Every week all songs selected either via NF or internal selection are up for a vote and our readers award points to their favorite songs. At the end of the week we will tally up the points and post the results. This is Week 5 and so far we have seven countries in the running so let’s find out which …
Lithuania: Monika Linkyte Eliminated
Tonight saw the acts ending in 4th place in the Lithuanian National Final eliminated, Monika Linkyte is the latest act to leave the competition. There are three acts remaining in Eurovizijos 2014; Vaidas Baumila Vilija Mataciunaite Mia Next week will be the semi final, and the following week will be the night in which the Lithuanian representative and song …
Iceland: Pollapönk to represent Iceland.
Congratulations to Pollapönk who will be representing Iceland this year at the Eurovision song contest 2014 in Copenhagen! [vsw id=”42k8HEn3DcE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] What are your thoughts, How will Iceland fair in the 2014 contest? Share your thoughts below and join our Forum to discuss this with hundreds of Eurovision fans from around the world.
Four Songs Advance in Hungary’s First Semi Final
Hungary held the first of two semi-finals this evening. Nine songs competed for four spots in Hungary’s national final, which will be held on February 22nd. The advancing songs were based on both a jury and public vote. The jury selected the first two songs to advance and then the remaining seven songs were put up to a public vote, …
Greece : National final to be held in March.
It was announced this week by OGAE Greece some more information about the Greek national final. It also revealed the names of the artists who will be taking part. They are : Kostas Martakis Krystallia Joesphine Freaky Fourtune Video clips for each song will be shot in the coming week and will be released a week before the national final …
Sweden Melodifestivalen Semi Final 3 results
Tonight the third semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen was held. Two acts from this semi-final were voted directly into the final whilst another two were selected to try again in the second chance round on March 1st. There were 8 acts in tonight’s semi-final and they were: 1. Outtrigger – Echo 2. EKO – Red 3. Oscar Zia – Yes we can 4. Shirley Clamp – Burning alive 5. State of Drama – All …
Estonia: Eesti Laul First Semifinal Results
Five Eesti Laul semifinalists have made it through to the Estonian national selection’s grand final on 1 March. The five acts that made it through are: Tanja – “Amazing” Wilhelm – “Resignal” Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band – “Maybe-Maybe” Kõrsikud – “Tule ja jää” Lenna – “Supernoova” The finalists, decided on via a combination of jury and televotes, are one …
Sweden: Semifinal 3 snippets released
Tomorrow the 3rd semifinal of Melodifestivalen will take part in Göteborg, another eight artist are performing and hoping for a chance to get to the final in Stockholm the 8th March. The rehearsals for tomorrow evening is going on right now and yesterday the one minute snippets were released to the public. You can find the snippets here. The participants …
EBU’s Response to Cheating Allegations: Is it Enough?
The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. The EBU recently discussed the issue of cheating and as one of our writers has already reported, there was a lot of buzz around the internet about it. The EBU said it thoroughly investigated the allegations but couldn’t …
PORTUGAL: Participants revealed!
RTP – Portugal’s public broadcaster – has now revealed the names of the ten participants in this year’s Festival da Cançao. Earlier this month the Portuguese broadcaster had published the shortlist with the names of the composers. Yesterday the organisers of the event announced the list with the interpreters and their songs during a press conference in RTP’s headquarters. The …