Fresh after the start of the new year, Norway’s NRK has announced the 21 artists who will compete in the 61st edition of Melodi Grand Prix. This years line-up will see an number of MGP winners return to the competition like Kate Guldbrandsen (1987), Stig Van Eikj (1999), JOWST (2017), and Ulrikke who despite winning MGP 2020, would not compete …
Brussels, 2 January 2023 The new year has begun and Belgium’s resolution appears to be: “leave nothing to chance”. VRT have announced their plans of including a professional jury during their national final, Eurosong. The Flemish national broadcaster have been keeping their cards close to their chest, only offering new information piecemeal. The inclusion of a professional jury (previously rumoured …
Tonight we saw the second national final of the Eurovision 2023 season come to an official close. A total of 21 finalists took to the stage in Tirana’s Palace of Congresses for Festivali i Këngës 61 and represent their country in Liverpool this coming May. Five of the ten emerging artists from the semi-finals were eliminated after the second night. …
The Azerbaijani broadcaster Ictimai has announced that it will utilize an open submission process to select it’s Eurovision 2023 entry. Interested performers and songwriters can submit entries directly to Ictimai by emailing song@eurovizion.az before the deadline on December 31st. Demos are permitted, but the broadcaster expects that the lyrics, performance and duration of the song meet the rules of the …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the quoted reviewer and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. October 27th was the day Suspilne announced that they had selected 36 songs that could potentially represent Ukraine next year. After that, 10 finalists were selected. Further to that, it was announced …
In a surprise announcement early this morning, the Croatian broadcaster HRT revealed the 18 artists and 4 reserve artists that will be taking place in Dora 2023. After an open submission period that began in September, 196 entries were received for the broadcaster which is only 12 more submissions than in 2022. All competing entries were decided by a nine …
Are you ready to rock out? In case you had any fears that we wouldn’t see a rock entry at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Slovenia has come to save the day. Foregoing its usual national selection show, EMA, Broadcaster RTV Slovenijahas opted for an internal decision and announced their chosen artist: Joker Out, a five-piece rock band that describes …
In a new interview, Michael Kealy (RTÉ Executive Producer and Irish Head of Delegation) has shared new details about Ireland’s selection process for Eurovision 2023 — and drops some hints about the future. Speaking to the Éirevision Podcast, Kealy outlined a few key pieces of information about the upcoming 2023 edition of The Late Late Eurosong Special. Chief among them …
Estonian broadcaster ERR has revealed the 20 songs competing to represent Estonia at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. During the Dec. 2 TV special “Eesti Laul 2023. Start,” the songs were played to the public for the first time. A majority of the entries have been uploaded to YouTube already, but some are only viewable on ERR’s Video-on-demand service. Check …
SMRTV, the Sammarinese broadcaster, has revealed the participants for the December auditions of Una Voce per San Marino 2023 which consists of 55 hopeful artists to represent San Marino. The second round of auditions will take place on December 5-8, 2022 and will be held at auditorium Little Tony di Serraville. Here’s the list of artists that will undergo the …
