It’s been a good while now since Austria last used a national final format, but 2025 wouldn’t change that. Back in January we got to learn that JJ had been selected to represent Austria, and now, we finally also get to know the song. Internal Selection Austrian broadcaster ORF is usually very silent about their details regarding their selection, and …

Early this morning, the long-awaited announcement was finally made regarding Austria’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Basel, Switzerland in May of this year. With that, let’s take a moment to get to know Austria’s chosen artist, JJ. Johannes Pietsch, under his stage name JJ, will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest. His song …

Austria has begun their search for their 2025 Eurovision entry, with submissions being accepted from now until September 15th. In a post on Instagram this week, Peter Schreiber announced that he will once again be working with ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, to find their next entry to the Song Contest through an internal selection process. View this post on …

For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …

The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …

As the second semi-final rapidly approaches, it’s time for us to discover who YOU believe will advance to the grand final tomorrow. A total of 16 acts are slated to compete in the semi-final, vying for 10 coveted spots. Now, it’s your turn, the readers of ESC United, to share your predictions on which acts will qualify for the grand …

Today marks the continuation of rehearsals at the Malmö Arena, where half of the fifteen acts from the second semi-final are granted another twenty minutes to refine their performances on stage. These rehearsals serve as crucial opportunities for artists to acclimate themselves to the stage and for delegations to make minor adjustments to their presentations, such as outfit changes and …

A total of 8 countries and artists have taken the stage in Malmo to rehearse their Eurovision performances – Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, and Armenia. And now as is tradition here at ESCUnited we want to hear who stood out to YOU most via our flash poll! Below you will find a listing of all 8 acts …

At time of publication, Nemo‘s “The Code”, Switzerland’s entry to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, sits at the top of the betting odds. The contest’s inaugural winner in 1956, Switzerland’s only other victory came in 1988, 36 years ago. Coming off of two contests in a row won by powerhouse countries that had won less than a decade before (Sweden …

Austria’s 2024 representative Kaleen has released her song “We Will Rave”. Kaleen had previously released a 30-second snippet on February 23 to much excitement of the Eurovision community. Kaleen shot the music video for “We Will Rave” in Los Angeles, USA. While the music video is still not released, the track has appeared on YouTube already. The song is an …