The announcement of the UK national final was planned for tomorrow but the information was leaked hours early. It has now been confirmed that the United Kingdom’s National Selection process will be a TV show consisting of 6 songs and will be held on Friday the 26th of February. The show will be held in the o2 Forum Kentish Town, and …
UK: BBC Will Broadcast Both Semi-Finals
After today’s announcement by the BBC, some EuroFans may have been worried at the fact that the home of the Semi-Finals will no longer be a TV channel, it will be moving as an online channel; so the BBC may have chosen to only broadcast the Semi-Final they are required to vote in. This is not the case! The BBC …
ESC United Podcast: Montenegro picks the act, Italy and the UK take Eurovision seriously and should we change the Point System
The Eurovision season is slowly picking up so it’s time to start with our first Podcast of the 2016 season. Over the next months, Matt and Adam are going to discuss anything Eurovision and share their thoughs and ideas. This time it’s only going to be the two of them but they’ll have special guests going forward to bring in …
United Kingdom to return to national selection
In the last few minutes the BBC, national Eurovision broadcaster for the United Kingdom, has confirmed in a press release the recent rumours – the UK will decide its song for Eurovision for 2016! The format of the shows themselves are yet to be confirmed but the BBC have wasted no time in organising a search for a song and …
Big 5 and Sweden to have rehearsals shown during live semi-finals
It’s been a call made by many fans for several years, but it appears it will now be a reality. The first major change rung in by SVT for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will see Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom recieve extra exposure with performance videos shown of their rehearsals during live shows, currently set …
Jade Ewen files for bankruptcy
Jade Ewen, who represented the United Kingdom at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, had to declare bankruptcy. The talented singer joined the popular band Sugababes shortly after her Eurovision participation. When the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2012, Ewen allegedly was already running into Financial difficulties then. According to the Daily Mail“, she owes thousands of …
Graham Norton defends BBC from budget cuts
The following article contains sensitive language which may not be suitable for younger readers. As I’m sure many Brits reading this will agree, the BBC is a major part of the British cultural landscape, and has been an integral part of the British broadcasting complexion. Now though, the UK government is looking into mechanisms to save money at the broadcaster, …
Dream Team 2016 – United Kingdom
We continue on our quest to find a dream singer for all 48 potential countries in Eurovision 2016 with another Big 5 member. They have one of the largest international music scenes and no less than 33 artists were suggested by you, so who was your favourite for the United Kingdom? It was a varied and competitive polling process for …
The 2015 “Expert” Panel – UNITED KINGDOM
Still In Love With You (Eurovision 2015 – United Kingdom) The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a …
OGAE: Three Big 5 clubs in fourth set of votes
It’s time for some more votes. Macedonia, France, Italy and United Kingdom have their votes revealed by OGAE International today and here are their votes! Macedonia 12 Italy 10 Spain 8 Sweden 7 Albania 6 Slovenia 5 Estonia 4 Belgium 3 Australia 2 Israel 1 Azerbaijan France France’s club votes had been revealed by us earlier on but they have …