Today at 11.15 CET Ukraine will be the first country to choose its representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The 20 hopeful artists will compete for the prestigous ticket to Copenhagen, and follow Zlata’s success in the previous edition with her song Gravity. According to an NTU poll launched on their official website the current favourite is Tatiana Shirko’s “Let …
Sweden: Melodifestivalen running order
Earlier today SVT released the running order for Sweden’s national final Melodifestivalen. The contest will start off with last year’s runner up Yohio who took the audience by storm in 2013 and finish off with Anton Edwald, the young talent who used to be a background dancer for Danny Saucedo. Semifinal 1: Malmö 1/2 1. ”To the End” – Yohio …
Sweden: Eurovision 2013 behind the scenes
Butterfly effect The city of Malmö recently released a new video covering the butterfly effect of Eurovision Song contest being held in the city. The video is featuring everything from the opening ceremony to Eurovision fans dancing in the street of Malmö. The Eurovision Song Contest had a big impact on the city and the people in Malmö, Europe literally …
Belarus Entries Revealed
Most of the songs for Belarus’ National Selection are now available for listening on broadcaster BTRC’s website here. The 14 songs are as follows: Matvej Kuper and DUX – “Strippers” TEO – “Cheesecake” Daria – “Starlight” Zhanet – “You will be here” Max Lorens & DiDyuLya – “Now you’re gone” Anastasia Malashkevich – “Runaway” Artem Mikhalenko – “Rapsodiya No. 1” …
Emmelie de Forest to perform at Festivali i Këngës
Denmark’s European of the year and the latest winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest, is scheduled to perform at Festivali i Kenges 52, the show which selects Albania’s participant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Alongside Emmelie, Albanian singer and winner of The Voice of Italy 2013, Elhaida Dani, will also be performing. You may remember Elhaida from …
3 new Festivali i Këngës hosts announced
RTSH, the Albanian broadcaster, today announced new hosts for their national selection and most popular music festival Festivali i Këngës. With only one week to go, Diellza Kolgeci – a fashion icon from Kosovo – withdrew from her role as the Festivali i Këngës host. So RTSH have decided to take a new approach to the hosting. For the semi-finals, …
Malta Will Host 2014 Junior Eurovision
Malta has officially confirmed that it will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) in Malta will be the host broadcaster. The Chairman of PBS, Tonio Portughese, says PBS plans to engage local children in activities related to the JESC. Junior Eurovision’s Executive Supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev, has been in Malta this past week meeting …
Iceland – National Final February 15th
The Icelandic national broadcaster RUV has announced the names of the 10 contestants who will compete in the 2014 Icelandic national selection (Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins). In total there will be 3 shows (2 semi-finals and 1 final). The two semi-finals are scheduled to be held on February the 1st and the 8th with the grand final being held on the 15th. …
Bosnia & Herzegovina withdraws after all
BHRT has announced today that Bosnia & Herzegovina will be withdrawing after all. The broadcaster’s Steering Committee has made an unanimous decision to withdraw due to a failure to acquire the necessary sponsorship to fund the country’s participation in Copenhagen. In their announcement it is noted that the broadcaster will do its best to ensure that its viewers get to …
Romania: Will Ovi and Paula represent Romania in Copenhagen?
In 2010, the Romanian duo Paula Seling and Ovi Jacobsen managed to achieve a third place in Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. Yesterday a teaser for the new song “Miracle” was posted on youtube, possibly the official entry to represent Romania in Copenhagen in May. According to the rumours Paula and Ovi have been in contact with the Romanian TV …