As 2018 comes to a close, we remember and honor Eurovision stars who passed away this year. Stars whose participation and performances provided so much joy to Eurovision fans at the contest and beyond. Lys Assia In 2018, we lost the First Lady of Eurovision herself, Lys Assia. Born Rosa Mina Scharer in 1924, Assia started off as a dancer …
[AdSense-B] An “international artist” has been internally selected to represent San Marino in Tel Aviv, according to the microstate’s national broadcaster San Marino RTV. The press release on the official website for the broadcaster indicates that there will be a press conference in the coming weeks that will detail further information on San Marino’s upcoming participation, however the song has …
Not everything can be joy and happiness, and unfortunately we’re sorry to say, that the singer Marianna Toli has passed away, after years of struggle with cancer. [AdSense-B] Greece made their Eurovision debut back in 1974, and just a mere few years later, Marianna took part in the contest. In the year 1977, she took part in the contest back …
Bosnia & Herzegovina has been absent from the Eurovision Song Contest for a number of years and a return to the contest may not be in the stars, at least not in the near future. The Bosnian Head of Delegation Lejla Babović spoke to media outlet blix.ba advising that while a return to the contest is ultimately the final goal, …
The Slovenian broadcaster has released the names of the 10 acts that are going to take part in EMA, the Slovenian National selection show. After Lea Sirk’s successful participation in 2018, which brought Slovenia back to the Grand Final, the people in charge decided to keep the Selection system in place. A total of 103 entries were received which were …
New year is just around the corner now, and that means that another contest is about to take place as well. However, just before we grasp what awaits us in 2019, the EBU has just decided to give us a late Christmas present, in the form of a sneak peak of the 2019 stage. [AdSense-B] The contest is set to …
[AdSense-B] Confirmation of the artists taking place in 2019’s edition of Vidbir is expected in “less than a month” by UA:PBC, with the corporation also posting a number of teasing tweets regarding which acts may be part of the Ukrainian selection. Less than in a month we will introduce the list of participants of #Vidbir2019 to start an exciting #Eurovision …
[AdSense-B] Montenegro’s national broadcaster RTCG has today confirmed that the national selection for the Balkan nation, Montevizija 2019, will take place on Saturday 9th February. The competition will see five participants fight for the Montenegrin spot at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, with the line-up including 2009 participant Andrea Demirović, who returns with an entry in Montenegrin alongside the other …
[AdSense-B] On Saturday, Albania became the first country in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest to select their song in a national selection, as Festivali i Këngës concluded. It was Jonida Maliqi’s “Ktheju tokës” which won out in the end, and the 36 year old performer from Tirana will fly to Tel Aviv in May to defend the Balkan nation’s honour …
[AdSense-B] Dana International, who won Eurovision for Israel in 1998 and also represented the nation in 2011, has confirmed to an audience in Israel that she has been invited to perform during Eurovision 2019. According to the JC, the performer will be involved with proceedings in Tel Aviv, and further emphasised that it is irrelevant where the contest is held …
