The votes are in and Belgium has voted to send Gustaph to Liverpool in May with his joyous song Because of You! Have a listen here – it’s a real banger! Gustaph is a veteran of the Belgian music scene and finalized his song on the final day of Belgium’s week-long Eurovision fest. He captured 278 points (one point ahead of the …
Good evening, Eurovision fans! Do you have whiplash from switching between Estonia, Norway and Belgium’s national finals yet? In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of Eesti Laul Semi-Final 2. Tonight’s running order included the following entries: Inger – “Awaiting You” Linalakk & Bonzo – “Aeg” Meelik- “Tuju” Elysa – “Bad Philosophy” Robin Juhkental – “Kurbuse matused” m els …
Eesti Laul, Estonia’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, is coming up on January 12. Coming out of a 2022 season that saw Estonia finish 13th in the grand final, can the beloved Baltic nation make some Eurovision magic? Here were are at semi-final 2! Members of the ESCUnited team have reviewed and rated this year’s entries on a …
Earlier this week, we asked #YOU to vote for your favourite songs of the first semi-final in Norway’s annual extravaganza, Melodi Grand Prix. The results are now in! There seemed to be two pretty clear favourites in this semi-final, suggesting the third slot in the 4th February finale is very much up for grabs; the two front runners according to …
Brussels, 13 January 2023 Belgium have kicked off the week-long Eurosong marathon. From Monday to Friday, we’ll get to know the participants in Eurosong 2023, and their songs. Every day, VRT will release a 30 minute reality show, presenting the contestants during their bootcamp (or “songclub”). During this bootcamp, each artist will showcase their two songs, with their competition listening …
Today the Croatian broadcaster HRT released the 18 entries vying for a chance to represent their country at Eurovision 2023 on the radio show Svijet diskografije. The full list of artists and song titles were first revealed on December 9th, following an open submission process. The shortlisted entries were chosen from a pool of 196 songs by a nine person …
Brussels, 12 January 2023 Belgium have kicked off the week-long Eurosong marathon. From Monday to Friday, we’ll get to know the participants in Eurosong 2023, and their songs. Every day, VRT will release a 30 minute reality show, presenting the contestants during their bootcamp (or “songclub”). During this bootcamp, each artist will showcase their two songs, with their competition listening in. …
Our next Melodi Grand Prix interview is with MGP 1987 winner and former Eurovision artist Kate Gulbrandsen who is set to compete this weekend in the first semi-final. Kate has represented Norway internationally for a number of years outside of Eurovision, including in 1986 when she competed in the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo. Following her MGP win, Kate would …
It’s official! France opted for an internal selection this year and chose La Zarra to represent the country in Liverpool on May. After two years of holding a national final with Eurovision France : C’est vous qui décidez !, France decided to go back to an internal selection to choose its representative for Eurovision. And today, the French delegation finally …
We continue our Melodi Grand Prix interview series today following a very lucky conversation with MGP 2020 winner and should-have-been Eurovision artist Ulrikke. “Honestly” we can’t believe it happened! Ulrikke’s musical talent was first found when she won a local singing contest and acted in productions of Pippi Longstocking and Reisen til julestjernen. Her love of the theater would continue …
