It’s time for the second part of our Albania reviews, as we look at another five entries in this year’s Festivali i Këngës. Will any of these five impress our panel of Boris, Daniel, James, Roy and Sean? Olta Boka – Botë për dy Boris – 5 – “Oh look, it’s Olta from 2008!! But the song is… really boring.” …
This week finally sees the national selection season leading up to Rotterdam 2020 kick into action, with Albania’s Festivali i Këngës once again beginning our road to the Eurovision Song Contest. Now, we at escYOUnited are a passionate, opinionated bunch, so we will take the time to review every single main selection entry of the 2020 edition. Where better to …
It’s time for the polls for this year’s contest to begin, and boy are we excited! As ever, it is Albania who will be first up to select their song for Eurovision 2020 and by the end of this week we will have our first track to dissect, enjoy and obsess over! Festivali i Këngës will take place this week …
Australia’s Eurovision broadcaster SBS has finally completed the line-up for next year’s national selection, announcing the final four acts earlier today. The four acts announced today are Diana Rouvas, Jack Vidgen, Jordan Ravi and Jaguar Jonze. Jack Vidgen found fame as the fifth winner of Australia’s Got Talent in 2011, at the age of just 14. Since then he has …
In a break from tradition, albeit in extraordinary circumstances, it seems that Albania’s national selection for Eurovision and one of the nation’s traditional festivals will move from its usual December timeslot, according to the news site Lajmi.net. Following the devastating earthquakes that hit the Balkan nation in November, the national broadcaster RTSH looks set to announce the move of Festivali …
Two more artists have won the weekly final in Slovenia’s new talent search, EMA FREŠ, and will move on to the next stage of the competition and a step closer to the Slovenian selection for Rotterdam. This week saw six more acts and their songs revealed by the Slovenian national broadcaster RTVSLO, with the songs pitted against each other in …
Estonia’s ERR has confirmed the remaining twelve names in next year’s Eesti Laul, as the acts for the second semi-final in February have been announced. The twelve acts taking part in the second semi-final of the Estonian selection for Eurovision 2020 are; Uudo Sepp – “I’m Sorry. I Messed Up” Egert Milder – “Georgia (On My Mind)” German & Violina …
Estonia’s national broadcaster ERR has confirmed the first names that will enter the Baltic nation’s qualifying rounds for the Eurovision Song Contest, Eesti Laul. Ten acts have been revealed by the channel responsible for Estonia’s participation in the contest, with the acts set to take part in one of the semi-finals in February. The first semi-finalists, and their song titles, …
While most of Europe are only just finalising their preparations for Eurovision 2020, Slovenia are already deep into their process, and the first week of EMA FREŠ has concluded with two artists moving on in the selection. The new process acts like a wildcard round, with the lucky two winners of the FREŠ process winning a slot at the main …
They were keen to finally host a big live national final, and even announced it way before the contest in Tel-Aviv took place, but now it seems that they were dreaming too big, and now must cancel the show. Fear not, the Czech Republic will still participate in Rotterdam. [AdSense-B] It appears that the dream of a big live national …
