The Swedish broadcaster SVT recently presented the theme art for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. We at ESC United understand how exciting it is to support your country (or your favorite song) so just as we did last year, we created Logo Flags for most European countries including all possible participants. And if you’re like me and live outside …
2016: Returning Artists
So, we know that Macedonia have selected Kaliopi to represent them in Stockholm, and Bosnia & Herzegovina have selected Dalal Midhat-Talakić, Fuad Backović-Deen & Ana Rucner as their representatives. In those we have two returning artists, Kaliopi represented Macedonia in 2012 and Deen represented his nation in 2004. Could 2016 be the year of the returning artists? Some singers like to …
43 countries in Stockholm and should we be worried about Terrorism in Eurovision? – Know-It-All Podcast
Our are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. Today’s panel includes Matt (ESC United Editor-in-Chief), Stefan (ESC United Editor) and Zack (ESC United Contributor). Today’s topics: – Australia at Eurovision, Good or Bad Idea? – 43 countries in Stockholm – Kaliopi back to Eurovision for FYR …
43 Countries in Stockholm!
Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …
Kaliopi to represent Macedonia in 2016
Big news for many Eurovision fans breaking in the last few minutes; Kaliopi, who represented Macedonia in 2012 and the 1996 prequalification round, will once again take to the Eurovision stage in Stockholm. The popular singer was the last Macedonian performer to take the Balkan nation to the final and it therefore seems to be the hope from MRT that …
POLL: Who Should Win JESC 2015?
Tomorrow night the participants from 17 countries will take to the stage in Bulgaria and will be broadcast live to the world, all hoping to take home the trophy of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Who do you think should win tomorrow night? Here is the recap from the dress rehearsal to help you make up your mind: [socialpoll …
JESC: Day 1 of Rehearsals
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 …
Interview with Ivana & Magdalena
The rehearsals have already started in Sofia, but Ivana and Magdalena from Macedonia have found some time to do an interview with us. Hello girls, first I’ve would like to ask you how did you two meet? Who are Ivana and Magdalena? Ivana: We met at an audition and since then we are best friends. I was born in …
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 …
Dino and Karolina prepare concerts
Eurovision has seen some huge Balkan stars. Among them are Dino Merlin and Karolina Gočeva, who both represented Bosnia & Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia twice. Four years ago Dino held three concerts in a row in fully packed Belgrade Arena with more than 20.000 people every night. He is back now and Dino will have two concerts this time. The …