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🇩🇪 Germany: Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed!

Germany’s ARD has officially confirmed that it will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Switzerland. While all eyes are currently on the selection of the host city, we are still awaiting more information on what the selection process will look like for the German representative. This marks the fourth country to confirm their Eurovision …

🇮🇹 Italy: Carlo Conti announced as Artistic Director and Sanremo host

It is the most prestige show when it comes to Italian entertainment, of course we’re talking about the yearly Sanremo Festival. Last week, it was announced that a change has taken place, and that change being that Carlo Conti will once again host the song festival. Sanremo 2025 & 2026 The announcement was made during the news broadcast on Tg1, …

Andria Putkaradze Wins Ranina Season 7, Will Represent Georgia at JESC!

Andria Putkaradze has won Season VII of popular Georgian talent show Ranina, and as is the case the last six seasons, will represent Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Putkaradze beat out Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia in the three competitor Semi-Final, bringing the ten week, four round, one Semi-Final and Final marathon to a close. Given the Final …

Georgia: Three JESC Hopefuls Through to Ranina Final!

Three young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Grand Final of Ranina today after last night’s Semi-Final. Andria Putkaradze, Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia made it to next week’s Semi-Final, while Andria Mishvelidze and Sandro Ashotia narrowly missed out. In a Semi-Final focused on Georgian nostalgic childhood songs by pianist and composer Meri Davitashvili (1924 – 2004), with backing vocals provided …

🇽🇰 Kosovo: RTK to Submit Eurovision 2025 Application

Latest news coming to us from Kosovo: the Eurovision community has been buzzing with talks of RTK possibly submitting their Eurovision 2025 application, and plan on doing it this June. According to RTKLive, the Chairman of RTK’s Board has announced that the broadcaster will submit an application to participate in Eurovision 2025 to the European Broadcasting Union. At the recent …

ESC 2024: 163 million people tuned in over the 3 live shows

It’s been almost two weeks now since the winner of the 2024 contest was decided, and the EBU has now not long ago, just released the details surrounding this year’s competition and the traction it garnered. Record breaking year This year’s contest was hosted by the Swedish broadcaster (SVT) in Malmö. The show could be watched in all 37 participating …

JESC 2024: Several Broadcasters Opt Out of Participation!

A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …

ESC 2025: Multiple host city options for Switzerland

Switzerland is known for various things, but when it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest, it is known as the birthplace of the contest. It all started in 1956, when the first ever contest was held in Lugano. Then, when the country finally achieved success once more in 1988, the contest was held in Lausanne, the following year. Could we …

Meet Sergio Jaén: The Wizard Behind Bambie Thug’s Bewitching Stage Show

When the first images and clips of Bambie Thug‘s “Doomsday Blue” rehearsal trickled out a week before this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, there was one thing practically everyone could agree on: Ireland’s staging was something special. The operatic, demonic slice of musical theater excellence wowed press and fans alike, and the buzz around “Doomsday Blue” exploded overnight. Would this non-binary, …

Georgia: Five Advance to Ranina Semi-Finals!

Five young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Semi-Final of Ranina today after completing the foreign language fourth round. Sandro Gurgenadze, Andria Mishvelidze, Sandro Ashotia, Andria Putkaradze, and Barbara Morgoshia survived four challenging rounds and made it to next week’s Semi-Final. This week, five of the contestants performed songs in French, Portuguese, Hindi, Turkish, and English, with mastery of foreign language an …

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