After the 72nd edition of Sanremo 2022 started off with a bang yesterday, tonight the remaining songs competing for the iconic palm tree statue, as well as the honour of representing Italy at Eurovision, were revealed. On the second night of the Festival di Sanremo, the last 13 of the 25 big artists participating took to the Ariston stage and …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The 72nd edition of the Festival di Sanremo kicked off tonight at the Ariston Theatre, and the race to select Italy’s favourite song of 2022 and Eurovision representative has well and truly begun. Tonight, the first 12 of the 25 artists taking part in Sanremo performed their song for the first time. …
As has become an annual tradition, ESC Radio and Songfestival.be teamed up today to present the online Eurovision fandom’s 250 favorite contest entries. And when all was said and done, Loreen‘s “Euphoria” once again captured the top spot . Right on her heels were 2021 Eurovision champions Måneskin, with their winning entry “Zitti e buoni”. The remainder of this year’s …
Eurovision 2019 runner-up Mahmood released his second album, ‘Ghettolimpo’, today. Ghettolimpo is the follow-up to Mahmood’s highly successful debut album, Gioventù Bruciata, and is described as made up of ‘modern tales of reality and myth, with pop and urbano inspiration’. In an interview with Rockol, Mahmood reveals that he started writing the album immediately after his Sanremo 2019 victory, linking …
The first Eurovision Podcast of the 2020 season is here. Matt from ESC United is going to discuss the latest and greatest news of the contest and shares his thoughts and point of view. While the 2019 contest just came to a closer a little bit over a month ago, we are already focusing on next year’s event in the …
It’s back! The (in)famous ESC United “Expert” Panel is returning once again! While we don’t claim to be professionally qualified to judge anything, we certainly have strong opinions, so our staff and editors got together to review all 41 of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel this May. …
[AdSense-B] The fifth round of our forum’s ranking game concluded this weekend as the 17 eligible songs were voted on by the members of our Eurovision forum. With 72 sets of votes counted, it was Italy who won the fifth week of voting, with Mahmood’s “Soldi” holding on to the top spot he debuted at in the fourth round and …
Controversial Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini have been on the defensive today after a series of tweets passive-aggressively attacking the choice of Mahmood as winner of the 69th annual Sanremo Music Festival this weekend. Italian politicians griping about the annual Sanremo Music Festival, which is Italy’s unique national selection process and was the inspiration for the …
The grand Italian festival Sanremo took place this past week, and what a glorious week it has been of new Italian music, but what we care most about is, who is going to Eurovision, so let’s have a look at this past week’s festival! [AdSense-B] Often seen as the mother of the Eurovision Song Contest, since our beloved contest was …
