We at ESC United continue to bring you exclusive interviews with the participants from national finals from all over Europe! Next up, it’s time to head to Serbia. You all know who will participate at Serbian national selection, Beovizija, and one of the contestants who we’ve interviewed is Marko Marković, whose song has quite an interesting title – Kolači (Cakes). …
On Saturday, Australia will be selecting their artist for the second time using a national final, as Australia Decides 2020 takes place in Gold Coast. Ten acts are fighting for the lucrative Australian ticket to Rotterdam, and we will be there to help cover every twist and turn of the competition! Our Australian editor Holly will be in Gold Coast …
With a number of national selections fast approaching, we wanted to learn more about the people and personalities behind some of the entries hoping to reach Rotterdam this year. ESC United kick off their interviews for the 2020 season in Latvia, ahead of Supernova 2020 this weekend. First up, we speak to ANNNA who will be performing “Polyester”! Hello ANNNA! …
The Swedish national broadcaster SVT, who organise the national selection show Melodifestivalen annually, have confirmed this morning that Thorsten Flinck will no longer be part of the second semi-final of the competition. The performer was due to sing the Thomas G:son entry “Miraklernas tid” in this Saturday’s semi-final in Gothenburg, but has been removed from the line-up after he was …
As ever, the moments following a national selection or a song release for the contest generates considerable discussion on our forum, with many Eurovision fans quick to praise or critique the latest releases in the contest universe. At ESC United, we are all about #YOU, so we wanted to highlight the forum buzz around each song selected for this year’s …
As many of you know, the Lithuanians are holding the aniversary edition of their national selection Eurovizijos Atranka this year. The 2020 edition, christened “Pabandom is naujo” (“Here we go again!”) for the occasion has completed its Heats Stage and has now moved on to the semifinal. Ten songs, four qualifiers. Here’s a recap of what happened, in chronological order. …
It’s the turn of the Western Norway artists to face the music tonight in Fornebu, and they will do just that against our panel this afternoon. Let’s see what our team thought of the Norwegian acts in Semi-Final 4! Today’s reviews come from Daniel, James, Melanie, Roy and Sean. Hege Bjerk – Pang Daniel – 8 – “This is a …
Maaan, I love Lithuania’s national selection. A lot of people see it as a marathon slugfest that prefers quantity over quality. While that may be true on some occasions it has consistently been among my favourite selections! You may ask yourself “Why?” Well that answer is easy, Lithuania is super tansparent about their results. Today it is time to look …
Things are getting serious over in Lithuania, as the rebranded search for a Eurovision star, ‘Pabandom iš naujo!’, gets to its semi-final stages. Now that we are all familiar with the songs and competing artists, it’s time to have your say – which of these acts is YOUR favourite? Vote in our poll below and we’ll reveal all before the …
We are a little over a week until the much anticipated Eurovision – Australia Decides for 2020, and all ten entries have now been revealed to the public. The ten artists vying for a chance to represent the land Down Under were revealed at the end of last year and since then the artists have slowly released their songs one …
