One of the big favorites to win the Melodi Grand Prix, Gåte, was informed that they needed to change the lyrics of their entry “Ulveham”. The news spread fast and the band has less than a week to change the song’s lyrics. CONTROVERSY Allegedly, Ulveham’s lyrics are identical to a 1,000-year-old medieval ballad. As Eurovision requires original music, the broadcaster …
As the semi-final for Supernova quickly approaches, I was able to grab newcomer Sasha Sil for a brief conversation about her pathway to music, her entry for the selection, and her time on X Factor. There’s a lot about Sasha that you may be surprised to learn, so make sure you read everything! Hello there Sasha, and welcome to ESCUnited …
This week we have a number of national finals kicking off for the first time – and one of them is Big Five country Spain! Spain’s broadcaster RTVE is once again turning to Benidorm Fest to select their artist for Eurovision, with 16 artists being selected to compete across the two semi-finals. In preparation for tomorrow’s show we want to …
Not long now until Malmö officially becomes the host city of this year’s contest, when the official keychain is handed over to the city from Liverpool. Before all that, we still have the very last details that needs to be set, before the ceremony can take place and before we exactly know, who will compete in the two semi-finals. Let’s …
In less than a week from today, 11 acts will take the Vidbir stage to compete for the prestigious ticket for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. As we build up to the final of Vidbir, we had the chance to get to know the participants a little better and sit down for a chat. Today, for our first Vidbir interview, we …
After months of preparation, Luxembourg has selected its first representative in over thirty years. The Luxembourg Song Contest has come to a conclusion, 8 contestants competed in the final to represent Luxembourg and now its finally known who will represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Tonight at the Rockhal in Esch-Belval, Luxembourg has chosen its winner, with a …
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) announced the newest crop of songs in Söngvakeppnin today in between the national finals currently taking place in Norway, Lithuania, and Luxembourg. The competition will compose of two semi-finals on 17 February and 24 February of five songs each, and all songs in the semi-finals will be performed in the Icelandic language. Songs that qualify to the final …
Lithuania’s national selection, EUROVIZIJA.LT, is at the halfway point as the next two acts were selected for February’s national grand final! Catch up on all the belting, twirling, and crooning here. This week the Lithuanian public were encouraged to donate to the Radarom charity who work to provide radar equipment to Ukraine. The running order this week was: Anžela Adamovič-Gečienė – Paskubėk Sid …
Third week in a row Eurofans enjoyed watching Melodi Grand Prix. After three exciting shows, we know all the finalists competing to represent Norway in Malmö this year. Let’s take a peak and see what happened in tonight’s third semi-final. Melodi Grand Prix 2024 – Semi-final 3 A total of 18 songs entered the competition this year. They were equally …
Warning: this post contains opinions. Please try to not be offended. Well, the end’s in sight. The third and final batch of semifinalists of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix 2024 are going to make their entrance tonight. We at ESCUnited of course had our own share of opinions about tonight’s crop of hopefuls, so we’ve gathered our toughts into a smögåsbord …
