A few days ago, the Italian broadcaster RAI announced the 20 acts that are going to compete in the Sanremo Music Festival 2018. The festival is used as the way of choosing the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and it has launched the careers of some of Italy’s most successful singers. We put together this video introducing each artists to …

[AdSense-B] A massive shift in power over the course of the final rehearsals has seen Portugal become the new favourite to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, after Italy dropped to second place. Italy had previously been the overwhelming favourite since the song was confirmed as the Italian entry back in February. Salvador Sobral’s simplistic yet touching performances of “Amar …

[AdSense-B] Francesco Gabbani may be heading into what many people assume to be the biggest week of his life, but the singer already has his eyes on events after the contest. Today, the Italian favourite released the music video for his next single “Tra le granite e la granate”, which you can see below. The catchy single has a colourful …

Today it has been announced which halves each of the Big 5 will perform in. This was done in the press conference after their rehearsals today. As previously announced, Ukraine will perform in the second half in position 22. The remaining pre-qualified countries have selected which half they will perform in and their running order position will be determined by …

[AdSense-B] In a result that more than likely will not shock anyone, Italy was who #YOU chose as the best rehearsal of the prequalifiers with 51% of the vote. United Kingdom were leading the poll for a long time but ultimately fall into second place with 34% of the poll. Very few votes were registered between the other four countries; …

[AdSense-B] And today we’ve completed the set! All 42 countries have now performed on the Kyiv stage so we have a clearer picture of who will do well and who won’t! France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom have brought us giant heads, mirrored shells, spinning cities, surfing and – of course – a dancing monkey. Of course, for …

[AdSense-B] Last month, once all of the songs for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest had been chosen, we put one very simple question to #YOU: Who did you want to win Eurovision 2017? While it may be a question some have taken in different directions, we feel that it is an accurate barometer of how people are feeling about the …

[AdSense-B] We’ve had our say over the past few weeks and we’ve made our first few rankings, but now we can finally begin totting up your poll results to work out the reader’s ranking for 2017! The method we have used to calculate your results are as follows, based on proportional poll results. Points have been distributed out of 1000 …

[AdSense-B] It’s the Eurovision song that has taken the internet by storm and has firmly placed itself as the leader of the pack in the hunt for the trophy, but it’s not just Eurovision glory that Francesco Gabbani has his sights on. The track will also form part of his third studio album, set for release at the end of …

[AdSense-B] The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back. The Editorial team got to enjoy all 43 entries of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, review and rank them accordingly. Needless to say, this is all subjective and you may totally disagree with us. There is a reason we put quotation marks down. Which is why we included a poll and in …