This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. It occurred to me last week, during the results live stream after the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, that the debate had centred on which of the two semi-final winners would be the …

[AdSense-B] Russia’s hopeful for Tel Aviv is likely to be presented by January 15th, according to one of the leading Russian Eurovision pages on VK. The original post can be found HERE. The successor to Julia Samoylova has been widely speculated across social media, both in Russia and beyond, but it seems we do not have much longer to wait …

[AdSense-B] Before we go into this article, we must stress that these are only rumours at the moment, but we can understand why Russian Eurovision fans are getting excited – Sergey Lazarev has been teasing the reveal of some big news on December 7th (that’s tomorrow)! The Russian performer, who represented Russia in Stockholm with “You Are The Only One” …

We recently got the full list of participating countries for the upcoming contest in Tel-Aviv, and with that we can now look forward to who will be involved with the upcoming contest. [AdSense-B] For now, it seems that Russia may return to the 2019 contest stronger than ever, with the ambition of winning it all once again. Rumours have been …

[AdSense-B] This morning’s session saw the songs between 6th and 12th in the running order from semi-final two rehearse, and what a morning it turned out to be! Did #YOU miss out on this morning’s session? Well there’s no need to worry, we have everything covered below, so check it out! RUSSIA – Yulia Samoylova – I Won’t Break Kicking …

[AdSense-B] The second batch of rehearsals today certainly saw some big performances as Denmark, Russia and Moldova took to the stage! If #YOU missed out on the live stream from earlier, this can be found below, but we have also provided some short reviews below! DENMARK – Rasmussen – Higher Ground If you’ve watched the performance from the Danish selection, …

[AdSense-B] While we are gearing up for a big return, let’s take a look at how #YOU reacted to Estonia’s entry this year… moop (Forum) – “Utterly boring… snooze fest, can’t keep my eyes open. If I ever suffer from insomnia I’ll be sure to put this one on when in need.” Soul (Forum) – “As a huge fan of …

[AdSense-B] Now that all of the songs taking part in this year’s contest have been finalised, we can get a better picture of how the result may look in Lisbon through our popular ranking game. The first round with a complete roster of songs concluded at midnight, so now’s a better time than any to take a look at the …

[AdSense-B] What a roller coaster 12 months it has been for this year’s Russian entrant Yulia Samoylova. The performer was chosen by the Russian broadcaster Channel One to represent the nation in Ukraine almost a year ago (a year tomorrow, in fact!) in an ill-fated attempt to participate in the Kyiv contest. After the performer was banned from entering Ukraine …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. The trees are up, you’ve heard the same old songs one hundred times already and you’ve not even got to open THIS year’s pair of socks from some almost-forgotten aunt, yet the 2018 …