The Belarussian broadcaster have announced that they will begin their national final season on the 23rd of October when they will begin accepting songs for their national final. Some information has been revealed about the national final, such as: the song to represent Belarus in Stockholm will be selected by a TV national final but they will be using 100% …

With the coming days seemingly wrapping up the participation rumour mill than engulfs every summer for the average Eurovision fan, we though it was high time we did a round-up of who will be travelling to Stockholm, who will stay on the sidelines and who is leaving everything to the last minute to decide… So, who’s in? Breathe a sigh …

Matt and Adam are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. The following topics were up for debate: – Iveta Mukuychan to represent Armenia – Poland going with Internal selection – Lithuania’s elaborate selection process – Three Swedish Melodifestivalen names leaked ?!? – Sietse Bakker stepping down …

Yesterday we announced that RTSH had announced the acts participating in Festivali i Këngës 54, which will take place in December. The song titles have now been revealed: Egert Pano – Mos ik Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë Revolt Klan – Dashurinë s’e gjejmë dot Kozma Dushi – Një kafe Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap Dilan …

Rumour after rumour every year regarding the participants for Melodifestivalen, but, Aftonbladet tends to be a reliable source of information whenever MF is concerned. Today, Aftonbladet have announced three big names who will be participating in Melodifestivalen 2016, these three names they have revealed have all participated before, including one name who said she would not return to Melodifestivalen! Ace …

Sietse Bakker has been organising the Eurovision Song Contest for the last 6 years, and has worked for the EBU for 10 years. Bakker has held a number of positions within the EBU, including Event Organisor for ESC and JESC. Sietse has today announced that he will now be stepping down from his role as Eurovision Event Organisor after dedicating …

Since Albania’s first ever participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, they have used Festival i Kenges to select their representative, usually after teh winner is announced they will revamp the song and shorten it to the 3 minutes as dictated by EBU rules. On occasions they have changed the song completely, but the singer has always stayed the same. Today, …

It has been announced, today, that Polish TV channel, TVP, that the song and act which will represent Poland in Stockholm will once again be selected internally by the TV company and the decision will be made public in February. TVP will once again internally select their representative, as they have done since they returned to the contest in 2014, …

Icelandic broadcaster have announced that their National Final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will conclude on the 20th of February 2016, after having two semi-finals. Iceland will be celebrating 30 years of Eurovision (1986-2016) in Stockholm, and are eagerly awaiting their first win. Iceland’s best results were achieved in Jerusalem in 1999 and in Moscow in 2009, where Selma …

Moldova have confirmed they would participate in Stockholm and they have stated that they are now accepting songs to be judged by the panel for O melodie pentru Europa 2016. Moldova have once again revised the rules for their national selection. Last year they opened it up to anybody who wished to enter, this year they have returned to the previous …