Two days ago, online news portals across former Yugoslavia went viral with the news that Bosnia & Herzegovina would ditch Eurovision for the newly announced ‘Turkeyvision’ Song Contest. Numbers of other articles have come out and there have been varied reactions to this news. Many are supporting Bosnia venturing into Turkeyvision, but there is across the board criticism of the …

Maltese broadcaster PBS has announced the format for their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 via Eurovision.tv. PBS is now taking submissions, of which 20 will be chosen to compete in a semifinal, compared to last year’s 24. From there, 14 entries will be chosen to compete in a final. The event will take place sometime in January …

ESC United was informed that Montenegro will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The President of the National broadcaster RTCG made that announcement via . The artist will be selected internally and an official announcement is to be expected soon. Rumors of Sergej Cetkovic are circulating around online but we will have to wait and see …

Aleksandar Tijanic, CEO of RTS, Serbia Broadcasting corporation discussed the possibility of the country’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2014. “We are still thinking about whether we will participate in the Eurosong or not”, Said Tijanic to the Serbian daily tabloid Blic, “In a month we will make a final decision. Public service is in big financial problems. Eurovision is very watched …

After months riddled in scandal and controversy, The Eurovision jury system has once again been revamped as The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) releases an updated set of rules to be used in next year’s contest in Copenhagen, taking a big step towards a transparent ESC result. The changes to the rules, released earlier today by the Reference Group of the …

Croatia will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) announced earlier today.  HRT cited a lack of funds and a difficult economic situation regarding their withdrawal from the next competition. However, the announcement asserts this is only temporary; HRT says that they aim to improve upon previous results and reach a better place in the …

There has been lots of requests all around on different sites querying would the Irish song selection process be changed for 2014? Today it was announced by Michael Kealy (RTEs Head of Delegation at Eurovision) that RTE were looking at all possible options for the 2014 Eurosong. Meetings have been taking place between Mr Kealy and the new Head of …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Once news broke on Twitter of Conchita Wurst’s participation in Copenhagen for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, I immediately knew that I could expect tons of unwarranted hatred for Austria’s choice. When someone who doesn’t look like the …

Turkey’s broadcaster TRT indicated that the country may not return to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The country has been quite successful in the last decade which included a victory in 2003 as well as six additional Top 10 placings. However Turkey unexpectedly withdrew from the contest citing dissatisfaction with the introduction of a mixed jury/televote …

Eesti Laul has  been the National Final show for Estonia for several years now and according to this Source the Semis and Final will take place on the following dates: Semi Final 1: February 14th Semi Final 2: February 21st Final: March 1st This was confirmed by Mart Normet, the Estonian head of delegation. Estonia has won the contest once …