Today’s Eurovision news come to us from Norway. Namely, after a decade-long run as the music director and project leader for Melodi Grand Prix, Stig Karlsen has announced his departure from this position. The decision comes as a new and exciting opportunity emerged, involving a collaboration with Norway’s first female astronaut, Jannicke Mikkelsen. According to Karlsen, this role offers a …

Over the summer, Norway marked itself as one of the skeptical countries, whether they would participate in 2025. However, over the summer the Norwegian broadcaster (NRK) did make the decision to stay in the competition, but are still careful regarding the entire situation about keeping politics out of the contest. Norway in ESC 2025 Despite everything, Norway is looking forward …

For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …

The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …

As the second semi-final rapidly approaches, it’s time for us to discover who YOU believe will advance to the grand final tomorrow. A total of 16 acts are slated to compete in the semi-final, vying for 10 coveted spots. Now, it’s your turn, the readers of ESC United, to share your predictions on which acts will qualify for the grand …

If you’ve ever wondered about what nyckelharpa is, well – you’re in luck, because the lovely band Gåte from Norway is with us today and they had plenty to talk about, so let’s dive right in! Gåte share their particular satisfaction of their staging and performance – it conveys an intense emotion that the act is bringing – the elements …

The second set of countries rehearse in the second part of the Eurovision Second Semi final 2. Following yesterdays rehearsals of the first part of this semi plus the Big 5 and Sweden, today is the second rehearsal of San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway and Netherlands. Note: We recognize that Israel also completed their rehearsal today but have …

Norway’s Gåte have been among the fan favorites since their win in Melodi Grand Prix earlier this year, and now they are among the fan favorites from Day Four of rehearsals! Across our flash poll where 204 individual votes were cast, the Norwegian band picked up a total of 65 votes, which breaks down to 32% of the overall result. …

A total of 7countries and artists have taken the stage in Malmo to rehearse their Eurovision performances – Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Norway, and Netherlands. We recognize that Israel also completed their rehearsal today but have opted not to include it in our poll. So now as is tradition here at ESCUnited we want to hear who stood …

It’s been a long day but we have a treat for the end. Norway and The Netherlands were the last ones to experience the excitement of performing on stage. Let’s take a look at what they prepared. Disclaimer: We recognize that Israel also completed their rehearsal today but have opted not to report on it. 🇳🇴 Gåte from Norway brought the …