In a meeting held yesterday, the special committee by the Israeli Broadcasting Association selected singer Mei Finegold to represent Israel in Copenhagen 2014. Mei has confirmed the news and said she was certain that she would qualify and proceed to the Eurovision final. “I am not considering the possibility I will not make it to the final, I’m not even …

About a week ago DR  presented the theme art for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. ESC United is giving back to the community and created Flags in the shape of the Diamond logo used for official purposes. We created a pack of 59 flags including a Bonus Diamond for the Valentina Monetta fans out there. All you have to do …

RTSH, the Albanian broadcaster, today announced new hosts for their national selection and most popular music festival Festivali i Këngës. With only one week to go, Diellza Kolgeci – a fashion icon from Kosovo – withdrew from her role as the Festivali i Këngës host. So RTSH have decided to take a new approach to the hosting. For the semi-finals, …

YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster has announced the 12 competing act for the UMK which will be televised live on February 1st. The selection process will be include 2 introduction shows, 2 heats, 1 second-chance round and one grand final where the Finnish entry for Copenhagen will be selected. The first show will air on December 28th, following by a …

IBA, the Israeli broadcasting Association has announced that this year’s entry will not be selected using the familiar Kdam format. A special committee will internally select an artist who will present 3 songs during a special televised song selection, a private Kdam. The committee will consist of music professionals, IBA representatives and it will be supervised by a court judge …

Today the Swedish National broadcaster, SVT revealed the first 16 acts in a press conference they held in Stockholm. Among the acts are some very familiar faces.   Semifinal 1/Malmo February 1: Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Mahan Moin “Aleo” Mahan Moin, Anderz Wrethov   Alvaro Estrella “Bedroom” Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Lauren Francis, Kristofer Östergren …

In yet another surprising Eurovision twist, RTV SLO has announced today that Slovenia has actually submitted their application for participation in Copenhagen! The unexpected news was published on the broadcaster’s website, noting that they sent in their application at eve of the deadline. However, the confirmation is only semi-official. Just like last year, the Slovene broadcaster is using one of …

Annet Artani introduced her new upbeat hit You Got What I Need among other songs at Europhoria this Saturday evening (Nov 16) in New York City. ESCunited readers were the first to watch the live performance. We hope you enjoyed to exclusive live performance! Here is  recap for those who didn’t tune in for the live event: [vsw id=”wTbCZYGQ55Y” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ …

Artani is best known for co-writing “Everytime” with Britney Spears and representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2006 with the song “Why Angels Cry”. She recently joined the Eurovision race in hope of representing Switzerland in Copenhagen 2014. Artani will introduce her new upbeat hit You Got What I Need among other songs at Europhoria this Saturday evening (Nov 16) in New York …

Annet Artani, who is best known for representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2006 with the powerful ballad “Why Angels Cry” and co writing the world hit “Everytime” with Britney Spears, is determined to conquer the Eurovision stage once again in Denmark. Artani has submitted the song “You Got What I Need” that will compete against 151 other entries in the Swiss …