Today Eurovision fans and Dutch natives alike were surprised by an unexpected announcement that NikkieTutorials (Nikkie de Jager) would not only be present in Rotterdam, but would also be an online presenter for the contest. According to the official press release, Nikkie will be recording a special YouTube series backstage with the Eurovision artists, will be reporting live from the …
Most of us know Germany, as this big powerful and well organized country, but when it came to Eurovision… not so much lately. Therefor Germany has decided to ditch their national final and will instead go internal in 2020. Unser Lied für Rotterdam! Alright, due to the silence about the German selection for 2020, many fans were starting to get …
Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival is one of the oldest song festivals in the world, and this year it celebrated it’s 70th birthday. Sanremo is an important part of Eurovision’s history, as the festival and it’s great success served as an inspiration to the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The festival itself can be a behemoth to endure if …
This year the Latvian broadcaster decided to cut back on the Supernova format, removing the multi-week process for a live audition round and a live final. Tonight the nine hopefuls took to the stage in order to grab a spot in Rotterdam. The acts competing were: Seleste – “Like Me” DRIKSNA – “Stay” Katrīna Bindere – “I Will Break Your …
Semi-final two of the most popular national final has come and gone, and naturally the Swedes gave us a show full of fun, music, drama, and suspense. This semi-final showcased a plethora of genres from country pop, ballads, schlager, and so much more. Tonight seven acts took to the stage in Gothenburg’s Scandinavium arena and competed for a chance to …
Each week we here at ESCUnited launch a poll to decide who the popular act and song is for a specific national final, and tonight we had polls open for Latvia, Norway, Lithuania, and Sweden. Let’s dive into the results to see who has won the fan vote, shall we? Melodi Grand Prix Semi Final 5 The last of the …
After a long show with a lot of interviews and performances from Lake Malawi and Martina Barta we got the nervewrecking points distribution. And the winner and representitive for the Czech Republic is Benny Cristo with his song Kemama! Multiple ex-Eurovision artists gave away their points to all of the songs. The votes from everybody across the world also counted …
We are a little over a week until the much anticipated Eurovision – Australia Decides for 2020, and all ten entries have now been revealed to the public. The ten artists vying for a chance to represent the land Down Under were revealed at the end of last year and since then the artists have slowly released their songs one …
This afternoon the Finnish broadcaster YLE released the list of artists participating in the 2020 edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu or UMK for short. This will be the first time since 2017 that multiple acts will be competing, as the 2018 and 2019 editions were used to select a song and not an artist. However one thing will be remaining …
The Czech broadcaster Česká televize released the nine songs competing for a spot in Rotterdam earlier this morning. Among the list of entries are three self penned songs. Fans across the world have from today until February 2nd to vote for their favorite songs through the official Eurovision Song Contest app, while the ten international jurors will also cast their …
