The first day of rehearsals for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest is now complete. Kids from 9 countries took to the stage to rehearse their entries for JESC this year. I am going to comment on the rehearsals after my first watch (views expressed in this article are my own, and not essentially those of ESCUnited.com). Let’s take a look …
JESC: 3 Weeks To Go!
This time in three weeks we will be watching the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from Sofia, Bulgaria. 17 countries will take to the stage in hope of gaining the title of 2015 Junior Eurovision winner. Out of the 17 songs that will participate, we know 16 of them. We are only waiting for the newcomers, Ireland, to …
JESC: Italy Reveals Their Entry “Viva”
The JESC songs are coming in thick and fast, and seem to be announced on a daily basis. The latest song to be revealed is from the current title holders, Italy, who have revealed their song “Viva” which will be performed by Chiara Scarpari and Martina Scarpari next month in hope of retaining the title and doing the double in Sofia. …
ESC United Podcast: Montenegro picks the act, Italy and the UK take Eurovision seriously and should we change the Point System
The Eurovision season is slowly picking up so it’s time to start with our first Podcast of the 2016 season. Over the next months, Matt and Adam are going to discuss anything Eurovision and share their thoughs and ideas. This time it’s only going to be the two of them but they’ll have special guests going forward to bring in …
Italy make a move to RAI 1 for 2016
Despite the hugely impressive run of results since their surprise comeback in 2011, Italy’s national broadcaster has only shown the Eurovision final on RAI 2, with the main channel instead featuring other programming during the night of the contest. That is, until now – thanks to a third place finish and televote victory from Il Volo in 2015, RAI have …
Big 5 and Sweden to have rehearsals shown during live semi-finals
It’s been a call made by many fans for several years, but it appears it will now be a reality. The first major change rung in by SVT for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will see Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom recieve extra exposure with performance videos shown of their rehearsals during live shows, currently set …
Dream Team 2016 – Italy
Another day, another country. Let’s see who our first Big 5 Dream Team artist is for Italy… It was in fact a tie for first between two artists, but the first of those requested was Youtuber Marzia Gaggioli, who has become known for her many self-curated music videos and songs, as seen below. Would she be able to make the …
OGAE: Three Big 5 clubs in fourth set of votes
It’s time for some more votes. Macedonia, France, Italy and United Kingdom have their votes revealed by OGAE International today and here are their votes! Macedonia 12 Italy 10 Spain 8 Sweden 7 Albania 6 Slovenia 5 Estonia 4 Belgium 3 Australia 2 Israel 1 Azerbaijan France France’s club votes had been revealed by us earlier on but they have …
The 2015 “Expert” Panel – ITALY
Grande amore MP3 The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a wide range in taste. They all bring …
Rumore, rumore…
The San Remo festival is now over. Il Volo has been chosen to represent Italy in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. If you ever thought that San Remo was all about music, think twice! There are lots of rumours going on every year and the 2014 edition could be no exception to this. Eurofans play a huge role in the spread …