Croatia confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest next year and HRT has just released the rules for the next edition of Dora, which we’ll be enjoying in February 2023. Starting today, everyone who wants to give it a shot can apply with an original song until the 20th of November this year on the official Dora website. The …
It’s back! The (in)famous ESC United “Expert” Panel is returning once again! While we don’t claim to be professionally qualified to judge anything, we certainly have strong opinions, so our staff and editors got together to review all 41 of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel this May. …
[AdSense-B] The Croatian broadcaster HRT is expected to select sixteen acts for Dora 2019, the selection process that will choose the Croatian entry for Tel Aviv. The news, which has been reported in the Croatian media outlet Slobodna Dalmacija, also seems to confirm that the show will take place with a music festival feel over three nights in the coastal …
Cover photo: Andres Putting (EBU) [AdSense-B] This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. I would not be surprised to see Croatia’s entry from Jacques Houdek (“My Friend”) make the list of polarizing entries at Eurovision 2017. Jacques chose a daring …
[AdSense-B] We ran a poll the other day for the last round of first rehearsals in Semi-Final 2, and we have a winner – Croatia was the most impressive rehearsal for our readers! With 31%, the busy performance topped the poll. Second place was shared equally between three rehearsals; Bulgaria‘s Kristian Kostov, Estonia‘s Koit Toome and Laura and Israel‘s Imri …
[AdSense-B] The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back. The Editorial team got to enjoy all 43 entries of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, review and rank them accordingly. Needless to say, this is all subjective and you may totally disagree with us. There is a reason we put quotation marks down. Which is why we included a poll and in …
[AdSense-B] The Croatian entry for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, “My Friend”, has been released today. Jacques presented his song in a special show entitled “Svijet diskografije” on Croatian radio (HRT-HR2). He also presented his whole team. The song was written by Jacques, Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek, and Fabrizio Laucella. You can listen to “My Friend” in the …
Today, Jacques Houdek released the instrumental version of his Eurovision song “My Friend”. The song is composed by Jacques Houdek, Siniša Reljić and Tony Malm. Also, Jacques has written the song with Ines Prajo, Arijana Kunštek, and Fabrizio Laucella. The official song presentation will be on 2nd March on Croatian radio. You can listen to the instrumental version of “My …
Head of Croatian delegation for Eurovision Song Contest, Željko Mesar, yesterday appeared on HRT show “Studio 4” and revealed more details about song “My Friend”. For now, he didn’t want to talk about details except that song will be presented on two languages. Also, he talked about stage performance in Kiev. The team for Kiev is being developed, …
[AdSense-B] This afternoon, HRT has revelead that Jacques Houdek will sing My Friend. The song is expected to be released soon. What we know about Jacques Houdek? Jacques Houdek was born in Zagreb and is 35 years old. He has been singing professionally since 2002 and has previously entered the Croatian national selection, Dora, several times. He is well-known …
