After many endless (and mostly unsuccessful) years of Internal picks, the French broadcaster Télévisions will once again have a public selection to pick the 2014 representative of the Eurovision Song Contest for France. The selection process is quite lenghty and by doing so the National Broadcaster is hoping to improve their results next year in Copenhagen, Denmark. In late November a …

The Portuguese broadcaster RTP confirmed that Portugal will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 after taking a break last year due to financial reasons. There are no news whether the entry will be selected via a National Final or if it’s going to be an internal selection. The Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Jon Ola Sand …

The format for the 2014 Irish national selection has been revealed. As with past years the Irish broadcaster has opted for the same format. 5 mentors will have the sole responsibility of selecting 5 entries for the Eurosong 2014. The national final will be broadcast live on the Late Late Show on the 28th of February. The 2014 mentors are …

If you want to be able to have a say in picking the Swiss representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark this is your opportunity. The broadcaster SRF announced that 159 entries have been submitted and are now ready for your votes. Check out allentries at eurovisionplattform.sf.tv. From November 4th to 18th, you have the opportunity to …

Annet Artani, who is best known for representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2006 with the powerful ballad “Why Angels Cry” and co writing the world hit “Everytime” with Britney Spears, is determined to conquer the Eurovision stage once again in Denmark. Artani has submitted the song “You Got What I Need” that will compete against 151 other entries in the Swiss …

The Belorussian broadcaster, BTRC announced that 15 contestants will take part in one  national final that is scheduled to be aired in early January.  Deadline for submitting entries is the 24th of November. A special jury will be holding auditions and the 15 lucky artists will be chosen to participate in the Final. The winning entry will be selected by …

The Albanian national broadcaster RTSH has revealed their dates for the Albanian national selection for this year. As per tradition, Albania is one of the first countries to select their representatives in a non-internal selection format, through the 52 year old Festivali i Këngës music festival. Since 2003, the winner of the Festival got the honour of representing Albania on the …

The National broadcaster LRT  started the selection process of the Lithuanian representative for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Several changes are being made from this year’s National Final: Songwriters and artist will apply individually! Singers will go through multiple stages throughout the competition starting with auditions which has been a popular and quite successful approach for some countries. …

LTV, the Latvian national broadcaster, has announced that they will be keeping the old Dziesma competition format for their national final selection for 2014. Just like last year, there will be a total of 24 songs selected to compete in the two semi-finals – a setup similar to Eurovision. The six songs with the lowest score (juries in Latvia give the …

Maltese broadcaster PBS has announced the format for their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 via Eurovision.tv. PBS is now taking submissions, of which 20 will be chosen to compete in a semifinal, compared to last year’s 24. From there, 14 entries will be chosen to compete in a final. The event will take place sometime in January …