Today the new season of Finlands UMK has started! From today (21st August 2023) until the 24th of August songwriters and artists can submit their entries to UMK. Successful applicants will get an answer in October. Artists who take part in UMK have the chance to participate in Eurovision’s quickest growing national final, with each of the songs from this …
RTBF has confirmed Belgium’s participation to next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The French speaking national broadcaster confirmed to ESCToday that Belgium will be competing in Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. RTBF is planning on keeping its selection format as the broadcaster is preparing an internal selection to determine Belgium’s representative and song. In 2023, Gustaph represented Belgium in Liverpool with …
Swiss broadcaster SRF has announced that they will internally select their artist and competing song for Eurovision 2024. This will be the sixth year in a row that SRF has chosen internal selection over a national final, a strategy that has seen varying levels of success for the central European country. In both 2019 and 2021, Switzerland reached the Top …
It’s Portugal calling, fellow Eurovision fans! In a post on the channel’s Facebook page, RTP confirmed the country’s participation at Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and announced Festival da Canção as the selection mechanism for their entry. Submission open in Portugal The 58th edition of Festival da Canção will once again have 20 songs competing, 14 of which will come from …
TaP music, the management and publishing company responsible for collaborating with the BBC on the United Kingdom’s 2022 and 2023 entries, have announced that they will not continue this partnership into 2024. Writing on their Twitter page, TaP issued the following press release: “We are thrilled that Eurovision in the UK has a bigger and wider audience than ever before …
If you are as excited about the upcoming national finals season as we are, great news for you today! RTS, who previously confirmed their Eurovision Song Contest 2024 participation, posted an open call for the selection of the entry that will represent Serbia at the most watched musical competition in the world. The competition is open until November 1, 2023. …
During a press conference RTVE presented updates for Benidorm Fest 2024, which will take place from January 30th to February 3rd at the Palau L’Illa de Benidorm. In this edition, the format will remain the same as last year, consisting of two semifinals and one final. The final will be held on February 3rd, while the semifinals will take place …
The Rising Star’s first stage of auditions have officially kicked off this week. The show, broadcasted at Keshet 12 will select the 2024 Israeli representative for the contest in Mälmo, but the song selection format is still yet to be decided. The preliminary casting stage is due to end in the next few weeks, with filmed live auditions set to …
Earlier this month, RTL unveiled the first details about their national selection with 3 categories of participants mentioned: Singers with a song ready for Eurovision, Singers without a song and Songwriters wanting to collaborate with a national talent. This weekend, the first casting round for the selection happened at the Rockhal and it was the turn of singers without a …
In a post on the channel’s Facebook page, Azerbaijan’s Ictimai TV confirmed the country’s participation at Eurovision 2024 and announced the launch of their selection process. “The Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (ITV), the official broadcaster of the international song contest Eurovision in Azerbaijan, is starting the selection of singers and songs that will represent our country at Eurovision …
