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Little Big’s Ilya Prusikin reveals Eurovision selection as ‘surprise’ and discusses the next steps

In an interview with the Russian Forbes site, the male lead of the Russian rave band Little Big, who last month were chosen as the Russian representatives for the ill-fated Eurovision 2020, Ilya Prusikin, has given more details about their selection for their country, as well as recent events surrounding their quarantine in St. Petersburg. The interview with reporters Yaroslav …

Junior Eurovision 2020: Current State of the Contest

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. After the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 and the postponement of Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 due to COVID-19, quite a few eyes turned to the Junior Eurovision contest and its preparations in the ESC …

Russia: Little Big complete Eurovision 2020 line-up with “Uno”

Russia’s long-awaited entry for Eurovision 2020 has been revealed on “Evening Urgant”, this evening’s late-night chat show hosted by Eurovision 2009 host Ivan Urgant. The song matches up with a snippet heard during the band’s reveal on Russian evening news last week, with the music video reminiscent of a kitsch 70s Eurovision performance and featuring an eye-catching leg dance from …

Remembering the Eurovision stars we lost in 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, we remember and honor Eurovision stars, writers, and producers who passed away this year. Stars whose participation and performances provided so much joy to Eurovision fans at the contest and beyond. In no particular order, here are the notable Eurovision stars we lost in 2019. Kenny Lynch – United Kingdom – A Song for …

State of the Junior Eurovision 2019 race: Who’s winning online?

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. There is a major televote difference between Eurovision and its Junior Eurovision counterpart, and it is a difference that makes predicting the televote winner a little more intriguing and more open to speculation. …

Russia: Dima Bilan hints at wanting a third try at Eurovision

Russia’s sole victor in the Eurovision Song Contest, Dima Bilan, has hinted that he would be interested in returning for a third time to the contest if the selection of the Russian candidate was opened back up to the public. The Russian representative for Eurovision has been selected internally each year since 2013, with Channel One and VGTRK rotating the …

Russia: Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak release official Junior Eurovision 2019 video for “A Time for Us”

Tatyana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorzhak, Russia’s representatives at Junior Eurovision 2019 in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland, have gone post apocalyptic in the official video for their entry “A Time for Us.” In a revamped version of their national selection winning song, which you may recall won in a landslide and contains in Kyzyl native Oorzhak one of the more distinctive vocal performances …

Russia: Tatyana Mezhentseva and Oorzhak Denberel to perform “A Time for Us” at Junior Eurovision 2019!

Carousel TV announced that Tatyana Mezhentseva and Oorzhak Denberel have handily won the Russian national selection final, and that they will go on to Gliwice, Poland, to perform “A Time for Us” at Junior Eurovision 2019. 12-year-old Denberel, from Kyzyl in the Far Eastern Russian republic of Tuva, will join 9-year-old Mezhentseva on November 24, 2019 after their crushing lead …

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