[AdSense-B] With tonight’s second semi-final of Selecția Națională deciding this year’s Romanian finalists, our editor James took a look at the candidates. Which acts does he feel are best? 2 Gents – Ielele James – 6 – “Despite the bass drops and the “we’re singing behind the bins” echo effects borrowed from modern pop, this song is not that interesting. With …

The grand Italian festival Sanremo took place this past week, and what a glorious week it has been of new Italian music, but what we care most about is, who is going to Eurovision, so let’s have a look at this past week’s festival! [AdSense-B] Often seen as the mother of the Eurovision Song Contest, since our beloved contest was …

[AdSense-B] Melodifestivalen is without a doubt the most popular national final in Europe, and the schlager excitement came once again tonight, as the second semi-final took place in Malmö. Semi-final 2 Last week, the first 7 acts took part in the show, and tonight, it was time for the next 7 acts to take part. As always, the Swedes were …

[AdSense-B] Five acts took the stage in Podgorica tonight – D-Moll, Andrea Demirović, Monika Knezović, Ivana Popović-Martinović and Nina Petković. Also, a special game for the people who voted was organized. One lucky person won a five day trip to Tel Aviv for two with tickets for the live shows. There were two rounds of voting. In the first round, …

The love was real as the Georgian public made it known that Liza Kalandadze was the winner of Georgian Idol’s third live show with her rendition of Sergi Gvarjaladze’s “Artificial Love.” Heading into this weekend, Kalandadze looked to have the toughest assignment with deep voiced crooner Gvarjaladze’s ballad, but she nailed it. Assignments outside of a singer’s comfort zone have …

The Eurovision fever is currently spreading throughout all of Europe, and so it does on Iceland. The first Semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2019 has just concluded. [AdSense-B] With only 10 songs competing in the Icelandic national final this year, you’d think that it might be easiest to hold one grand final with 10 songs, but no, Iceland wants the Eurovision fever to …

[AdSense-B] The Hungarian national final, A Dal, is coming to its peak. After three heats, the first semifinal was held tonight, and nine acts took the stage in MTVA studios in Budapest. Just like in previous years, the jury gave their scores in the first round of voting along with people through SMS, mobile app and online voting to choose three …

[AdSense-B] Iceland’s perennial selection Söngvakeppnin kicks off once again this evening as five acts will take to the stage to fight for a slot at Eurovision 2019. With an interesting array of styles in this year’s show, which act will prevail? Here’s what myself and James thought of the first batch… Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra James – 5 – “The …

[AdSense-B] In an unusual turn of events, Europe woke up this morning to the first EVER Australia Decides – Australia’s debut national selection for Eurovision! The time zones meant that we Europeans got to enjoy the show just after breakfast and boy did we love it! The show launched with a spectacular rendition of “Tonight Again” by Casey Donovan before our …

[AdSense-B] The Lithuanian selection is hotting up, and with just 24 acts remaining in the competition from the initial sixty, our editor James reviewed the remaining contestants from the first semi-final. Which acts should make it through to the final of the competition? Twosome – 1000 James – 2 – Apart from the guy who sounds like the Crash Test …