Today, details regarding the Icelandic preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 have been revealed. A grand total of 258 songs were submitted to the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. 12 of them have been picked to compete in the televised semi finals. There will be two semis with six songs each. The first semi will take place on 31 January and …
San Marino: Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini to Vienna
In an official press conference the Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV has just announced its entrants for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest: It’s been decided that Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini will represent San Marino in Vienna! Neither Vincenze Perniola nor Anita Simoncini are newcomers to the Eurovision fandom: Vincenze marked San Marino’s debut to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest last year. …
San Marino: Artist announcement on Thursday
We’ll get to know the next Eurovision 2015 participant very soon! Today the Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV announced that their representative for next year will be revealed in an official press conference on Thursday at 12.00 CET. Having debuted in 2008, the microstate has sent a total of five entries to the contest so far. Three of them were performed by …
Austria: Meet the coaches of the national final
The team for the Austrian national selection is now complete: Three established artists will serve as coaches in order to support the competing artists in their creative process. The chosen coaches are the Austrian pop singer Anna F., the Austrian rapper Nazar and the German band The BossHoss Anna F. Nazar The BossHoss How does the process …
Switzerland: SRF qualifiers revealed
After a long process, the Swiss German-language broadcaster SRF has finally announced its 9 hopefuls for the upcoming expert check in December. The voting on the online platform was open from 3 to 17 November. At the same time a professional jury was responsible for the other half of the results. These are the SRF qualifiers: • Arbresha – Same …
Eurovison theme artwork is presented
The theme artwork of Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was just published “It is a great logo, a strong sign with recognition value and endless possibilities” says John Ola Sand, EBU. The logotype interprets the theme (Bulding Bridges) in a visual way as it forms over and over again. “The theme art work’s use of spheres and its wave-shape symbolises being united …
Melodifestivalen 2015: All contestants Revealed
At 10 AM today the rest of the Melodifestivalen contestants were revealed, we now know all the 28 songs that have a chance to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Semi-final 1 – Göteborg (7 February) Jessica Andersson – Can’t Hurt Me Now Songwriters: Aleena Gibson, Fredrik Thomander Behrang Miri feat. Victor Fritz Crone – Det Rår …
Belarus will decide on 26 December
Belarus will decide their song and artist for Eurovision 2015 on 26th December, it has been revealed. 15 artists will compete to represent the Eastern European nation in Vienna next May, with applications for artists closing today (21st November 2014). A professional jury will choose which artists will go forward to the live televised final on the 26th – Boxing …
Melodifestivalen 2015: Revealing the artists
Today SVT announced that the artists that will get the chance to represent Sweden in Vienna 2015 will be presented on Monday and Tuesday. Last year was certainly a women year for Melodifestivalen but apparently this year the stakes have been changed. Christer Björkman says that they had to cut out several good males this year – something they weren’t …
2015: Czech Republic to make a surprise return!
The Eurovision world probably hasn’t seen such a big surprise for quite a while: The Czech Republic will return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015! This announcement was officially made by eurovision.tv today. “Czech Television is happy to be back again in that wonderful competition. After three entries in the previous years we hope to offer Europe a top quality …