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🇮🇱 Israel: The Next Star returns as selecting method in 2024

If it ain’t broke, then no need to fix it. Israel has decided to return to their former format when it comes to selecting their Eurovision entrant, which will be through the talent show “HaKokhav HaBa” which translates to “The Next Star“. Return of HaKokhav HaBa The talent show, is an Israeli produced show which made it’s debut back in …

United Kingdom: Sophie Ellis-Bextor dismisses rumours about Eurovision 2024!

The rumour mill surrounding the United Kingdom’s representative at Eurovision 2024 went into full speed last week when British tabloids suggested that the BBC had chosen Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the singer-songwriter as their representative in Sweden. During an appearance on BBC Breakfast on Friday morning, Ellis-Bextor dismissed any rumours about her own participation and clarified that she has not been in …

All Five Ranina Semi-Finalists Through to Next Saturday’s Final!

We will know next week who Georgia’s representative at Junior Eurovision 2023 in Nice, France will be, but the makers of Ranina didn’t narrow down the options in today’s Semi-Finals and progressed all five young hopefuls through to next week’s Final. All five Semi-Finalists Anastasia Vasadze, Tako Tomashvili, Soso Chachua, Anastasia Berishvili and Gabriel Lomsadze remain in contention after today’s Semi-Final …

Jump the Gun’s Roy Taylor passes away

Roy Taylor, lead singer of the Irish band Jump the Gun who represented their country in Eurovision 1988, has sadly passed away, having fought a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease. The Irish singer was diagnosed with the disease in 2018, and has been a charity campaigner for the disease in recent years through his Watch Your Back MND foundation, …

Spain: RTVE Opens Application Window for Junior Eurovision 2023

RTVE, the Spanish broadcaster, has officially launched its selection process for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which is being held in Nice, France. Spain has opened the application window for performers between the ages of nine and fourteen to apply to represent the country. The singers will have the chance to apply until June 26, at which time, the …

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Junior Eurovision 2023: pre-recorded vocals will be banned for the first time

In a press release published by RTVE, the Spanish broadcaster reveals that all the vocals performed in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest will have to be live. Pre-recorded vocals will be banned for the first time ever. The studio backing vocals have been a thing in Eurovision since 2021, as a solution to avoid having too many people involved …

Junior Eurovision Georgia: Five Hopefuls Progress to Ranina Semi-Finals

The first four rounds of Ranina, Goergia’s method of artist selection for Junior Eurovision 2023, concluded this evening with five of the ten aspiring hopefuls progressing to next week’s Semi-Final. Over the past eight weeks, ten kids duked it out over four themed “tours,” and the five with the highest aggregate scores moved on. Anastasia Vasadze, Tako Tomashvili, Soso Chachua, Anastasia …

Mae Muller announces debut album “Sorry I’m Late”

Fresh off the back of representing her country as the host nation at Eurovision 2023 and reaching #9 in the UK charts with her entry “I Wrote a Song”, British singer Mae Muller has announced her debut album “Sorry I’m Late”. The seventeen track album will be released on Friday 15th September, and will feature her Eurovision entry, alongside previous …

ESC 2024: Could Stockholm risk not hosting next year?

All the glitter from the past weekend had barely fallen to the ground, before cities around in Sweden started to show interest in hosting next year’s contest, but as it stands, the front runner and expected favorite city to host the contest, might have to surrender the possibility even before things get properly started. Not Stockholm in 2024? Sweden might …

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