The Greek National Final is only a few days away and ESC UNITED would like to see who your favorites are. This year there are only four acts in the running and Greece wants to return to the Top 10 again after missing it for the first time in 8 years. The poll will close Sunday night and the results …
Cascada’s “Glorious” Night – Germany has chosen
After an exciting and unpredictable vote between the radio votes, televote and Juries the fan favorite “Cascada” is flying the flag for Germany this May in Malmo. Good luck to Germany, here is the video for you, let us know what you think. Thumbs up or thumbs down? [vsw id=”Y77A9-hQAp0″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Cyprus – Despina Olympiou’s song “An Me Thimase” released
Despina’s ballad “An Me Thimase” was reavealed by the broadcaster today. The singer, who is quite known in Greece and Cyprus and the entry has been composed by Andreas Giorgallis and penned by Xenon Zindilis. [vsw id=”gSvv7ie0Hio” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Let us know what you think, the ESC UNITED community is already talking among themselves and you can …
Hannah (Slovenia 2013) released “Straight into love”
Slovenia made their song for Malmo available online. Let us know what you think, thumbs up or thumbs down? To listen to the song click HERE. You can also watch the YouTube clip [vsw id=”O_6s44-lBKk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
GERMANY: ESC UNITED Readers want to see Cascada in Malmo
The poll results are in. With over 100 votes received we have a pretty clear winner. The majority of viewers want to see Cascada and “Glorious” represent Germany in Malmo. 33% felt that this is the strongest song in the running leaving the competition far behind. With a big fan following the odds are in her favor but it’s not …
The road to Malmo: Hungary: Interview with Compact Disco
As part of our special coverage for the Hungarian Road to Malmo series, ESC UNITED was lucky enough to interview Compact Disco. Last year they managed to take Hungary to the Finals with their entry “Sound of our hearts”. Csaba Walkó, the lead singer of the band, is currently a judge on A Dal and has a say in who …
Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009) is conquering North America
Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow is coming to North America. For the first time he is goig to perform in Canada (Toronto) so if you are from Canada or USA, don’t miss the chance to experience a live concert or if you know people living there, tell them about that concert. Go to …
Latvia – Who should win? Cast your vote
In a few days Latvia is going to choose their 2013 entry. Six songs from two Semi Finals will meet again on Saturday, February 16th and only one of them can be crowned the winner. The last time Latvia qualified for the Finals was in 2008 and since then were constantly placed in the Bottom Three of the …
Ranking Game 2013 – Round 6 Results
Every week all songs selected either via NF or internal selection are up for a vote and our members give points to their favorite songs. At the end of the week the host will tally up the points and post the results. This is Week 6 and includes the Maltese & Icelandic song selected this past weekend. This week’s ranking: …
It’s not just another name: It is Karen Kavaleryan
From Zack: At ESC UNITED, we want to put the focus back on the totality of the entries. That means we want to honor everyone involved, particularly the composers. After asking our readers for their thoughts on the composers that we should retrospectively cover, we got some great feedback and will be featuring some of them this week. Our next featured …