Bulgaria made an unexpected announcement letting us know that their originally entry “Kismet” has been dropped and instead “Samo Sampioni” was chosen as the song for Malmo. the latter was the favorite to win the National Final but the televoters preferred “Kismet”. [vsw id=”xRdG6jo2sSQ” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] The rumor mills haven’t stopped and copyright issues were mentioned as …
Anouk presents “Birds” (Netherlands)
The Dutch representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Anouk, presented her song “Birds” today. “Birds” is best described as dark and haunting. So it comes as a surprise to many, given that earlier into the 2013 Eurovision season, Anouk had promised a “killer song” to compete with all the other entries. One would have suspected a more typical Eurovision …
ESCUNITED Ranking Game 2013 – Round 9 Results
Every week all songs selected either via NF or internal selection are up for a vote and our members give points to their favorite songs. At the end of the week the host will tally up the points and post the results. This is Week 9 and six songs were added, let’s have a look at this week’s ranking of …
Cezar wins the Romanian National Final
In a very close race, Cezar won the Romanian national Final with his song “It’s my life”. It was a nail biter until the very end with the juries and televoting not seeing eye to eye. [vsw id=”N0mba0g7Esk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Please let us know your thoughts by visiting our Forum HERE Cezar will take part in …
Robin Stjernberg representing Sweden on home turf
Melodifestivalen, the Swedish National Final has just concluded in what most would consider a nail biter.In the end Robin won the tight race with the song “you” This is the first time that a song that qualified from the Second Chance wins it all. We recently discussed the Second Chance round concept in a separate article and …
Romania: Your favorite song is Al Mike feat. Renee Santana – “What is love”
Romania is holding its National Final tonight and the ESC United readers were given the opportunity to vote for their favorite song in the running. After all votes have been counted Al Mike feat Renee Santana were the clear winners receiving 34% of the votes. Their song “What is love” is the one to beat so make sure to tune …
Ralf Gyllenhammar is your favorite to win Melodifestivalen
Over the last few days ESC United gave the readers the opportunity to vote for their favorite Song in the Swedish National Final. The results are in and if it were up to you, Ralf Gyllenhammar would defend the title on home turf with his song “Bed on fire”. 22% of the votes went his way followed Yohio who received …
Macedonia FYR: “Imperija” out, new song to be chosen soon
“Immediately after “Imperija” was released, it received mainly negative response from the media and therefore, we decided to change the entry!”. That is what Ljupco Mirkovski, the Macedonian Head of Delegation, had to say about the last minute decision. This comes as a surprise to many, the deadline to submit a song is only 10 days away so we’ll find …
Moran Mazor to represent Israel in Malmo
The National Final in Israel has just concluded and the televoters and juries decided that Moran Mazor should fly the flag for Israel in Malmo with the song Rak bishvilo. The ESC United readers once again should be really happy as their favorite per our Poll HERE won it all. [vsw id=”y8YNSQqY_AE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] What are …
UK holds out for a hero, Bonnie Tyler!
BBC news confirms that Bonnie Tyler will represent the UK in Malmo with the song “Believe in Me.” A clip of the song can be found below: Bonnie Tyler is best known as the muse of writer extraordinaire Jim Steinman, whose songs have been recorded by Eurovision alum such as Celine Dion (It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”) and …