Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …

Matt and Adam are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. We are joined by our member Robert aka Lupus who is a new fan of the contest. The following topics were up for debate: –  Turkey is out again…why?!? – Minus One and Thomas G:SON for …

A few days ago it was rumoured that the rock band Minus One would represent Cyprus in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm next May. Today it has been officially revealed that the rumours were in fact true! Minus One are a well-known rock group in Cyprus and have been for a number of years. You may know them …

Some sad news for fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest today as the official JESC EBU Twitter feed seemingly confirmed two withdrawals for the contest in Bulgaria. Sweden (who will host the main Eurovision in 2016) and Cyprus both seem unlikely to participate in the 2015 contest, with SVT’s children programming going through restructuring and the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC …

We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2.  Today, …

One Thing I Should Have Done (Eurovision 2015 – Cyprus) The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a …

So aside from the main show in May what would you say is the biggest event of the Eurovision calendar? Melfest? The semi-final draw? Some would in fact argue that the first big meeting of the cast of the year would be that moment, and tonight sees just that happening in the Dutch capital. 24 of the 40 performers in …

Four acts have already been confirmed for this year’s London Eurovision Party, known as one of the two major pre-Eurovision events for this year’s participants. Mélanie René (Switzerland), Giannis Karagiannis (Cyprus) and Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta (Czech Republic) will all be performing at the event in London, with special guest Sarbel (Greece 2007) joining them on the line-up. …

  Tonight the next country selected their song for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Cyprus  decided through a mixture of 50% Televote and 50% Jury and is sending John Karagiannis to Vienna with the Song One thing I should have done. The Eurovision Song Project went through several audition stages and challenges starting early December 2014 and it wasn’t until today they …

Tonight the next country to select their song for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Cyprus will decide through a mixture of 50% Televote and 50% Jury. The National Selection, entitled Eurovision Song Project began on the 7th of December and after a number of shows and eliminations, will conclude tonight. The six songs in the running to fly the Cypriot …