We at ESC United try to find the positives, even when we’re being critical. We got slammed for a panel video where ESC United Editor-in-Chief and Founder Matt Friedrichs and three other random goons gave their personal Top 10s for Eurovision 2021. How dare we leave out Italy! How dare we include Germany! Georgia! North Macedonia! Denmark! I actually suspect …
Igor Vovkovinskiy, the man best known to Eurovision fans for his appearance at the 2013 contest, has died from heart disease. His mother announced the news in a Facebook post. He was 38 years old. Vovkovinskiy, at 7 feet 8 inches tall, was recognized as the tallest person currently living in the United States. His height was attributed to a …
On Saturday, August 21st, #EurovisionAgain hosted its 9th viewing since switching to a monthly format in July 2020. The official Eurovision YouTube channel streamed the 1992 contest held in Malmö, Sweden. The winner of that contest was Linda Martin from Ireland with the yearning, romantic ballad, “Why Me?”. It was written and composed by Eurovision 1980 and 1987 champion Johnny …
Following their year off in 2020 due to COVID-19 related concerns, the country of Albania will return to the Junior Eurovision Contest in 2021. The country was among eight countries that pulled out of the contest including fan favorites Italy, Ireland, Wales, North Macedonia, Armenia, Australia, and Portugal. All other broadcasters cited COVID-19 as the reason for their withdraw. RTSH …
Since we started doing a weekly update on Duncan Laurence’s progress up the Billboard Hot 100, the United States’ main music singles chart, we’ve been hearing a lot of anecdotes from Eurovision fans about where they’ve heard the Eurovision 2019 winning track “Arcade.” ESC United’s social media guru Connor Terry heard “Arcade” on the radio returning home from bars in …
Una Stubbs, an iconic actress who starred in some of the United Kingdom’s biggest television shows, passed away today at age 84 in her home in Edinburgh after a long battle with an undisclosed illness. Closely associated with Sir Cliff Richard during her early years, particular Summer Holiday (1963) and Wonderful Life (1964) and his TV show It’s Cliff Richard! (1970 – 1972), …
He solved crimes out of a self-driving Pontiac Firebird, patrolled the beaches of Malibu, and helped break down the Berlin Wall. But ten years ago today, Eurovision fans were excited by rumors that none other than American icon David Hasselhoff would enter the Dutch national selection for Eurovision 2012. So much so that the official Eurovision website ran a story …
Fans of Duncan Laurence watching the American Billboard Hot 100 update every Tuesday must feel that his nickname is Sisyphus. His boulder, the Eurovision 2019 winning song “Arcade,” and the Hill in Hades that he is slowly pushing it up being the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In its 17th week on the chart, the Dutch entry “Arcade” is still slowly …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. To the great shock of millions, Nu Metal is back in 2021. Surprisingly, the most derided music sub-genre in rock history, whose performers and fans were constantly ridiculed as angry white trash scum …
With tensions continuing in the Eastern European nation of Belarus and conditions in the nation once again making international headlines, it seems to transpire that some notable Eurovision alumni have made an “enemy of the state” list in Belarus. VAL, the married duo who were initially selected to represent the nation in 2020 before being given the cold shoulder by …
