Croatia will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) announced earlier today. HRT cited a lack of funds and a difficult economic situation regarding their withdrawal from the next competition. However, the announcement asserts this is only temporary; HRT says that they aim to improve upon previous results and reach a better place in the …
Editorial: Conchita Wurst brings out the worst of the ESC fandom
The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Once news broke on Twitter of Conchita Wurst’s participation in Copenhagen for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, I immediately knew that I could expect tons of unwarranted hatred for Austria’s choice. When someone who doesn’t look like the …
Sailing the flag from Helsinki to Tallinn – The Eurovision Cruise
Every year around the end of August, thousands of Eurovision fans have successfully battled through a severe Post Eurovision Depression Syndrome, some have just been released from rehab, while others have made their first payment on the new liver they decided to purchase back in 2011 when they discovered they had to plan a trip to Azber…Azberbaja…Baku! To Baku! Yes, …
Eurovision Live Concert in Portugal with many Eurovision Stars
For the first time ever, EUROVISION LIVE CONCERT will be held in Portugal. For three days, several artists associated with Eurovision or the National Final show Festival da Canção. The show will take place from September 5th to 7th in the city of Setubal. The event will beging with a concert called “Portual – O Pais do Fado) which is …
ESC 2014 in Copenhagen!
The Danish broadcaster DR has just announced that Copenhagen will be the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The B&W Hallerne at the Refshaleøen was chosen as the venue. The European broadcasting Union and Reference Group have already approved of the broadcaster’s decision. Pernille Gaardbo, Executive Producer of the 2014 contest said: “”We are looking forward to welcoming …
The Big 5 rule – Justified or nonsense?
In 2000 a new rule was implemented giving the highest financial contributors of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) a guaranteed spot in the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. At that time they were called the “Big Four”. Prior to the introduction of the Semi Final system in 2004, the EBU used a relegation system to determine which countries would …
ESCUNITED Ranking Game 2013 – Round 9 Results
Every week all songs selected either via NF or internal selection are up for a vote and our members give points to their favorite songs. At the end of the week the host will tally up the points and post the results. This is Week 9 and six songs were added, let’s have a look at this week’s ranking of …
Cezar wins the Romanian National Final
In a very close race, Cezar won the Romanian national Final with his song “It’s my life”. It was a nail biter until the very end with the juries and televoting not seeing eye to eye. [vsw id=”N0mba0g7Esk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Please let us know your thoughts by visiting our Forum HERE Cezar will take part in …
Three minute Eurovision songs? Too short or just right?
What is the “3 minute rule”? It means that no song in the Eurovision Song Contest can be longer than that. This rule was adopted in 1960 due to time constraints and to avoid extremely long entries such as Italy’s song from 1957 which was 5 minutes 9 seconds long. So for 53 years, this rule remains intact and …
Norway: Semi Final 2 – Meet the three Qualifiers
The second Semi Final is over and Norway has voted 3 more songs into the Final show. Let’s find out who they are: Annsofi – I’m with you [vsw id=”LYXSXx6GNWk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Fjellfolk – Ulvetuva [vsw id=”5e0MqdRROCA” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Margaret Berger – I feed you my love [vsw id=”bgGiBRj0yns” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]