As reported last month, Norway’s Head of Delegation Stig Karlsen revealed on Grand Prix Podkasten (Grand Prix Podcast) that two big changes would be happening at MGP 2023. The first would be that the multi-show national final would now consist of only three semi-finals and a grand final on February 14th, with the second announcing the return of the international …
SBS has announced that they will select the artist and the song internally that will represent Australia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Previously, from 2019 until 2022, Australia has used Eurovision: Australia Decides to select their representatives. It is also notable that Australia has used the internal selection from their debut year, 2015, until 2018. SBS has released …
Brussels, 8 november 2022 Flemish broadcaster VRT have finally revealed the “Zalige Zeven” (Delightful Seven) that compete in the upcoming Belgian National Final, Eurosong 2022. (not to be confused with Ireland’s NF, which is also called Eurosong). Earlier we have reported on VRT’s hunger to win Eurovision proper this year. We now know which singers and songwriters Flanders have put …
Italian broadcaster has announced the first eight finalists competing in Sanremo Giovani 2023, the newcomers section of the Festival di Sanremo that is known as a launchpad for up-and-coming Italian musicians. After auditioning 42 artists, a jury selected the following finalists to compete in February: gIANMARIA – La città che odi (Sony Music Italy) Giuse The Lizia – Sincera (Maciste …
Today begins the submission window for ESCZ, and the kick off of the search for the next Czech representative to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Česká Televize (ČT) announced in a press release that artists can submit their entries to the broadcaster via their official website from November 2nd, until December 8th. Artists may submit more than one …
Estonian broadcaster ERR has confirmed the rest of the participants in Eesti Laul 2023, welcoming both new and returning artists to compete for a chance to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England in May. The November 2 artist reveal is the second of two for this year’s contest. Here are the 10 confirmed artists who will …
Ireland’s recent history at the Eurovision Song Contest has been a tale of seemingly never-ending woes. Despite long-held nostalgia for the winning streaks of bygone years, the country has yet to conjure up a new winning formula. The last ten years, in particular, have been harrowing for Irish Eurovision fans: based upon the past decade, Ireland currently has the worst …
Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix selection will happen once again, but according to Head of Delegation Stig Karlsen there will be a few changes introduced for the 2023 edition. Last week Karlsen made an appearance on the Grand Prix Podkasten (Grand Prix Podcast) and indicated that the biggest change for next year’s selection will be seen in the show’s format. In …
SMRTV, the Sammarinese broadcaster, has revealed the first participants for the casting round of Una Voce per San Marino 2023 last Monday, October 17, 2022. The casting round will happen from October 28-30, 2022 and will be held at auditorium Little Tony di Serraville. 91 artists are set to participate in the casting round in hopes to represent San Marino …
October 15th was the last day to submit songs for Ukraine’s Eurovision selection ‘Vidbir 2023’. There are more than 300 songs submitted this year. Dmytro Shurov, music director of ‘Vidbir 2023’, believes that this year selection was competitive, and that people make great music despite the conditions in which most people live in Ukraine nowadays. Dmytro Shurov has a strong …
