Tonight sees two Eurovision shows taking place across Europe – quite the busy Thursday night for Euro fans! Germany – Unser Song für Österreich – 20:15 CET Germany’s final for Eurovision 2015 takes place tonight in Hannover and in a show that promises to be spectacular, eight acts will be vying to represent the country in neighbouring Austria. The acts …
TONIGHT: Australia reveal their debut entry!
It will be announced at 9:30 AEST on March 5th in Australia, but tonight in Europe will be our first chance to hear the special Australian entry in Eurovision 2015! Speculation over the singer and entry has been rife since the announcement in February that Australia would become an honorary European country and join the 60th anniversary celebrations. That will …
Israel: “Golden Boy” released on March 12th
Israel’s entry for Eurovision 2015, “Golden Boy” by Nadav Guedj, will be released on March 12th at 20:00 CET, it has been confirmed. The singer won the right to represent Israel by emerging triumphant in the country’s search for “The Next Star”, HaKokhav HaBa. Nadav, who is 16, will sing for the Middle Eastern country in the second semi-final on …
Serbia will sing in English
You might want to sit down for this one – Serbia has confirmed that their entry will be performed in English for the first time ever. Bojana Stamenov’s “Ceo svet je mov” will be translated to “Beauty Never Lies” by the time it is performed in the first semi-final in Vienna on May 19th. This will be the first time …
TONIGHT: Portugal – FdC Semi-final 1
Another country will be kicking off their selection process for 2015 tonight as the famous Festival da Canção begins. The first semi-final of the 2015 edition will be taking place tonight as six acts aim to reach the final this Saturday! Tonight’s participants are as follows; Rita Siedi – Lisboa, Lisboa Leonor Andrade – Há um mar que nos separa …
Israel: Nadav to sing “Golden Boy”
Israel’s song title has been confirmed by IBA as “Golden Boy”. Nadav Guedj, the winner of HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”), a competition to find the next Israeli singing sensation, will perform the song on May 21st in the second semi-final. It is currently unknown when “Golden Boy” will be released. The entry was chosen by a panel of experts …
Czech Republic sets a date for song reveal
It’s one of the entries everyone is anxious to hear, and we can now confirm that Czech Republic’s comeback entry will finally be revealed on March 10th! Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta’s supposed rock ballad “Hope Never Dies” was confirmed as the Czech entry back in January and today saw the duo record the music video for the song. …
London Preview Party: Four acts confirmed
Four acts have already been confirmed for this year’s London Eurovision Party, known as one of the two major pre-Eurovision events for this year’s participants. Mélanie René (Switzerland), Giannis Karagiannis (Cyprus) and Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta (Czech Republic) will all be performing at the event in London, with special guest Sarbel (Greece 2007) joining them on the line-up. …
Greece: Songs released
Greek national broadcaster NERIT has released the five songs that will take part in their selection with MAD TV. Eurosong 2015 – A MAD Show will be held on March 4th and will feature five artists vying to represent the Mediterranean nation in the contest. The five songs can be found below (click on the names for the songs); Barrice …
Ireland: ‘Odious little man’ Billy McGuinness criticises selection
Ireland’s national final has come under fire once again from Irish musician Billy McGuinness for featuring an entry composed entirely of Swedish artists and writers. The Aslan singer – who made headlines last year when erupting into an argument with Linda Martin during Eurosong, with the Eurovision winner branding him an ‘odious little man’ – has said “Surely a Swedish …