The Norwegian national broadcaster NRK is reportedly planning a five-semi showcase of talent from across the Nordic nation for its Melodi Grand Prix in 2020, according to escsverige. The long-running selection format has selected Norway’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in every year of the country’s participation except 1991, but few years have seen as vast a selection as …

In an interview conducted by esckaz with the Montenegrin head of delegation, Sabrija Vulić, the intention to extend the competition was revealed. Vulić said “My intention next year is to make a big concert,is maybe with 20 songs. Why? This competition is a chance for young musicians to introduce themselves to the public.” This also served as a confirmation that …

In the middle of all the Eurovision madness that is happening right now in Tel Aviv, we have some exciting news coming from Denmark. The country has just announced it’s participation for the next year’s contest, and the national final will be held in the capital for the first time in 18 years. As we are reporting all the juicy …

Here at #escYOUnited, we want to create content that puts #YOU at the forefront, be it involving your thoughts in polls and reviews to revealing your collective favourites on our forum games. Now, it’s time for the ultimate fan poll, but this doesn’t involve any of the 41 acts competing in Tel Aviv… With over 400 songs performed or entered …

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. With talk of Kazakhstan potentially competing at Eurovision in the not-too-distant future after a debut appearance at the Junior version and awaiting word on a second attempt there, we go back to the …

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent our other authors, #escYOUnited as a whole or the EBU. So with that, the national final season draws to a close. And what better way to tie everything up into a neat package than with the twelve finalists of Melodifestivalen 2019? For one …

After hundreds of songs, a lot of drama and some interesting choices across Europe, tonight sees the last national final draw to a close, and there’s not better place to end than with Sweden’s Melodifestivalen. The show-stopping behemoth of a selection will hold its final tonight, live from Friends Arena in Solna, northern Stockholm, as twelve acts battle to win …

Belarus’ national selection Nationalny Otbor takes places this evening and there’s certainly a lot on offer in 2019’s penultimate national final. What did we think of the potential entrants for Belarus in Tel Aviv? Michael Soul – Humanize James – 7 – “For a song called “Humanize,” this song sounds clinical and cold. I’d say Fear Factory’s “Mechanize” is both …

Another artist is set to return to the Eurovision stage in Tel Aviv, as it has just been confirmed who will represent Serbia in this year’s competition! Nevena Božović has been crowned champion of this year’s Beovizija, the national selection competition Serbia uses for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her entry, “Kruna”, won the jury vote and finished third in the …

Moldova will be one of the five countries to decide their entry for Tel Aviv tonight, as ten acts fight for the slot at Eurovision 2019. Which of the songs do we feel should be that lucky entry? Let’s see what our team thought of the finalists… Aurel Chirtoacă – La cinema David – 1 – “Alright, so Aurel does …