The Finnish broadcaster YLE has announced that their national selection Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu (or UMK for short) will be held on February 8th. The live show will once again be held within the Nokia arena in Tampere, which can hold a total of 15,000 audience members. The executive producer Anssi Autio stated that the decision to keep UMK in Tampere …
Finland might have been about breaking all, or at least some, of the rules this year, but just recently, Yle (Finnish broadcaster) decided to publish the updated rules, when it comes to 2025. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – or just UMK – will return as the national as the national selection process for next year as well. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 …
A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
Speculation has been there for a while now. Fans of the Eurovision Song Contest can be thrilled to hear that last year’s fan-favorite Käärijä will be back for Eurovision 2024 in the second semi-final. There have been rumblings within the Eurovision space for a while, especially regarding Käärijä’s possible connections to the Dutch entry of this year. The Netherlands’ Joost …
Just like that, the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest has started, the show was seen and in the end, a decision was made. However, our focus for now, will be on the 10 countries that made it out of the first semi-final. Let’s finally dive into their draw. Who goes where? As a reminder, congratulation to all 10 qualifiers, but also …
As the first semi-final quickly approaches, it’s time for us to learn who YOU think will qualify into the grand final tomorrow. A total of 15 acts are set to compete in the semi-final but a total of 10 spots are on the line. Now it’s time for you, the readers of ESC United, to tell us who YOU think …
A total of 8 countries and artists have taken the stage in Malmo to rehearse their Eurovision performances – Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg. And now as is tradition here at ESCUnited we want to hear who stood out to YOU most via our flash poll! Below you will find a listing of all 8 acts …
Day 2 of Eurovision 2024 rehearsals kicks off with a diverse lineup of countries taking the stage! Today, get ready to be swept away by the musical talents of Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal, and Luxembourg. Iceland 🇮🇸 – We felt it coming, it’s Hera Bjork with Scared of Heists: @eurovision All that glitters is indeed gold when …
There’s only a few weeks until it all takes place in Malmö, Sweden. As we wait for the time to approach, all the remaining small pieces are being put into place. The list of all the participants has long ago by now been revealed, the allocation draw has taken place and all songs are well released by now, so of …
