All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. It’s the third year of Spain’s Benidorm Fest, and with a wildly popular debut (resulting in 3rd at Eurovision 2022) and a slightly chastening sophomore result (17th at Eurovision 2023), …
Just two days after the third semi-final concluded, NRK has already decided and revealed the official running order for the grand final. NRK has decided that Eurovision 2019 participants KEiiNO will open the show with their electrodance number “Damdiggida”, while Erika Norwich & Super Rob will close the show with “My AI”. The full running order is as follows: KEiiNO …
This weekend the final semi-final of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix concluded, and the last three spots in the final were filled. Now a total of nine artists are set to battle it out in the Trodheim Spektrum arena to win the right to compete at Eurovision. The competing artists are as follows: KEiiNO – “Damdiggida” Annprincess – “Save Me” Gothminister …
One of the big favorites to win the Melodi Grand Prix, Gåte, was informed that they needed to change the lyrics of their entry “Ulveham”. The news spread fast and the band has less than a week to change the song’s lyrics. CONTROVERSY Allegedly, Ulveham’s lyrics are identical to a 1,000-year-old medieval ballad. As Eurovision requires original music, the broadcaster …
This week we have a number of national finals kicking off for the first time – and one of them is Big Five country Spain! Spain’s broadcaster RTVE is once again turning to Benidorm Fest to select their artist for Eurovision, with 16 artists being selected to compete across the two semi-finals. In preparation for tomorrow’s show we want to …
Not long now until Malmö officially becomes the host city of this year’s contest, when the official keychain is handed over to the city from Liverpool. Before all that, we still have the very last details that needs to be set, before the ceremony can take place and before we exactly know, who will compete in the two semi-finals. Let’s …
In less than a week from today, 11 acts will take the Vidbir stage to compete for the prestigious ticket for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. As we build up to the final of Vidbir, we had the chance to get to know the participants a little better and sit down for a chat. Today, for our first Vidbir interview, we …
After months of preparation, Luxembourg has selected its first representative in over thirty years. The Luxembourg Song Contest has come to a conclusion, 8 contestants competed in the final to represent Luxembourg and now its finally known who will represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Tonight at the Rockhal in Esch-Belval, Luxembourg has chosen its winner, with a …
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) announced the newest crop of songs in Söngvakeppnin today in between the national finals currently taking place in Norway, Lithuania, and Luxembourg. The competition will compose of two semi-finals on 17 February and 24 February of five songs each, and all songs in the semi-finals will be performed in the Icelandic language. Songs that qualify to the final …
Lithuania’s national selection, EUROVIZIJA.LT, is at the halfway point as the next two acts were selected for February’s national grand final! Catch up on all the belting, twirling, and crooning here. This week the Lithuanian public were encouraged to donate to the Radarom charity who work to provide radar equipment to Ukraine. The running order this week was: Anžela Adamovič-Gečienė – Paskubėk Sid …
