Tomorrow night the participants from 17 countries will take to the stage in Bulgaria and will be broadcast live to the world, all hoping to take home the trophy of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Who do you think should win tomorrow night? Here is the recap from the dress rehearsal to help you make up your mind: [socialpoll …

The first day of rehearsals for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest is now complete. Kids from 9 countries took to the stage to rehearse their entries for JESC this year. I am going to comment on the rehearsals after my first watch (views expressed in this article are my own, and not essentially those of ESCUnited.com). Let’s take a look …

This time in three weeks we will be watching the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from Sofia, Bulgaria. 17 countries will take to the stage in hope of gaining the title of 2015 Junior Eurovision winner. Out of the 17 songs that will participate, we know 16 of them. We are only waiting for the newcomers, Ireland, to …

With just 29 days to go until the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 we almost have the complete list of songs. Today the revamped Albanian entry was released. Initially we were introduced to the Albanian song through a bad quality version but today, the full JESC version and video has been released. Mishela Rapo will perform her song “Dumba Je” in Sofia …

Yesterday we announced that RTSH had announced the acts participating in Festivali i Këngës 54, which will take place in December. The song titles have now been revealed: Egert Pano – Mos ik Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë Revolt Klan – Dashurinë s’e gjejmë dot Kozma Dushi – Një kafe Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap Dilan …

Since Albania’s first ever participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, they have used Festival i Kenges to select their representative, usually after teh winner is announced they will revamp the song and shorten it to the 3 minutes as dictated by EBU rules. On occasions they have changed the song completely, but the singer has always stayed the same. Today, …

Albania saw some controversy in 2015 as their chosen entry was withdrawn and replaced. Nevertheless, Elhaida qualified in Vienna, so can Albania make it two in a row? There was no contest – Lindita Halimi, third placed contestant of FiK 2014 – was the overwhelming victor in the readers’ poll. “S’të fal” was an eclectic surprise in a selection as …

Elhaida Dani (Albania) made the most of the lighting without many gimmicks in her performance of “I’m Alive” during her first rehearsal.  She talks with us about Albania, facing pressure, and what would she do if she wasn’t singing. Elhaida also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from the Press Meet and Greet. Be …

Day 2 commences and we’re looking at some great weather here in Vienna.  We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna to complete the second set of rehearsals from Semi-Final 1! Today, we will be discussing the rehearsals of Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Russia, Denmark, Albania, Romania, and Georgia.  How will they match up to the great performances from Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, …

Elhaida Dani, the representative of Albania in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has released the Albanian version of her song “I’m Alive” the Albanian version is entitled “Në Jetë”. Dani won the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, an Albanian song festival back in December 2014 with the song “Diell”, later to be replaced with the new song “I’m Alive”, which …