20th January 2017, remember the date. Today will go down in history as one of the most iconic events of the 21st century, for better or worse – Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president. But who cares about that when we’ve got two Eurovision songs to find tonight?! That’s right, the number of 2017 songs we know will increase 200% …
Shortly after the announcement of the semi-finalists in Ukraine’s mammoth selection process and that Kuznetsov would take a spot in the final of the competition, the artists involved have begun to slowly reveal their songs online, with some interesting compositions in the mix. Here are some of the songs we know about so far. Do any of them have the …
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and may not be representative of escYOUnited, its other editors or those of the EBU. Tonight sees one of the more popular national selections kick off and as such there is an increasing excitement amongst Eurovision fans for what the season ahead holds. Hungary will begin A Dal 2017 …
Tonight sees the first Saturday of this year’s Eurovision season that will see more than one show taking place. How exciting is that? Not only do we get the second show from Lithuania, we also have the beginning of A Dal 2017, Hungary’s popular national final that has gathered pace quickly over the last few years and reaped success for …
Who doesn’t love a wildcard? From the granting of a favourable draw to a random pre-qualifier in the early days of Eurovision semi-finals (god bless you Verka Serduchka), to some questionable jury qualifications in the early two semi days (the jury’s still out, Charlotte Perelli) and even to stirring up some major controversies in recent German shows (god bless you …
Germany has been quietly working behind the scenes over the past few months in an attempt to reverse their current woeful Eurovision fortunes and, now, we have the names of the five acts who will hope to bring joy to the country once more! On Friday, German broadcaster ARD announced the five lucky performers who survived the final casting …
Rumours had been gathering pace in the Balkans that our third artist of the 2017 contest may be around the corner – annd today MRT confirmed the news! Jana Burčeska, most famous for her work with Macedonian rock band Mizar and her previous participations in Skopje Fest, has been given the Macedonian ticket to Kiev and will represent her nation …
While the Ukrainian broadcaster NTU has undoubtedly had bigger fish to fry with the organisation of Europe’s most beloved TV show, there’s also the small matter of an artist and song of their own to choose. Now, one would forgive the broadcaster for choosing internally to save time and money, but not Ukraine – our Eastern hosts have confirmed a …
Not one to rest on their laurels it seems, head of the French delegation in Eurovision 2015 and 2016, Nathalie André, has stated in an interview with the French website Toutelatele, that she would like to see the French song decided before the end of October this year, in order to give the delegation as much time as possible to …
Montenegro’s national broadcaster RTCG has confirmed that Highway, the X Factor-alumni boyband chosen to represent the country, will finally have their Eurovision entry premiered on March 4th. Highway were one of the first artists selected to fly their country’s flag at the contest in Stockholm this May, but as a result of this announcements they will be one of the …
