A landmark moment in the yearly Eurovision Song Contest calendar, as this marks the official transition from last year’s host city (Rotterdam) to this year’s host city (Turin/Torino). The allocation draw was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa. The Allocation Draw As usual, the draw took place in the upcoming host city of Turin, in the Palazzo Madama. …
All photo credits: EBU/AVROTROS With the first four days of rehearsals now behind us, and each semi-final participant having had their first run through, the picture of Eurovision 2021 now looks at least a little clearer. So, we wanted to know how #YOU are feeling about the songs in this year’s semi-finals! Which act in each semi do #YOU feel …
[AdSense-B] Missing Eurovision music? Want to see which alumni of the contest have recently released new tracks? Well, look no further! Here’s a selection of songs released within the last few months from Eurovision stars past and present. Which of the tracks is your favourite? Måns Zelmerlöw – Grow Up To Be You (Sweden, 2015) Måns mentioned that he has …
[AdSense-B] The month of May has been filled with music releases from past Eurovision artists, and we want #YOU to be aware of these new songs! 22 songs and music videos have been released from all across Europe, and even Australia, just in time for your summer playlists! Today we will focus on 8 of these new hits. Ira Losco …
[AdSense-B] The votes are in, Eurovision Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand has given his blessing and signed off, and we have our ten qualifiers from Semi-Final 2 for the Grand Final on Saturday, May 18, 2019. They are, in order of announcement: North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska – “Proud” The Netherlands: Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” Albania: Jonida Maliqi – “Ktheju Tokes” …
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. It occurred to me last week, during the results live stream after the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, that the debate had centred on which of the two semi-final winners would be the …
This editorial is written from the opinions of the author, and does not necessarily reflect the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. [AdSense-B] So, the other day Netta’s “Toy” broke the 100 million view barrier on YouTube and became the first song from the Lisbon contest to do such a thing, and the second ever after …
[AdSense-B] The EBU has finally revealed exactly who will be competing in Tel Aviv next May. This morning they announced that 42 countries will be taking part across three shows on the 14th, 16th and 18th of May 2019. As always the big five, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom will all be put straight through to the …
[AdSense-B] Yesterday, we were at the blue carpet event in the beautiful surrounds of the banks of the river Tagus, in front of the MAAT museum in the western suburb of Bélem. The sun was shining, the river was shimmering and Europe’s finest were out in force for the glitzy opening event. We caught some fantastic photos at the event …
[AdSense-B] 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. Well the epic marathon of “Expert” Panel reviews has finally come to a close… OR SO YOU THOUGHT!! Never one to let an opportunity to play with numbers pass by, I thought …
