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Amia Interview: “I decided to wake up as late as possible just so I wouldn’t have to wait for the results.”

We’re excited to bring another interview to YOU the ESCunited readers, this time with Selecția Națională contestant Amia.  Amia is an up-and-coming young artist in Romania, and “Puppet” marks her first debut single. This year will also mark the first time she will participate in the country’s national selection, but she’s been a longtime fan of Eurovision, dating back to …

Meri Andraković Interview: “The most important thing is to always listen to yourself.”

Our next interview ahead of the second Super Saturday features Meri Andraković from the Croatian national final Dora. Meri is no stranger to competitions, having participated in the first season of RTL Televizija’s singing competition Zvjezdice where she would make it to the top six overall. After the show concluded, she released her first single “Sve sam tebi oprostila ja” and would …

Marcus and Martinus Interview: “We would never join this competition if we didn’t feel like we had the right song.”

Our next interview ahead of Melodifestivalen will feature twins Marcus and Martinus, who will compete in the Swedish national selection for the first time. The twins are most known in Norway as the winners of Melodi Grand Prix Jr. back in 2012 with their song “To dråper vann” which peaked at no. 8 on the Norwegian Singles Chart at the …

Nicklas Sonne Interview: “I went home that day and wrote ‘Freedom’ and sent it in the same evening.”

Our next interview features Danish singer and songwritter Nicklas Sonne from Copenhagen! Nicklas Sonne is a new name to the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix line-up, and will be lighting up the stage with his rock song “Freedom”. His love of music started at just 8 years old when he went to an Alice Cooper concert and fell in love with …

Eni Jurišić Interview: “I intend to give the audience a glimpse into a sensitive feminine side of me.”

We’re back with another national selection interview, this time featuring Dora 2023 debutant Eni Jurišić! Eni is a Croatian singer who’s career began back in 2015 during her time on the second season of The Voice Hrvatska (Croatia), and her 2017 debut single “Prije nego nestane” quickly rose to the HR Top 40 chart in Croatia. To date she has had …

Norway has decided, Alessandra Mele will head to Liverpool in May!

Tonight concluded the first of the Nordic national finals Melodi Grand Prix, and means we now have the fourteenth artist selected for Liverpool! Tonight’s show kicked off in the Trondheim Spektrum arena in Trondheim, the first time that the MGP final has been held there since 2020. Nine acts qualifier for the final from three semi-final rounds that took place …

The Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 1 Qualifiers!

Melodifestivalen kicked off its 2023 season tonight in Gothenburg. The Scandinavium played host to the first 7 acts of this years contest and saw 2 qualify to the final and 2 qualify to the semi-final (Second Chance). Sweden’s biggest show kicked off with Tone Sekelius and ended with John Henrik Fjallgren. The running order was decided a couple months ago …

Markéta Irglová Interview: “Eurovision is not a competition in my view, only a collaboration.”

Today we welcome Czech artist and now Icelandic resident Markéta Irglová back to ESCUnited for an interview! Fans of Eurovision will remember that Markéta competed last year in Iceland’s Songvakeppnin selection, but failed to qualify to the grand final. In 2007 Markéta won an Academy Award for her song Falling Slowly from the film Once, which went on to inspire a …

Artūrs Hatti Interview: “At first I didn’t even know I was meeting about a song for Eurovision.”

We’re excited ahead of Latvia’s Supernova semi-final to release a new interview with Artūrs Hatuļevs! Artūrs Hatti is participating in the Latvian national selection for the first time this year amidst working on his debut album, set to be released later this year. As an artist he has been performing for over three years, and sees a potential Eurovision participation …

RODAN Interview: “Don’t be afraid to be an introvert.”

We’re thrilled to have gotten a chance to sit down with RODAN early this morning to talk about his song “Introvert Party Club” and his participation in the ESCZ national selection this year. RODAN is a singer and songwriter from Prague who is participating in the Czech national selection for the first time. His first single “Gone” rose to the …

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