Disclaimer: contains opinions. All opinions stated belong to the quoted person, and do not represent the views of ESCUnited as a whole. Happy Junior Eurovision Day, everyone! We’ve been publishing our reviews for the 17 songs hoping to win the upcoming JESC in Madrid tonight and the time has come for one final update. Of course, we wrote our little …
Enya Cox Dempsey is headed to the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest as the Irish representative following her victory at Junior Eurovision Éire 2024. 14-year-old Dempsey, from Castlecomer, will perform the song “Le chéile,” (“Together”). The song was written by Nicky Brennan and Ian James White. Ireland’s participation in JESC has been organized by the Irish language broadcaster TG4 since …
Ireland has officially confirmed their intent to participate in Eurovision 2025, and will continue to select their next artist through the national final Eurosong. The national selection Eurosong will once again happen in tandem with the Late Late Show, and will take place in February. The song submission process is open until 18:00 CET November 18th on the official website …
When the first images and clips of Bambie Thug‘s “Doomsday Blue” rehearsal trickled out a week before this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, there was one thing practically everyone could agree on: Ireland’s staging was something special. The operatic, demonic slice of musical theater excellence wowed press and fans alike, and the buzz around “Doomsday Blue” exploded overnight. Would this non-binary, …
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
Congratulations are in order to Switzerland and Nemo, the winner of this edition of the Eurovision Song Contest! They made history as the first non-binary singer to claim victory in the contest, captivating audiences with their song “The Code,” a fusion of drum-and-bass, opera, rap, and rock, which delves into the journey of self-discovery as a non-binary individual. Upon receiving …
Just like that, the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest has started, the show was seen and in the end, a decision was made. However, our focus for now, will be on the 10 countries that made it out of the first semi-final. Let’s finally dive into their draw. Who goes where? As a reminder, congratulation to all 10 qualifiers, but also …
Johnny Logan is Headed to Malmö! Swedish broadcaster SVT revealed today that Logan, the two-time winning Eurovision artist for Ireland, will be performing as an interval act during this year’s first semi-final. He joins previously announced interval acts from Benjamin Ingrosso and the dynamic team-up of Eurovision winners Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Sertab Erener (Turkey 2003) and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden …
Today rehearsals continue within the Malmö arena, with all fifteen acts from the first semi-final getting another twenty minutes to rehearse on stage. These rehearsals are important to help the artist be more comfortable on stage ahead of the full dress rehearsals next week, but also allow any delegation to make minor edits to their performances (outfit changes, camera angles, …
A total of seven countries and artists have taken to the stage in Malmo to rehearse their Eurovision performances – Cyprus, Serbia, Lithuania, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland and Croatia. And now as is tradition here at ESCUnited we want to hear who stood out to YOU most via our flash poll! Below you will find a listing of all seven acts …
