Our next interview from this year’s UMK selection comes from Lxandra, who had nothing to lose by chatting with us! Lxandra is a singer and songwriter from Suomenlinna, Finland and the daughter of the Finnish bassist and composer Pekka Lehti. She first appeared in the music scene in 2017 with her first singles “Hush Hush Baby” and “Flicker”, and also …
We’re delighted to welcome Anica Russo, another finalist of Unser Lied für Liverpool, to our interview today! In this interview, we will be discussing her motivation for submitting an entry to the German national final, her musical style, and her Unser Lied entry “Once Upon a Dream.” Additionally, we’ll be exploring her Eurovision week traditions and her plans for the …
The second semi-final of Söngvakeppnin is rapidly approaching, which means it’s a good time to launch our interview with Silja Rós and Kjalar! Silja and Kjalar are competing in the Icelandic national final for the first time together, but during our conversation we learned that their song “Together We Grow” was actually not written as a duet until much later in …
When Bristol, England-based rapper MoYah received a call from a Portuguese phone number, he initially thought it would be a relative or friend on the other line. But to his surprise, it was a representative from Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. MoYah’s manager had submitted his upbeat hip-hop track “Too Much Sauce” for the annual Festival da Canção. As weeks …
On December 8th Slovenia’s broadcaster RTVSLO made the announcement that Joker Out has been internally selected to represent them at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, and their song “Carpe Diem” was released on February 4th. Shortly after the song release, we had the opportunity to sit down with the band to discuss the group’s origin story, their decision to do Eurovision, …
We’re excited to bring you a new interview with Finnish star and UMK contestant Robin Packalen! Robin is a well-known and listened to artist in Finland, whose music has sold over 370,000 copies as of 2014 alone. He first popped up in the music scene in 2008 when he won the Finnish youth singing contest Staraskaba, and then competed for the …
With the time trickling away, days becoming longer and longer, our national final season for the Eurovision song contest is fast approaching its end. Liverpool is in full swing when it comes to the preparations for the biggest European musical event of the year, which is also true when it comes to the countries that will set off on this …
February is well underway, and the selection for the Serbian representative of the Eurovision song contest in March is approaching, while the excitement is steadily growing. Fans of the competition have been listening to the released tracks for quite some time, and social networks are sweltering, and for good reason. In an ocean of these diverse tracks, where the great …
We had the pleasure of chatting with the talented singer-songwriter, Will Church, who is among the nine artists vying for a chance to represent Germany in this year’s Eurovision. In our interview, Will discusses his unique sound, his excitement for the national selection, and some of his personal interests outside of music. He also shares his creative process behind his …
It’s time to premiere another interview ahead of the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin, and today we’re proud to introduce you to the band Celebs! Celebs is a three member band made up of Hrafnkell Hugi Vernharðsson (Keli), Katla Vigdís Vernharðsdóttir, and Valgeir Skorri Vernharðss. The band released their first singles “Kannski Hann” and “Rökkrið Rænir Æðruleysi” back in 2020, and …
