Today is the last day of national finals in 2016. Two Grand Finals will take place in Sweden and Lithuania. Lithianian entry will be selected through the national final “Eurovizijos” dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT. The first show of the competition aired on 9 January 2016 and two months later – 12th of March six entries will try to fly …
UK: Joe & Jake Release Single and Sign With Sony Music
The boys met when they were contestants on The Voice UK, they became best friends, then entered the UK selection for Eurovision 2016, Eurovision: You Decide and won! The will now take to the Eurovision stage in May with the backing of major record label, Sony Music! The UK entry “You’re Not Alone” is now available to download! CLICK HERE …
Czech Republic: “I Stand” revealed
As we reported last night, Gabriela Gunčíková was chosen by the Czech national broadcaster CT as the Czech hopeful for Eurovision 2016. Now though, the song which she will perform, “I Stand”, has leaked on to the internet and you can hear the song in full below. The Czech Republic will be hopeful of their first final appearance having failed …
Czech Republic: It’s Gabriela Gunčíková
Czech national broadcaster has just popped the news and the puzzle is solved. Gabriela Gunčíková will represent the country this May in Stockholm. Gabriela shot her glory five years ago when she finished as the runner up the Czech-Slovak edition of the Idol. Year later she had the lead role in the musical Cleopatra. Gabriela has also published two studio albums, …
Utopian Land: Argo reveal Greek song
The band now performing under the moniker Argo, formerly known as Europond, has revealed the entry they will be flying the Greek flag with in Stockholm. “Utopian Land” is sung partly in English and partly in the band’s native Pontic dialect of Greek and sees a combination of multiple elements including traditional Greek sounds and rap crammed into the three …
Australia: Dami Im presents “Sound of Silence”
Australia are looking to continue from their strong introduction to Eurovision in 2015 with another strong entry for Stockholm; Dami Im has today presented her Eurovision entry “Sound of Silence”. Already the song has won many fans on our forum with the slick pop-ballad production, but what do you think of the entry? Dami Im was chosen earlier this week …
San Marino: Serhat reveals “I Didn’t Know”
San Marino becomes the latest country to reveal their 2016 entry as Serhat’s entry “I Didn’t Know” has surfaced on YouTube. The Turkish singer will sing in the first semi-final for the plucky microstate in an aim to reach the final for only the second time in San Marino’s Eurovision history. Olcayto Ahmet Tugsuz composed the entry with Nektarios Tyrakis …
Eurovision Song Contest wins European unity medal
The Eurovision Song Contest can add another title to its many accolades and illustrious history today as it’s been revealed the competition has won the 2016 Charlemagne Medal for European Media (French: Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens), and will recieve the accolade in a special ceremony on April 28th. Established in 2006, previous recipients of the prize have included …
Croatia: Nina will sing Lighthouse
Today on the second channel of Croatian national radio Nina Kraljić has presented her Eurovision entry Lighthouse. As Nina is publishing for Universal Music, there was an open call to find the best song for her personality and voice. In the end the Austrian duo POPMACHE was chosen, while the production was done by Thorsten Brötzmann, who colaborated with Lena, No …
Macedonia: Kaliopi presents us “Dona”
Tonight we saw the presentation of the Macedonian entry and Kaliopi’s song “Dona”, a trully emotional track. Kaliopi also served as the host of her show along with popular tv faces Aleksandra & Marko. During the show many young and aspiring singers, that shot their glory from several regional singing competitions, performed Kaliopi’s songs in duets with her. There …