I managed to catch up with Swedish songwriters, producers and identical twins Ylva and Linda Persson about their 2016 Eurovision journey, they have entered many national selections this year, so I decided to ask some questions about their Eurovision Journey.   What makes competing with Songs in the national finals special? We have a huge passion and love for Eurovision …

Sad News for Litesound fans, they and their co-singer, Kathrine, have decided to withdraw from the Moldovan national Final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. They have withdrawn for ‘personal reasons’ which could mean one of a number of things, they no longer wish to participate, they have plans to use the song in another NF, or they have plans …

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 …

Today the final 24 in O Melodie Pentru 2016 were announced, after the auditions took place. The Semi-Finalists have now been decided and there are now just 24 songs remaining in the running for the Moldovan ticket for Stockholm. 12 songs will participate in the first semi-final on the 23rd of February and the remaining 12 will compete in the …

Yesterday was the deadline for the Moldovan song submission, after weeks of the submission period being open and not receiving any songs, then slowly a few songs got received, and as TRM predicted, they received the majority of songs in the final few days. The list of songs submitted reached 48. Among this list we have a few familiar names: …

Just a quick update on what’s going on in the world of Eurovision in Moldova. We have updated you with what has been happening with their national final, from when they announced the rules, to opening the submissions, to the 3 songs they had received. Today I can announce that the Moldovan TV channel have received 7 songs, with less …

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 …

As previously announced, Moldova began accepting songs for their National Final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. They opened the submissions on the 15th of October. It was revealed by Leonid Melnik the Moldovan organiser that after 1 month of submissions being open they have not received a single entry. Melnik in an interview with KanKan.md stated: “No one has yet …

Moldova have confirmed they would participate in Stockholm and they have stated that they are now accepting songs to be judged by the panel for O melodie pentru Europa 2016. Moldova have once again revised the rules for their national selection. Last year they opened it up to anybody who wished to enter, this year they have returned to the previous …

The next country on our dream team adventure is Moldova. They’ve been unlucky in the last few years, but is there someone who can bring the country back to the final? Well, our readers seem to think so, as Doinița Gherman won our poll! She has taken part in every selection for Moldova since 2009 but has not quite been …