Informations are coming in daily, literally. SVT has announced a slogan for Melodifestivalen, your favourite national selection. ” Sweden’s Longest Party ” is official slogan for 56th edition of Swedish national selection – Melodifestivalen. Also, SVT has published stage design. Don’t forget it is only seven days left for Semi-Final 1 which will be placed in Gothenburg and will be hosted by …
Azerbaijan: Send Your Songs Now!
The Azerbaijani national TV channel, ITV, have released information regarding their selection process for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Azerbaijan have once again decided not to give the people a say in their representative, they have opted for an internal selection once again. Citizens of Azerbaijan are asked to submit their interest in participating in the Eurovision to submit their …
Georgia: Song Selection on 15th of February
The Georgian broadcaster have revealed that they will be holding a national final to select their song for Stockholm. They previously announced that Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz will represent Georgia in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest and have been accepting songs for consideration. Over 100 songs were submitted to GPB in hope of getting selected by the broadcaster and …
Ukraine: Semi-Final Running Order
Photo credit: STB and UA:Pershiy The running order for the Ukrainian national selection has been determined. The draw was conducted by Ruslana, who will be on the jury. The running order for each semi final are as follows: Semi final 1 (6th February): 1: Jamala 2: The HardKiss 3: Brunettes shoot Blondes 4: Svetlana Tarabarova 5. Vladislav Kurasov 6: Aida …
Poland: National final on March 5
Poland will return to a national selection for Eurovision 2016 as announced today by TVP. We had previously confirmed that news would come soon about the selection process for Poland’s 2016 entry but it was today that TVP opened a submission period for potential entries, with all interested parties given until February 8th to submit their entry to the broadcaster. …
Interview With Romanian Hopeful Mihai
Mihai Traistariu represented Romania in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, today I had a chat with Mihai regarding his plans to represent Romania 10 years later, in Stockholm. Ce Faci Mihai You first took to the Eurovision stage in 2006, that is 10 years ago, why have you waited so long to return to the contest? I’va been …
Poland: Announcement due early next week?
Poland’s national broadcaster TVP looks set to confirm further details on how the Polish entry in Eurovision 2016 will be decided early next week, according to sources on Twitter and one of ESC United’s readers who contacted the broadcaster. It seems almost certain that an announcement of a song and artist will be made by March 5th 2016 but rumours …
Ukraine: Semi-Finalists Announced
Yesterday, Ukrainian broadcast STB announced the list of 18 acts who have made it through to the Ukrainian national selection semi finals. The front runner for this competition, as it stands, is Anastasia Prikhodko, who since last October, has expressed her interest to compete in Stockholm under her native flag of Ukraine. She last took part in Eurovision in 2009 …
Ruslana and Verka Seduchka on Ukrainian Jury
It has been announced in the media that 2004 Eurovision Winner, Ruslana, and 2007 Eurovision runner up, Andrei Danilko who performs as Verka Seduchka (this time as himself, without his alter ego) will be taking their places on the Ukrainian selection jury for Eurovision. This means they will have a say in who is selected to be Ukraine’s participant …