LTV has now revealed which 20 artists are set to take part in Supernova 2016, the programme designed to choose Latvia’s representative for Eurovision 2016. Amongst the artists include Justs Sirmais, the previously rumoured candidate with a song written by Aminata; Samanta Tīna, who has previously taken part in various Latvian selection shows and both ElektroFolk and Markus Riva who …

Today is the day that all Latvian Eurovision fans have been waiting for. Today the acts who will participate in the Latvian national final, Supernova, will be announced. The 20 acts who will take part in Supernova will be announced in a show beginning at 20:25 CET, these acts will be separated into two heats (7th and 14th of February) where 10 …

The Swedish broadcaster SVT recently presented the theme art for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. We at ESC United  understand how exciting it is to support your country (or your favorite song) so just as we did last year, we created Logo Flags for most European countries including all possible participants. And if you’re like me and live outside …

Eurovision 2016 is really starting to come together. But there’s a lot more action and excitement to come this week, so let’s take a look at the schedule for the rest of January; 25th January – We know the theme and semi-finals! As you have probably already seen, the theme for this year’s contest has been revealed. We will Come …

It’s been a big weekend for Eurovision 2016 but it’s not over yet – tonight Latvia kicks off their search for a star with the first introductory show of Supernova! You can watch the introductory show later tonight at 21:25 CET from LTV’s webpage HERE. LTV has not given an indication of any of the participants in this year’s national …

Today might be widely known as Blue Monday, or ‘the worst day of the year’, but for this year the day signals the oncoming rush of entries, shows and excitement of the 2016 Eurovision selection season. It’s been quite a stuttering start of the season and we’re still awaiting 40 more entries, but luckily there’s a few more events to …

Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …

Four artists down and 44 to go! Today it’s Latvia’s turn to have their dreams fulfilled! Who did you want to see singing for the Baltic nation in 2016? There was little competition for the Latvian songstress MNTHA who romped to victory and is your dream participant for Latvia! The unusual style of performance by her alienated many when she …

Aminata (Latvia) blew the press center away with her first rehearsal of “Love Injected.”  She has a strong voice, an excellent performing persona, and a team of talented backup singers that should give way to an atmospheric performance on the Eurovision stage.  Latvia has the longest non-qualification streak of all Eurovision countries participating this year (aside from the Czech Republic).  …

We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2.  Today, …