Tonight is a huge night in Eurovisionland. (Potentially) Three songs will be selected for Stockholm, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy. Italian TV channel will offer the opportunity to the winner to go to Eurovision, but, that is down to the act. Ukraine: Semi-Final 2 SunSay – Love Manifest Pur:Pur – We do Change Peaks of Kings – Last Hope Pringlez – Easy to love Victoria Petryk – Overload …
TONIGHT: Watch 6 Shows
After a rather show beginning to the National Final season, today and beyond it is full steam ahead! We will have no less than six countries broadcasting shows for their national selection! Ukraine – Semi-Final 1: 18:00 CET Anastasia Prykhodko – I am Free Now The Hardkiss – Helpless Tonya Matvienko – Tin Whistle Vladislav Kurasov – I’m Insane Låvika …
Finland: UMK Participants Revealed
Over the last few weeks the Finnish broadcaster have revealed hints as to who will be participating in this year’s UMK. Today the official announcement was made. There will be three heats in Finland on the 6th of February. 13th of February and the 20th of February. Here are the acts in each heat: Heat 1: 6th of Febryary ClemSO …
Finland: Krista Siegfrids and Roope Salminen to Host UMK
Today, YLE, had a big announcement to make regarding UMK 2016, the show that will select the Finnish representative for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The announcement that was made is that the hosts for this year’s national final will be no other than the 2013 Finnish representative Krista Siegfrids, alongside Roope Salminen who hosted UMK 2015. The actual finalists will …
Finland: Watch Softengine’s new music video
Last week, Finland’s 2014 entrants Softengine announced that they would be releasing a new single, entitled “All About You & I”. Today the young band released the song’s music video and also unleashed it onto streaming services. The new single is poppier than previous singles “Something Better” and “Yellow House”. It is currently unknown whether the new single will form …
Finland: Softengine announce new single
Finland’s representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Softengine, have announced a new single, which will serve as the first release by the band since their debut album’s arrival in October last year. The band had previously teased a new imminent release with a Facebook post, where they revealed that a new music video was being filmed. We are currently …
PKN (Finland): “Punk music, it’s not different from pop”
Cover photo courtesy of Elena Volotova (EBU) PKN introduce themselves, their music, and their tattoos at the Press Meet and Greet. PKN gave a limited number of interviews today and unfortunately, ESC United will have to wait to get their opportunity to speak with PKN. Be sure to be on the lookout for more coverage of the 2015 Eurovision Song …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 1
It’s finally here, the moment fans across the continent (and now from down under) have been waiting for. We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna for the first rehearsals of 2015! Today will see the first rehearsals from the countries in the first half of semi-final one. Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Estonia and Macedonia will …
OGAE: What will Sweden’s votes do?
Four more clubs today including two nations in the Top 10! The clubs of Spain and Sweden vote today alongside Germany and Finland, so let’s see what they can do… Spain 12 Italy 10 Norway 8 Estonia 7 Sweden 6 Slovenia 5 Australia 4 Israel 3 Russia 2 France 1 Albania Germany 12 Estonia 10 Sweden 8 Norway 7 Slovenia …
The 2015 “Expert” Panel – FINLAND
The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a wide range in taste. They all bring different skills and …