Weeks of negotiations have finally come to an end. The Austrian broadcaster ORF has made a decision regarding the host city of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest: We’re all heading for the capital Vienna next year! The cities of Innsbruck and Graz were also in the running to host the huge event. The dates have previously been confirmed: 19, 21 and …

As any Eurovision fan who has been following the contest for the last few years will know, the United Kingdom has been one of the major underachievers of the new millenium. Despite a rich history of 5 wins and far too many second places, since the turn of the century things have taken a turn for the worst, particularly in …

We previously reported about the uncertain future of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. What brought it about was the fact that the Israel Broadcasting Authority has been facing severe financial and image problems. The Knesset, the parliament of Israel, has been discussing the potential shutdown of the public broadcaster for quite a while now. Yesterday a final decision regarding …

According to fan site esctoday, the newly created national broadcaster of the principality of Liechtenstein, 1FLTV, has confirmed that they are not currently seeking EBU membership and therefore will not be making their debut in Eurovision 2015. However, despite this set back the broadcaster is still interested in joining the Eurovision family but has not yet announced when it plans …

The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organisation. Something I’ve noticed in the last few days is the amount of countries returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year, held in …

The social media account of the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE has tweeted about the confirmation of the Eurovision 2015 dates, suggesting that Spain will indeed be present at the contest in Vienna. Of course, this would be seen as no surprise since Spain is part of the Big 5 countries and has taken part every year since their debut in …

Last year the Greek campaign in Eurovision appeared to be in peril. With the worry of not having a broadcaster in time for Eurovision it seemed that Greece wouldn’t take part in Copenhagen. Of course, the country was still present, albeit achieving one of their worst results yet. We’re happy to report there is no such worry this year as …

A few days ago, we reported about Montenegro’s debut in Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Now it seems the participation of the Balkan country in the main contest next year is well underway too. The head of press of the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG, Sabrija Vulić, stated that Montenegro is intending to take part in Austria next May. However, financial aspects might …

Today the Swiss broadcasters SRF, RTS, RSI and RTR revealed the details regarding their 2015 national final. After a successful participation in 2013, Switzerland will stick to their selection method next year. Stage 1 Just like in the previous years, an internet voting will be organised by the German-speaking broadcaster SRF. Entries can be submitted from 29 September until 27 …

The public broadcaster of (FYR) Macedonia has confirmed that the country will indeed be present in 2015, despite the worrying results of a poll conducted by MRT. The broadcaster also confirmed today that the winner of Skopje Fest will represent the nation at the 60th contest in Austria, with the national final set to take place on November 13th of …