Today was the day when the Maltese singers and songwriters submitted their entries for the Maltese national final for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The submission period lasted a whole 5 hours.. Yes five whole hours. Which may seem strange compared to other countries who have weeks to send the songs in. The Maltese song submission only lasts one day …
Today, BTRC had a busy day auditioning the 67 entries that applied in a chance to represent the country in Kiev next May. The selected participants are :- Anastasiya Sheverenko – We’ll Be Together Angelica Pushnova – We Should Be Together Isaac Nightingale – One The Red Line July – Children of the World Kattie – Wild Wind Lexy Weaver – Be …
Today, SVT has announced the 28 participants for Melodifestivalen 2017. As in previous years, Melodifestivalen will have 4 semi-finals , the andra chansen round and the final show. The participants are as follows, and there are some surprises! Semi-Final 1 – 4th February (Gothenburg) Adrijana – Amara (Martin Tjarnberg, Adrijana Krasniqi) Boris René – Her Kiss (Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren) Nano – …
RTSH, the national broadcaster of Albania, will organise the 55th edition of Festivali i Këngës. The winner of this competition is expected to win the ticket to represent Albania in the next Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. Today, Agnesa and Fabiola have found time to have a chat with us! First of all How are you? Can you introduce …
YLE, the Finnish broadcaster announced the 10 participants who will participate in the final night of the UMK which will be held on 28th January 2017. So far we know that there will be one final night instead of 3 semi-final nights as pervious years. YLE also announced that Krista Siegfrieds, who represented Finland in the 2013 edition, will present …
The next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kyiv, is getting closer day by day. With everyday, we learn new things about the upcoming contest, and today we learned that Belgium will be represented by Ellie Delvaux, who also goes by the nickname Blanche. This year the broadcaster that is responsible for Belgium’s participation at the …
A decision on who will represent Montenegro in next year’s contest is expected to be made next week following the conclusion of broadcaster RTCG’S submission period. A five-person expert panel of RTCG and music executives will deliberate on the submitted entries next week, with Sabrija Vulić (head of promotion) suggesting the committee will come to a conclusion by the “end …
Rumours had been gathering pace in the Balkans that our third artist of the 2017 contest may be around the corner – annd today MRT confirmed the news! Jana Burčeska, most famous for her work with Macedonian rock band Mizar and her previous participations in Skopje Fest, has been given the Macedonian ticket to Kiev and will represent her nation …
It’s official! The Dutch pop group O’G3NE will represent their country in the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Kyiv next May. Sisters Lisa, Amy and Shelley were internally selected by broadcaster AVROTROS. Some Eurovision fans might already know the trio. Back in 2007, the trio represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with their song “Adem in, Adem …
While the Ukrainian broadcaster NTU has undoubtedly had bigger fish to fry with the organisation of Europe’s most beloved TV show, there’s also the small matter of an artist and song of their own to choose. Now, one would forgive the broadcaster for choosing internally to save time and money, but not Ukraine – our Eastern hosts have confirmed a …
