After months riddled in scandal and controversy, The Eurovision jury system has once again been revamped as The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) releases an updated set of rules to be used in next year’s contest in Copenhagen, taking a big step towards a transparent ESC result. The changes to the rules, released earlier today by the Reference Group of the …
Croatia Withdraws from ESC 2014
Croatia will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) announced earlier today. HRT cited a lack of funds and a difficult economic situation regarding their withdrawal from the next competition. However, the announcement asserts this is only temporary; HRT says that they aim to improve upon previous results and reach a better place in the …
Maya Sar (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2012) releses “O meni nikom ne pricaj”
Maya Sar, the 2012 representative of Bosnia Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest, has just released her latest single “O meni nikom ne pricaj”. It comes straight form her latest album ” Krive rijeci”. The song was co-written by Maya and her husband Mahir Sarihodzic. Listen to the song below: [vsw id=”5ZrBI29Dgy4″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Maja Sar was …
Ireland: Song Selection 2014
There has been lots of requests all around on different sites querying would the Irish song selection process be changed for 2014? Today it was announced by Michael Kealy (RTEs Head of Delegation at Eurovision) that RTE were looking at all possible options for the 2014 Eurosong. Meetings have been taking place between Mr Kealy and the new Head of …
Emmelie de Forest releases “Hunter & Prey”
Emmelie de Forest, the winner of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, has just released the video clip to her latest single “Hunter & Prey”. The single itself was already released on August 19th. The song was co-written by Emmelie along with Julia Fabrin Jakobsen & Thomas Stengaard. The song can be found on her debut album “Only Teardrops” released May 6th, …
Editorial: Conchita Wurst brings out the worst of the ESC fandom
The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Once news broke on Twitter of Conchita Wurst’s participation in Copenhagen for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, I immediately knew that I could expect tons of unwarranted hatred for Austria’s choice. When someone who doesn’t look like the …
Malena Ernman (Sweden 2009) releases “You’ll never walk alone”
Malena Ernman who represented Sweden at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest has released a new single after taking a short break. “You’ll never walk alone” is a rather quiet ballad and rather different from her Eurovision effort “La Voix”. Listen to the song below: [vsw id=”bcT2pPqcmcE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] The 42 year old singer will release her …
No return for Turkey in 2014???
Turkey’s broadcaster TRT indicated that the country may not return to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The country has been quite successful in the last decade which included a victory in 2003 as well as six additional Top 10 placings. However Turkey unexpectedly withdrew from the contest citing dissatisfaction with the introduction of a mixed jury/televote …
Estonia: Eesti Laul dates relased
Eesti Laul has been the National Final show for Estonia for several years now and according to this Source the Semis and Final will take place on the following dates: Semi Final 1: February 14th Semi Final 2: February 21st Final: March 1st This was confirmed by Mart Normet, the Estonian head of delegation. Estonia has won the contest once …
Portugal “Likely To Return” News Pleases Fans
During the Eurovision Concert in Portugal, there were many hints at Portugal returning to the contest. This pleases many fans, Portuguese and other.