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United Kingdom: James Newman is off to Rotterdam!

It has been announced today that James Newman will be representing the United Kingdom in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest! James Newman is most well known as a songwriter until now, having worked on hits for Rudimental and Ella Eyre, Kesha, Toni Braxton, Calvin Harris, and his own brother, John Newman. In the last few years, he has also featured …

Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy’s entry revealed on March 4th

The home entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed on March 4th, as confirmed by the Dutch representative Jeangu Macrooy. It is not currently known what Macrooy’s entry will be called, although a black and white image of the singer may act as a hint as to the theming or nature of the track. I'm excited to …

Thea Devy: “I’m a huge Couchsurfing fan”

Beovizija 2020 is just days away, but we continue to bring you interviews with the stars of the show. Tonight you will have a chance to meet Thea Devy, a girl with powerful voice. Thea was shortlisted to represent Austria, but unfortunately she wasn’t picked by ORF, but that didn’t discourage her, as Thea wrote the new lyrics in Serbian, …

Three time Eurovision entrant Jahn Teigen passes away at age 70

One of Norway’s most beloved Eurovision artists and Melodi Grand Prix personalities, Jahn Teigen, passed away at age 70 at Ystad Hospital. In a press release, Teigen’s manager Trond Lie announced that the three time entrant for Norway had passed away in his sleep yesterday evening, on Monday, February 24, 2020. Teigen had for the last 12 years been living …

Ana Milenković: “A lot of tension, but also tenderness”

As Beovizija is just days away we are bringing last set of interviews. Today we talked with Ana Milenković, who was part of Beauty Queens, group who followed Marija Šerifović in her victory back in 2007. Ana also took part at Beovizija in the past as part of Blah blah band and Beauty Queens. She took a small break to …

Poland: Alicja Szemplińska will fly to Rotterdam!

This afternoon saw the final take place of Szansa na Sukces, the show to decide Poland’s representative in Eurovision 2020. Three acts remained in the competition following three weeks of performances, and the remaining contests performed a Eurovision winning entry first, before their potential Eurovision entry for Poland. The three acts, and their covers in the first round were as …

Portugal: Four acts qualify for Festival Da Canção final

Tonight, the annual Festival Da Canção took place in Portugal, as eight acts took part in a diverse first semi-final of the competition, hosted this week by Jorge Gabriel and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira. The eight acts performing in tonight’s semi-final were as follows; MEERA – Copo de Gin Filipe Sambado – Gerbera amarela do Sul Ian Mucznik – O …

Slovenia: Ana Soklič bests Lina Kuduzović in the superfinal, and flies to Rotterdam with “Voda”.

Another Big Saturday and more countries select their entries for the upcoming contest to be held in Rotterdam. Tonight, we travel to Lubljana, as Slovenia air their national final EMA (Evrovizijska Melodija). The show, hosted by popular comedian Klemen Slakonja (also known to broader audiences as the Slovene Spokesperson in 2011 and the man behind several parody videos), saw the …

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2020 Andra Chansen duels known.

Next Saturday, Melodifestivalen will enter into the next phase which is the Second Chance. After the 4th heat which was aired today, SVT has revealed the duels and these are as follows : Duel 1:- Anis don Demina – Vem är som oss vrs Ellen Benediktson & Simon Peyron- Surface Duel 2:- Malou Prytz – Ballerina vrs Paul Rey – …

United Kingdom: Entry revealed on February 27th

The United Kingdom’s artist and song for Eurovision 2020 will be revealed simultaneously on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 on Thursday, 27th February, it has been confirmed. The reveal will take place during the Breakfast shows on each station, with Greg James on Radio 1 and Ken Bruce on Radio 2. The news came in a short announcement video …

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