Earlier today, we asked #YOU to vote for the ten songs you think will qualify from tonight’s second semi-final – and we have our results! It seems that there were five songs with almost universal approval to qualify, with Austria‘s Teya and Salena taking 100% confirmation that they will qualify with “Who the Hell is Edgar?”. Is this misguided, or …

While the confetti has only just settled on the stage and the successful acts from Semi-Final 1 headed off to celebrate their results, we swiftly move our focus to Semi-Final 2 and the next sixteen acts fighting for the final ten spots in this year’s final. Today at 14:30 CEST we will get the first full dress rehearsal of the …

We just keep pumping out our exclusive Liverpool interviews, and why not – we love it, and so do the artists. Anyhow, the young talent has had a long journey when it comes to competing in the Eurovision Song Contest, so of course we wanted to hear a bit about it as well. As many might know, but just to …

Viewers confused as to why they watching ads from Masterchef Georgia sponsors, a brief travelogue on Corsican monasteries, and the 1995 Keanu Reeves movie A Walk in the Clouds instead of the second episode of Georgia’s Junior Eurovision artist selection show Ranina have an answer: the show is being postponed until next week due to technical difficulties. Per the show’s official Facebook page, “Due …

Georgia’s Junior Eurovision 2023 campaign got off to its start today with the first episode of Ranina, the children’s talent show that has been used to pick the country’s artist for the contest for six seasons. Five of the ten hopefuls performed this evening in a duet with a past Ranina participant, and given Iru Kchechanov’s ascendance from Junior Eurovision to Eurovision …

Usually, the wait is normally a bit longer, but for once, the EBU has decided to end all the speculations rather faster than normal, today we were finally presented the running order for both semi-finals, and with that, we now know where each semi-finalist will perform in their respective semi-final. Running Order 2023! Since 2013, the running order has been …

The release of Iru’s “Echo,” Georgia’s entry for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, completes the lineup for the season after three months of national and internal selections. “Echo,” written by Iru alongside Giga Kukhianidze and Beni Kadagidze, also represents a change of strategy for the Caucasus nation as it seeks to improve its fortunes at Eurovision. Most significantly is …

Georgia will officially be the last of Eurovision 2023’s 37 contestants to release their song, with IRU’s “Echo” to be released that day. Iru Khechanov, now being officially presented mononymously as IRU, revealed the song title in a post on Instagram today, as well as hinting at the vibrant white and red Georgian colors that will be her look for …

All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Earlier this week, Austrian pop duo Teya & Salena asked the world a very important question: “Who the Hell is Edgar?” The ‘Edgar’ in question? Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th …

It’s a sweet victory for Iru Khechanovi, as the young singer who’d won Junior Eurovision 2011 for Georgia as part of Candy, gets to represent her home country in the adult version of the contest in Liverpool, United Kingdom! A favorite from her audition, this season of The Voice of Georgia was hers to lose, as every performance highlighted her as …