[AdSense-B] Yesterday, escYOUnited kicked off our round of interviews with this year’s artists from Tel Aviv, with the first six interviews taking place. The first of these interviews came with the talented couple from Slovenia, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl! Fernando spoke to Zala and Gašper in the Israeli gardens about their pets, the inspiration behind their music and the …
[AdSense-B] We asked, #YOU voted, and we are finally ready to count down your favourite entries from this year’s national finals that couldn’t make it to Tel Aviv. Which song will be crowned the inaugural champion of #YOUrovision, and which hidden gems deserved more recognition? Let’s begin with the first five songs in our top 50… 50 🇳🇴 Adrian Jørgensen …
[AdSense-B] On Tuesday, we asked #YOU which of the day four rehearsals impressed the most from Tel Aviv, and we have the result! Malta won the poll for day four, with 24% of the vote being awarded to Michela Pace’s inventive and colourful performance of “Chameleon”. Second place in our poll went to the current betting odds favourite, Duncan Laurence …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Every couple of years, a song pops along at Eurovision that has the fanbase cooing over it being “Bond-esque.” Two recent examples are Austrian Conchita Wurst’s magnificent power ballad “Rise Like a …
[AdSense-B] At 8 p.m. local time, sirens sounded across the State of Israel and Israelis stood silently to remember fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism in its 71st Annual Memorial Day observation. According to Israel’s Defense Ministry, 23,741 men and women have fallen since 1860, including 56 servicemen and women since Memorial Day last year and 40 others who died …
[AdSense-B] Anna Odobescu, girl, Mika Newton don’t much care for you right now. We started Day Four with Newton, who entered Eurovision 2011 for Ukraine with “Angel,” taking to social media with a particularly shady Instagram story criticizing Moldova’s entrant at Eurovision 2019 after their Day Three rehearsal revealed Odobescu’s “Stay” utilized the exact same sand artist for their visuals, …
Photo: Andres Putting (EBU) [AdSense-B] The 4th day of rehearsals are finished and we know have heard all Semi-Final participants rehearse once. Today, the second half of SF 2 took the Stage for the very first time. Each country had 30 minutes to rehearse. The official Eurovision YT channel has clips available for your viewing pleasure. Which rehearsal from today, …
[AdSense-B] Yesterday, we asked #YOU to cast your vote on the best rehearsal from day three of the Eurovision rehearsals in Tel Aviv, and we can now reveal the results! Romania was voted as your most impressive rehearsal from yesterday, with 58% of the votes going to Ester Peony’s intense rendition of “On a Sunday”. Second place went to Switzerland’s …
Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B] Rehearsals for Semi-Final 2 wrap up today. Today, the second half of Semi-Final 2 steps on the stage for the first time. #YOU can watch our livestream below: Today’s rehearsals include: CROATIA – Roko – The Dream MALTA – Michaela – Chameleon LITHUANIA – Jurij Veklenko – Run with the Lions RUSSIA – Sergey Lazarev …
[AdSense-B] The day started with many press reports about potential rocket attacks and terrorism at Eurovision due to the past weekend’s barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza and Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes. A ceasefire was agreed this morning, and a sense of normalcy has returned. And none other than ESC United’s founder and editor-in-chief Matt Friedrichs was asked by The Jerusalem …
