This December, 12 young Italian artists will compete in Sanremo Giovani for the opportunity to showcase their music at the Sanremo Music Festival. Eight of those 12 finalists will be chosen through a round of live auditions, and the Italian broadcaster RAI has now announced which 43 artists have reached this stage. Of the 714 submissions received, these 35 single …
Members of the Eurovision class of 2022 may once again find themselves facing off in competition, as artists have begun confirming their consideration for the 65th Grammy Awards. Konstrakta, who represented Serbia with the song “In Corpore Sano”, announced her consideration for two categories: Best New Artist, and Best Global Music Performance. The song is already an award winner, having …
The list has finally dropped, and thankfully it did. With recent news about the withdrawal of Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, there were fears of possibly more withdrawals to come, but those speculations are now over, as the EBU has finally confirmed that 37 countries will participate in the upcoming contest. 37 countries it is! In the end, it is …
We finally have it, the EBU has finally revealed the full list of participants for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to be held on the 11th of December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. The Participants For a long time, the question was, who and who won’t participate, in the upcoming contest. Well, now we have the answer, …
Today marks the final day for any broadcaster with an active membership in the European Broadcasting Union to apply for participation in Eurovision 2023. After this, no additional broadcaster will be able to participate in the contest that did not originally apply – but broadcasters who submitted an application can still withdraw prior to October 11th without financial penalty. Any …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Armenia’s Rosa Linn has officially become the 12th member of an elite Eurovision club. “Snap,” which came in 20th for Armenia at Eurovision 2022, entered the United States’ Billboard Hot 100 chart yesterday, …
The MTV VMAs wrapped up last night and Måneskin walked away with the Best Alternative Video award for “I WANNA BE A SLAVE”, beating out Avril Lavigne, Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, Machine Gun Kelly, and Panic! at the Disco. The award is their 14th win at music award event out of 29 total nominations, including winning both the Sanremo Music …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Over the past two years, as the world descended into chaos, millions of people sought refuge in “cozy games,” video games that were gentle, focused more on slower character and environment interaction over …
This article is Part Two of a two part account of what it was like to attend Eurovision 2022 in Turin – click here to catch up on Part One! Welcome back to our trip through Turin 2022! Last week, we covered the general atmosphere in the city and the arena, as well as a chance meeting with Ireland’s Brooke …
Congratulations are in order to …. KALUSH ORCHESTRA of Ukraine. The group won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after receiving a record-shattering 439 points from the televote. (Moldova, Spain, and Serbia were the only other entries to receive more than 200 points from the televote.) The group were in 4th place after the points from the 40 international juries were …
