The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organisation. Something I’ve noticed in the last few days is the amount of countries returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, held in …

Reports have been circulating all of today regarding Bulgaria returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. A number of sources within the Bulgarian media have announced that Bulgaria will return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year. There is no official confirmation from the national broadcaster BNT, although should these reports turn out to be correct, then the number …

The Bulgarian broadcaster just released the following statement: Bulgarian National Television will not take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2014 . Motivated by the desire to promote Bulgarian music and Bulgarian artists, BNT has send participants to the prestigious competition for 9 years. In order to participate, BNT is obliged to pay a licence fee , which has gone up …

ESC United talked to the acts that had their first rehearsals today. They will be performing in the first half of Semi Final 2 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. The Semi Final will take place exactly next Thursday so let’s get to know them a little better. Unfortunately we were unable to talk to Valentina from San …

Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …

Bulgaria made an unexpected announcement letting us know that their originally entry “Kismet” has been dropped and instead “Samo Sampioni” was chosen as the song for Malmo. the latter was the favorite to win the National Final but the televoters preferred “Kismet”. [vsw id=”xRdG6jo2sSQ” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]   The rumor mills haven’t stopped and copyright issues were mentioned as …

After a combination jury/televoting/SMS vote, Elitsa and Stoyan will be peforming “Kismet” this May in Malmo! Elitsa and Stoyan performed their three songs and had a telephone/SMS vote and a five member jury select the winner.   [vsw id=”xkTzkCKrRfk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]   What is your verdict, was this the best of the three songs? Share your thoughts below …

Elitsa & Stoyan performed 3 songs at BNT’s Sunday show “NedeliaX3.”  For many of us, this is the first time we’ve seen them both in 6 years and they are still as charming and charismatic as ever! As we get more information we’ll add it to this webpage, but Zack had a chance to watch and give his first impressions on the …

Today is the song presentation in Bulgaria. Elitsa & Stoyan will perform the 3 songs at BNT’s Sunday show “NedeliaX3” at 14:45 CET. Elitsa & Stoyan are no strangers to the Eurovision fans as they represented Bulgaria in 2007 where they finished 5th, Bulgaria’s best result to date. The show can be watched online via the following links: Webcast BNT: …

  Elitsa & Stoyan who represented Bulgaria in 2007, bringing home the best countries result to date, are once again flying the flag for their country. Three songs will be performed live in a National Final on March 3rd with a 5 panel jury and the televoters choosing the song together. After the official announcement, ESC UNITED contacted a few …