The Hungarian broadcaster MTVA announced the dates for A Dal, the popular selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest.   January 25 – Heat 1 February 01 – Heat 2 February 08- Heat 3 February 15-  Semi-final 1 February 16- Semi-final 2 February 22- Final In addition, the jury which will have a 50% say in picking the winner consist …

The Latvian broadcaster LTV revealed the 24 participants that will compete next February to become the next representative of Latvia for the Eurovision Song Contest. Just like last year, the songwriters and song titles have been revealed and you can listen to the Demo version on the broadcasters website HERE The 24 entries are:   Is it possible, composer: Edgars …

The eighteen remaining acts previously chosen by the three Swiss broadcasters performed in front of an expert Jury Saturday afternoon. That jury picked the six lucky entries who will perform on February 1st, 2014 at the National Final.   The six acts moving on: 3ForAll – Together Forever [vsw id=”sWP8z-k8BVo” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Nino Colonna – La Luce Del Cuore [vsw …

As previously announced, France is hosting its first national final in six years to allow for the public selection of the 2014 representative. The three candidates, who were approved after two rounds of the special “listening committee,” have been announced as Destan, Joanna Lagrave or Twin Twin. Destan is a relatively new pop group consisting of members Kilian, Quentin and …

Malta is announcing the 20 Semi Finalists live out of a list of 70. The local programme Xarabank is being used to reveal the candidates that were chosen by PBS, the Maltese broadcaster.  The qualifiers will get to perform a short version of their entry with the full songs being released at a later point. You can watch all 20 …

A few days ago, SVT revealed the first half of participants of Melodifestivalen, one of the most popular shows in Sweden and the winner will move on to represent that country at the Eurovision song contest.   Here is the list of the remaining participants:   Semi Final 3 (Feb 15th) State of Drama – All We Are (Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil …

Over the last few weeks the three Regional broadcasters conducted selections and today all 18 acts have been made public to perform in front of an expert commission. That group will eliminate 12, giving six entries the opportunity to perform their song on Februray 1st 2014 at the Swiss final.   Here are the 9 acts chosen by SRF, the …

According to this Link the German National Final will have 15 participants fighting for the prestige spot to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The list is only considered a rumor and NOT official. Based on the same article an official announcement by the NDR will take place tomorrow, November 20th at 10 AM.   …

After many endless (and mostly unsuccessful) years of Internal picks, the French broadcaster Télévisions will once again have a public selection to pick the 2014 representative of the Eurovision Song Contest for France. The selection process is quite lenghty and by doing so the National Broadcaster is hoping to improve their results next year in Copenhagen, Denmark. In late November a …

The format for the 2014 Irish national selection has been revealed. As with past years the Irish broadcaster has opted for the same format. 5 mentors will have the sole responsibility of selecting 5 entries for the Eurosong 2014. The national final will be broadcast live on the Late Late Show on the 28th of February. The 2014 mentors are …