Swiss broadcaster SRF has announced that they will internally select their artist and competing song for Eurovision 2024. This will be the sixth year in a row that SRF has chosen internal selection over a national final, a strategy that has seen varying levels of success for the central European country. In both 2019 and 2021, Switzerland reached the Top …
TaP music, the management and publishing company responsible for collaborating with the BBC on the United Kingdom’s 2022 and 2023 entries, have announced that they will not continue this partnership into 2024. Writing on their Twitter page, TaP issued the following press release: “We are thrilled that Eurovision in the UK has a bigger and wider audience than ever before …
Earlier this month, RTL unveiled the first details about their national selection with 3 categories of participants mentioned: Singers with a song ready for Eurovision, Singers without a song and Songwriters wanting to collaborate with a national talent. This weekend, the first casting round for the selection happened at the Rockhal and it was the turn of singers without a …
Just about two months ago, everyone got to witness a historic win, not only for Loreen, but also for Sweden. The country will host it’s 7th contest in 2024 and now we know exactly where we are going. Malmö 2024 Shortly after Sweden’s victory in Liverpool, the interest for hosting the contest was expressed across the country, but some cities …
Estonian broadcaster ERR has announced changes to the both the format and personnel of its national selection, Eesti Laul. Chief producer Tomi Rahula stepped down from his role after five years. Under his leadership, the contest adapted to COVID-19 challenges, introduced quarter-finals, hosted semi-finals in other cities outside of Tallinn instead of in a TV studio, and introduced Estonian artists …
During the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, we were treated with a grand surprise, which was the announcement of the return of Luxembourg. The small nation has not participated in the competition since 1993, and despite that, the small landlocked nation is set on making a grand return. Luxembourgish national final Luxembourg is one of the founding countries of the Eurovision …
One month on from Wild Youth taking to the Eurovision stage in Liverpool, RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will again take part in 2024. Song submissions have been opened already — if you would like the opportunity to represent Ireland next year, you can fill out a form on the RTÉ website. Submissions are now open, and will close at …
It’s been one month now, since Loreen managed to become the second ever artist, to ever win the competition twice, as well as tying Sweden as the most succesful country in the contest, with Ireland. However, as most might even recall, she didn’t quite convince the televote and yesterday, the debate continued, but this time, it happened within a broadcaster. …
After much speculation, and confirmation from some ABBA members that they would not perform at Eurovision 2024, Bjorn Ulveaus has not ruled out a performance in Sweden. In an interview on SVT’s morning show, Morgonstudion, Bjorn answered questions on whether ABBA would appear at Eurovision saying; “It almost gets a little weird, doesn’t it? That it is exactly in Sweden, …
If it ain’t broke, then no need to fix it. Israel has decided to return to their former format when it comes to selecting their Eurovision entrant, which will be through the talent show “HaKokhav HaBa” which translates to “The Next Star“. Return of HaKokhav HaBa The talent show, is an Israeli produced show which made it’s debut back in …
