After a rather show beginning to the National Final season, today and beyond it is full steam ahead! We will have no less than six countries broadcasting shows for their national selection! Ukraine – Semi-Final 1: 18:00 CET Anastasia Prykhodko – I am Free Now The Hardkiss – Helpless Tonya Matvienko – Tin Whistle Vladislav Kurasov – I’m Insane Låvika …
Latvia: 20 acts and songs revealed
LTV has now revealed which 20 artists are set to take part in Supernova 2016, the programme designed to choose Latvia’s representative for Eurovision 2016. Amongst the artists include Justs Sirmais, the previously rumoured candidate with a song written by Aminata; Samanta Tīna, who has previously taken part in various Latvian selection shows and both ElektroFolk and Markus Riva who …
Azerbaijan: Send Your Songs Now!
The Azerbaijani national TV channel, ITV, have released information regarding their selection process for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Azerbaijan have once again decided not to give the people a say in their representative, they have opted for an internal selection once again. Citizens of Azerbaijan are asked to submit their interest in participating in the Eurovision to submit their …
Poland: National final on March 5
Poland will return to a national selection for Eurovision 2016 as announced today by TVP. We had previously confirmed that news would come soon about the selection process for Poland’s 2016 entry but it was today that TVP opened a submission period for potential entries, with all interested parties given until February 8th to submit their entry to the broadcaster. …
Poland: Announcement due early next week?
Poland’s national broadcaster TVP looks set to confirm further details on how the Polish entry in Eurovision 2016 will be decided early next week, according to sources on Twitter and one of ESC United’s readers who contacted the broadcaster. It seems almost certain that an announcement of a song and artist will be made by March 5th 2016 but rumours …
Hungary: Remaining heat participants known
We now know who is taking part in which heat of A Dal, Hungary’s selection process for Eurovision 2016. Heat two, set to take place this Saturday, sees two familiar faces rejoin the race for Eurovision glory. Passed, who were popular with many of our forum members and other fans last year, return for another chance in 2016 in this …
What’s on this week? 25-31 Jan
Eurovision 2016 is really starting to come together. But there’s a lot more action and excitement to come this week, so let’s take a look at the schedule for the rest of January; 25th January – We know the theme and semi-finals! As you have probably already seen, the theme for this year’s contest has been revealed. We will Come …
TONIGHT: Supernova begins in Latvia!
It’s been a big weekend for Eurovision 2016 but it’s not over yet – tonight Latvia kicks off their search for a star with the first introductory show of Supernova! You can watch the introductory show later tonight at 21:25 CET from LTV’s webpage HERE. LTV has not given an indication of any of the participants in this year’s national …
Rumour: Have France picked their entry?
Obviously Eurovision fans will read into anything when it comes to speculation, but it seems that the latest rumour taking off regarding France may have some substance behind it. Outlets such as wiwibloggs and many fans on Twitter have picked up on a recent release in France from Sasha, a 17-year old from Paris entitled “Alive”. The bilingual lyrics and …
Norway: Freddy Kalas to sing “Feel Da Rush”
Following news that Norwegian national final entrant Freddy Kalas would be allowed to compete despite plagiarism with his song, NRK has today confirmed that the singer will perform “Feel Da Rush”, a rewritten version of his original entry. Kalas, real name Fredrik Auke, had one day to re-write the chorus which was alleged to be too similar to one of …