UPDATE 4/2/2024: Unfortunately, Michael Rice‘s journey on the current season of American Idol came to an end last night. Though the 26-year-old belter survived the ‘biggest cut in American Idol history’ during Sunday night’s broadcast, making the cut from the Top 143 to the Top 56, he was not so lucky during the singing competition’s ‘Showstoppers’ round. He was cut …
Welcome back to ESCUnited for another edition of the music round-up series! This month we are doing things a little bit different, and have added all Junior Eurovision alumni into the mix, celebrating all artists assoicated with the two song contests. The month of September was filled with releases from former Eurovision artists, with 129 singles or albums dropping throughout …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Here we go again. The United Kingdom comes in dead last at Eurovision 2021, though the novelty this time is that James Newman’s “Embers” is the first “null points” since the new Jury …
[AdSense-B] The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Pity poor Michael Rice. The knives were out before he even took the stage at the Grand Final in Tel Aviv and came in last place. The British press burped in full …
[AdSense-B] This editorial expresses the opinions of the writer and does not reflect the views of our other editors, ESC United or the EBU. I’d just like to put a disclaimer out there. This is in no way an attack on the BBC, any of the artists who have represented the UK at Eurovision or Eurovision as a whole. It’s simply …
[AdSense-B] The United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 has had an accusation of plagiarism leveled against it, ESC United has learned. The British submission for this year’s contest, written by Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik and Jonas Thander and performed by Michael Rice, bears similarities to a 2017 track by the British band 10 Reasons entitled …
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. …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. [AdSense-B] It didn’t take long. Almost as soon as the six artists and three songs were announced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for “Eurovision: You Decide”, the moaning began on Twitter. “They …
