Disclaimer: contains opinions. All opinions stated belong to the quoted person, and do not represent the views of ESCUnited as a whole. Happy Junior Eurovision Day, everyone! We’ve been publishing our reviews for the 17 songs hoping to win the upcoming JESC in Madrid tonight and the time has come for one final update. Of course, we wrote our little …

Last week, Portugal’s Junior Eurovision entrant Victoria Nicole released her entry for the 2024 contest, “Esperança” (Hope). The song has lyrics in both Spanish and Portuguese. Victoria herself is credited as the writer of both the music and lyrics, and the music direction and production is credited to Nininho Vaz Maia, Bárbara Tinoco and Feodor Bivol. Some of these names …

The Eurovision Song Contest season is lurking closer and closer for each day we pass, however, there is one other thing taking place before all of that, and that’s the Junior Eurovision. While most countries around in Europe are focused and working hard on finding the perfect song for May 2025, other countries have had the spare resources to make …

Eyes will soon be focused on one specific Swiss city, but before we get that far, Portugal has already set their eyes for finding the next representative of the country. With the Portuguese broadcaster (RTP) confirming participation, they have at the same time revealed the rules and regulations for their upcoming national final. Portugal in ESC 2025 Portugal will in …

Currently, there’s a lot of attention towards where the next Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Switzerland, but that won’t hinder our focus on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Sometime last week, it was announced by the Portuguese broadcaster (RTP) that they had found a singer, and now the Spanish broadcaster and this year’s host (RTVE) have also announced …

For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …

Just like that, the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest has started, the show was seen and in the end, a decision was made. However, our focus for now, will be on the 10 countries that made it out of the first semi-final. Let’s finally dive into their draw. Who goes where? As a reminder, congratulation to all 10 qualifiers, but also …

If you’ve been with us thus far, or if you are tuning in just now, our interviews galore continue! Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with Portugal’s representative for this year’s Eurovision, the lovely Iolanda with her song “Grito”. Iolanda opened up about the idea behind the staging, her episodic artsy performance and her approach to music. She …

As the first semi-final quickly approaches, it’s time for us to learn who YOU think will qualify into the grand final tomorrow. A total of 15 acts are set to compete in the semi-final but a total of 10 spots are on the line. Now it’s time for you, the readers of ESC United, to tell us who YOU think …

Another day, another Eurovision rehearsal poll come and gone! Yesterday we asked who you viewed as the best rehearsal for Day Two and a number of you responded. A total of 254 votes were cast across the poll, showing overwhelming support for Portugal’s Iolanda. In fact, across the poll Iolanda received a total of 70 votes, which translates to 28% of …