One of the most anticipated national selections kicked off tonight with it’s first semi-final. The show would consist of 4 artists and 1 would come out victorious to join the 5 acts that are already selected for the final. The show kicked off with a draw in which the 2 battles would be determined. The first to appear on stage …
This week, we asked #YOU to tell us who your favourite act from the first semi final of the Norwegian national selection, Melodi Grand Prix. We now know who it is! And, well, it was a landslide. With a whopping 42% of the vote from all 4 acts, it is Raylee that our readers and viewers voted for as the …
Tonight will see Norway kick off their search for the next Eurovision star in Fornebu, and with the big boots to fill of the ever-popular KEiiNO from 2019, the pressure is on to produce another hit in 2020! But what do our team think of the first hopefuls in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix? Do we feel there is another …
So, here we are. The last scheduled Country Spotlight for now (though I may write more if I feel inspired and there’s always the 2020 off-season to patch up dry spells), and it’s on perhaps the defining player of the 2010s. No, it’s not Sweden or Russia or another staple. It’s the new kid on the block, or rather an …
The national final season is about to hot up, with Norway’s selection set to kick off this weekend! Melodi Grand Prix returns to Norwegian screens and to the laptops and computers of Eurovision fans around the world, and boy are we excited! Before Saturday’s opening show, we wanted to gauge opinion, so time for a simple poll – which of …
The 26 year old Surinamese singer-songwriter Jeangu Macrooy will represent the Netherlands in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. Jeangu was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in 1993, but has been living in the Netherlands since 2014. Jeangu is famous for his modern soul music style, and has a large audience in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, and his …
For the third year in row Serbia will select it’s representative via national final – Beovizija. RTS, Serbian national broadcaster has just published the list of participants and among the 24 competing acts there are quite a few familiar names and former representatives. Sanja Bogosavljević and Ana Milenković were part of Beauty Queens, backvocals to support Marija Šerifović in 2007 …
The Latvian broadcaster has officially revealed the 26 hopefuls fighting for the right to represent their country at Eurovision this year. For Supernova 2020 we saw a big jump in submissions, as the broadcaster received 126 songs for consideration. They whittled that list down to 28 songs for the live audition round, but it seems that 2 songs were dropped …
With thanks to our forum member AlekS for contributions to this article! Ukraine’s return to the Eurovision family is just around the corner, as the participants in this year’s Vidbir are expected to be announced tomorrow, 10th January. With Ukraine hoping to firmly put their issues behind them in 2020, hopes are high for a strong finish from the Eastern …
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) announced yesterday that revered RTÉ Radio disc jockey Larry Gogan had passed away at age 85. Dubbed by Louis Walsh as “one of the kings of Irish broadcasting” and by fans as “the Golden Voice of Irish Radio,” Gogan also served as RTÉ’s radio commentator from 1984 to 2001, and again in 2008. He also served …
