Save the date: The BBC has announced that a shortlist of potential host cities for Eurovision 2023 will be revealed this week! Get your coffees ready and tune in to BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show on Friday the 12th of August, starting at the ripe old time of 6:30 AM GMT. The show will end at 9:30 AM. You can …
It’s currently the off-season in Eurovision Land, but it doesn’t mean that things aren’t happening behind the scenes. Per sources at ESCToday, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have confirmed their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. Next year’s contest is confirmed to be hosted in the United Kingdom with the city selection process currently underway. The confirmations of these …
With the news officially confirmed that 2023’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the United Kingdom (on behalf of 2022 champions Ukraine), all eyes are now turned toward the British cities bidding to welcome the Contest next year. The competition to decide 2023’s host city is officially underway — but how will the BBC choose the victor? In a …
The wait to know the location of Eurovision 2023 is over — after much speculation, the EBU has confirmed that the 67th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the United Kingdom. In a press release revealed today, the EBU announced that Eurovision 2023’s hosting duties will be assumed by the BBC, in collaboration with representatives of Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. …
Following last year’s excellent debut of Benidorm Fest — a new Spanish national final, based somewhat upon 1958-2006’s Festival Español de la Canción de Benidorm — RTVE has announced details surrounding the upcoming second edition of the fledgling festival. Mark your calendars: the festival will follow the same format as 2022’s edition, with two semi-finals and a final. It all kicks …
Earlier this week, KAN made a surprise announcement that Israeli popstar Noa Kirel would represent the country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. The announcement created intense excitement from the Eurovision community and Israeli citizens, and it appears that the star has been riding the wave of publicity all week. But it also appears that the announcement came as a …
It appears that Voxovation – formerly known as ASC, Inc. – have decided to push the Eurovision brand into South America following the inaugural season of the American Song Contest, and the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest Canada starting in 2023. According to the EBU’s press release, Eurovision Song Contest Latin America will be the operating name of the project and …
SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, has announced that song submissions for the Swiss entry to the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will open on August 25th. In a tweet today, the broadcaster stated that song submissions will be open for two weeks, from Tuesday August 25th until Tuesday September 8th at 10pm CET. The songs for representing Switzerland at the Eurovision Song …
The summer is upon us, which usually means the news section for the contest are far in between, with broadcasters planning things out and waiting for song submissions, but not in Israel! Instead, the country decided to do some VERY early homework and preparation for next year’s contest, despite we don’t even know where it will be held yet. That’s …
Bristol has become the latest city to launch a bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, with the Mayor of the city Marvis Rees announcing the decision in a video message to Pride-goers in the southern city yesterday. At the Pride Day celebrations on The Downs in Bristol on Saturday 9th July, a video message from Rees was …
