Bogicevic (Serbia) and Imri (Israel) from the Kyiv contest. Now, Austria have confirmed their artist, and ORF have decided to promote one of Bulgaria’s recent backing singers as their main artist… …

Portugal won this year’s competition. To continue with this celebration, we have 2 goodie bags full of promotional material. The picture in this article reflects a sample of such goody bags. You can win various promotional CD’s from various countries which include Austria, Switzerland, San Marino, Czech Republic, Montenegro & Cyprus. All you have to do is very very simple; Step 1) …

[AdSense-B] It’s only been two days since the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 kicked off in dramatic style (I know, some of us are still reeling over Finland!) but we have to dust ourselves down and get going, because 18 more countries are set to take to the Eurovision stage! Tonight’s 18 acts can be found below; ?? SERBIA – Tijana …

[AdSense-B] We reported yesterday evening that Per Sundnes had been replaced on the Norwegian jury after he had slammed the Irish entry in a Norwegian programme, with both countries set to compete and vote in the second semi-final. Now, the EBU has confirmed that four more juries have had a change in membership, although for what reasons remains unclear. The …

We’ve seen and heard the rehearsals for all countries in the second semi-final, teaser clips have been released and full videos of the performances are now available. So it’s the perfect time to ask the all-important question – which songs will qualify from the second semi-final? We’ve created a poll with all 18 participants in the semi-final and you can pick ten …

[AdSense-B] Once again we can reveal the results of our daily rehearsal poll, and yesterday saw one clear winner; the harmonies of O’G3NE won the poll for the Netherlands! Netherlands recieved 30% of the votes, with Denmark‘s Anja in second with 20%. Third place was shared equally between Austria, Macedonia and Romania with 9% of the vote each. Netherlands joins …

[AdSense-B] So what did we see on day three? Hot air balloons, big voices, glitter ball cannons and moons and walking on air. Just another day in the life at Eurovision! Of course, for those of you not in the press centre, we can only convey so much of the madness to you, alongside the other press, eurovision.tv and the …

This year’s Austrian representative, Nathan Trent, has recently been covering some previous Eurovision songs. The latest song he has taken on is the 2015 song from Albania, Elhaida Dani “I’m Alive”. Elhaida ended in 17th place in the final in Vienna, Nathan will be hoping to go 17 placed better and take the Eurovision crown back to Vienna after trips to …

Whilst it is believed by many to have begun in 1956 in Switzerland, the Eurovision Song Contest has, in fact, existed in one form or another for a number of years. Recent research by Prof. A. Prillis from Valetta University has uncovered a surprising sequence of events throughout the ages. It seems that the contest can be traced as far …