The end of the year calendar is filling up fast! Czech broadcaster ČT announced today that it will be holding ESCZ, its national final for Eurovision 2022, in December. This is much earlier than normal, as Czech Republic’s artists have typically been selected in late January/early February since the switch to a national final format in 2018. The earlier date …
A new day, a new selection process begins! Yesterday the ESCZ official Instagram account announced that the broadcaster would be hosting an open call for song submissions in order to select their 2022 Eurovision artist. As always, the submitted songs must abide by the September 1st rule from the EBU – the song or demo cannot have been released or …
Rotterdam, 13 May 2021 ‘Sup you fools! Day 47 of rehearsals has begun, with several countries from the second semifinal doing their second cycle. But first, we round up Semi 1 with Malta’s second rehearsals. Will Destiny recover from her first run? We’ll discuss it below! 16. Malta (#MLT) Destiny – “Je me casse” The Maltese have taken the …
Rotterdam, 09 May 2021 OMAGA!! Benny Cristo has arrived for his first rehearsal, read all about it below: Country: Czech Republic (#CZE) Act: Benny Cristo Song: “Omaga” Semifinal: Second (20/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 03/17 First and foremost, Benny’s outfit POPS. He’s wearing a glittery gold jacket, having cut his dreads for a sleek silver buzzcut. He looks very dapper …
As rehearsals get underway in Rotterdam, we continue to profile all 39 participants in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. It’s time to take a look at the Czech Republic’s larger than life artist Benny Cristo, who has over a decade of experience in the industry and is now ready to take the Eurovision stage by storm with his dance-pop banger …
Benny Cristo has revealed this year’s Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, “Omaga”, with a well-produced and fun music video. The Czech rapper and singer shows his funny side in the music video, using various techniques and efforts to capture the heart of his love interest, with multiple cultural references throughout the song, such as Lady and the Tramp …
The Czech Republic have been known for their online national final for the past three years, but this year they will select their Eurovision song internally. As we reported back in December, Benny has been hard at work recording new music for the contest and has quite a few quality candidates. Was a national final in the works? Todays decision …
It has been announced today that Benny Cristo, the artist who was due to represent the Czech Republic in Rotterdam this week, will be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021! In a post on Facebook, Eurovision Song Contest Czech Republic revealed that Benny will be returning with a new song for next year’s contest, scheduled to be held …
Our “Expert” Panel continues for another year, with 15 members of the ESC United team having sat down to review the hopefuls that were set to represent their nations at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam! As a quick reminder, the rules of our “Expert” Panel are simple; our team provide a score for each entry between 1 and 10, with .5 …
The second round of our annual Forum Ranking Game has concluded following the deadline for votes on Saturday 15th February, and we have a new leader – it’s Latvia! A new entry straight in at number one this week, Samanta Tīna’s “Still Breathing” earned the most points out of the six entries from the voting members of our forum to …
