Fourth time was the charm for Stefan. After years of trying, the 24-year-old balladeer won Eesti Laul last month and earned the right to represent Estonia at Eurovision in May. But how did this western wizard whip himself up a win? Let’s dig into his past and find out. He’s a Star Student Stefan was born on December 24, 1997, …
Last month, Azeri broadcaster İTV announced that 22-year-old rising star Nadir Rüstəmli would represent The Land of Fire at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. But how did such a seeming newcomer land this important gig? As it turns out, he’s not a newcomer at all. He’s a Lifelong Musician Born on July 8, 1999, in the coastal city of Salyan, …
The Danish public have spoken, and REDDI will be representing them at Eurovision with the song “The Show”! REDDI, a Danish rock group made up of Ihan Haydar on drums, Ida Bergkvist on bass, Agnes Roslund on guitar, and Siggy Savery on vocals, formed relatively recently and madeg their debut as a band on the Dansk Melodi Gran Prix stage. …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Last weekend, Sigga, Beta and Elín and Stefán Óli advanced to the finals of Söngvakeppnin, Iceland’s Eurovision national final. In our personal rankings, we had the former advancing, with the …
Earlier tonight, Germany selected its champion, but the appearance of a previous Eurovision winner was the moment of the night. After a close battle with singer Felicia Liu and duo Maël & Jonas, 24-year-old rapper and pop singer Malik was declared the winner of Germany 12 Points, earning him the right to represent his country at Eurovision in May with the …
Earlier this month, Lithuania chose Monika Liu as The Roop‘s Eurovision successor at the third edition of Pabandom iš naujo!. It was a decisive victory, with only Lolita Zero coming anywhere close to matching her televote scores. Though she may not be a name to people outside of Lithuania, Monika‘s domestic career so far laid the groundwork for her PiN! success. …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Coming off of a strong 4th place finish in Rotterdam, based solely off of a recorded dress rehearsal run-through no less, Iceland is coming into the Eurovision 2022 season with …
After calls from several artists and pleas from a number of this year’s competing broadcasters (read more here), the EBU have announced today that Russia will not be allowed to compete at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. Statement from @EBU_HQ regarding Russia’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.https://t.co/HmKJdqVE4J pic.twitter.com/tVH6yFxzbq — Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) February 25, 2022 …
Junior Eurovision news waits for nothing and no one, not even Eurovision national final season. This week, during a cabinet meeting in the Armenian government, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed what had long been suspected: Yerevan, the country’s capital and largest city, will be hosting this year’s Junior Eurovision in December. It will be held in the Karen Demirchyan Complex, …
To read about Citi Zēni in their own words, read our interview with the band from February 4. No Eurovision act this season has made a bigger splash than Citi Zēni did in the first 15 seconds of their Supernova-winning entry “Eat Your Salad”. So it should have come as no surprise that Latvia, Eurovision’s notorious wildcard nation, chose them …
