As previously reported, Belorussian TV broadcaster revealed the 10 songs that are going to compete in the National Final this January to represent Belarus in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. That means it’s time for us to introduce these songs to you and judge them accordingly. In this episode, Matt is having the honor to share …

Belorussian TV broadcaster has today released the list of 10 acts and songs that will take part in their national final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. There will be ten songs fighting for the ticket to Stockholm, the winner will be selected by 100% televote this year. The songs are: 1. Alexander Ivanov “How to fly” LISTEN 2. Valeria …

Today, all Melodifestivalen contestants were revealed, we now know all artists that have a chance to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The Swedish Broadcaster SVT revealed the full list this morning during a live broadcasted by Christer Bjorkman. Over the past few weeks, several names have been leaked by the media already. The actual Running Order will …

Our are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast 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) and Zack (ESC United Contributor). Today’s topics: – Australia at Eurovision, Good or Bad Idea? – 43 countries in Stockholm – Kaliopi back to Eurovision for FYR …

  Yesterday the official list of participants was published and just like in 2008. and 2011, we have 43 countries running for the trophy. Among them are Serbia and Croatia, who last participated in 2013. Today Serbian press reported that Jelena Karleuša will most likely be internally chosen to represent the country. She was also called last year by RTS …

After today’s announcement by the BBC, some EuroFans may have been worried at the fact that the home of the Semi-Finals will no longer be a TV channel, it will be moving as an online channel; so the BBC may have chosen to only broadcast the Semi-Final they are required to vote in. This is not the case! The BBC …

The United Kingdom’s broadcaster, the BBC, has confirmed that its third channel BBC Three will go online-only starting from February 2016, due to budget cuts at the broadcaster. Since the inception of the Eurovision semi-final(s), the channel had played host to the United Kingdom’s broadcast of these rounds. As a result, it is unknown whether the semi-finals will be upgraded …

Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …

  The press conference was held in the HQ of BHRT, the Bosnian national broadcaster. It was stated that the country is coming back to the Eurovision after three years, mostly because the numerous sponsers have provided the funds. The best resulst for Bosnia & Herzegovina came in 2006 with Hari Mata Hari and song Lejla, penned by Željko Joksimović, …

All Swiss broadcasters have now selected their songs for the expert check; there are 19 songs that have made it to this round, which will be watched and listened to by an expert panel on the 6th of December where they will select the 6 best songs which will make it through to the Final which will be held on the …