84 songs have been received by the Belorussian broadcaster for the next stage of the EuroFest selection process, it has been revealed. The penultimate shortlist of Belarus’ hopefuls include the Sweet Brains zombie-themed band that became cult favourites in last year’s selection, recurring participants Napoli and Janet. The jury round, taking place tomorrow, will see up to 15 participants chosen …
Kaliopi to represent Macedonia in 2016
Big news for many Eurovision fans breaking in the last few minutes; Kaliopi, who represented Macedonia in 2012 and the 1996 prequalification round, will once again take to the Eurovision stage in Stockholm. The popular singer was the last Macedonian performer to take the Balkan nation to the final and it therefore seems to be the hope from MRT that …
Bosnia & Herzegovina is back!
Like we previously reported couple days ago, BHRT was finally to decide if they will participate at next years contest in Stockholm. This afternoon the news came that they’ve got the funds and that they are now officially on the participants list. And this is not the end of this amazing news. Tomorrow there will be a press conference in …
Montenegro’s Highway release new song and video
While there has been little news since the announcement of Highway as the 2016 Montenegrin performers, the band have clearly been busy behind the scenes. Today, the former X Factor three-piece released a video for their new song “Sam”, which sees the band change through various outfits while performing in caverns. You can watch the new video from Highway below; …
2016 Tickets Go on Sale on 26th of November
The tickets for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will go on sale this week! On the 26th of November, Eurovision fans will be able to purchase tickets for the Stockholm contest from 10:00CET. The tickets that will be available are: Semi-Final 1 Jury show 9 May 21:00 Semi-Final 1 Dress rehearsal 10 May 15:00 Semi-Final 1 Live broadcast 10 May …
Belarus: Jury auditions rounds on 26th November
In case you missed it, the deadline for Belorussian applicants for Eurovision 2016 passed yesterday and it is now time for the BTRC panel to decide on 15 participants for EuroFest 2016. The best part? The website of the broadcaster will also play host to a stream of the performances, according to the social media feeds of OGAE Belarus. The …
Xavier Naidoo NOT representing Germany – The Internet reacts
It’s been an Up-and-Down whirlwind for Germany. First they announced that Xavier Naidoo was internally selected to represent Germany at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. This was a controversial decision among the fans as he was accused of anti-semitism, Homophobia and other statements that were considered offensive by many. The unexpected backlash by the media and fans …
Is Bosnia&Herzegovina country #41?
With the statement from Bulgarian HoD that BNT has not applied to participated in Stockholm and Jan Ola Sand’s report that there are currently 41 countries running in next years contest the questions started to rise again. Yesterday, one of the best newspaper in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Dnevni Avaz, reported that the saga about countires’ participation still hasn’t came to …
Unhappy Germany: Petition against Xavier Naidoo’s participation
As previously reported, Xavier Naidoo was selected internally to represent Germany at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s been less than 24 hours since the announcement was made and the Internet is already going crazy over this for different reasons. As it turns out, there seems to be a good amount of discontent with the decision. …
Bulgaria set to be out of Eurovision once more
Even though the Bulgarian capital of Sofia is set to play host to Junior Eurovision 2015 on Saturday, the adult version of the contest still seems an unattainable prospect for BNT, the national broadcaster of Bulgaria. Today, escdaily reports that Bulgaria is unable to find the finances to fund a participant for Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden and at the …