2023 was the year of the most recent change in the Eurovision Song Contest voting system. With televoting gaining prominence and being the only thing responsible for selecting the finalists, a question arises: what impact would this change have since the introduction of semi-finals, back to 2004? Let’s find out! 2004 – 2007: With the increasing number of participating countries …
The composer of North Macedonia’s Eurovision 2005 entry (then as FYR Macedonia) “Make My Day”, Dragan Vučić, has sadly passed away as a result of COVID-19. The television presenter and musician made a name for himself in his native North Macedonia as the lead singer of the pop-folk group Koda, before going on to present various TV shows on Kanal …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. With talk of Kazakhstan potentially competing at Eurovision in the not-too-distant future after a debut appearance at the Junior version and awaiting word on a second attempt there, we go back to …
[AdSense-B] Some desperately sad news has emanated from over in Latvia today, as it has been confirmed that one of the performers for Latvia at Eurovision 2005, Valters Frīdenbergs, has died of cancer at the age of 30. The singer, who finished 5th as part of the duo Walters and Kazha in 2005, had been battling the disease since 2016. Having …
