In an interview with Australian outlet TV Tonight, SBS have announced they are abandoning plans for the Eurovision Asia Song Contest, after 5 years of development. The spin-off contest was first announced in 2016, to be held in Australia in 2017 with 20 countries competing. However, all social media updates for the event were indefinitely paused in 2017, and never …
If you’ve followed the contest in the recent years, you’ve probably already heard about it in the past, but today, we’ve gotten more clues about what it’s all about and when it will be. We’re talking about the American Song Contest, which will air already next year. American Song Contest Back in 2019, everyone came to the press centre for …
It remains a sign of the times that even a notice of cancellation for a step towards a national final can create some optimism, but that is largely what Welsh broadcaster S4C have done with their announcement regarding Welsh choral competition Côr Cymru. Côr Cymru 2021, to be held on May 2, 2021, is being used again as a national …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. After the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 and the postponement of Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 due to COVID-19, quite a few eyes turned to the Junior Eurovision contest and its preparations in the ESC …
The February 17, 2020 deadline for entry into the Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 contest, to be held on June 21, 2020, in Zagreb, Croatia, has passed, and the final eleven competing nations have been announced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The 2020 contest, which is being held to coincide with World Music Day on June 21, 2020 in King …
[AdSense-B] As Jury Chairman John Rutter told the assembled choirs, every choir was a winner by virtue of being able to sing among the best choirs in Europe onstage at the Partille Arena, but it was Denmark’s experienced Vocal Line and their contemporary sound that won the title of Eurovision Choir 2019. Jury member Deke Sharon told Vocal Line after …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Last week ESC United published a basic primer of the 2nd Eurovision Choir contest to be held this Saturday, August 3, 2019, at the Partille Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. We went over …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. There are two great pieces of news to come out this week to take your minds off terrible news like Trump’s racist “Go Back Home” tweets, the United Kingdom now being led …
[AdSense-B] The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced today that the 20th edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest will be held on an open air stage in King Tomoslav Square in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. To coincide with World Music Day, the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest Final will be held on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Croatia’s Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) …
[AdSense-B] Earlier today, Sean attended the press conference for The American Song Contest, a new EBU venture launched by Christer Björkman across the pond. Here’s everything that we know about the new Stateside contest from this conference! 🇺🇸 The background Discussions regarding bringing the Eurovision format to the United States began during the production of Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv, with …
