Quero Ser Tua is a passionate love song that combines Latin, African and Portuguese elements only to produce an original mix of all three. This, Suzy argues, is perhaps the key to success as she hopes that her up-tempo will stand out among the ballads in this year’s Eurovision. Introducing Suzy… Born in Figueira da Foz (Portugal), Susana (34) is …

Mariko Ebralidze and The Shin will Represent Georgia in Eurovision 2014. Today their Eurovision entry “Three Minutes to Earth” has been released. [vsw id=”YdgGlv4eTf8″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] The Shin combines the following members: Zaza Miminoshvili (guitars, panduri, songs), Zurab J. Gagnidze (bass, vocals, songs), Aleksandre Chumburidze (dance, doli) and Mamuka Gaganidze (vocals, percussion, songs). Mariko Ebralidze is a popular and …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. I’m not an expert, in any sense of the word, on Ukraine.  But I want to discuss Ukraine’s voting patterns and representation in Eurovision in light of the current protests, which highlight the East-West divide of the Ukrainian …

The five hopefuls – Brequette, Jorge González, Ruth Lorenzo, Raul and La Dama – will fight for the golden ticket in a televised show to be held in TVE’s headquarters in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona). The show will be aired at 22.00 (local time) / 21.00 (CET) and will be broadcast live in TVE and in Eurovision’s official website …

Five more Eesti Laul semifinalists are through to the Estonian selection’s grand final on 1 March. These five acts are: Norman Salumäe – “Search” Traffic – “Für Elise” Maiken – “Siin või sealpool maad” Sandra Nurmsalu – “Kui tuuled pöörduvad” Brigita Murutar – “Lauli täes taevakaar” As last week, the finalists were chosen with a combination jury and televote. The …

Hungary’s national selection, A Dal 2014, held its second semi-final this evening, with the last four songs advancing to the final on February 22nd.  The semi-final format was the same as the quarterfinals, with the jury selecting the initial advancing songs.  After the jury selection, the remaining seven songs were put to a televote. The jury selected: Running – Kállay …

Hungary held the first of two semi-finals this evening.  Nine songs competed for four spots in Hungary’s national final, which will be held on February 22nd.  The advancing songs were based on both a jury and public vote.  The jury selected the first two songs to advance and then the remaining seven songs were put up to a public vote, …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. The EBU recently discussed the issue of cheating and as one of our writers has already reported, there was a lot of buzz around the internet about it.  The EBU said it thoroughly investigated the allegations but couldn’t …

Hungary’s national selection, A Dal, held its third (and last) quarterfinal this evening, with six more acts qualifying for the semi-finals.  The first two quarterfinals were held January 25 and February 1.  The jury selected the first three of the six advancing acts.  After the jury selection, the public voted on the remaining seven songs to select the final three. …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. A couple of days ago the European Broadcasting Union announced that they would tighten measures to ensure voting integrity. I am not going to repeat everything that has been said so feel free to read more HERE as well …