UPDATE 4/2/2024: Unfortunately, Michael Rice‘s journey on the current season of American Idol came to an end last night. Though the 26-year-old belter survived the ‘biggest cut in American Idol history’ during Sunday night’s broadcast, making the cut from the Top 143 to the Top 56, he was not so lucky during the singing competition’s ‘Showstoppers’ round. He was cut …
‘Can you feel it?’ Lake Malawi is back! Yesterday, the Eurovision 2019 artists released their newest single, “Spinning”. The song, co-written by Eurovision 2017 veteran JOWST, boasts all the indie-pop hallmarks and upbeat spirit that fans have come to expect from the Czech charmers, with a unique bass line and a bit of rapping thrown in to give their sound a …
Hans Erik Dyvik Husby, one of Norway’s most celebrated punk rock musicians, has sadly passed away at the age of just 49. Also known as Hank von Helvete and Hank von Hell, he found fame as the longest-serving lead vocalist of Turbonegro, a self-described “deathpunk” band who found major success in their home country with multiple hit albums. The band …
From Russia, with love! It was announced today that Tanya Mezhentseva will represent country at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris. The eleven-year-old singer will be performing the upbeat, dance-y track ‘Mon Ami’. Tanya was selected via a national final taped in Moscow on Tuesday. The winner was determined through a 50/50 split of jury and online public …
Eurovision 2021 winners Måneskin and Eurovision 2019 winner Duncan Laurence can forget about being called Top 40 charting artists on the United States’ Billboard Hot 100. They can both start calling themselves Top 30 charting artists, as this week Måneskin and Laurence landed at Numbers 29 and 30, respectively. Måneskin’s “Beggin'” previously had a high of Number 35, which then …
Bilal Hassani is making history. And he’s doing it backwards and in heels. The singer and social media star, who finished 16th for France at the 2019 contest, is set to appear on the upcoming 11th season of Danse avec les stars, the French edition of the global Strictly Come Dancing franchise. But there’s a catch. For the first time …
The moment that Eurovision fan chart watchers in the United States have been waiting for has arrived – Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade,” which won Eurovision 2019 for the Netherlands, has finally broken into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. In the song’s 19th week on the main American pop singles chart, “Arcade” hit Number 38 (up from last week’s …
Since we started doing a weekly update on Duncan Laurence’s progress up the Billboard Hot 100, the United States’ main music singles chart, we’ve been hearing a lot of anecdotes from Eurovision fans about where they’ve heard the Eurovision 2019 winning track “Arcade.” ESC United’s social media guru Connor Terry heard “Arcade” on the radio returning home from bars in …
Fans of Duncan Laurence watching the American Billboard Hot 100 update every Tuesday must feel that his nickname is Sisyphus. His boulder, the Eurovision 2019 winning song “Arcade,” and the Hill in Hades that he is slowly pushing it up being the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In its 17th week on the chart, the Dutch entry “Arcade” is still slowly …
Given the momentum behind rock band Måneskin after their winning Eurovision 2021 with “Zitti e buoni” for Italy, it was only a matter of time before they would the crack the main singles charts of the United States, the Billboard Hot 100. After three weeks cantering up the Hot 100, Måneskin finally breached the hallowed Top 40 of that chart …
