The Swedish broadcaster SVT recently presented the theme art for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. We at ESC United  understand how exciting it is to support your country (or your favorite song) so just as we did last year, we created Logo Flags for most European countries including all possible participants. And if you’re like me and live outside …

Eurovision 2016 is really starting to come together. But there’s a lot more action and excitement to come this week, so let’s take a look at the schedule for the rest of January; 25th January – We know the theme and semi-finals! As you have probably already seen, the theme for this year’s contest has been revealed. We will Come …

It’s been a big weekend for Eurovision 2016 but it’s not over yet – tonight Latvia kicks off their search for a star with the first introductory show of Supernova! You can watch the introductory show later tonight at 21:25 CET from LTV’s webpage HERE. LTV has not given an indication of any of the participants in this year’s national …

Today might be widely known as Blue Monday, or ‘the worst day of the year’, but for this year the day signals the oncoming rush of entries, shows and excitement of the 2016 Eurovision selection season. It’s been quite a stuttering start of the season and we’re still awaiting 40 more entries, but luckily there’s a few more events to …

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 …

Four artists down and 44 to go! Today it’s Latvia’s turn to have their dreams fulfilled! Who did you want to see singing for the Baltic nation in 2016? There was little competition for the Latvian songstress MNTHA who romped to victory and is your dream participant for Latvia! The unusual style of performance by her alienated many when she …

Aminata (Latvia) blew the press center away with her first rehearsal of “Love Injected.”  She has a strong voice, an excellent performing persona, and a team of talented backup singers that should give way to an atmospheric performance on the Eurovision stage.  Latvia has the longest non-qualification streak of all Eurovision countries participating this year (aside from the Czech Republic).  …

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, …

Four more votes from OGAE clubs were announced yesterday. It’s the turn of Belgium, Slovakia and Latvia while a confirmation of Portugal’s previous votes also strengthened the poll. Belgium 12 Norway 10 Italy 8 Sweden 7 Slovenia 6 Australia 5 Azerbaijan 4 Estonia 3 Spain 2 Israel 1 Russia Portugal – already reported but today confirmed 12 Italy 10 Norway …

Love Injected (Eurovision 2015 – Latvia) 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 wide range in taste. …