With the dust now settled on this year’s Pabandom iš Naujo!, we got the opportunity to speak to this year’s Lithuanian representatives The Roop, who will be going to Rotterdam with the fiercely popular “Discoteque”. We spoke to the band about the pressures of coming back to Eurovision, the support they have felt and how dance can liberate people… Hello …
Eagle eyed Eurovision fans may have uncovered the song title of this year’s entry for the United Kingdom, after a song was registered on the ACE Repertory for songwriters. The song, called “Your Love”, is listed as written by Adam Argyle, Ed Drewett, Iain Farquharson, Iain James and the UK’s representative James Newman. All of the writers with the exception …
Lisbon, 20 February 2021. The first semifinal of Portugal’s musical bonanza Festival da Canção aired tonight. As one may expect, it was the anti-Eurovision National Final, filled with lowtempo nostalgia ballads and excellent fashion. A perfect remedy for tonight’s heady brew of middle-of-the-road scandi pop. Let us get acquainted with tonight’s hopefulls! The Line-up: The Black Mamba – “Love Is …
Tonight, Estonia followed on from the events of two nights ago with the second semi-final of Eesti Laul, as twelve more acts took to the Saku Suurhall stage. As with the first show, Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets oversaw the performances and also showing the vibes and atmosphere from the green room. Tonight’s twelve participants were as follows; Sissi – …
It is official, #YOU, valiant readers of ESCUnited, have elected Blind Channel as your favourite Finnish act! The young soft metal band won the poll with over half of the votes (55%). Ilta’s piano ballad (14%) snatches a respectable second place, while last year’s winner, Aksel Kankanrantaa, claims the bronze medal (9%). Full results: Blind Channel – “Dark side” (55%) …
Another hour, another poll result. This time, we will discuss Norway and can #YOU believe it, KEiiNO won #YOUR poll in a landslide. It was honestly not even close, I’ll just leave the results as they are without commentary. They speak for themselves! Full Results KEiiNO – “Monument” (58%) Raylee – “Hero” (9%) Jorn – “Faith bloody faith” (8%) TIE: …
It is official, #YOUR votes have been tallied! It is now time to reveal which act #YOU think should qualify for the finale of Estonia’s Eesti Laul! And let me tell you, the vote was very close this time around. Evidently, as the title of this article implies, you liked Uku the most. Hardly a surprise, as he’s the favourite …
Portugal are kick-starting their Eurovision search once more this evening, with the famous Festival da Canção beginning with its first semi-final. One of the participants in Saturday’s show is mema., who will take part with her entry “Claro Como Água”. We spoke with mema. about her Eurovision passion and entering the Portuguese selection, the positivity of her entry and Portugal’s …
Melodi Grand Prix concludes tonight, after a six-week marathon selection that saw 26 songs performed over five semi-finals and one wildcard show. But, tonight is the night it all comes to a close, with the remaining twelve acts taking to the stage in Fornebu one last time. Which one will win the Norwegian ticket to Eurovision 2021? Since we’ve already …
Another Nordic nation will decide their entry for Rotterdam tonight, with Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu once again selecting Finland’s song for Eurovision. With seven high quality songs here, it’s going to be a bloodbath of a selection. But which song comes out on top for our team? Let’s see what Boris, Daniel, James, Melanie, Sean and Stefan thought of the Finnish …
