Cover photo courtesy of Elena Volotova (EBU) Maria Elena Kyriakou tells us about her children, her time on the Voice, who she’d like to duet with, and her lyrics at the Press Meet and Greet. Maria wanted to take some time to explore Vienna and requested that interviews wait for a later day. Be sure to be on the lookout for …
PKN (Finland): “Punk music, it’s not different from pop”
Cover photo courtesy of Elena Volotova (EBU) PKN introduce themselves, their music, and their tattoos at the Press Meet and Greet. PKN gave a limited number of interviews today and unfortunately, ESC United will have to wait to get their opportunity to speak with PKN. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the 2015 Eurovision Song …
Genealogy (Armenia): “It’s an honor to represent our roots”
Cover photo courtesy of Elena Volotova (EBU). Genealogy from Armenia talk about who they are and what this performance means to the Armenian diaspora. As seen in the interview, Genealogy also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from the Press Meet and Greet. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the …
Eduard Romanyuta (Moldova): “You will like the stage because it’s unusual”
Eduard Romanyuta has the honor of being the first act on the Eurovision stage this year in Vienna. Matt talks with the representative of Moldova about his Ukrainian background, the staging, and his post-Eurovision plans. As seen in the interview, Eduard also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from his Press Meet and Greet. Be …
Trijntje Oosterhuis (Netherlands): “You are focused on making these three minutes the best of your life”
Trintje Oosterhuis talks about who she has worked with, her performance, and most importantly, the dress, at the Press Meet and Greet. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest by ESC United!
Loïc Nottet (Belgium): “This is a hard performance”
Loïc Nottet (Belgium) talks with ESC United’s Matt about the performance, his backup singers, and which American artists he likes. As seen in the interview, Loïc also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from his Press Meet and Greet. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the 2015 Eurovision Song …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 1
It’s finally here, the moment fans across the continent (and now from down under) have been waiting for. We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna for the first rehearsals of 2015! Today will see the first rehearsals from the countries in the first half of semi-final one. Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Estonia and Macedonia will …
Predicting who will emerge from the Semi-Finals (Pre-rehearsals)
While en-route to Bratislava yesterday, Matt and Zack from ESC United spent the hour long train ride discussing who we think will advance to the Finals from the 2 Semi-Finals that will take place next Tuesday and Thursday. As we discussed these picks, we took into account only what has been presented so far, such as live performances, studio tracks, …
OGAE: Penultimate votes revealed
The penultimate set of votes to be revealed by the OGAE International network have been posted. This batch includes Turkey, Netherlands and Azerbaijan as well as the votes from the EC fanclub in Germany. EC Germany 12 Slovenia 10 Sweden 8 Australia 7 Norway 6 Belgium 5 Estonia 4 Italy 3 Israel 2 France 1 Azerbaijan Turkey 12 Italy 10 …
OGAE: Catch up with the current result
Four more votes from OGAE clubs were announced yesterday. It’s the turn of Belgium, Slovakia and Latvia while a confirmation of Portugal’s previous votes also strengthened the poll. Belgium 12 Norway 10 Italy 8 Sweden 7 Slovenia 6 Australia 5 Azerbaijan 4 Estonia 3 Spain 2 Israel 1 Russia Portugal – already reported but today confirmed 12 Italy 10 Norway …