Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …
Belarus: 84 songs submitted
84 songs have been received by the Belorussian broadcaster for the next stage of the EuroFest selection process, it has been revealed. The penultimate shortlist of Belarus’ hopefuls include the Sweet Brains zombie-themed band that became cult favourites in last year’s selection, recurring participants Napoli and Janet. The jury round, taking place tomorrow, will see up to 15 participants chosen …
Kaliopi to represent Macedonia in 2016
Big news for many Eurovision fans breaking in the last few minutes; Kaliopi, who represented Macedonia in 2012 and the 1996 prequalification round, will once again take to the Eurovision stage in Stockholm. The popular singer was the last Macedonian performer to take the Balkan nation to the final and it therefore seems to be the hope from MRT that …
Montenegro’s Highway release new song and video
While there has been little news since the announcement of Highway as the 2016 Montenegrin performers, the band have clearly been busy behind the scenes. Today, the former X Factor three-piece released a video for their new song “Sam”, which sees the band change through various outfits while performing in caverns. You can watch the new video from Highway below; …
Belarus: Jury auditions rounds on 26th November
In case you missed it, the deadline for Belorussian applicants for Eurovision 2016 passed yesterday and it is now time for the BTRC panel to decide on 15 participants for EuroFest 2016. The best part? The website of the broadcaster will also play host to a stream of the performances, according to the social media feeds of OGAE Belarus. The …
Bulgaria set to be out of Eurovision once more
Even though the Bulgarian capital of Sofia is set to play host to Junior Eurovision 2015 on Saturday, the adult version of the contest still seems an unattainable prospect for BNT, the national broadcaster of Bulgaria. Today, escdaily reports that Bulgaria is unable to find the finances to fund a participant for Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden and at the …
Ukraine to decide on December 20th?
It appears that Ukraine will be back with a bang in 2016 and if reports are to be believed the national broadcaster NTU has gone full speed ahead with preparations for the return of the nation to the competition. According to our friends over at escapenews, six shows culminating on December 20th 2015 will see the selection of Ukraine’s participant …
Czech Republic to select for Stockholm internally
After the most successful attempt in Czech history in Vienna, Czech national broadcaster Česká Televize has confirmed it will once again make an internal selection for Eurovision 2016. Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta were chosen as the duo heralding in the new Czech era in the contest and achieved 33 points, more than three times the total number of …
Estonia: Record number of submissions
A record-breaking 238 submissions were recieved by the Estonian national broadcaster, ERR, for Eesti Laul 2016. Up on the previous year by 19 songs, the great success of Elina Born and Stig Rästä in Vienna has inspired a record high amount of artists to put themselves forward for the contest, which coincides with the Estonian final’s move to the 2002 …
Eurovision 2016: Who’s in and who’s left?
With the coming days seemingly wrapping up the participation rumour mill than engulfs every summer for the average Eurovision fan, we though it was high time we did a round-up of who will be travelling to Stockholm, who will stay on the sidelines and who is leaving everything to the last minute to decide… So, who’s in? Breathe a sigh …