Follownig the year of internal selections, it looks like numerous broadcasters are ready to host another year of fun and entertaining national finals for Eurovision fans. However, some national finals have decided to rehaul their selection process to introduce some new elements – or in the case of Malta, bring back an old fan favorite of MESC. Let’s dive into …
A familiar trio of stars have been announced by the Australian broadcaster SBS and the EBU as the first competing acts of Eurovision: Australia Decides! The competition will once again be used to select the Australian representative at the contest to be held in Turin in May, and the first three artists are certainly recognisable both down under and abroad! …
The United Kingdom’s national broadcaster, the BBC, has outlined their plans for Eurovision 2022 and confirmed a new collaboration to decide on the British entry for Turin. TaP Music have agreed a collaboration with the British broadcaster to help select an artist and song for the contest, in a similar vein to the contract with BMG to select James Newman …
The EBU had been silent for a long while, but after giving us the host, the official Twitter page kept teasing us about how many countries would be participating in next year’s Eurovision. In this flashy little video they announced that there will be 41 participants in total, an increase of 2 from last year. Were there any major shock …
Exciting news from Malta today, as the national broadcaster has now opened the submission period for interested artist to compete in Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (MESC 2022 in short), this means that a national final will return in 2022! MESC 2022 Not much is known nor is much information given at the time, but enough is given to know …
The end of the year calendar is filling up fast! Czech broadcaster ČT announced today that it will be holding ESCZ, its national final for Eurovision 2022, in December. This is much earlier than normal, as Czech Republic’s artists have typically been selected in late January/early February since the switch to a national final format in 2018. The earlier date …
Two major updates emerged from The Balkans today. In exciting news out of Montenegro, broadcaster RTCG confirmed to ESCToday that it would be returning to Eurovision competition in 2022! The country last participated in 2019, placing 16th in the first semi-final with D mol’s ‘Heaven’. Montenegro withdrew in 2020 due to financial issues at the broadcaster. No news yet as …
Greece is the word! As Greek broadcaster ERT begins preparations for its Eurovision 2022 plans, OGAE Greece revealed today the names of eleven artists confirmed to have submitted songs for consideration. Among them are a number of big names in the Mediterranean music scene, a recent The Voice winner, and two Eurovision veterans. They are: Evangelia good job nicky Elias …
After a long and tedious waiting, it has finally been announced where we’ll be heading in 2022, get ready to open up to Turin… we’ll need a new slogan, but we’ll return to that later. Turin 2022! It’s been more than 2 years since we last had a host city reveal, since Rotterdam was announced as the host city all …
Lithuania will continue to ride its wave of momentum and good vibes. Following The Roop’s 8th place finish in Rotterdam with ‘Discoteque’, the nation is gearing up for what it hopes will be another fruitful Eurovision season. Today, broadcaster LRT confirmed the return of Pabandom iš Naujo! as the country’s national selection format and announced that submissions are now open. This …
