We asked #YOU, our wonderful readers, to vote on your favourite act in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and with around an hour to go until the show begins, we can finally reveal your favourites. It was North Macedonia who took pride of place at the summit in our poll, narrowly taking the top spot with 19% of the …
It was a battle of three queens this evening on Georgian Idol as Tornike Kipiani edged out Tamar Kakalashvili and Barbara Samkharadze to become the new leader in the musical and soundtrack themed second elimination round. Kipiani triumphed with 19.13% of the televote with his performance of indie punk rock band The Subways’s “Rock ‘n Roll Queen.” Kakalashvili, who was …
The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT is preparing for its comeback to the contest, and ahead of the reveal for the 13th Bulgarian representative at the contest on Monday 25th, their social media feeds have begun to crank up the hype and hint at what we can expect from the nation in Rotterdam! #TeamBulgaria, as it seems the Bulgarian delegation will …
Fresh from the press: Our colleagues at Eurovoix have reported that Andorra have made plans to return to the contest. What does this mean? Will we see Andorra back at Eurovision? Well, no. Not quite yet. Andorra won’t be participating in Rotterdam. The Pyrenean microstate withdrew in 2010 due to financial matters and will be continuing their absence for at …
Cyprus may be gearing up for an artist announcement for Eurovision, which could take the form of The Voice of Germany alumnus Sandro Nicolas, according to Greek-language contest site Eurovision Fun. The singer, who became known on the 2018 edition of the competition and performed as Alessandro Rütten, is reportedly being lined up to represent Cyprus in the competition in …
They might have taken part every year since 2015, but in 2019, they gave the public what they wanted, and they are ready to do that again in 2020. Australian broadcaster SBS is slowly releasing the names of the participants, for the upcoming Australian national final. Eurovision – Australia Decides 2020 Just like last year, SBS is taking the same …
Before the article, a disclaimer – the below editorial is tongue-in-cheek and written from the personal opinion of the author, and does not necessarily represent the views of ESC United as an outlet, its contributors or anyone associated with Eurovision. So, you’ve just won the Eurovision Song Contest. Congratulations! Obviously, the above can only come true for one act in …
It’s official. The debate over whether Jack could have fit on the floating door next to Rose in Titanic has been settled by none other than Eurovision 1988 winner Celine Dion. Celine Dion, whose monster hit “My Heart will go on” was the first single from the soundtrack to the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic, directed by James Cameron, was asked …
In a dramatic first elimination round, Tamar Kakalashvili was crowned the first leader with 16.53% of the online and telephone vote after a rousing performance of a Beatles’s medley of “Golden Slumbers” and “Carry That Weight.” Tamar arrived singing “Queen,” and so she proved on her first live concert of the Georgian Idol season. Kakalashvili triumphed with her interpretation of …
Two more artists have won the weekly final in Slovenia’s new talent search, EMA FREŠ, and will move on to the next stage of the competition and a step closer to the Slovenian selection for Rotterdam. This week saw six more acts and their songs revealed by the Slovenian national broadcaster RTVSLO, with the songs pitted against each other in …
