Moldova have confirmed they would participate in Stockholm and they have stated that they are now accepting songs to be judged by the panel for O melodie pentru Europa 2016. Moldova have once again revised the rules for their national selection. Last year they opened it up to anybody who wished to enter, this year they have returned to the previous …
Portugal withdraws from Eurovision
Sad news for Eurovision fans everywhere – Portugal’s national broadcaster RTP has decided to withdraw from Eurovision 2016 as a result of restructuring in the channel, but hopes to return in 2017. The news will mark the second instance this decade of Portugal taking a sabbatical from the competition, with 2013 being the previous instance of a Portuguese absence in …
Czech Republic: Announcement By The End Of The Year
Today it has been confirmed to ESCUnited.com, by ČT, that the Czech broadcaster will be announcing their plans for Eurovision 2016 before the end of the year! No specific information has been provided, as to whether they will be opting for an internal selection again or they will be returning to a national final. But ČT are currently working on …
Highway to represent Montenegro
Highway, a three-piece boyband who found fame during the second series of The X Factor Adria, finishing fourth, will represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, it has emerged. Despite rumours of a Montenegrin walkout over the jury scandal in Vienna, RTCG has confirmed that Highway will succeed Knez as the Montenegrin performers. They become the second confirmed performers …
Italy make a move to RAI 1 for 2016
Despite the hugely impressive run of results since their surprise comeback in 2011, Italy’s national broadcaster has only shown the Eurovision final on RAI 2, with the main channel instead featuring other programming during the night of the contest. That is, until now – thanks to a third place finish and televote victory from Il Volo in 2015, RAI have …
United Kingdom to return to national selection
In the last few minutes the BBC, national Eurovision broadcaster for the United Kingdom, has confirmed in a press release the recent rumours – the UK will decide its song for Eurovision for 2016! The format of the shows themselves are yet to be confirmed but the BBC have wasted no time in organising a search for a song and …
Switzerland: Online Song Search Begins Today
Today (28th of September) the German speaking broadcaster SRF, will begin accepting songs as part of their online selection process. Any singers / Songwriters are eligible to send in songs to be judged by the public (Eurovision fans are asked to vote for their favourites online) and a panel of judges. There are no rules as to who can enter the contest, …
Who is the Armenian “dark lady” in the trailer for Eurovision?
Armenia is giving the Eurovision-fans some great suspense in who they have selected for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm next spring. In the trailer for the announcement, that is to be made the 13th of October, a woman is approaching in the darkness and looks like the one to save Armenia’s honor in May. But who is this …
San Marino: Provisionally Applied for Stockholm
In an interview with the national broadcaster of San Marino, Alessandro Capicchioni, the head of delegation for the small state, it was revealed that San Marino had provisionally applied to participate in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, but, they are yet to decide if they will fully apply for the Stockholm contest, San Marino “has enrolled but participation is not yet …
Big 5 and Sweden to have rehearsals shown during live semi-finals
It’s been a call made by many fans for several years, but it appears it will now be a reality. The first major change rung in by SVT for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will see Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom recieve extra exposure with performance videos shown of their rehearsals during live shows, currently set …