Ireland’s recent history at the Eurovision Song Contest has been a tale of seemingly never-ending woes. Despite long-held nostalgia for the winning streaks of bygone years, the country has yet to conjure up a new winning formula. The last ten years, in particular, have been harrowing for Irish Eurovision fans: based upon the past decade, Ireland currently has the worst …
Despite all the trouble regarding Romania and it’s participation at the contest earlier this year, it would seem like that the country and the broadcaster (TVR), are all set on their upcoming participation in the United Kingdom. A new team has been appointed, and so we’ll take a small look at what it might mean. Selecția Națională 2023 From the …
This December, 12 young Italian artists will compete in Sanremo Giovani for the opportunity to showcase their music at the Sanremo Music Festival. Eight of those 12 finalists will be chosen through a round of live auditions, and the Italian broadcaster RAI has now announced which 43 artists have reached this stage. Of the 714 submissions received, these 35 single …
To date Giorgos Kapoutzidis has covered more than 10 editions of the contest as his legacy began in 2013, in Sweden. He also assisted ERT with the 2006 Eurovision semi-final and final by writing the show’s script, and presenting the 2013 and 2014 Greek national finals. But now, it seems that his Eurovision involvement has come to an end. Speaking …
There is now less than 2 months until the very first national final hits the European screens, and if things go as expected, it will also be the first nation to select both their song and their artist. We’re of course talking about Ukraine. Vidbir 2023 As we know by now, Ukraine won the contest earlier this year, but was …
It may not be time for us to switch on SVT yet but Aftonbladet has begun to reveal who they believe will appear on Melodifestivalen 2023. Before revealing it is key to explain that this is according to Aftonbladet sources, as artists are kept to secrecy over their participation. Aftonbladet has revealed three artists who according to their sources will …
Team Lithuania, rejoice! The 2023 “Pabandom iš naujo!” (Let’s try again) is now underway! Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT announced the program launch on Tuesday and Eurovision hopefuls will have until December 12th to submit their songs with the televised national selection shows starting in January, 2023. Competitors will participate in preliminary heats and semi-finals before a grand finale to determine …
This week has seen the unfortunate news that three countries have withdrawn from Eurovison 2023, including Montenegro, but American Eurofans may be further disappointed to hear that an American Song Contest participant may have been Montenegro’s choice to compete in Liverpool. Enisa Nikaj, who represented the state of New York in the American Song Contest 2022, reported on Twitter that …
With the announcement of Liverpool as the host of Eurovision 2023, the United Kingdom selection process for Eurovision 2023 has been announced. Once more, the UK will be working with TaP Music. The partnership was first announced last year with success for Sam Ryder at Eurovision. The UK finished with their best result since 1998 and its first top 5 …
With the BBC’s announcement on the 27th of September naming Glasgow and Liverpool as the shortlisted cities for hosting the upcoming contest, many have been speculating on the hosts. Many names are being thrown around, one in particular, being the BBC’s lead commentator Graham Norton. Graham Norton himself appeared on ITV’s This Morning with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to …
