The Junior Eurovision 2019 stage has finally been revealed by the contest organisers, with a Polish production designer the brains behind the exciting design. TVP have gone all-out for Poland’s first hosting of a Eurovision music event, with a colourful and unique backdrop designed by Giorgios Stylianou-Matsis, who also designed stages for various events in Poland including The X Factor, …
Albania’s Junior Fest 2019 was held at the Amphitheater of the Lake Park in Tirana, and 11-year-old Isea Çili emerged victorious from the pack of sixteen young hopefuls. The Junior Fest 2019 jury selected her song “Mikja ime Fëmijëria” (My childhood friend), and she will head off to Gliwice-Silesia, Poland, to represent Albania at Junior Eurovision 2019 on November 24, …
After a decade at the helm, Jon Ola Sand has today announced his decision to step down as Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest after the Rotterdam 2020 contest is complete. At that time, Sand will also resign from his role as Head of Live Events at the EBU, a role in which he also oversees the Junior Eurovision …
12-year-old Wiktoria Gabor has won the right to represent host nation Poland at Junior Eurovision 2019, winning today’s Polish national selection final with her song “Superhero.” Co-written by Polish singer-songwriter Lanberry, Patryk Kumór, and Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, “Superhero” crushed fellow Szansa na Sukces 2019 finalists Nikola Fiedor and Gabriela Katzer, winning both the jury votes and the televotes. Over the course …
Four acts competed at Junior Songfestival 2019 at the Theater Hanzehof in Zutphen for the right to represent The Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2019, and Matheu Hinzen – who performs as Matheu – won a clean sweep of the kids’ jury, the adults’ jury, and the televote with his fun and poppy “Dans met jou.” “Dans met jou” is written …
Yesterday, our editorial team reviewed all four Dutch entries fighting it out to represent their country at Junior Eurovision in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland, on November 24, 2019. We also asked #YOU to tell us your favourite, and #YOU arrived at the same conclusion: The four member group Moves, with “Make Your Move,” should advance from the national final to Junior Eurovision 2019. …
What is the best way to describe the Lithuanian songs and the Lithuanian national final, other than saying it’s one heck of a ride. Hopefully not anymore, but it’s still going to be a long ride. [AdSense-B] Many fans often struggle to predict what will happen with Lithuania in this contest. Multiple years when fan favorites have failed to win …
2019 was not exactly the best year for Ireland and RTE, but the Irish national broadcaster is already looking forward and in hopes of turning their bad luck for 2020. [AdSense-B] RTE has announced that they will once again select the country’s representative through an internal selection, which has been done since 2016. However, that has resulted in only 1 …
Yesterday our team reviewed all eleven of the entries fighting for Russia’s ticket to Junior Eurovision 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. We asked #YOU to tell us your favourite, and unlike Belarus, where #YOU and our editorial team both went for Mariya Yermakova, #YOU overwhelmingly went a different direction with Russia. Our editorial team had a slight preference overall for Ksenia Kushner’s “Girls don’t cry,” with …
After winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, the group ABBA quickly rose to international fame, becoming one of the most commercially successful acts in popular music. Arguably they are one of the most successful winners of the Eurovision Song Contest to date next to Céline Dion. However, following the group’s official break-up in 1982, the world had to face the …
