Serbian broadcaster RTS just announced that Serbia will not be taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. After several days of negotiations and discussions, it was decided that due to the financial situation and the lack of sponsorship Serbia would be taking a break from the contest.  This is the first time that the country decided …

Over the last few weeks the three Regional broadcasters conducted selections and today all 18 acts have been made public to perform in front of an expert commission. That group will eliminate 12, giving six entries the opportunity to perform their song on Februray 1st 2014 at the Swiss final.   Here are the 9 acts chosen by SRF, the …

The participation deadline is almost here and two more contries confirmed participation at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Armenian broadcaster AMPTV confirmed that they will be back next May but did not provide any details on the method on how their entry will be selected. Armenia’s participation does not come as a surprise but they waited …

According to Jan Lagermand Lundme who is in charge of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, the pre determined running order introduced last year will return once again giving the producers the ability to decide the order of performances for all participants in both Semi Finals as well as the Final show. Unlike previous years, the running order was not decided by the drawing …

With only one day left before the EBU’s deadline for broadcasters to announce their participation in the upcoming Contest, some countries seem less likely than others to participate. One of them is, sadly, Slovenia. The Slovene-based (and also Slovene-speaking) website Eurovizija has been publishing rather bleak articles in the past week. One entitled “Black Clouds over Eurovision and the Entertainment Programme …

According to this Link the German National Final will have 15 participants fighting for the prestige spot to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The list is only considered a rumor and NOT official. Based on the same article an official announcement by the NDR will take place tomorrow, November 20th at 10 AM.   …

In an unexpected twist of fortunes, the Bosnian national broadcaster, BHRT, has announced today that they will actually be returning to Europe’s favourite music event next year. In their announcement they’ve stated that the Bosnian withdrawal in 2013 was due to financial reasons, but that the situation is not any better this year. However, the Executive Board of BHRT believes …

Artani is best known for co-writing “Everytime” with Britney Spears and representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2006 with the song “Why Angels Cry”. She recently joined the Eurovision race in hope of representing Switzerland in Copenhagen 2014. Artani will introduce her new upbeat hit You Got What I Need among other songs at Europhoria this Saturday evening (Nov 16) in New York …

Vecer has leaked (or announced) that Tijana Dapcevic is going to perform Pobeda in Copenhagen, Denmark next May. Pobeda (Victory) will be performed in Macedonian and will be upbeat. The song will be revealed to the public on January 15th, 2014. Accordording to the information available, two backup singers will join Tijana onstage in Copenhagen. One of them will be …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. You can follow the author on twitter https://twitter.com/MattDouzePoints Since the new millennium began, Turkey has been one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest. Sertab Erener managed to win the contest in 2003 and manga …