Today we had the chance to catch up with Lithuanian musician and teacher Aistė Tomkeviciute, also known by her stage name Aistay. She first appeared on TV when she competed on The Voice of Lithuania in 2014 and has won a variety of singing competitions across Europe already. She is part of the first eight artists competing in the Eurovizija.LT …
As a child growing up in Tallinn, Estonia, singer-songwriter Aile Alveus remembers watching the Eurovision Song Contest at home. The Baltic nation had not yet gained independence from the Soviet Union, but a young Aile dreamed of representing Estonia at Eurovision. Later in life, Alveus has worked hard toward that reality. The musician and choir conductor is a founding member …
With just shy of one week to go, there is a change in the Eurovizija line-up. LRT, Lithuania’s public broadcaster, announced that singer Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė has withdrawn from participation citing rehearsal scheduling difficulties with members of her team based abroad. Musician Marius Petrauskas, a runner-up in the LRT selection process, will now participate with his song “Kol laiko yra“. The revised …
Melodifestivalen 2024 is counting down the weeks till its start, and the organisers at SVT have released the running order for each heat. Sadly, gone are the post-it notes (other brands are available), now in its place is a press release. 5 heats stand to give us 12 finalists, one of whom will go on to represent Sweden at home …
The second act to be announced out of the six acts competing for Ireland’s entry to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is Ailsha with her song Go Tobann. It is the second song to be revealed on RTE’s The Ray D’Arcy show, which will be airing each of the six tracks and artists every day of this week. All six …
This coming weekend the new Lithuanian national selection Eurovizija.LT kicks off with it’s first semi-final, showcasing the talents of eight local artists and bands. One of the competing bands is the newly formed VB Gang created by longtime musician and actor Vidas Bareikis, whose song “KABOOM” has already racked up 78,000 plays on YouTube in the last 8 days. The …
Today the Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation (RIK) announced that Silia Kapsis will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, scheduled to take place in May in Sweden, with the song “Liar.” Specifically, the song is a creation of Dimitris Kontopoulos with lyrics by the Dutch lyricist Elke Tiel. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CYBC: Eurovision …
The Polish broadcaster, TVP, is organizing an internal selection. They opened their national pre-selection for Poland’s representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. This means that the broadcaster is abandoning their national final “Tu bije serce Europy – Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!” that they have used for the past two editions. The application to submit entries is now open. It …
Europe tuned into the Latvian program, “Rīta Panorāmā“, to find out the entries for this year’s edition of Supernova, the national final selection process for Latvia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. We also learned some details regarding the dates for the semi-final and the final, 3rd of February and 10th of February, respectively. Further clarifications for the Supernova format …
It’s been an building moment since it was announced, that Luxembourg would return to this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, after a 31 year long wait. Throughout most of 2023, we’ve been able to witness most of the process from the Grand Duchy, and soon, we’ll know who’ll have the honor of making this return complete. 8 acts …
