Every Sunday at 19:00 CET, the ESC United Know-It-Alls are discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. Today’s panel includes Matt (ESC United Editor-in-Chief), Stefan ( ESC United Editor),Jake (ESC United Editor) and Sadie (ESC United Editor). In this week’s live Hangout we discussed the following topics: – Nicky Byrne (Westlife) for Ireland?!? – First …
Denmark: DMGP Songs Leaked!
As previously announced the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix songs were due to be announced on the 28th of January by Danish Broadcaster, DR. But, just as last year, the songs were leaked early! This year, the songs appeared on Spotify prior to the official release of the songs, so, we can announce the ten songs competing for the title of …
Lithaunia: Five Acts Make it Through
After eight acts took to the stage and performed their Eurovision hopefuls, the juries and televotes were counted and we have had to say goodbye to three of the entries. The results are in and they are: Passed to next round: 1st. Donny Montell “I’ve been waiting for this night” 2nd. Erica Jennings ”Leading me home” 3rd. Petunija “Tomorrow” 4th. Behind the …
LIVE: Lithuanian Eurovizija Kicks Off [Live Updates]
The show has now begun in Lithuania. The 2016 Eurovizija is officially open! 8 of the acts will take to the stage and perform but only 5 of them will make it through to the next round! The 8 acts tonight are: Alice Way “Hero” Dovydas Petrošius “Starlight” Behind the Moon “Did it all” Erica Jennings ”Leading me home” Elena Jurgaitytė “I won’t come …
San Marino: Announcement on Tuesday!
As we previously announced, San Marino have selected their entry for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, and it was a matter of time before the announcement was officially made. The date has been set for the announcement of the act! The announcement will be made on Tuesday the 12th of January! The 7th Sammarinese will be revealed on Tuesday. The …
Hungary: Listen to the A Dal Songs!
The competition that will select the 2016 Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, A Dal, will begin on the 23rd of January and will conclude on the 27th of February. During these dates there will be 30 songs performed, all hoping to be crowned the representative of Hungary in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in …
Belgium: Listen to Snippets of the Five Songs
Today the snippets of the five Belgian potential entries have been revealed! Short clips have been made available for you to listen to. Amaryllis “Kick the Habbit” Laura “What’s the Pressure” Astrid “Everybody Aches” Tom “I’m Not Lost” Adil “In Our Nature” Although they are only seconds long, you can get a rough idea as to how the songs sound, so, what do you …
Get to know Eurovenues
It was just announced by SVT and the EBU that Euroclub and Eurovillage will be located in front of Royal Palace and in Royal Gardens. For the Euroclub, a special venue will be built at the waterfront of Royal Palace at the Gamla Stan area. As for the Eurovillage it will be just a few minutes away, at the Royal …
Denmark: 10 Songs Announced on the 28th
982 songs were sent to the Danish TV broadcaster, DR, for consideration for the 2016 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix! Those songs have been whittled down to just 10, we will find out the names of the Danish hopefuls on the 28th of January. The songs will be announced on the Thursday (28th of January) with the official DMGP album being …
Ireland: Nicky Byrne to Represent Ireland?
In discussions with RTE, the Irish broadcaster over the previous months, we brought you the news that they had passed on to us regarding potential times they would announce their plans for Stockholm. We previously announced that Ireland will reveal their decision ‘no later than January‘, in rumours circulating today, it seems Ireland may be sticking to this plan and …