SBS has announced that they will select the artist and the song internally that will represent Australia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Previously, from 2019 until 2022, Australia has used Eurovision: Australia Decides to select their representatives. It is also notable that Australia has used the internal selection from their debut year, 2015, until 2018. SBS has released …
It’s finally here! The last song to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. 2 weeks ago, the Armenian broadcaster announced that Nare would represent the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in their own capital city Yerevan on the 11th of December. Now we finally know which song she will sing and perform on the Eurovision Stage. …
Albanian broadcaster RTSH revealed the lineup for Festivali i Këngës 61. The competition’s line-up includes solo artists, groups, big names and newcomers. The artists and songs are: 2 Farm: Atomike (Atomic) Alban Kondi & Lorela Karoshi: Melodi (Melody) Albina Kelmendi: Duje (Love It) Anduel Kovaçi: Malli (Yearn) Arsi Bako: Sonte dua të jem me ty (Tonight with You) Melodajna Mancaku: …
Negotiations are underway for season 2 of the American Song Contest, according Christer Bjorkman in a profile published by Swedish newspaper Afltonbladet. In the profile, Bjorkman stated, “We are still negotiating and it is, as always, about money.” Bjorkman produced the first season of the American Song Contest, and his company Voxovation holds the rights to the franchise along with …
TVR, the Romanian public broadcaster and EBU member station, has revealed that they spent 320,000 Euro (1.57 million lei) on the country’s participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. Mainnews.ro reports the cost breakdown down as: ~150,000 Euro (782,000 Lei) participation fee paid to the EBU, which secures the county’s slot in the contest as well as paying …
Switzerland’s representative at Eurovision 1973 in Luxembourg, Patrick Juvet, has sadly passed away at the age of just 70. His agent officially confirmed this news to French media outlet AFP. Juvet started his career as a model, but later became a musician. His first big hit in France was with the song “La Musica” in 1972. A year later, he …
Copenhagen, 11 February 2021 This post was written by our Danish correspondent, Christian Kaad, and edited by Boris Meersman. Yesterday, DR announced the eight songs and artists that will compete to become “our song” on March 6 at the Danish Melody Grand Prix – Denmark’s largest music festival. The winning song is chosen entirely by the Danish public based on …
Rotterdam, 3 Feb 2021 With the pandemic still raging across all Europe, the EBU needed to make a decision concerning the organization of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. The 65th contest, set to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will be aired on the week of the 17th of May. Earlier, the EBU had issued four possible scenario’s underwhich the …
Vilnius, 23 January 2021 Another Saturday, another batch of NF songs for us to listen to. While I’m sure everyone was a little distracted by Raylee transforming into a Slaylee, Lithuania’s show was highly servicable. So let’s take a closer look at Lithuania’s national final, Pabandom iš Naujo, and its second heat. Tonight’s line-up, containing a critical mass of servicable …
Another day and another piece of information about the national final season for Eurovision 2021! This time, we hear from RTP of Portugal about Festival da Canção 2021, the Portuguese national selection used annually to select the Iberian nation’s song for Eurovision. 20 songs will take part in the competition, which will be held across three shows next spring; two …
