Here we are again for another round of predictions! We’ve counted up your votes, we’ve compiled our lists of qualifiers and we’re ready to take back the title from the readers! On Tuesday, the readers “televote” results were slightly more accurate than ours, but we feel pretty confident today! Once again we were astounded at the response to our poll so thank …

Hovi Star is one of the biggest personalities in this year’s contest and it really shines in the interviews and press conferences… including here! We chat to Hovi about how he gets to relax outside of the Eurovision bubble, his feelings about the stage and gives us an exclusive secret… Check out our interview with Israel’s Hovi Star below; Hovi …

In just four days first members of our team will start landing in Stockholm. The excitement is rising, so lets calm down a bit and see what has been going on in past few days. Croatian delegation was introduced on a press conference today. Nina will be followed by four back vocalist. They are Andrej Babić, who composed six Eurovision …

Hovi Star beat three other acts participating in the final of Rising Star, and now he has a honor to represent Israel at Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with a song Made of Stars. The tonight’s winner was determined by the public in Israel and the votes by app. You can listen to the song at the video below: https://youtu.be/W3ubmLbhiQ4 Last year Nadav Guedj represented Israel …

With a heavy heart I have to announced that the National Final season is almost over! Tonight another two songs will be announced, with less than 2 weeks before the deadline, we are nearing the end. AUSTRALIA – Announcement The second ever Australian entry will be revealed today! Rumours have been floating around the internet as to who it could …

The Swedish broadcaster SVT recently presented the theme art for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. We at ESC United  understand how exciting it is to support your country (or your favorite song) so just as we did last year, we created Logo Flags for most European countries including all possible participants. And if you’re like me and live outside …

Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …

Next up on our dream team is a country who thankfully saw a reversal of recent fortune in 2015 – Vienna would not have been the same without the parties and celebrations sparked by Nadav Guedj’s “Golden Boy”! Will Israel keep this party spirit going in 2016, or will we see another change in direction? Let’s see who you wanted …

Nadav Guedj (Israel) is looking to bring Israel back to the Grand Finale for the first time since 2010 with “Golden Boy”.  The first rehearsal was well-received in the press center.  Nadav has impressive vocals, particular in the beginning, while the backup dancers help bring a party atmosphere that will surely energize the audience in the second half of Semi-Final …

We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2.  Today, …