It’s official, Romania will return, when the contest in 2017 takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The EBU and TVR has finally come to an agreement, which makes it possible for Romania to compete once again in the Eurovision Song Contest. Therefore, there is no more reason to speculate about if Romania would take part, or not. However this does leaves …

This has come a little out of nowhere! San Marino look all set to announce their participation in Eurovision 2017 this weekend after some scepticism over the voting process was raised by the microstate in 2016. Even better, it looks like we may be getting their songs straight away! SMRTV, the natiomal broadcaster of the tiny state nestled in Italy, …

Hungary will be present in Kiev in May, they will once again use A Dal as their selection process, which they have used for a number of years. The format will stay pretty much the same as previous years but there is one major difference! MTVA are only accepting songs from established acts. They are looking for high quality songs …

The United Kingdom have today released the information we have all been waiting for! The BBC are once again holding an open selection for songs beginning today and the deadline is the 1st of November. 2016 was the first time the British people had a say in the song that would represent them in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2008. …

Yesterday, new TV season was presented in the RTS headquarters in Belgrade. Head of entertainment, Ms Olivera Kovačević said that in coming days the representative for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be presented. More important information is that she said that the departmant is currently elaborating various types of national selection for Eurovision 2017. She said that besides …

Over the weekend we saw the first country kick off its national selection. Following a successful performance from the fierce Iveta Mukuchyan landing the country in the Top 10, the national broadcaster ARMTV has decided to ramp up its efforts to find the next star for the country – and potentially its first winner. The show, Depi Evratisil (Towards Eurovision) …

The Swedes really do know how to host a national final for Eurovision! Their selection process, Melodifestivalen, is the most eagerly awaited national selection of the Eurovision season every year. Watched by millions of Swedes on TV and a large portion of the Eurovision community online! The Swedish broadcaster, SVT, have revealed who will be hosting the 2017 extravaganza. This …

Perhaps it was too good to be true to have all of our favourite countries in Kiev and alas, it seems to be so. Overnight, the national broadcaster of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHRT, has confirmed that the Balkan nation will be bowing out of the show in 2017 following increasing financial pressures on the corporation. Bosnia & Herzegovina’s troubled participation …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Eurovision season has begun and (most) national broadcasters are working on overdrive to select their song for Kiev next May! Some broadcasters are having an open call for songs, which means you could be part of the Class of 2017! As is traditional, Norway and Denmark have an early open call …

At this stage in the year we start to finalise which countries will be joining the celebrations at the next year’s Eurovision and as the nights draw in and the air gets colder, the 2017 contest is no exception. So let’s take a look at the current state of play and see who is joining the party in 2017! Planning …