Former X Factor winner Sam Bailey has denied rumours on social media that she may be the United Kingdom’s representative in Rotterdam, despite recently following a number of Eurovision related accounts on her Twitter profile. The Leicester-based singer, who won the tenth series of The X Factor in 2013 and subsequently had a number one hit with a cover of …
In April 1994, Michael Flatley, Jean Butler and their talented group of dancers took to the Eurovision stage in Dublin as that year’s interval act. What would follow would become another iconic moment in the contest’s history, and the competition birthed another international sensation in unlikely circumstances. Now, 25 years on from that performance, the Irish dance phenomenon is marking …
Fans of the New Seekers rejoiced this summer when legendary performer and actress Lyn Paul was announced for the farewell tour of Bill Kenwright’s hit musical Blood Brothers. For those who haven’t followed Paul’s astonishing career following Eurovision, here’s a crash course. After Eurovision 1972, The New Seekers released many singles which charted on the UK Singles Chart and the …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the personal opinion of the author, and does not necessarily represent the views of ESC United as a whole or its editors. Earlier this week, the BBC surprised British Eurovision fans by announcing that they had actually made a wise decision when it comes to selecting the hopeful for the contest, as a deal between …
This past decade has truly been one that needs to be forgotten, the United Kingdom started the decade by finishing last, and ends it by finishing last, so that’s why the UK will take a different approach in 2020. [AdSense-B] Today, the BBC has announced that they will collaborate along with the music company BMG, in order to select the …
[AdSense-B] This editorial expresses the opinions of the writer and does not reflect the views of our other editors, ESC United or the EBU. I’d just like to put a disclaimer out there. This is in no way an attack on the BBC, any of the artists who have represented the UK at Eurovision or Eurovision as a whole. It’s simply …
[AdSense-B] The United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 has had an accusation of plagiarism leveled against it, ESC United has learned. The British submission for this year’s contest, written by Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik and Jonas Thander and performed by Michael Rice, bears similarities to a 2017 track by the British band 10 Reasons entitled …
[AdSense-B] It seems like we just started with the first rehearsals yesterday, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Today is already the 14th day of Eurovision in Tel Aviv. The Grand Final is tomorrow and on Sunday we will all have to look for something to fill that big void. But what happened today actually? Firstly, after midnight …
[AdSense-B] Following two nail-biting semi-finals and, according to Jon Ola Sand, some incredibly close results, we finally have our 26 runners and riders in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest final. The twenty deserving qualifiers from the semi-finals join Israel and the Big 5 in tomorrow’s big show, but of course only one can win. And that’s where #YOU come in! …
[AdSense-B] Day Nine saw the final round of second rehearsals of 2019 with the six prequalified countries having a further chance to perform and perfect their acts. We also had the orange (yellowy-red?) carpet event in the evening to mark the beginning of the contest itself! From now on, the performances count – Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the performances …
