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 …
The spanish broadcaster, RTVE, has announced that a national final will pick the artist and the song that would eventually represent Spain in Kyiv. Interested artists can submit their song between tomorrow, 27th October and 27th November 2016. Rules and regulation are available in spanish on the link below. http://www.rtve.es/television/20161026/bases-preseleccion-rtvees-para-objetivo-eurovision-2017/1432322.shtml RTVE, announced that once the songs submitted will be vetted …
Year after year and build-up after build-up for each Eurovision sees fans discussing whether a record number of participating countries will be present at the competition and every year we seem to fall short. But the signs this year seem promising with only a handful of the usual nations declining the EBU’s kind invitation to take part. With Turkey and …
UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that Hovig Demirjian will sing for Cyprus at next year’s Eurovision in Ukraine. The original article follows below. The Cypriot broadcaster CyBC looks set to make their move for 2017 and become the first country to announce their act tomorrow, but in some media it seems we already might know the name! Hovig Demirjian, …
