The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, have confirmed that their national final will be held in Nicosia on February 1st. They will be looking for an artist to put Cyprus firmly back on the Eurovision map. They announced their return to the contest earlier this year, after sitting out on Copenhagen 2014. They last took to the stage in 2013, with Despina …
San Marino say “Si Si Si”to Vienna
We’ve been waiting all day, but it seems that San Marino are in. SMRTV have confirmed that they will be in Vienna, and will be trying to match the result set by “Sammarinese Queen” Valentina Monetta who made it through to the Grand Final, after her third attempt. They debuted in 2008 before pulling out in 2010, but made the …
Blue to return with a new album
He may be busy with his dancing schedule for BBC’s strictly come dancing, but Simon Webbe, member of Blue, has announced that they have finished recording a new album. Stay tuned for more details on this release coming soon. The follow up to Roulette, which had great songs such as “Hurt Lovers” and Eurovisin 2011 entry “I Can” on, will …
Söngvakeppni 2015
Icelandic broadcaster, RUV, has announced the start of their search, ready for their national final, Söngvakeppni. They are asking for songs to be submitted by the 20th October, and the national final will be broadcast in February 2015, final date to be confirmed. Iceland have used Söngvakeppni since 1986, and after having chosen Yohanna and her beautiful ballad “Is It …
United Kingdom Calling: Song submissions wanted
United Kingdom broadcaster, BBC, has today announced that they are now actively seeking their entry to send to Vienna, for Eurovision 2015. Executive producer of the BBC, Guy Freeman, today said “We’re keen to provide as many routes into the selection process as possible, whilst remaining realistic about the proven amount of experience required by anyone wishing to put themselves …
Will Freaky Fortune be the support act of Lady Gaga?
After releasing their new single “In a world without you” Freaky Fortune (Greece 2014) is now attending a contest featuring Lady Gaga. The 19th of September 2014 Lady Gaga will take her tour to Athens, Greece and is now looking for a support act. Through a contest fans can vote on their favorite band to join Lady Gaga on stage …
LIVE: First day rehearsals
ESC United is live at the Eurovision 2014 Press Centre, where we will give you updates throughout the day’s rehearsals. Come back regularly and refresh for updates. We’ll be documenting today’s events right as they happen, as well as our personal impression. As a reminder, we are not allowed to tape the actual rehearsals during the first round. Today’s rehearsal coverage …
Slovenia unveils ESC hopefuls
The Slovene national broadcaster has announced today the line-up for the Slovene Eurovision song selection. EMA 2014 will be broadcast on March 8th at 20:00 CET, live from Ljubljana. And while a panel of music experts, including two-time Slovene ESC representative Darja Svajger, has decided on the seven artists competing, the ultimate decision will be given to the audience via …
Good luck to Cezar (Romania) & “It’s my life”
The joined forces of OGAE Rest of the World, ESC United & ESCkaz wish Cezar from Romania the best of luck in Malmo, Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 [vsw id=”WD5zU1tT0Pw&noredirect=1″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”].
ESCUNITED Ranking Game 2013 – Round 9 Results
Every week all songs selected either via NF or internal selection are up for a vote and our members give points to their favorite songs. At the end of the week the host will tally up the points and post the results. This is Week 9 and six songs were added, let’s have a look at this week’s ranking of …