Croatia: Fenksta Interview – “The song talks about people being copies of each other, nobody is original anymore.”We’re continuing with the next artist who replied to our request for the Q&A session from the Dora 2025 line-up. Ladies and gentlemen, it is Fenksta! Hello Fenksta, thank you for accepting our invitation. Welcome! Firstly, I must ask you how you came up with your stage name? It’s unique, does it have any specific meaning? It was literally my …
Vlad Sheriff Interview: “Each day is not just another 24 hours. It is a new page of our lives.”Singer and filmmaker Vlad Sheriff is no stranger to Vidbir. After participating last year as a backing vocalist for Jerry Heil & Alyona Alyona’s winning entry “Teresa & Maria,” Vlad is preparing to take the stage on Saturday as a solo artist with “Wind of change.” We caught up with him to ask about his Vidbir 2025 journey, his passion …
Marcus & Martinus interview: “We wanna make history for Sweden”It’s the chaotic twins, known shortly by their initials M&M (not affiliated with the candy), who’s the good one, who’s the bad one or is any of them even good to begin with? Of course we’re talking about Marcus & Martinus who this year will represent Sweden on home soil, despite them being Norwegian. We had a quick chat with …
Ziferblat Interview: “Our song is for all people who have lost their homes for one reason or another”In less than a week from today, 11 acts will take the Vidbir stage to compete for the prestigious ticket for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. As we build up to the final of Vidbir, we had the chance to get to know the participants a little better and sit down for a chat. Today, for our first Vidbir interview, we …
Following it’s inaugural season in 2022, it was confirmed yesterday by show producer and creator Christer Björkman that the American Song Contest will not happen in 2023. The topic came up while speaking to Euromovidas during Benidorm Fest 2023, where Björkman described that while he is proud of the contest and the team’s work on it, he is not sure …
This week has seen the unfortunate news that three countries have withdrawn from Eurovison 2023, including Montenegro, but American Eurofans may be further disappointed to hear that an American Song Contest participant may have been Montenegro’s choice to compete in Liverpool. Enisa Nikaj, who represented the state of New York in the American Song Contest 2022, reported on Twitter that …
Negotiations are underway for season 2 of the American Song Contest, according Christer Bjorkman in a profile published by Swedish newspaper Afltonbladet. In the profile, Bjorkman stated, “We are still negotiating and it is, as always, about money.” Bjorkman produced the first season of the American Song Contest, and his company Voxovation holds the rights to the franchise along with …
Last month America selected Oklahoma’s AleXA as it’s first winner of the American Song Contest, beating out 55 other artists and bands from across the country. With the show being over, many of the artists have now released their first single on streaming platforms. As of today, a total of ten artist have released singles from upcoming EPs or follow-up …
It’s the night that NBC has been looking forward too all season long, the final night of the American Song Contest! Eight weeks ago the contest began with 56 total entries from the 50 U.S. states, 5 territories, and the District of Colombia. Following five qualifier rounds and two semi-finals, that field of entries was cut down to just 10 …
This past monday the final 11 artists took to the stage in the semi-final show to earn a highly coveted spot in the grand final. One artist was granted a direct ticket to the final through a jury-only vote, and it suprised no one that Week 3’s jury qualifier Tyler Braden of Tennessee topped the jury once again and moved …
