It’s the moment many UK fans have been anxious for – the BBC has this morning confirmed that the United Kingdom’s entry for Eurovision 2015 will be revealed on Saturday 7th March in a special show on the BBC Red Button. The show will also be simulcast on eurovision.tv just like last year. In a blog for the broadcaster’s website, …
Estonia: Landslide victory for Elina and Stig
The televoting results for Eesti Laul have been released by Estonian national broadcaster ERR, and they make for some very interesting viewing. Elina Born and Stig Rästa, who won the competition on Saturday, crushed the competition in all three rounds. The duet achieved 23,966 televotes in their semi-final, compared to Daniel Levi’s second placed entry which only recieved 3,524. In …
Albania: Elhaida Dani to sing “I’m Alive”
The song title of Albania’s new entry has been revealed! It was confirmed last night that Elhaida Dani, who won Festivali i Këngës back in December, will not be singing her winning song “Diell” in Vienna, after the author of the song withdrew it from the competition. It has now been confirmed that Dani will sing “I’m Alive”, a new …
United Kingdom: Eurovision course offered in London
Fancy taking a more academic approach to Eurovision? Well if you happen to be in the London area of the United Kingdom, now’s your chance! City Literary Institute (better known as City Lit) in Covent Garden, London is offering a short course in Eurovision to celebrate the contest’s 60th anniversary. The course will be tutored by Paul Jordan, better known …
United Kingdom: Speculation reaches new heights
It’s been a quiet year as far as the usual speculation over the United Kingdom’s entry is concerned but many fans are beginning to grow anxious over what the BBC has in store for their entry. As a result Twitter is starting to crop up with rumours and hints towards the entry, as seen below; UK Eurovision entry ‘ready for …
Slovenia: Song snippets released
Snippets of the eight songs competing in Slovenia’s national final, EMA 2015, have been released by the national broadcaster RTVSLO. You can watch the video featuring the snippets below; Alya and Neno Belan, Tim Kores, Jana Šušteršič, I.C.E., Clemens, Maaraya, Rudi Bučar and Figoni and Martina Majerle will compete in the show on 28th February (next Saturday) that will decide …
TONIGHT: Latvia’s Supernova final
Have we all recovered from Saturday night? If not then you might need to prepare yourself for more action, as tonight sees the third and final Baltic nation choose their Eurovision entry. And there’s high stakes with this one. While Lithuania and Estonia chose their entries on Saturday knowing they had only missed one final (in 2014), their Latvian neighbours …
Elina Born and Stig Rästa to represent Estonia
Tonight the Estonian public have decided; Estonia will be represented by Elina Born and Stig Rästa after they won Eesti Laul with “Goodbye To Yesterday”! In an exciting final, Elina and Stig triumphed over Daniel Levi and Elisa Kolk after all three reached the superfinal stage. As a result the duo will sing for the Baltic nation in the first …
Hungary: A Dal final line-up complete!
Hungary’s national selection A Dal is almost reaching its thrilling conclusion; tonight saw four more songs qualify for the grand final next weekend! Ív, Kati Wolf and Passed all qualified in the first round whereas Bálint Gájer’s qualification came as a result of the second round app voting. The final line-up for A Dal 2015 is as follows; Ádám Szabó …
Lithuania chooses Vaidas and Monika to sing “This Time”
After many weeks of eliminations and putting their artists to the test, LRT’s national selection concluded tonight with the big decision of who would sing for the country in Vienna. And the public and jury have spoken – Vaidas and Monika will sing “This Time” in Vienna! After Mia and Vaidas & Monika performed the entry it was decided that …