The list has finally dropped, and thankfully it did. With recent news about the withdrawal of Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, there were fears of possibly more withdrawals to come, but those speculations are now over, as the EBU has finally confirmed that 37 countries will participate in the upcoming contest. 37 countries it is! In the end, it is …
The 2023 season is slowly approaching day by day, and it sure feels like that when the heavy Eurovision countries are getting their word out. Sweden just recently revealed how many songs were received and now, we even know who will guide us through 28 of the selected songs, when we approach the month of February. Melodifestival 2023 Hosts Before …
For a third week, Rosa Linn’s “Snap,” which came in 20th for Armenia at Eurovision 2022, has managed to hang on at Number 97 on the United States’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. And as an indirect beneficiary of Netflix’s Stranger Things show, Rosa Linn is joined on the chart by a Hot 100 debutante in Swedish cult band Ghost, whose …
Today marks the final day for any broadcaster with an active membership in the European Broadcasting Union to apply for participation in Eurovision 2023. After this, no additional broadcaster will be able to participate in the contest that did not originally apply – but broadcasters who submitted an application can still withdraw prior to October 11th without financial penalty. Any …
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. Armenia’s Rosa Linn has officially become the 12th member of an elite Eurovision club. “Snap,” which came in 20th for Armenia at Eurovision 2022, entered the United States’ Billboard Hot 100 chart yesterday, …
Swedish Eurovision alumni Cornelia Jakobs and Benjamin Ingrosso were among the artists honoured in tonight’s Rockbjörnen awards, hosted by Swedish news outlet Aftonbladet. Jakobs, who finished fourth in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, earned the Swedish Song of the Year award for her track “Hold Me Closer”, also scooping the Breakthrough Artist award. The awards ceremony, which took place in …
On July 2nd the Swedish broadcaster SVT confirmed their intent to participate in Eurovision 2023 and revealed the process for submitting entries for Melodifestivalen. The Swedish national final is constantly considered as one of the toughest national finals for Eurovision, due to the SVT’s high production budget, a large interest from artists in participating, and the pool of songwriting talent …
Eurovision 1974 winners ABBA shocked the world when they announced in 2018 that the band would be reuniting for a digital avatar tour dubbed the “Abbatars”, and during the filming process they had written two new songs. The process to make the concert has been a wild one, which would see all four members back in a recording and filming …
Congratulations are in order to …. KALUSH ORCHESTRA of Ukraine. The group won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after receiving a record-shattering 439 points from the televote. (Moldova, Spain, and Serbia were the only other entries to receive more than 200 points from the televote.) The group were in 4th place after the points from the 40 international juries were …
In a night full of lightning, glory notes, bejeweled sneakers, and mechanical bulls, the most shocking moments came from the reveal of semi 2’s results. In all 18 acts competed during tonight’s show, hoping to secure slots in Saturday’s Grand Final. They were: 🇫🇮 FINLAND – The Rasmus – Jezebel 🇮🇱 ISRAEL – Michael Ben David – I.M 🇷🇸 SERBIA …
