Our editor Matt spoke to Adgy who’s taking part in this year’s Eurosong. Adgy’s aiming to represent Ireland with the song ‘Too Good for Your Love’ written by Andrew Carr and Peter Solymosi. You can see Matt’s interview with Adgy below: You can hear Adgy’s song below: Read More
Eurovision News
Maria Debono: ‘We will have a very specific prop on stage…’
As the Malta Eurovision Song Contest quarter-finals are coming to the results stage soon, we had a great pleasure to chat with the participants of this year’s edition of Malta’s national selection. Maria Debono is a newcomer to this competition, and she presented her song “X’Allegrija” (Eng: Happiness) back in the first quarter-final. We spoke […] Read More
Geo Debono: “The best card the EBU can play is giving us back a live orchestra”
The Malta Eurovision Song Contest has just finished presenting its 40 songs in the three Quarter Finals. Geo Debono is known across Malta for his work as an entertainer, vocal coach, singer, and his participation on several television shows, however 2023 marks his MESC début. His song “The Mirror” was featured in the first Quarter […] Read More
Peppino di Capri and Gino Paoli announced as Sanremo superguests
Today, Amadeus, host and artistic director of Sanremo 2023, made a surprise appearance on the Italian TG1 news. He announced the confirmation of two more ‘super guests’ will take part in the 73rd Festival di Sanremo: Peppino di Capri and Gino Paoli. Peppino di Capri is well known in Italy. He has no less than […] Read More
Siderland: ‘At night, anything is possible’
Last month, our very own Joe B had the pleasure of chatting to indie pop trio Siderland, who will be performing the first ever fully Catalan-language song at Benidorm Fest, “Que esclati tot” (Let Everything Explode), in the second semi-final on Thursday 2nd February. The group talked about, among other things, their timid first meetings, […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Ireland’s Eurosong 2023!
The Irish national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place on Friday, 3rd of February, once again as part of The Late Late Show. A total of six acts are going to be competing to win over the hearts of the Irish public and the juries, and be selected to represent their country in the 2023 […] Read More
Francesca Sciberras: “The mood plays an important role when my music is written”
Our editor Matt spoke to Francesca Sciberras who’s taking part in this year’s Malta Eurovision. Hi Francesca. Congratulations on being chosen for this year’s Malta Eurovision! How did you first get into music? I have loved music from the very beginning. My mum used to switch on a music programme and I used to spend […] Read More
Söngvakeppnin songs are now available
Icelandic broadcaster RÚV aired a special program on Saturday evening to introduce the island nation to its 10 Eurovision 2023 hopefuls! Lögin í Söngvakeppninni 2023 revealed clips of the 10 songs that will take part in Söngvakeppnin 2023! The Icelandic national final will maintain its utual format of 2 semi-finals and a final. Semi Final […] Read More
Lithuania’s semi final is good to go
The second heat of Lithuania’s selection Pabandom iš naujo! has just ended and 10 of the 15 acts are now off to the semi finals in February! The combination of jury results and televotes sent the following acts (in bold) through to the Semi Final stage: Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – “Sėdi ir važiuoji” (1 point) […] Read More
Dolly Parton releases James Newman song
Dolly Parton has released a new song, co-written by James Newman. The song ‘Bets on us’, in collaboration with the musical trio Cheat Codes talks about Dolly finding love, as well as talking about how finding love can be like a gamble. Writing about the new release on his Instagram page, James wrote: I can’t […] Read More
Joker Out will perform Carpe Diem in Liverpool
On Saturday, February 4th 2023, RTV SLO will premiere Slovenian Eurovision song, entitled Carpe Diem, with which Joker Out will represent Slovenia on the big Eurovision stage in Liverpool, in the TV special Misija Liverpool. The show will be hosted by Miša Molk, the icon of the Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest. In the […] Read More
Here are the last three finalists of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix
The third and last semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 has come to an end and we have our final results. Seven songs competed for three spots in the Grand Final, in the following order: Akuvi – “Triumph” Tiril Beisland – “Break It” Skrellex – “Love Again” Eline Thorp – “Not Meant to Be” Stig […] Read More
Nanne Grönvall releases English version of Carpool Karaoke
Nanne Grönvall has released an English version of her song from the 2020 Melodifestivalen ‘The Carpool Karaoke song’ The song, which talks about Nanne’s love for the Carpool Karaoke segment of James Corden’s Late Late Show has been enhanced with new English lyrics, as well as a brand new backing track. This has been accompanied […] Read More
LIVE: Melodi Grand Prix 2023 – Semifinal 3
Hei og velkommen alle sammen! Third and last semifinal of MGP 2023 will take place tonight, directly from Screen Studios, Nydalen. Tonight’s show will feature seven songs, three of which will qualify directly to the Grand Final on 4th February. Your hosts of the show are Stian Thorbjørnsen and Arianrhod Engebø. Which song is your […] Read More
LIVE: Pabandom Iš Naujo Heat 2
Labas vakaras! Welcome to the second heat of Pabandom iš naujo, which is Lithuania’s selection process to find their Eurovision entry for 2023. Tonight 15 acts will perform, with 10 to go through to the semi final stage and hopefully to the grand final, to be held at the LRT studios in Vilnius on 18th […] Read More
These are the 10 finalists from Moldova!
Today 31 participants were supposed to perform in the Moldovan auditions for Etapa Naţională Eurovision 2023, unfortunately the fan favorite Lola didn’t make it and was disqualified from the competiton. Following the auditions, 10 finalists were chosen by the jury. The jury included Viola Julea, Ion Chiorpec, Liviu Ştirbu, Daniela Crudu and Vasile Advahov. Next […] Read More
Leila Jane: “Wild is about empowering yourself and trusting your instincts”
Our editor Matt spoke to Leila Jane who’s taking part in this year’s Eurosong. Leila Jane’s aiming to represent Ireland with the song ‘Wild’ written by Leila Jane Keeney, Liis Hainla, Arto Ruotsala and Aaron Sibley. You can see Matt’s interview with Leila Jane below: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fESk8M7vg08&feature=youtu.be You can see the Music Video for Leila Jane’s […] Read More
Sharonne: “My mother wondered why I was always listening to Whitney Houston as a child”
Last month, our very own Joe B got to chat to Sharonne, the winner of Series 2 of Drag Race España and a drag queen with over 20 years’ experience on her CV, ahead of her participation in the first semi-final Benidorm Fest 2023 on Tuesday 31st January. Sharonne spoke to us about why age […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the third semi final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Melodi Grand Prix 2023 continues tonight with its third semi final live from Oslo! A total of seven acts are going to be competing for the remaining three places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place on the 4th of February. In the past week we asked you to let us know […] Read More
John Galea: “Clues are in the jacket!”
The last quarter-final show of Malta Eurovision Song Contest took place last night and you had a chance to watch the performances of the remaining 14 artists. We had a chance to interview one of them – John Galea who sang “Trailblazer”. Hello John, as a teenager you won songwriting contest and later on you […] Read More
LIVE: Malta Eurovision Song Contest – Quarter Final 3
Tonight we continue the Maltese selection with Quarter Final 3, where 14 participants will present their song for Eurovision 2023. We won’t get any results now, just the songs, the voting will open on 3rd February. Marco and Nina will guide you through the whole show of tonight. You can watch the show here and […] Read More
Unser Lied für Liverpool: How to vote for the TikTok wildcard winner
The official participants of the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Unser Lied für Liverpool, were announced this morning. Eight of them are direct finalists, which we presented you here. However, one more act will join the final line-up through an online voting over TikTok. The voting opened today at 13:00 CET […] Read More
Brooke Borg: ‘Even though it’s about toxic situations, Checkmate is still about good fights’
As the Malta Eurovision Song Contest quarter-finals are coming to the results stage soon, we had a great pleasure to chat with the participants of this year’s edition of Malta’s national selection. Brooke Borg is a name that all Eurovision fans know, as she has competed to represent Malta a couple of times in the […] Read More
Semi-final draw and song release date of Pesma za Evroviziju 23 announced
On 9th of January, we informed you about the list of participants of Pesma za Evroviziju 23. Today the Serbian broadcaster, RTS has revealed the semi-final draw for the contest. The semi-finals of the show will be taking place on 1st and 2nd of March while the Grand Final will tak place on 4th of […] Read More
Marie Claire: ‘I want my staging to be very intimate’
As the Malta Eurovision Song Contest quarter-finals are coming to the results stage soon, we had a great pleasure to chat with the participants of this year’s edition of Malta’s national selection. Marie Claire is a second-time entrant to this competition, but first time as a lead artist, and she presented her song “Thankful” back […] Read More
Listen to the 8 finalists and wildcard candidates of Unser Lied für Liverpool
The German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, “Unser Lied für Liverpool”, will take place on the 3rd of March at 22:20 CET in the Cologne MMC Studios and will, once again, be hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. Today NDR has revealed the full line-up that will compete to represent Germany in Liverpool. These […] Read More
Dario: “When it comes to songwriting, I’m always questioning myself”
Our editor Matt spoke to Dario who’s taking part in this year’s Malta Eurovision Song Contest. Dario’s aiming to represent Malta with the song ‘Pawn in a game’ written by Henric Pierroff, Emil Vaker and Karin Pierroff. You can see Matt’s interview with Dario below: You can hear a snippet of Dario’s song, ‘Pawn in […] Read More
Ochman and Kalush Orchestra collaborate on new single
Krystian Ochman released his new single on Friday Cry For You. Featured on the track are Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra. The song was written and composed by Krystian Ochman himself, along with Adam “Atutowy” Wiśniewski, Ołeh Psiuk (from Kalush), Iwan Kłymenko and Małgorzata Uściłowska. It is not a huge surprise that this collaboration has […] Read More
Megara: “Our song is a twisted love story between two girls in a virtual world”
Just last week, our very own Joe B got to chat to Spanish ‘fucksia rock’ band Megara, ahead of their performance at the first semi-final of Benidorm Fest on Tuesday 31st January 2023 with ‘Arcadia’. They told us about, among other things, the meaning of their song, why their shows feel like an “amazing head […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Romania’s Selectia Nationala
The Romanian national selection is taking place in just over two weeks’s time. A total of 12 acts are going to be competing in Bucharest to win over the hearts of the Romanian public, and be selected to represent their country in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Marco Muntean, Joe Bleasdale, Danny Lynch […] Read More
Aidan seeks legal action in bid to return to MESC 2023
Aidan Cassar‘s lawyers have sent a letter to the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) of Malta, asking them to reverse the decision that saw him removed from contention at this year’s Malta Eurovision Song Contest on Monday. According to The Times of Malta, the letter also threatens further legal action if PBS does not change its […] Read More
Melodifestivalen reveals 2023 stage design
With the highly anticipated Swedish selection Melodifestivalen just over a week from kicking off in Gothenburg, today broadcaster SVT revealed what the stage will look like, as it travels from one end of Sweden to the other. This year’s stage is a clever variation of last year’s, while still meant to feel like new. Instead […] Read More
Lyndsay: ”Haunted is an emotional pop ballad which talks about a break up”
The search for the next Maltese Eurovision representative is going strong, as the shows of this year’s MESC are running. One of the participants is Lyndsay, who is hoping to carry her home country’s flag in Liverpool with her powerful pop ballad ”Haunted”. Even though Lyndsay certainly is very busy with the contest right now, […] Read More
The Busker: ”Dance (Our Own Party) is a funky tune mixed with The Busker’s signature sound”
The Maltese national selection for Eurovision, MESC, is going strong, introducing us 39 amazing new songs. One of the participants is the band The Busker, who is hoping to win a ticket to Liverpool with their song ”Dance (Our Own Party)”. Although the band undoubtedly is very busy with the contest right now, the […] Read More
The Running Order Of Semi-Final 3 Of MGP 2023 Has Been Revealed
On Monday, all of the songs competing in the third semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 were released. Today Norwegian broadcaster NRK announced the running order: Akuvi – “Triumph“ Tiril – “Break It“ Skrellex – “Love Again“ Eline Thorp – “Not Mean’t To Be“ Stig van Eijk – “Someday“ Maria Celin – “Freya“ Atle Pettersen […] Read More
Stefan Xuereb: ‘The scope of the song is to go full blast, with a band on stage’
As the Malta Eurovision Song Contest quarter-finals are coming to the results stage soon, we had a great pleasure to chat with the participants of this year’s edition of Malta’s national selection. Stefan Xuereb is a newcomer to this competition, and he presented his song “What Do You Want” back in the first quarter-final. We […] Read More
Here’s how the voting will work in Benidorm Fest 2023!
Benidorm Fest 2023 is set to start next week, and RTVE’s staff is already working hard in the city of Benidorm, getting ready for the show that kicks off on Tuesday with its first semi final. Now RTVE has announced the voting system that will be used to determine the qualifiers from each semi final, […] Read More
Kirstie:”At the age of 3 I began singing lessons and the first song I sang was “Love Shine A Light”
Malta Eurovision Song Contest is in it’s third week and we will be seeing the remaining 14 acts to perform this weekend. We had a chance to interview one of the artists who performed in the second quarter final which took place last Saturday. Kirstie is competing with a song “Girls get down”. Hello Kirstie, […] Read More
O!Dorian releases debut single ‘Going to the Mecca’
O!Dorian has released his debut single, ‘Going to the Mecca’. You may know O!Dorian as his other name Emil Löfström, Presenter of the fascinating Eurovision Podcast Eurovision Legends, where Emil has interviewed a host of Eurovision singers from the past including Brotherhood of Man, Bobby Socks as well as the previous Eurovision Executive Supervisor Jon […] Read More
Mihkail: ‘What you saw in the quarter-finals was only 8% out of 100’
As the Malta Eurovision Song Contest quarter-finals are coming to the results stage soon, we had a great pleasure to chat with the participants of this year’s edition of Malta’s national selection. Mikhail is one of the handful of artists competing with a song in Maltese language, and he presented his song “Leħen fiċ-ċpar” back […] Read More
Amadeus shows off the Sanremo Festival 2023 stage – and it’s mind-blowing
With less than two weeks to go, preparations for the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo are in full swing. The 73rd Festival di Sanremo is set to begin on 7th February and as of today, the stage is ready, and it’s amazing. In an exclusive video broadcast this morning on Rai 2, Sanremo’s host and artistic […] Read More
Al Bano named head juror for Sammarinese national final
With a month to go before the final of Una voce per San Marino, broadcaster SMRTV has issued some more details about the upcoming shows. Al Bano will have a busy month of February. He will take part in the Sanremo Festival in Italy as a special guest, before heading to San Marino to head […] Read More
Karmento: “If you have your eyes open, anything can be an inspiration”
At the end of December, Joe B got the chance to talk to Manchega folk singer Karmento, who will be performing in the second semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023 with the song Quiero y duelo (Longing and Grief). Karmento spoke to us about her Manchega heritage, why she left everything to travel to Malta and […] Read More
Austrian Head of Delegation teases female act with a different music style for Liverpool
While many countries are in the middle of putting on national selections or may even have already revealed their acts for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, Austria has been one of the few countries that has been very silent up until now. The most recent news about the Austrian act for Liverpool reached […] Read More
Clintess: “I will be a complete woman”.
Our Editor Matt spoke to Clintess who’s taking part in this year’s Malta Eurovision. Hi Clintess. Congratulations on being chosen for Malta Eurovision How did you first get into music? I started off actually back in 2000 writing songs for a singer in the local dance scene. At that time, I was still at College. […] Read More
Skrellex: “TV makes you do things which you go along with and after that you are like I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
Skrellex is a musically trained, Norwegian Drag queen who is known to the Norwegian audience as the contestant of All Together Now: Norge, Drag mentor on Drag Me Out and on of the stars of the show Drags. Hello Skrellex, can you tell us a bit about your musical beginnings, when did you first start […] Read More
Aidan has been disqualified from Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023!
The Maltese national broadcaster has just announced that one of the biggest fan favorites from this year’s Malta Eurovision Song Contest – Aidan, has been disqualified from the competition! Aidan was set to compete with his song “Regina”, which he premiered in the first quarter-final, on the 13th of January. Now PBS’s production team of […] Read More
John Lydon: I’ve never watched Eurovision
In a recent interview with UK Breakfast show, Good Morning Britain, John Lydon admits that whilst he’s never watched the Eurovision Song contest, he is a fan. The singer who’s aiming to represent Ireland this year with the song Hawaii says that although he’s never watched the contest that: “It was one of the highlights […] Read More
Listen and vote for the songs competing in Semi-Final 3 of MGP 2023
Monday brings us the full release of the last seven entries which are in the running to advance from the third semi-final to fhe final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023. The show will take place this Saturday, 28th of January at 19:50 CET. As last two Saturdays the three songs which audience gets voted as […] Read More
ESCZ 2023 – More details revealed
Following the Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) announcing that they will be holding a National Final for the first time since 2008, more details have been announced regarding the show. The main host for the live show will be Adam Mišík, Czech born actor and singer. The Green Room hosts will be Rob Lilley and […] Read More
We have our first 10 qualifiers in Lithuania
The first heat of Lithuania’s selection Pabandom iš naujo was broadcast tonight and 15 acts performed to advance to the semi finals in a couple of weeks time. We saw performances from: 1. Aistė Pilvelytė – ‘We’re Not Running’ 2. Joseph June – ‘Vacuum’ 3. Il Senso – ‘Sparnai’ 4. W.I – ‘Can You Not’ […] Read More
These are the three finalists of the second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023
The second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 finished moments ago and we’ve got the another bunch of acts which qualified to the final of the show. The hosts of the show were Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen and Arianrhod “Arian” Engebø and the running order was as follows: JONE – “Ekko Inni Meg” Sandra Lyng – […] Read More
LIVE: Pabandom iš naujo Heat 1
Labas vakaras! Welcome to the beginning of Lithuania’s journey to find their Eurovision entry for 2023. Tonight 15 acts will perform, with 10 to go through to the semi final stage and hopefully to the grand final, to be held at the LRT studios in Vilnius on 18th February. You can watch the show here […] Read More
Live: Melodi Grand Prix 2023, Heat 2
Tonight the search for the next Norwegian Eurovision representative continues, when Heat 2 of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 takes place. As usual, we will follow the event in our live blog. Nikola and Nina will take you through tonight’s show, which is starting at 19.50 CET: Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the second semi final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Melodi Grand Prix 2023 continues tonight with its second semi final live from Oslo! A total of seven acts are going to be competing for another three places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place on the 4th of February. In the past week we asked you to let us know which […] Read More
Måneskin to perform at Sanremo 2023
Earlier Friday, Amadeus, Sanremo 2023’s artistic director, hinted that he’d have big news to share in the evening on Rai News – and he wasn’t kidding! He let the cat out of the bag that the 2021 Festival’s winners Måneskin will be making an appearance on the third evening. So on Thursday 9th February, Damiano […] Read More
LIVE: Malta Eurovision Song Contest – Quarter Final 2
We continue with the Maltese selection and tonight we comment the 2nd quarter-final. 13 participants will present their song for Eurovision 2023, Andreas and Marco will guide you through the whole show. You can watch the show through this link and join our live blog down below. Read More
Misija Liverpool: Here’s how you can hear the Slovenian Eurovision entry before its release
In the last weeks of 2022, RTV Slovenija announced the news that Joker Out will represent Slovenia in Liverpool. The musical quintet announced at the press conference that their Eurovision song will be in Slovenian language, and the song will have its world premiere in the TV special Misija Liverpool, which will be broadcast on […] Read More
Måneskin releases new album “Rush”
The Italian band Måneskin released today their third album called “Rush”. The album features a lot of new music from them, but also some previous singles like “Mammamia”, “Supermodel”, “The Loneliest” and “Gossip”. Most of the songs are in english, but two of them are in Italian (“La Fine”, “Il dono della vita”), just so […] Read More
Here is the seventh and final song of UMK23
The seventh and final song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Samaa taivasta katsotaan” by Portion Boys here: Portion Boys is a Finnish band known for their party songs. The band was founded in 2010, according to the band ”during one legendary night in Tampere”. […] Read More
Greece cuts Eurovision 2023 shortlist to a final 3 songs
Here at ESCBubble, we’ve been following the Greek selection process for Eurovision 2023 since December. On Thursday, broadcaster ERT announced that there are three lucky songs left in contention to represent the Hellenic Republic in Liverpool this May. The shortlist of seven songs has been cut to a final 3 (in bold): Klavdia – “Holy Water” […] Read More
The Running Order Of Semi-Final 2 Of MGP 2023 Has Been Revealed
On Monday, all of the songs competing in the second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 have been released. Today the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK has announced the running order: JONE – “Ekko Inni Meg” Sandra Lyng – “Drom d bort” Alejandro Fuentes – “Fuego” Swin’it – “Prohibition” Elsie Bay – “Love You In A Dream” […] Read More
Listen to all the Festival da Canção 2023 songs
Portuguese broadcaster RTP held a press conference today to announce some details about Festival da Canção 2023 and to release the competing songs. We also discovered who will host the three shows this year. Semi Final 1 will be presented by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato, while Semi Final 2 will see […] Read More
Estonia: Here Is The Running Order For Eesti Laul 2023 Final
Today ERR revealed the running order to Eesti Laul 2023 Final. The final will take place on 11 February at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld and 12 participants will compete for the Eurovision ticket in Liverpool. The running order for the final: 1.Meelik- Tuju 2.Inger – Awaiting […] Read More
Listen to the songs competing at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023
The Danish broadcaster, DR has revealed the 8 songs which will be competing for a chance to represent the country at Eurovision 2023. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will be held on 11th of February in Næstved Arena in Næstved in the Sjælland region. Tina Müller and Heino Hansen will be host the show. This will be Tina’s […] Read More
Running order of Pabandom Iš Naujo 2023 Heat 1 has been revealed
Lithuanian broadcaster, LRT has revealed the running order of the first heat of Pabandom iš Naujo 2023 which is taking place this Saturday, 21st of January. The hosts of this years edition of the show will be Augustė Nombeko and Giedrius Masalskis who is hosting Pabandom iš Naujo for the second year in a row. […] Read More
Here is the sixth song of UMK23
The sixth song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Ylivoimainen” by KUUMAA here: KUUMAA is a Finnish pop band consisting of three members: Joonas Brotherus (vocals), Jonttu Luhtavaara (drums) and Aarni Soivio (bass). KUUMAA was founded in 2016, and that same year the band made a […] Read More
Here is the fifth song of UMK23
The fifth song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Cha cha cha” by Käärijä here: Käärijä (real name Jere Pöyhönen) is a Finnish rap artist, but in his music one can hear elements of many other categories as well. For example Yle describes him as […] Read More
Eurovision Weekend in Vienna: Here’s all you need to know about it!
Regardless of the fact that it’s only Tuesday and the weekend is still a few days away, we can all look forward to an event to be held in Austria’s capital this weekend. Six Eurovision performers, two nights, in one city. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard! Friday, 20th January – Why Not Club Vienna A […] Read More
Noa Kirel will sing ‘UNICORN’ in Liverpool!
Being a productive singer, Noa Kirel has been releasing several songs since she was announced as the Israeli artist last summer. None of them being her Eurovision entry yet. Today, however, we learn that the title of her Eurovision song will be: ‘UNICORN’! Israeli broadcaster KAN announced so on their social media channels, sharing the […] Read More
Germany: Songs for Unser Lied Für Liverpool to be published on January 27th
Less than a week ago, the German broadcaster NDR revealed more details about their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 “Unser Lied für Liverpool”. The show will take place at 22:20 CET on March 3rd in the Cologne MMC Studios, and will once again be hosted by the popular TV host and German […] Read More
Moldova received 60 songs for Eurovision 2023!
TRM announced today that 60 songs were submitted for their Eurovision 2023 selection, but only 33 of them made the cut for the live auditions. We can see some familiar faces among these 33 participants from the list, like Pasha Parfeni (2012), Aliona Moon (2013) and SunStroke Project (2010, 2017). The live auditions will take […] Read More
Festival da Canção songs to be released on 19th January
Portuguese Eurovision broadcaster RTP will host a press conference this Thursday, 19th January at 12:30 CET to release the 20 songs that will compete in Festival da Canção 2023. The event will be live-streamed on the official FdC Instagram account. At the press conference, each song will be presented with more information about the details […] Read More
RTVSM surpasses 1,000 song submissions for Una voce per San Marino
Sammarinese broadcaster RTVSM has released data today showing that they have now surpassed one thousand song submissions for its national final Una voce per San Marino. This means that Eurovision’s tiniest country has possibly received the most song submissions of any other participating country! The press release goes on to add that the submissions have […] Read More
Sanremo’s finalissima to feature 5 artists
Every year since 2009, no matter how many artists were featured in the fifth night of the Festival di Sanremo, at the end of the evening there has always been a second round of voting which featured the top 3. This tradition of holding a “Finalissima” vote will continue in 2023, however this year, the […] Read More
Here is the fourth song of UMK23
The fourth song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Something to Lose” by Lxandra here: Lxandra (real name Alexandra Lehti) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and former fashion blogger. In 2016, at the age of 19, Lxandra moved to Berlin to help the progress of her […] Read More
Eesti Laul – last two qualifiers announced
Estonian broadcaster ERR tonight revealed on the magazine show “Ringvaade” the last two qualifiers for the Eesti Laul final, to be held on February 11th. Following the second semi final on Saturday, the lines re-opened for viewers to pick the two entries they wanted to see again. Already qualified for the final were: Alika “Bridges” […] Read More
Nuša Derenda to celebrate her 25th music anniversary with a big concert!
The Slovenian Eurovision entrant from 2001, who achieved Slovenia’s best Eurovision result up to date – Nuša Derenda, will be celebrating her 25th music anniversary with a huge concert in Ljubljana. The concert will take place in “Galluseva dvorana” in the Cankarjev dom, on the 24th of April at 19:30. Nuša Derenda represented Slovenia in […] Read More
Here are the 5 artists set to compete in ESCZ 2023
ČT has announced the finalists that will take part in ESCZ 2023 – the Czech national final for Eurovision in Liverpool. The live show, the country’s first since 2008, will be broadcast live (in English and Czech) on ČT and streamed on Eurovision’s official YouTube channel starting at 21:00 CET on Monday 30th January. We […] Read More
Listen and vote for the songs competing in Semi-Final 2 of MGP 2023
It’s Monday, and that means Norwegian broadcaster NRK has released the songs that will compete in the second Semi Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023! The show will air on Saturday 21st January at 19:50 CET. Three of the songs below will move on to the Grand Final on 4th February, and those songs will […] Read More
Here is the third song of UMK23
The third song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Girls Like You” by Robin Packalen here: Robin Packalen (previously known as his artist name Robin) is one of the most successful Finnish pop singers. In 2008, when he was 10-year-old, he won children’s singing competition […] Read More
Black Eyed Peas to perform on second night of Sanremo 2023, new co-hosts revealed
Earlier today, Rai’s social accounts revealed new information about the upcoming Festival di Sanremo, including the exciting news that US group the Black Eyed Peas will grace the stage of the Teatro Ariston on Wednesday 8th February, or Night 2 of 5. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanremo Rai […] Read More
Sunstroke Project tease a Eurovision return for 2023
While broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) has remained very quiet about Moldova’s plans for Eurovision 2023, Sunstroke Project have teased their third Eurovision appearance in an Instagram post today. The group achieved fame for representing Moldova at Eurovision 2010 with Olia Tira. While “Run Away” finished a disappointing 22nd overall, Sergey Stepanov’s saxophone performance became a meme, and […] Read More
Gustaph’s first impressions after winning Belgium’s Eurosong 2023!
In a very exciting voting sequence in Belgium’s Eurosong 2023, Gustaph has been selected as the winner, and he will go on to represent his country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, with the song “Because Of You”. Moments after winning, we spoke to Gustaph and got his first impressions, asked him about […] Read More
Gustaph wins Eurosong 2023 and will represent Belgium in Liverpool!
Eurosong 2023 has ended in Palais 12 in the Belgian capital of Brussels and that means we have a winner. Belgium will be represent by: Gustaph! Seven acts were in the running tonight, performing the song they had chose themselves earlier this week. The show was hosted by Peter van de Veire and the performances […] Read More
Here are the first three finalists of Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix
The first semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 has come to an end and we have our first results. Seven songs competed for three spots in the Grand Final, in the following order: Alessandra Mele – “Queen of Kings” Eirik Næss – “Wave” Rasmus Thall – “Tresko” Kate Gulbrandsen – “Tårer i paradis” Umami Tsunami […] Read More
Eesti Laul – Semi Final 2 Results
The second semifinal of Eesti Laul concluded just a few moments ago and we now have ten of the qualifiers for the final which will take place at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn on 11th February. The winner, of course, will go on to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. A […] Read More
LIVE: Eurosong 2023!
It’s back! For the first time since 2016, the Flemish broadcaster VRT (on behalf of all of Belgium) will be choosing their act through a national final, taking place in Palais 12 in the capital city of Brussels. Tonight’s show will be presented by Peter van de Veire who is, next to a TV host, […] Read More
LIVE: MGP 2023 Semi Final 1
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Norway’s first of three Semi Finals of Melodi Grand Prix! Tonight’s show will feature seven songs, three of which will qualify directly to the Grand Final on 4th February. The MGP format has changed from last year. Gone are the duels and last chance rounds, and now the […] Read More
LIVE: Eesti laul Semi Final 2
Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the second semi-final of the Estonian selection process ‘Eesti Laul’. Tonight will see a further ten songs competing for the final 5 places in the grand final, which will take place on 11th February. Of the ten songs, four will progress via a 50/50 combination of jury […] Read More
Kate Guldbrandsen:” It’s important for me to sing about my story and connect with the audience.”
Kate Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian singer who won Melodi Grand Prix back in 1987 with “Mitt liv” for which she received 65 points which placed her as 9th at Eurovision Song Contest 1987. She has performed at many different stages and took part at various Norwegian TV shows such as “Beat på Beat”, “Stjernekamp” and […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Belgium’s Eurosong!
After a week of Clubsong shows, the Belgian Eurosong 2023 reaches its final stage tonight! A total of seven acts are competing for that one ticket that leads to Liverpool. Since the release of the snippets we have asked you to let us know who YOUR favorites are in this year’s Belgian national selection. At […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the first semi final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Melodi Grand Prix 2023 kicks off tonight with its first semi final live from Oslo! A total of seven acts are going to be competing for the three places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place on the 4th of February. In the past week we asked you to let us know […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the second semi final of Eesti Laul 2023!
Eesti Laul 2023 continues tonight with its second semi final live from Tallinn! A total of 10 acts are going to be competing for the remaining five places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place on the Super Saturday – 11th of February. In the past month we asked you to let […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Eurosong 2023!
After a week of Clubsong shows, the Belgian Eurosong 2023 reaches its final stage tonight! A total of seven acts are competing for that one ticket that leads to Liverpool. After last night’s announcement that Gustaph will be performing “Because Of You”, and The Starlings will be performing “Rollercoaster” in the Grand Final, our team […] Read More
LIVE: Malta Eurovision Song Contest – Quarter Final 1
Tonight the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will kick off with its first Quarter Final. We will see 13 of the Maltese acts perform their songs live for the first time. Our editors Jan and Sebi will live blog the event and keep you posted about everything happening tonight! You can watch the show on […] Read More
The Starlings to perform ‘Rollercoaster’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong!
The fifth and final preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong – Songclub finished moments ago and we have had confirmation from the seventh and final artist now over what song they will be performing on tomorrow night’s grand finale. The Starlings – consisting of Eurovision 2010 royalty Tom Dice and his very […] Read More
Gustaph to perform ‘Because Of You’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong!
The fifth and final preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong – Songclub was on tonight with both The Starlings and Gustaph picking their songs for Saturday’s final. Gustaph was first up this evening after performing his first track, ‘Because Of You’ at the end of Thursday’s show. The sharply dressed Gustaph sounded […] Read More
Meelik: “Our manager told us to dance”
After a thrilling semi final in the Estonian pre-selection Eesti Laul last night, we now look ahead to the second semi final which will be held in the Viimsi Artium tomorrow night, January 14th where 10 more artists will appear. One of those artists is the band Meelik and their song “Tuju” (“Mood”). We got […] Read More
Here is the second song of UMK 2023
The second song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”Hoida mut” (“Do Me”) by Benjamin here: Benjamin Peltonen is a 25-year-old singer-songwriter, who first came to the public knowledge in 2012, when he opened an Instagram account which quickly became popular. In 2014 he made […] Read More
Meet the first finalists in Eesti Laul!
The first semi-final of the Estonian national final ‘Eesti Laul’ concluded just a few moments ago and we now know the first five acts who will progress to the final and continue their dream of representing Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. A total of 10 songs competed in the semi final, […] Read More
Gala Dragot to perform ‘T’inquiète’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong!
The fourth preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong – Songclub finished moments ago. In tonight’s show Gala Dragot picked her song for Saturday’s final. We had a chance to meet the talented young singer, who also surprised fans by performing the interval act at the Albanian national final Festivali i Këngës back […] Read More
LIVE: Eesti Laul Semi Final 1
Good evening and welcome to the start of Estonia’s journey to select their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool in May. We are live blogging tonight’s show which is coming from the Viimsi Artium and will be hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld. Five songs will advance to the […] Read More
Alicja Szemplińska opens World Handball Championship with official song
Alicja Szemplińska missed her chance to perform on the Eurovision stage in 2020 when the Contest was canceled due to the pandemic. The Voice of Poland breakout star from 2019 did not get a chance to return to Eurovision in 2021, but that had no impact on her career. Alicja remains one of the most […] Read More
The Starlings: ‘The strongest thing about us is that we are telling the story’
The Belgian national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place this Saturday, on the 14th of January, where a total of seven acts are going to be competing to represent Belgium at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. We continue our series of interviews with the Belgian finalists with our chat with Tom Dice and Kato Callebaut […] Read More
Listen to the songs of Dora 2023
Last week we informed you about the Dora 2023 preview show U susret Dori. Today all of the songs competing at the Croatian national selection for Eurovision have been released. The songs were revealed on HR 2’s radio show “Svijet diskografije” which started at 14:00 CET. Shortly after that, all of the music videos were posted […] Read More
La Zarra to represent France in Liverpool
France Télévisions has just announced that La Zarra will fly the tricolore in Liverpool this May. She is a pop star whose real name is Fatima Zahra Hafdi. Of Moroccan origin, she grew up near Montréal, Québec, and now calls Paris home. On being chosen for Eurovision, La Zarra had this to say: I am […] Read More
Poland extends its submission deadline for Liverpool
Polish broadcaster TVP is extending the deadline for submissions to Poland’s national final Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję by almost a month! Intended to close on 15th January, artists submitting songs now have until 10th February at 22:00 CET. We won’t have to wait long for the final list of 10 artists […] Read More
Wiiralt: “There are people with hearts as big as the Pacific Ocean working at Eesti Laul”
The semi finals of Eesti Laul kick off tonight, but appearing in the second semi final on Saturday is the Eesti Laul veteran band Wiiralt. We were lucky enough to get to chat with Martin Saaremägi earlier this month where he’s explained their feelings about Eesti Laul, the tragic run up to the semi final […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the first semi final of Eesti Laul 2023!
Eesti Laul 2023 kicks off tonight with its first semi final live from Tallinn! A total of 10 acts are going to be competing for the five places that lead to the Grand Final, which will take place on the Super Saturday – 11th of February. In the past month we asked you to let […] Read More
Germany revives Unser Lied – national final to air March 3rd
Barbara’s back, and so is ‘Unser Lied’! The Germany 12 Points format has been scrapped, and German Eurovision broadcaster Das Erste will air für ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’ on Friday 3rd March at 22:20 CET. The show will be hosted by the acclaimed performer and presenter Barbara Schöneberger live from Cologne’s MMC Studios – not […] Read More
Here is the first song of UMK 2023
The first song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released. You can listen to the song ”No Business On The Dancefloor” by Keira here: Keira Lundström, who is just about to turn 18, is the youngest artist of this year’s UMK. She first came to the public knowledge last year, when she […] Read More
Ameerah to perform ‘The Carnival’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong!
The third preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong – Songclub finished moments ago. In tonight’s show two acts have picked their song for Saturday’s Final. As we reported earlier, Hunter Falls first selected “Ooh La La” as his pick for the Final, and then we had a chance to meet Ameerah, and […] Read More
Hunter Falls to sing ‘Ooh La La’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong!
The third preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong – Songclub, is being broadcasted tonight. In yesterday’s show we found out that Chérine picked “Ça m’ennuie pas” as her entry for the Final, and Hunter Falls presented his first song – “Ooh La La”. In tonight’s show he presented his second song as […] Read More
The running order of semi-final 1 of MGP 2023 has been revealed
Last Wednesday, Norwegian broadcaster, NRK has presented all of the artists which will be competing for a chance to represent Norway at Eurovision 2023. On Monday the songs of semi-final have been fully released and today the draw of the semi-final 1 has been revealed. Alessandra Mele – “Queen Of Kings” Eirik Næss – “Wave” […] Read More
Songs competing in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 to be released on the 19th of January!
The preselection jury of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 has listened through all of the submitted songs, and selected the eight that will proceed to the televised Final. We can now confirm that these eight songs are going to be released in just over a week – on the 19th of January. The Danish City […] Read More
Ellip: “I like to explore my sound and in a way I have been until now”
The search for the next Estonian Eurovision representative will take one step forward this week, when the semifinals of Eesti Laul 2023 take place. One of the contestants of tomorrow’s first semifinal is Ellip, who is participating the contest with her catchy upbeat song ”Pretty Girl”. Even though Ellip surely is very busy at the […] Read More
Semi Final split for Benidorm Fest 2023 revealed
In a press conference today, Spanish Eurovision broadcaster RTVE announced the Semi Final split of Benidorm Fest 2023. This series of three shows will choose Spain’s representative for Liverpool this May. Semi Final 1 will take place on Tuesday 31st January and will feature: Agoney Alice Wonder Aritz Fusa Nocta Megara Meler Sharonne Sofía Martín […] Read More
Here is the running order of Melodifestivalen 2023
The running order for Melodifestivalen 2023 was just announced on SVT by this year’s host Farah Abadi. Here is the running order of Heat 1 and 2: Heat 1 – Gothenburg, 4th February Heat 2 – Linköping, 11th February 1. Tone Sekelius – “Rhythm Of My Show” 1. Wiktoria – “All My Life (Where Have You […] Read More
Here are the finalists of UMK 2023
The Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed the finalists of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK). The competing songs will be released one at a time during the next week. The finalists of UMK 2023 are the following: Keira – No Business on the Dancefloor (song out 12.1.) Benjamin – Hoida mut (song out 13.1.) Robin […] Read More
Måns Zelmerlöw to co-host new Eurovision-themed podcast
Eurovision fans in the United Kingdom must be gobsmacked at how seriously the United Kingdom is taking its hosting duties for 2023. After agreeing to host “Ukraine’s party” in 2023, the BBC have sent their first Junior Eurovision act in 17 years, held a Sam Ryder themed New Year’s Eve in London, and are currently […] Read More
Chérine to sing “Ca m’ennuie pas” in the Final of Eurosong 2023!
The second preview show of Eurosong 2023 has just finished. In the first part of the episode we had a chance to find out more about Chérine and later on Hunter Falls presented himself too, in the meantime all of the participants had fun while playing a game and enjoyed dinner together. Apart from a […] Read More
gala dragot: ‘I just hope I can make people feel something while they watch my performance’
The Belgian national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place this Saturday, on the 14th of January, where a total of seven acts are going to be competing to represent Belgium at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. We continue our series of interviews with the Belgian finalists with our chat with lovely gala dragot, who is […] Read More
Anett X Fredi: “It feels really safe to have such a bad-ass partner”
With the first semi-final of Eesti Laul on Thursday of this week, we are excited to get the chance to chat with the Class of 2023! We’re very pleased to welcome back Frederik Küüts to Eesti Laul, better known as Fredi, who has once again teamed up with Anett Kulbin to bring us their new […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 Semi Final Allocation Draw set for the 31st of January
In an official announcement today, we now know the Semi Final Allocation Draw for Eurovision 2023 will take place in Liverpool on Tuesday, 31st of January! The presenters of this event will be Rylan and AJ Odudu, and the event will start at 20:00 CET from St George’s Hall in Liverpool. This event will be […] Read More
Loredana to sing ‘You Lift Me Up’ in the Final of Belgium’s Eurosong 2023!
The first preview show of this year’s edition of Belgium’s Eurosong finished moments ago. We had a chance to quickly meet all seven of this year’s finalists, and to find out more about one of them, as tonight was all about Loredana! Apart from a chat about Loredana with the other acts and the host […] Read More
These are the 32 semi finalists of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
The Serbian national broadcaster has just announced the names of the 32 acts which will be competing in “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”, which is going to take place in early March. The 32 acts are as follows: Nadja – Moj prvi ožiljak na duši Tijana Dapčević – Kad smo sami Petar Pupić – Ako shvatim […] Read More
Bedwetters: It’s not a surprise (Estonia) have not sent a band for a long time, Bedwetters is ready to break that chain
The National Final season is underway and we are so excited for Estonia’s Eesti Laul selection, the semi finals of which are on this week! In semi final 1 on Thursday, one of the bands appearing is Bedwetters and we were lucky enough to speak with guitarist Mihkel Mõttus ahead of them taking to the […] Read More
Listen to the Irish entries for Eurosong 2023
Irish broadcaster, RTÉ has released the entries for their national selection Eurosong 2023. The Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be chosen in Eurosong 2023, a special edition of the Late Late Show. It will take place on 3rd of February. Like last year, the decision about the act which will wave […] Read More
Listen and vote for favourite songs competing in semi-final 1 of MGP 2023
Last Wednesday, Norwegian broadcaster, NRK has presented all of the artists which will be competing for a chance to represent Norway at Eurovision 2023. Today all of the entries competing at the first semi-final are fully released and you can listen to them below. Ulrikke Brandstorp – “Honestly” Lyrics and music: Jim Bergsted, Helge Moen, […] Read More
Brooke sets début record on Dancing With The Stars Ireland
In December, our editor Matt broke the news that Irish Eurovision star Brooke Scullion would take part in Ireland’s version of Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) on RTÉ. Sunday night saw the first episode of Series 6, and Brooke’s first time on the dancefloor. Brooke and her pro partner Maurizio Benenato from Italy were the […] Read More
Hunter Falls: ‘You can expect authenticity, I like to keep things as human as possible’
The Belgian national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place in less than a week, on the 14th of January, where a total of seven acts are going to be competing to represent Belgium at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. We continue our series of interviews with the Belgian finalists with our lovely chat with Hunter […] Read More
Gustaph: ‘I wanna celebrate freedom and the joy to be yourself’
The Belgian national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place next Saturday, 14th of January, where a total of seven acts are going to be competing to represent Belgium at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. We continue our series of interviews with the Belgian finalists with our lovely chat with Gustaph, who is competing with “Because […] Read More
NRK to allow autotune during MGP 2023
Norwegian broadcaster will be making a historical change at Melodi Grand Prix 2023, as for the first time in 61 year of shows existence the contestants will be having a chance to use auto-tune during their performances. As Norwegian newspaper VG reports all of the 21 artists competing at Melodi Grand Prix 2023 will be […] Read More
Meet the contestants of Latvia’s Supernova 2023
As we reported yesterday morning, the 15 contestants of Latvia’s “Supernova” selection for 2023 were announced during “Morning Panorama” on LTV1 by the Supernova hosts for 2023, Katija Schenberg and previous Latvian representative at Eurovision, Lauris Reiniks. Since then we have unfortunately lost Saule with his entry “Finally Happy” as it has been determined to […] Read More
Chérine: ‘You’re gonna be like: Is this part of the show or not? It probably will be!’
The Belgian national selection Eurosong 2023 is taking place next Saturday, 14th of January, where a total of seven acts are going to be competing to represent Belgium at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. We had a great pleasure to chat with Chérine, who is competing with “Ça m’ennuie pas” and “Mon étoile” in this […] Read More
Saule Disqualified from Supernova 2023
The board of the Latvian broadcaster LTV has disqualified Saule from the semi-final of Supernova 2023. The decision was made after it became known that the song with which Saule was selected to take part in the semi-final, “Finally Happy” was previously released on 19th of December 2021. Both Supernova and Eurovision 2023 rules state that […] Read More
This is the split of acts in Quarter-Finals in MESC 2023! Vote for YOUR favorites!
The 2023 Malta Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in exactly one week! This year, a total of 40 acts are going to be competing to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, across four quarter-finals, one semi final, and one Grand Final. Most of the artists confirmed over the past week on their […] Read More
Songs competing at Dora 2023 will be released on 12th of January
Yesterday, we brought you news about the preview show, U susred Dori and today we’ve got more news about Dora 2023. The entries competing at the Croatian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed on 12th of January. During today’s edition of a morning show “Dobro jutro Hrvatska”, Head Producer of Dora […] Read More
RTS states that the “leaked” list of Pesma za Evroviziju participants is fake
Two days ago several Serbian media shared the lists of participants for Pesma za Evroviziju 23. The lists included some of the artists who are familiar to the Balkan audience and Eurovision followers might know some of them too as they have already competed at the Serbian national selection for Eurovision (Beovizija and Pesma za […] Read More
U susret Dori to start on 14th of January
Croatian broadcaster, HRT has revealed more details about the preview show for Dora 2023. It will be a four episode show which will feature guest appearances from all of the competing artists of this years show. The host role has been given to Mia Negovetić. First episode will be broadcast on 14th of January with […] Read More
Artists competing at Söngvakeppnin 2023 to be revealed on 28th of January
After receiving 132 songs, RÚV has selected ten entries which will be competing for a chance to wave the Icelandic flag at Eurovision 2023. The audience will be having a chance to know the artists as well as to hear the snippets of the songs in a special show called Lögin í Söngvakeppninni 2023 (Songs […] Read More
Latvia: Supernova 2023 Full Line-Up Revealed
Today LTV revealed the participants of Supernova 2023 and their songs for the selection. 15 acts will compete in the Semi-final, which will take place on 4 February. The public and the jury will have an important role in the selection, just like last year. We will know the winner of Supernova 2023 on 11 […] Read More
Czech Republic to hold first live national final in 15 years
For the first time in 15 years, the Czech Republic will finally have a live national selection! ESCZ will be a live show broadcast directly from Prague on the 30th of January. Ahmad Halloun, Assistant Head of Press for the Czech Republic at Eurovision, promises a great live show for 2023; “It will be a […] Read More
Meet the artists competing at Melodi Grand Prix 2023
Norwegian broadcaster, NRK has presented all the artists which will be competing for a chance to represent Norway at Eurovision 2023. The show will be organised in a slightly different format than last year’s editions as it will feature the total of 4 shows, three semi-finals and a grand final. The three artists with the […] Read More
Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in doubt
In an EBU new release, Director General Noel Curran, sent a letter to incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu citing his concerns about what he labeled as ‘threats to the integrity and independence’ of Israel’s national public broadcaster, KAN. KAN began airing immediately after the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, which was broadcast in Israel by the […] Read More
Estonia: Here is the running order for Eesti Laul 2023 Semi-finals
ERR revealed today the running order for Eesti Laul semi-finals. 10 acts will compete in each semifinal, among the semifinalists are some familiar faces, like Annett x Fredi, Bonzo, Elysa, Inger, Mia, Sissi and Wiiralt and Robin Juhkental, who represented Estonia in 2010 as part of the group Malcolm Lincoln. The semi-finals will take place […] Read More
The Voice Georgia blind auditions over, battles underway
Just before year-end, The Voice Georgia concluded its first round, with 32 acts going through into the second. The format, based on the original The Voice of Holland series that began in 2010, is currently owned by ITV Studios and has travelled to over 70 countries worldwide. The Georgian Public Broadcaster announced back in August 2022 that […] Read More
Azerbaijan to choose Eurovision 2023 artist by end of January
Azerbaijan’s head of delegation Vasif Mammadov was quoted by 12xal about his country’s upcoming Eurovision Song Contest participation in Liverpool. According to Mammadov, over 200 applications for Eurovision 2023 were submitted, however most came from foreign composers and writers. Azerbaijan typically sends a local artist, but using songs written by foreigners. Mammadov would like to […] Read More
This is the 15 member jury panel in Belgium’s Eurosong!
As we all know, the Belgian national broadcaster VRT is once again hosting Eurosong in order to find Belgium’s entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. A total of seven acts are going to compete for the ticket to Liverpool, and the winner is going to be selected by a mix of televoting and jury […] Read More
ESC250 reveals full results with some surprises
On New Year’s Eve, the voting results of 11,314 Eurovision fans were aired all day on ESC Radio. Votes came in from around the world to find the best Eurovision song at year end 2022. Just before midnight CET, we learned that despite getting some 6,000 more points than last year, Loreen had to settle […] Read More
Chanel breaks Loreen’s ESC250 winning streak
From 7th November to 4th December, Eurovision fans around the globe were invited by Belgian website songfestival.be to vote for their favourite songs from the entire 67 year history of the Contest. The results over the 10,000+ voters aired all day on New Year’s Eve on ESC Radio. When voting opened in November, a leaked […] Read More
RTS received 200 songs for ‘Pesma za Evroviziju 23’
Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS has received a total of 200 songs (which is 50 songs more than 2022) for their national selection Pesma za Evroviziju 23. The Head of Entertainment of RTS, Mrs. Olivera Kovačević confirmed the news in the TV Show “Šarenica” earlier today. Kovačević stated that the pre-selection jury has listened through all […] Read More
‘Duje’ will be revamped but remain in Albanian!
We’re living the last days of 2022 but we know two songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 already, one of them being the Albanian entry! On national television, Albina Klemendi herself outlined some plans surrounding the participation. As usual, the Albanian entry was chosen through the longstanding Festivali i Këngës. This year, however, a […] Read More
Dana International releases duet with Sam Fox
Sam Fox and Dana International have released a duet together. Sam is best known for her song ‘Touch me’ which reached Number 1 in a number of countries in 1986. Sam also attempted to represent the UK at Eurovision in 1995 with the song ‘Go for the heart’ which finished in 4th position at the […] Read More
Duncan Laurence will be performing at Eurosong 2023!
For the first time since 2016, Belgium will choose its Eurovision entry through a national final. Two weeks ago, the Dutch-language Belgian national broadcaster, VRT has revealed the snippets of the songs and last week we got the news about the way artists will be selecting their favourite of the two entries. Today VRT has […] Read More
BREAKING: Songs for Selecția Națională 2023 revealed – vote for YOUR favourites
In the last hour, TVR has released all the songs for Romania’s upcoming national final Selecția Națională 2023 on YouTube. The twelve shortlisted acts for the show, who were selected from a list of 84 received through TVR’s open submissions process, were revealed on 17th December. The running order for the show, which will take […] Read More
ERT shortlists 7 artists to represent Greece in Liverpool
Greece’s Eurovision broadcaster ERT has completed phase one of its preparations for Eurovision 2023. A few weeks ago, over 3,000 people applied to be part of a 70-member panel was formed by the broadcaster to act as its demoscopic jury. This group made up of fans of all ages have 50.6% of the final say […] Read More
Listen to the snippets of 40 songs competing at MESC 2023
This year Malta is organising their national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in a slightly different style. Total of 40 acts will be competing in six shows which will determine the artist who will be representing the country at the next year’s edition of Eurovision. Today the snippets of all competing entries have been […] Read More
Right-wing radicals staged a homophobic rally to disrupt Melovin’s concert in Kyiv
Former Ukrainian Eurovision entrant, Melovin, held a charity concert in support of Ukraine, gathering hundreds of fans in Kyiv. The singer came out last year during one of his concerts, and now him and his charity concert unfortunately became the target of a homophobic attack staged by right-wing radicals from his country. Several aggressive right-wing […] Read More
These are the results of the Festival da Canção 2023 semi-final draw
Earlier today, RTP ran the semi-final allocation draw for Festival da Canção 2023. Run by Head of Press Maria Ferreira, the draw determined which of the two semi-finals each composer’s songs will perform in, as the artists and song titles are yet to be revealed. The full breakdown, in alphabetical order, is: Semi-final 1 (25th […] Read More
Moldova: TRM opens submissions for Eurovision 2023
TRM opened today the song submissions for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, all songs for the selection can be received until January 16th. On 1 February we will hear the songs through the live auditions, but after the live auditions only ten song will qualify for the National Final. The finalists will be chosen only by […] Read More
TVORCHI releases new EP “Heart of Steel”
Not long ago the Ukrainian representatives, TVORCHI won Vidbir 2023 with the song “Heart of Steel” and today they released a new EP. The EP contains 4 songs, with their Eurovision song on it and one collaboration with the Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona on th track “Досить (Enough)”, the only one that is sung in […] Read More
RTVE prepared Christmas special of Benidrom Fest!
Last week RTVE has released all of the songs which are competing Benidorm Fest 2023. Today we bring you the information about the special Christmas edition of Benidorm fest dedicated to artists which competed at previous edition of the show with the title “BeFest Stars”. The host of the show will be Alaska and it […] Read More
LRT Disqualified Lina Štalytė From Pabandom iš naujo!
A few days ago LRT has announced the list of 30 participants which will be competing at Pabandom Iš Naujo for a chance to represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2023. Today they adjusted the list as it has been revealed that one of the singers selected to compete, Lina Štalytė has broke the rules so she […] Read More
Here is the running order for the Selecţia Naţională 2023
Today TVR revealed the last participant who will compete in the Selecţia Naţională 2023, Andrei Duţu will perform the song “Statues”. The running order was also made public, Deiona will open the final with her song “Call on me” and Andreea D Folclor Orchestra will close it with “Periniţa mea”. Selecţia Naţională 2023: running order […] Read More
Albina and Familja Kelmendi to represent Albania at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool
The 61st edition of Albania’s Festivali I Kenges finished just a few moments ago and we now know who will be representing Albania in Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. A total of 21 acts competed in the contest, with the winner being determined by a jury of industry professionals, but this year for […] Read More
LIVE: Festivali i Këngës 61 – Grand Finale
The final of the 61st edition of Festivali i Këngës will be taking place tonight! In tonight’s show we will hear all of the 21 competing entries once again and get a chance to see who will win the show and get a chance to be the next Albanian representative at Eurovision Song Contest. The […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of the 61st Festivali i Kenges!
The 61st edition of Festivali i Kenges concludes tonight! After tonight’s show we may have a couple of different winners – the overall winner of the festival as selected by the professional jury, the best newcomer (also selected by the jury), and the act that will go on to represent Albania in Eurovision 2023, which […] Read More
Viewing Figures Of Junior Eurovision 2022 Have Been Revealed
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place on 11th of December and France won the show. It was announced that they will be the host of next edition of the contest. Yesterday the EBU has revealed the viewing figures of the contest. The show has reached 33 million viewers across thirteen measured markets. The total number […] Read More
LIVE: Festivali i Këngës 61 – Night 3 feat. Kalush Orchestra
Festivali i Këngës 61 continues tonight on Albanian broadcaster RTSH. Tonight FiK will switch things up a bit, as the artists will not sing their competing entries. Instead, we’ll be treated to 16 duets with some of Albania’s most prominent artists – including two former Albanian Eurovision participants – and most of whom have competed at […] Read More
Marija Šerifović released ‘Dobar vam dan’
After a long break from releasing any new music, the winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, Marija Šerifović is back with a brand new single! Her brand new song is called “Dobar vam dan” (Eng: Have a good day), and in just one day since its release, the music video already has almost 2 […] Read More
KRUTЬ appeals to UA:PBC that TVORCHI broke Vidbir rules
We may have more Vidbir drama to add to our list. Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC announced today that a three-way communication had to be established (broadcaster↔TVORCHI↔KRUTЬ) due to the results of this weekend’s national final, Vidbir 2023. Comments sent to UA:PBC by KRUTЬ had to be analyzed. KRUTЬ had no complaint about the organization and election […] Read More
Vote for YOUR favorites in the 61st Festivali i Kenges!
The second night of the 61st edition of Festivali i Kenges has just finished, which means that we have now heard all of the 26 competing songs. Five newcomer acts have been eliminated, thus 21 acts remain in the Grand Final – one of which will go on to represent Albania in the 2023 Eurovision […] Read More
LIVE: Festivali i Kenges 61 – Night Two
The 61st edition of the Albanian traditional Festivali i Kenges continues tonight! In tonight’s show we will hear the remaining 13 (of the 26) contestants’ songs for the very first time. The show will once again be hosted by Arbana Osmani. The show is set to start at 21:00 CET, and you can watch the […] Read More
Liverpool 2023 – members of the creative production team revealed
BBC, UA:PBC and EBU have revealed more details about the team which will be behind the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 which is set to take place on 9th, 11th and 13th of May 2023 in Liverpool. The shows will be produced by BBC Studios Entertainment & Music, who has been behind Strictly Come Dancing, Glastonbury, Later…with Jools […] Read More
Eurosong 2023 performing entries will be selected by artists
For the first time since 2016, Belgium will choose its Eurovision entry through a national final. Last week, the Dutch-language Belgian national broadcaster, VRT revealed the snippets of the songs and today they announced that entries which will be performed in Eurosong 2023 will be picked by the artists. A week before the final takes […] Read More
Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo!2023 Full Line-Up Revealed
LRT unveiled the official list of the participants for Pabandom iš naujo! 2023, the Lithuanian selection for Eurovision. 30 artists will try their luck in the selection with some familiar faces among them, Monika Linkytė who represented Lithuania with Vaidas Baumila in 2015 with the song “This Time”, but also some past national selection participants […] Read More
LIVE: Festivali i Kenges 61 – Night One
The 61st edition of the Albanian traditional Festivali i Kenges kicks off tonight! As this year none of the competing songs have been released prior to the festival, we will hear the first 13 (of the 26) contestants’ songs for the very first time tonight. The show is set to start at 21:00 CET, and […] Read More
Spain: Listen To The Songs Competing At Benidorm Fest 2023
RTVE published today all the songs for Benidorm Fest 2023. 18 participants will compete in the Spanish selection, among them are some familiar faces like Alfred García, who competed with Amaia in Eurovision 2018 with the song “Tu canción” and finished 23rd in the Grand Final, Blanca Paloma who competed last year in Benidorm and […] Read More
Rovena Dilo: ‘It’s easier to sing and compete, than to be a judge in Festivali i Këngës’
The 61st edition of Festivali i Këngës, Albania’s traditional festival also used to select the country’s act in Eurovision, is set to kick off next week. A total of 26 artists are competing in this year’s selection, and for the first time ever – Albania’s Eurovision act will be selected via televoting. In the run […] Read More
TVORCHI to defend the Ukrainian title in Liverpool
Ukraine’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool has just come to an end and we therefore have our first official entry for next year’s competition. TVORCHI will defend the Ukrainian title with the song “Heart Of Steel” after winning Vidbir 2023 in an exciting voting sequence. They finished 1st with the […] Read More
LIVE: Ukraine’s National Final — Vidbir 2023
Ukraine will choose its Eurovision 2023 participant today, in a very special national final held in a metro station – a reminder of the tough times Ukraine is currently experiencing. Ten acts will compete for the chance to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2023. You can find the running order at the end of this article, […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Ukraine’s Vidbir!
The Ukrainian national final is set to start in less than one hour, and we are now ready to reveal ESCBubble’s winner of the first national final in the 2023 Eurovision season! Over the past couple of weeks, we asked you to let us know who YOUR favorites are in this edition of Vidbir, and […] Read More
Romania: Selecţia Naţională 2023 Finalists Revealed
After TVR revealed that they received 84 songs for Selecţia Naţională 2023, today they published the list with the official finalists for the national selection. 12 finalists will perform in the grand final, which will take place on 11 February 2023 and the winnner will be selected by a combination of televoting and online voting, […] Read More
Sanremo Giovani completes line-up for Sanremo 2023, big artists’ song titles revealed
Tonight saw the first semi-National Final of the 2023 Eurovision season, as 12 new hopefuls took to the stage on Rai 1 to compete for the six remaining places at the Ariston in February in the 73rd Italian Song Festival. The show, hosted by musical director Amadeus and last year’s third place finisher Gianni Morandi, […] Read More
Sam Ryder’s album reaches Number 1
Sam Ryder’s new album has made it to Number 1 in the UK! Sam has become the first British male solo artist to debut at Number 1 in the UK with their first record in over three years, after Sam Fender topped the chart with his debut LP Hypersonic Missiles in 2019. The album is the […] Read More
Gjergj: “I wrote and recorded the song 4 hours before sending it”
Gjergj (Joe) Kaçinari is a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. His unique voice, helped his road to fame after competing at the Albanian version of the popular music show “The Voice” back in 2011. He has been a member of many bands and the genres his music covers are: blues, country, rock ‘n’ roll to hard […] Read More
Ukraine’s Vidbir: Five Lessons For Other Countries
Ukraine has won Eurovision three times in the last two decades. No other selection process – not even Sweden’s famed Melodifestivalen – has proven so successful during those years. Between 2003 and 2022, only Italy has averaged a higher final placing than Ukraine (7.1 v. 8.4), while only Sweden has tallied more overall points (3,570 […] Read More
Petrit:” Kindness would be the best attribute to describe the most important person for every human being.”
Petrit Çarkaxhiu is singer and songwriter. From 1997 he is part of a band called Jericho who combines the rock and alternative music with traditional Albanian folk motifs sung mainly in the Geg dialect creating ethno-rock music. In addition to that Petrit is a radio producer and author of three radio programs. In 2015 he […] Read More
Could Luxembourg Return to Eurovision 2024?
With national final season beginning to ramp up, Eurovision news has come from an unexpected source today. In a press release, broadcaster RTL from Luxembourg have announced a possible return to Eurovision in 2024! Luxembourg was one of the seven countries to participate at the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano in 1956. It participated […] Read More
Listen to the snippets of the 14 songs in the Belgian Eurosong 2023, and vote for YOUR favorites!
Belgium’s Flemish national broadcaster VRT is bringing back Eurosong, as a way of selecting their entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. A total of seven artists are going to compete with two songs each in Eurosong 2023, where the public will have a final say on who will fly the Belgian flag at Eurovision […] Read More
Permit Of Stay: “Our goal is to enter the history of Albanian rock experimental music”
Permit Of Stay is an underground rockband from Albania, that has been active for more than 18 years. In the upcoming week, they will participate in the 61st edition of Festivali i Këngës, the country’s biggest music edition, that will also select their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. We had the pleasure to […] Read More
Here are the hosts of Vidbir 2023
With the Ukrainian national final Vidbir just days away, host broadcaster Suspilne has revealed the trio of hosts for the show! Timur Miroshnychenko, Zlata Ognevich, and Kateryna Pavlenko will come together to host Saturday’s Final! Fans of recent editions of Eurovision will know Kateryna Pavlenko as the vocalist for the electro-folk band Go_A. Winners of […] Read More
Romania has received 85 entries for Selecţia Naţională 2023
TVR announced today they received 85 songs for Selecţia Naţională 2023, the Romanian selection for Eurovision. Only 12 out of these 85 songs will compete in the national final, which will take place on 11 February 2023. We will know all the finalists on 17 December. TVR received entries from Romania but also from abroad. […] Read More
Sam Ryder Is Gunning For His First Number 1
It would seem that two has been Sam Ryder’s lucky number in 2022. After releasing ‘Space Man’ on 22nd February (22.2.2022) on BBC2, he was drawn in the second half of the running order for the Grand Final, eventually given spot 22, and finishing second place overall, with the song going on to hit number […] Read More
Moisei: “I wrote this song in that small bomb shelter when I was in a very difficult state”
Moisei Bondarenko is a Ukrainian musician and violinist who is one of the 10 finalists of Vidbir 2023, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. When the war began in February, Moisei joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine but brought his favorite violin with him. On the front line, Moisei continued playing the […] Read More
France is the winner of Junior Eurovision 2022
The 20th Edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, from the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, concluded just a few moments ago and we have a winner! A total of 16 countries participated this year and after the votes of the juries and global public were cast, the winner was Lissandro from […] Read More
LIVE: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Our editors Joe and Sebi will guide you through the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan. These are the participants in order of appearance: 🇳🇱 The Netherlands: Luna – La Festa 🇵🇱 Poland: Laura – To The Moon 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: David Charlin – Jer-Ana (Mother Earth) 🇲🇹 Malta: Gaia Gambuzza – Diamonds In The Skies 🇮🇹 Italy: Chanel Dilecta – BLA BLA BLA 🇫🇷 France: […] Read More
Junior Eurovision 2022 Diaries – Online Voting Opens
The first round of voting for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 has just been opened! Y can vote for your three favourite songs for free until the show starts on Sunday 11th at 16.00 CET. As in previous editions, the EBU has uploaded an extract of the footage of the rehearsals as they will […] Read More
Semi-final split of Eesti Laul 2023 announced!
A week ago, ERR has released the songs competing at Eesti Laul 2023 and today we’ve got more news about the Estonian selection for Eurovision as the split of the participants between the two Semi-Finals of Eesti Laul has been revealed. Ten acts will be performing in each Semi-final. Semi-final 1: Andreas Poom – Why […] Read More
The participants of Dora 2023 have been announced
At the end of September we informed you that Dora 2023 would be organised in order to select the Croatian representative at Eurovision 2023. The deadline for all interested performers to send their entries was the 10th of November. A total of 196 songs were received and today the Croatian broadcaster HRT has revealed the […] Read More
Sam Ryder releases his debut album ‘There’s Nothing but Space, Man!’
Sam Ryder is back with new music, he releases today his debut album called “There’s Nothing but Space, Man!”. The album contains 14 songs with only one collaboration on it, “Living Without You” with Sigala and David Guetta. Some familiar songs are on the album too, like his recent single “All the Way Over”, “Somebody” […] Read More
Junior Eurovision 2022 diaries – The first rehearsal footages are out
The countries that rehearsed on Tuesday have returned to the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex for their second round of rehearsals. These will be the last ones before the dress rehearsals that will kick off on Saturday. Apart from the photo galleries, the European Broadcasting Union has published short videos of the rehearsals of […] Read More
Joker Out will represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2023
Moments ago, Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTVSLO held a special press conference in Ljubljana, where they announced that Joker Out will represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2023 which will take place in Liverpool next year. Joker Out are Bojan Cvjetićanin, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh, Jure Maček, Martin Jurkovič. Bojan was one of the hosts of EMA 2022, where he was also […] Read More
Junior Eurovision 2022 Diaries – The second set of first rehearsals has taken place
The second day of rehearsals in Yerevan has just come to an end with all the countries having already rehearsed once. Today the remaining nine countries have stepped on stage at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex for their first rehearsal. So, now we know the stage looks of all 16 candidates that will […] Read More
BBC to show highlights of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest
Rylan Clark Neal has announced details of how the BBC will be showing highlights of this year’s Het Grote Songfestivalfeest. Speaking about the news on his Twitter account, Presenter and UK Semi Final commentator Rylan Clark Neal said: I’ll be bringing you all the highlights from the Grote Songfestival feest in Amsterdam celebrating all things […] Read More
Greece looks to public to help choose next Eurovision star
Greek Eurovision broadcaster ERT is preparing for Eurovision 2023, and it’s looking for the public’s help in choosing its next artist! ERT will choose 70 members of the public to “actively participate” with ERT’s Eurovision Committee in the final phase of selecting Greece’s song for Eurovision 2023. Starting on Thursday 8th December at 10:00am EET, […] Read More
Junior Eurovision 2022 Diaries – Rehearsals start in Yerevan
Today the first artists have stepped on stage for the first time at Yerevan’s Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. A total of seven countries have had their first rehearsals revealing the staging and performances they’ve prepared for the big show, which is set to take place on Sunday 11th. The European Broadcasting Union won’t […] Read More
Running order for Junior Eurovision 2022 revealed
EBU and AMPTV have revealed the running for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Earlier today, a draw determined who will open and close the show as well as the running position of the host country, Armenia. The rest of the running order has been decided by the producers of the contest as it’s […] Read More
Watch Junior Eurovision 2022 Opening Ceremony Today
Today the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will officially kick off as the traditional Opening Ceremony will be held at Republic Square in Yerevan. All the participants will walk along the red carpet to the National Gallery of Armenia, where a draw will determine who will open and close the show as well as the […] Read More
Marco Mengoni is back as Rai announces the lineup for Sanremo 2023
We woke up to surpring news from this year’s Eurovision host country. Italy’s broadcaster Rai announced in a cheeky tweet that it would drop the names of the artists vying to win the 73rd Sanremo Festival. “It’s nice to hear ‘I love you’, but that’s nothing compared to ‘I’m ready to reveal the names of […] Read More
Vasil presents his new dance banger Rhythm
Although North Macedonia has sadly withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, the country’s beautiful music scene lives on and today we will present you the catchiest, new release of one of the most charismatic and talented Macedonian singers. Vasil was internally selected to represent the country in 2020 with the song “You“. […] Read More
Latvia’s Supernova Attracts 121 Submissions
The window for submissions for Latvia’s Supernova selection process has now closed, and LTV have confirmed that they have received a total of 121 entries hoping to be the next Latvian representative at Eurovision. Agnese Strause-Kublina, LTV’s Editorial Director of Children’s Youth and Entertainment, said that ‘We feel pleased that the artists appreciate Supernova and […] Read More
Estonia: Listen to the songs competing at Eesti Laul 2023
ERR released today the songs for Eesti Laul 2023, the National Selection for Eurovision Song Contest.These 20 participants will be split in 2 to compete in two semifinals on 12 and 14 January, the final will take place on 14 February. The spilt among the participants and the running order for the semifinals haven’t been […] Read More
Wild Youth: ‘We’d certainly love to be singing for Ireland at Eurovision’
The Irish broadcaster RTÉ has confirmed that The Late Late Show will once again select the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, in its Eurosong special. Submissions have been open until the 28th of October and several, interesting artists have already confirmed their interest in waving the Irish flag in Liverpool. We have recently […] Read More
Brooke to take part in ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Brooke has announced that she’ll be taking part in ‘Dancing with the Stars’. Announcing the news on her Twitter page, Brooke said: Some news… 🪩💃🏼 Cannot wait to head to the ballroom for @DWTSIRL, bring on alllllll the sequins ⚡️@RTEOne @ShinawilTV https://t.co/Y6fwoEr8Hk — Brooke (@Brooke_Scullion) December 1, 2022 Brooke will take part in the Irish […] Read More
Samu Haber is the host of UMK23
The Finnish broadcaster YLE has announced the host of Uuden musiikin kilpailu 2023. It’s Finnish singer and musician Samu Haber who will host the Finnish national selection in February. The news were announced on UMK’s website and social media channels: Our UMK23 host is Samu Haber, known from Sunrise Avenue! He will be hosting and […] Read More
Ukraine: Vidbir 2023 Songs Released!
Today UA:PBC released the songs for Vidbir 2023, the Ukrainian National Selection for Eurovision Song Contest. A total of 10 songs will compete in the final and the winner will be selected 50% by the jury and 50% by the televoting, the jury members are: Jamala (Ukraine 2016), Julia Sanina (The Hardkiss – Ukraine National […] Read More
Format and rule changes for Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
Norway’s national broadcaster NRK has just announced major changes in the format, as well as the rules of this year’s edition of Melodi Grand Prix. The Final which will take place on the 4th of February will move out of Oslo, and will take place in Trondheim. Unlike in the previous couple of years, MGP […] Read More
Loreen to compete – Here are the 28 participants of Melodifestivalen 2023
Today the Swedish Eurovision broadcaster SVT revealed the full line-up for Melodifestivalen 2023. Yesterday, the first 14 artists were announced that will compete in Heats 1 and 2. The participants of the third and fourth Heat were announced this morning by this year’s Melodifestivalen hosts Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl. Here are the final 14 artists […] Read More
Here are the first 14 artists of Melodifestivalen 2023
Sweden’s Eurovision broadcaster SVT has revealed the news many Eurofans have been waiting for – the competing artists and song titles of Melodifestivalen 2023! Today’s announcement unveiled half of the competing artists, those who will compete in the first two shows. Heat 1 will take place on 4th February 2023 in Gothenburg at the Scandinavium […] Read More
Israeli Eurovision representative Galit Burg has died aged 54
The Israeli singer Galit Burg, who represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne, was killed in a tragic car accident today. She was 54 years old, leaving behind two children. She sang the song “Derech hamelech” as part of the duo Gili & Galit and reached the 12th place out of 22 […] Read More
THESE are the 12 acts who will compete at Sanremo Giovani 2022
Further to today’s earlier report on the 20 artists competing at Area Sanremo for a place in Sanremo Giovani, Italian broadcaster Rai and Sanremo’s official Instagram have published the names of the twelve artists who will compete for the three remaining places at Sanremo 2023 on 16th December, as well as the songs they will […] Read More
Rai reveals names for Area Sanremo 2022
This morning, Rai announced the names of the 20 acts who will be competing in a qualifying round of auditions for Sanremo Giovani, known as Area Sanremo. Online auditions have screened 549 potential acts over the past two months, and tomorrow, the top acts from this list will perform for the Rai Music Commission, made […] Read More
Måns Zelmerlöw: ”We’ll see in what kind of capacity I’ll be involved in in Eurovision this year…”
Thursday the 17th of November, one of the largest Eurovision-themed concerts there is took place for the second time. It’s Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (English: The Big Eurovision Song Contest Party), being held in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. A wide variety of Eurovision stars, from those having competed decades ago to as recent as this […] Read More
The EU Business School is holding a Eurovision themed business immersion week
The EU Business School is a high-ranked international business school with campuses in Barcelona, Geneva and Munich as well as a Digital Campus. Across all its campuses, the business school is hosting a week of business activities, Business Immersion Week, to give students real-world business experience. The theme selected by its Digital Campus was “The […] Read More
Gjon’s Tears: ”If I had the chance to do it again, ‘’why not?’’”
Thursday the 17th of November, one of the largest Eurovision-themed concerts there is took place for the second time. It’s Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (English: The Big Eurovision Song Contest Party), being held in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. A wide variety of Eurovision stars, from those having competed decades ago to as recent as this […] Read More
Ultima Thule withdraw from Eesti Laul 2023 following lead singer’s death
Ultima Thule, were one of the 20 acts chosen to compete in Eesti Laul 2023. Their lead singer Riho Sibul passed away this Sunday, the 20th of November 2022, at 64 years old. The Estonian rock band would be competing in collaboration with fellow rockband Wiiralt. Riho’s band Ultima Thule decided to withdraw from the […] Read More
KEiiNO: ”We’re opening a metaverse where fans can meet digitally. For free.”
Thursday the 17th of November, one of the largest Eurovision-themed concerts there is took place for the second time. It’s Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (English: The Big Eurovision Song Contest Party), being held in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. A wide variety of Eurovision stars, from those having competed decades ago to as recent as this […] Read More
Melodifestivalen shakes up the Semi-Final for 2023
Swedish broadcaster SVT just announced a change in the system for the upcoming Melodifestivalen. Last year, the Andra Chansen round was removed and there was a Semi-Final instead. The eight semi-finalists were divided into two groups. The two most voted songs of each group made it to the final. This will change for next year’s […] Read More
EBU announces voting changes for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the voting system is going to change for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. The juries will no longer vote in the semi-final Instead of the 50:50 voting split between the televoting and the national juries, the 10 qualifiers from each semi-final will solely be decided by […] Read More
Tickets for Belgium’s Eurosong 2023 go on sale
The Belgian national selection for Eurovision 2023 is coming close, and VRT, the Belgian national broadcaster has just announced that the tickets are now on sale. Both seated and standing tickets cost 18 EUR, and they can be purchased right here (click). As announced a couple of weeks ago, the seven finalists of Eurosong 2023 […] Read More
Here are the 40 quarter finalists of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The 40 quarter finalists for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC) 2023 have just been revealed! The official Maltese accounts announced the artists and their song titles on their social media platforms: Visa detta inlägg på Instagram Ett inlägg delat av Eurovision Song Malta (@eurovision_malta) Two former Eurovision participants are returning to MESC […] Read More
Junior Eurovision 2022 hosts announced
AMPTV has revealed the trio hosting the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan, and Karina Ignatyan will guide the viewers through the show that will take place on December 11th in Armenia. It’s not the first time the three hosts get enrolled in a Eurovision event, Iveta represented Armenia […] Read More
Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld will host Eesti Laul 2023!
The Estonian national broadcaster ERR has confirmed that after a one year break, the duo that met at Eesti Laul 2021 – Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets are taking things into their own hands once again, and will be hosting the 2023 edition of Eesti Laul – the two semi finals on 12th and the […] Read More
These are the 10 finalists of Vidbir 2023
Vidbir 2023, the Ukrainian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool is set to take place on the 17th of December 2023 and will be broadcasted on Suspilne TV. The show will be hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko, who also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. Suspilne now published the 10 artists […] Read More
Måneskin and ABBA are nominated for a Grammy Award in several categories
The nominees for the 65th Grammy Awards have just been revealed, and we can proudly present two Eurovision winners among them. Måneskin, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam with “Zitti E Buoni” have become a world widely known band since their triumph in Sanremo and Eurovision. They have performed at the VMAs, […] Read More
Australia will select internally for Eurovision 2023!
For the past few years, even though for most people it took place on the other side of the world, Eurovision fans would follow the national selection ‘Down Under’. Today, however, it was revealed that the Australian artist(s) for Eurovision 2023 will be chosen internally! Eurovision – Australia Decides was the name of the selection […] Read More
Who should win Junior Eurovision 2022? Vote now!
All the songs of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest have been released and it’s time for you to vote for your favourites! This year, the competition will see 16 songs performed on the big stage in Yerevan but, who should win? Have a listen and pick your favourites for our annual poll! 🇦🇱 Albania: Kejtlin […] Read More
Submission period extended until the 1st of December!
Back on the 1st of September, Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS started an open call for songs to compete in a televised national final, where Serbia’s entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is going to be selected. This open call for songs was supposed to finish in two days’ time, but now RTS confirmed that […] Read More
Arbana Osmani to host Festivali i Këngës 61
Last week, Albanian broadcaster RTSH dropped the names of the 26 artists who will compete in Festivali i Këngës (FiK) 2022 – the 61st edition of the music festival used nowadays to choose Albania’s Eurovision artist! Today more news about Fik61 was released on Instagram! We can now say that this year’s Festival will see […] Read More
Listen to the Junior Eurovision 2022 entries from Italy and Armenia
The last two songs of the lineup for Junior Eurovision 2022 are out! Italy and Armenia have revealed their entries this week along with the official music videos. Chanel Dilecta will perform “BLA BLA BLA” Only a few days ago, RAI revealed the name of the performer that will carry the Italian flag in Yerevan. […] Read More
Romania reveals details of national final
TVR annouced today details about Selecţia Naţională 2023, the song submissions will start on November 14 and last until December 11. Between 14 and 16 December a jury will evaluate the submissions and select the 12 finalists, the finalists will be announced by December 17 at the latest. The National Final will take place on […] Read More
Norwegian Eurovision representative Mattis Hætta passed away aged 63
The winner of Melodi Grand Prix 1980 and Norwegian Eurovision representative Mattis Hætta passed away at the age of 63, as a result of a disease. Mattis became a star in Norway overnight, after winning Melodi Grand Prix alongside Sverre Kjelsberg (†2016) with the song “Sámiid Ædnan”. He was remembered for being the first singer in […] Read More
Songwriters for Festival Da Canção 2023 revealed – final set for March 11
The Portuguese broadcaster RTP has just revealed the composers and lyricists of the 20 competing songs at Festival da Canção 2023. 15 of the songwriters were invited by RTP directly and five more were selected through a public process. It is likely that many of these songwriters will also perform the songs at the festival, […] Read More
Claes-Göran Hederström has died at the age of 77
Swedish artist and former Eurovision representative Claes-Göran Hederström has died at the age of 77. The sad news were verified for SVT by the family of Hederström. Claes-Göran Hederström was born on October 20th 1945 in Danderyd, Sweden. He made is TV debut on the Swedish television in 1967 and won Melodifestivalen 1968 with his […] Read More
Germany opens submissions for Unser Lied Für Liverpool
German broadcaster NDR just revealed that Unser Lied für Liverpool will be the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and opened submissions for their final. All genres and artists are welcome to apply, both German and international singers or composers will be accepted. You can submit a song to the German national final […] Read More
Listen to the Irish and Georgian songs for Junior Eurovision 2022
Today TG4 and GPB have premiered their songs for Junior Eurovision 2022. Both songs have been selected internally and will be performed by the winners of the talent shows held in both countries. Sophie Lennon will perform “Solas” Sophie Lennnon won the Irish national selection Junior Eurovision Éire last month, which featured a bunch of […] Read More
These 7 artists will compete to represent Belgium in Liverpool
In August 2022, Belgium revealed that their Flemish broadcaster VRT would return to a national selection to find their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The competition will be hosted by Peter Van De Veire and is set to take place in different stages. VRT now revealed the seven artists competing in Eurosong 2023: The Starlings […] Read More
Listen to “Anos 70”, Portugal’s entry to Junior Eurovision 2022
With JESC 2022 entries being released thick and fast on the official YouTube channel, it’s now the turn of Portugal to showcase its entry for the first time. Nico Alves, who made the final of The Voice Kids Portugal earlier this year, was selected internally to sing the song Anos 70 (‘The Seventies’). Nico is 13 years old and […] Read More
Serbia and Kazakhstan reveal their Junior Eurovision 2022 entries
Today two more countries have published the songs their selected performers will sing at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Both of them have been revealed along with the official music video. Serbia 13-year-old Katarina Slavic will bring the song “Svet Bez Granica” (World Without Borders) to the big stage in Yerevan. The singer was […] Read More
BESS released an English version of her UMK entry ”Ram pam pam”
UMK 2022 participant BESS has released an English version of her UMK entry ”Ram pam pam”. You can listen to the song here: BESS finished 3rd in UMK 2022 last February. Her UMK entry ”Ram pam pam” has been a huge hit song in Finland and it’s been the most played song on the Finnish […] Read More
Nicole Josy of Nicole & Hugo passed away at the age of 76
We are very sad to report that Nicole Josy of the Belgian duo Nicole & Hugo has passed away at the age of 76, after struggling with health problems for several years. The duo has been a couple since 1970 and just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year. In 1971, Nicole & Hugo won […] Read More
Listen to the Spanish entry for Junior Eurovision 2022 “Señorita”
RTVE has just revealed the song Carlos Higes will perform at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The young performer will bring “Señorita” to the big stage on December 11th in Yerevan! Right after his announcement, Carlos started working on the song for the competition. Also, the Spanish representative has been preparing his vocals with […] Read More
Listen to North Macedonia’s Junior Eurovision 2022 entry “Životot E Pred Mene”
MRT has just revealed the song that will represent North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The song has been premiered along with the official music video revealing that one more performer will travel to Yerevan as Jovan will join Irina and Lara on the big stage. Last June, MRT revealed that had […] Read More
15 acts remain in the running to represent Austria in Liverpool
For the seventh year in a row, the Austrian broadcaster ORF has decided to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest internally. The news magazine Kleine Zeitung has now revealed more details on how the selection process is going in Austria. 15 acts have been invited to perform at internal live-castings on the past […] Read More
Chanel Dilecta to wave the Italian flag in Yerevan
The official website of Junior Eurovision has just revealed the name of the Italian performer that will wave the country’s flag in Yerevan. Chanel Dilecta will represent Italy on December 11th with the song “‘BLA BLA BLA’”. A 360° performer, Chanel has studied singing and ballet since the age of 4, along with the piano, […] Read More
Listen to a snippet of the Spanish entry for Junior Eurovision 2022
RTVE has just published a snippet of the song Carlos Higes will perform at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The 11-year-old artist will bring an urban-Latin track with catchy lyrics to Yerevan. The full song and music video will be revealed tonight during the broadcast of the show “Dúos Increíbles”. Carlos Higes: adelanto en exclusiva […] Read More
Freya Skye to perform ‘Lose My Head’ for United Kingdom at Junior Eurovision 2022
BBC has revealed that 13-year-old Freya Skye will represent the United Kingdom at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The young performer will sing the uptempo track ‘Lose My Head’, composed by Jack Hawitt, Amber Van Day, and Deepend, on December 11th in Yerevan. The United Kingdom is back to the contest after a long […] Read More
Eesti Laul 2023 artist reveal – part 2
Following last night’s announcement of the first 10 acts for Eesti Laul 2023, we are back with ETV’s magazine show “Ringvaade” to finish the line up! Eesti Laul Executive Producer Tomi Rahula was again on the show and has announced the following: m els “So Good At What You Do” This entry is co-written by […] Read More
Applications for ESCZ 2023 are now OPEN
This afternoon, Česká televize announced that applications for the 2023 edition of Czech national final ESCZ will be open from today until 8th December 2022. Composers can apply using the questionnaire on the official website. The format of ESCZ will largely stay the same this year. The singer must hold Czech citizenship, and in the […] Read More
Eesti Laul 2023 artist reveal – part 1
Tere Eesti! Tonight on the ETV magazine show “Ringvaade” half of the participants for Eesti Laul 2023 were revealed by Tomi Rahula, Executive Producer of the show. The quarter final video rounds that we enjoyed in 2022 have been shelved in favour of twenty entrants over 2 semi finals (January 12th and 14th) with the […] Read More
Rosa Linn performs “Snap” on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Rosa Linn made her U.S. TV debut, performing her worldwide hit “Snap” on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Recently she signed with Columbia Records, became the opening act for Ed Sheeran’s North American tour in 2023 and released a new song with former Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence, WDIA (Would Do It Again). Rosa […] Read More
Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper will represent The Netherlands at Eurovision 2023!
A radio broadcast on NPO radio 2 has just unveiled it: it will be a duo for The Netherlands! The low countries will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool by: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper! A unanimous decision by the Dutch selection committee after hearing the song. It was Eurovision winner […] Read More
S10 releases new album “Ik besta voor altijd zolang jij aan mij denkt”
S10 is back with new music, the Dutch singer releases her 3rd album called “Ik besta voor altijd zolang jij aan mij denkt” (I exist forever as long as you think of me). The album includes 14 songs, with previous singles such as “Adem je in”, “Laat me los” and her Eurovision entry “De Diepte”. […] Read More
Casting kicks off in San Marino with Elettra Lamborghini considering an entry
The Little Tony Auditorium in Serravalle is hosting the first day of casting for Una voce per San Marino 2023. Today, Eurovision’s smallest nation begins looking for its fourth Eurovision Grand Finalist as the Casting phase of the Sammarinese national final kicks off! Broadcaster SMRTV’s first phase of casting will continue through Sunday 30th October, […] Read More
Nare to represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision 2022
AMPTV has just revealed the name of the singer that will represent the country on home soil. From 100 submissions received, the broadcaster has internally selected 14-year-old Nare. Nare says she has always envisioned herself on the big stage, and her dream is finally coming true. “Singing and dancing are inseparable parts of my everyday […] Read More
Listen to France’s Junior Eurovision 2022 entry “Oh Maman!”
Today France has revealed the singer and song that will travel to Yerevan in December. The 13 -year-old finalist of The Voice Kids 2020 Lissandro will perform the song “Oh Maman!” at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Lissandro talked about how he feels having been selected to represent France at the contest that his country […] Read More
These are the 26 acts participating in Festivali i Këngës 61
The 61st edition of Festivali i Këngës will take place in December 2022 and RTSH has just published the 26 competing acts. The winner of the competition will represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. Earlier this month, OGAE Albania revealed the big news, that the competition would introduce a televote for it’s […] Read More
New changes for the upcoming Selecția Națională 2023
TVR stated a new format for Selecția Națională 2023, after many years where the jury had a bigger impact of choosing the song for Eurovision, this year the song will be entirely choosen by the public, it’s still unknown how the whole procces will be but TVR will open its song submission soon in the […] Read More
Armenian Junior Eurovision 2022 artist to be revealed on October 28!
Armenia is hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in less than two months time and amidst all the busy preparations, a host entry also has to be found! Now it turns out we won’t have to wait long: it will be known this Friday! Armenian broadcaster AMPTV revealed that date today on Instagram: Dit […] Read More
Benidorm Fest 2023 participants revealed
RTVE has just revealed the list of participants for the upcoming edition of the Spanish national selection for Eurovision 2023 Benidorm Fest. The announcement has taken place during a special broadcast hosted by Inés Hernand, who was also one of the hosts of the last year’s edition. Last week, the Spanish broadcaster revealed that the […] Read More
Kejtlin Gjata to perform “Pakëz Diell” for Albania at Junior Eurovision
Kejtlin Gjata has won the Albanian national final for Junior Eurovision 2022 and will represent her country in Yerevan. She will perform the ballad “Pakëz Diell”, composed by herself and Endri Muça on December 11th. Today RTSH has held the national final show to choose the Albanian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Once […] Read More
UMK23 takes place February 25th 2023!
The Finnish broadcaster Yle has revealed more info about next year’s Finnish national selection for Eurovision, UMK 2023. It was told earlier today that UMK23 takes place on February 25th 2023 in Turku’s Logomo. The seven finalists of UMK23 will be revealed on January 11th 2023. According to Yle, overall 363 songs were sent to […] Read More
Sophie Lennon to fly the Irish flag at Junior Eurovision
Sophie Lennon has just won the Irish national final for Junior Eurovision and will wave her country’s flag in Yerevan! The final has featured a total of three candidates qualified from the last week’s semifinal. Once again, Junior Eurovision Eire has been the show tg4 has used to select the voice that will represent Ireland […] Read More
BFI celebrates 100th anniversary of the BBC with rare screening of Eurovision 1962
As part of its ‘100 BBC TV Gamechangers‘ series, on Saturday, the British Film Institiute (BFI) aired two sessions dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest, including a purposely-restored screening of the 1962 Contest, which originally aired on 18th March that year from the Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg City. According to the BFI’s Robin Baker, the series […] Read More
Amanda Tenfjord releases debut album “In Hindsight”
Amanda Tenfjord is back with new music, she released her debut album “In Hindsight”. The album has 13 tracks and includes previous singles like “Plans”, “All In”, “Aman”, “I’II Stay” and of course her Eurovision song “Die Together”. There is only one collaboration on the album, Evangelia joins Amanda on the song “Aman”. The album […] Read More
YouTube’s thereorderboard releases final Eurovision scoreboard
Launched on the 5th of May 2020 as “a fun lockdown project”, YouTube’s thereorderboard published its final video this week. Creator David Hughes codes his scoreboards to compliment edits of the Eurovision Song Contests from before 2003. Hughes’ scoreboards are animated, and move just like the modern editions of Eurovision. Beginning with Eurovision 1980, Hughes […] Read More
Eesti Laul 2023 received 217 songs, the final set for February 11th!
The song search for next year’s Estonian national selection for Eurovision, Eesti Laul 2023 has ended. The Estonian broadcaster ERR has announced that they received 217 songs to the contest, 92 of them in Estonian and 125 in other languages. The semi-finalists of Eesti Laul 2023 will be announced in the beginning of November, and […] Read More
Senhit to Host Sammarinese National Final
At a press conference in Rome yesterday, representatives of San Marino’s government and Eurovision broadcaster SMRTV provided a further update on preparations for the 2023 edition of Una voce per San Marino. It was announced that last year’s host (and former Eurovision participant for San Marino 2011, 2020, 2021) Senhit will be one of the […] Read More
Liverpool Will Welcome 37 Countries for Eurovision 2023
Preparations for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest are well underway and the EBU has just published the list of countries who will travel to Liverpool for the Semi Finals and Grand Final, set for the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May at the M&S Bank Arena. While no annoucement was made today regarding the 2023 […] Read More
Melodi Grand Prix to consist of three semi-finals and a final in 2023
Eurovision Norway has revealed that the next series of Melodi Grand Prix, while featuring the same number of songs, will be split into three semi-finals and a grand final, rather than the usual five and second-chance round. Exact dates are yet to be revealed. Speaking on the MGP companion podcast, ‘Grand Prix Podkasten’, Head of […] Read More
Ricchi e Poveri’s Franco Gatti has died aged 80
Sad news out of Italy today, the family of Franco Gatti has announced the singer’s death at the age of 80. Franco was a member of Ricchi e Poveri. The group represented Italy at Eurovision in 1978 with the song “Questo amore (This love)”, finishing in 12th place with 53 points in Paris. According to […] Read More
Andrew Lambrou will represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2023!
Moments ago, big news broke from Cyprus! They have selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool internally and his name is: Andrew Lambrou! Andrew has not been to Eurovision before but might already ring a bell with quite some fans. Earlier this year he competed in Australia Decides with the electro-pop […] Read More
Members of Litesound Arrested in Belarus
News is emerging from Belarus that the brothers and founders of the band Litesound were arrested this week. Formed in 2005, the band represented Belarus at Eurovision in Baku in 2012 with “We Are The Heroes” and remain fairly popular in Belarus today. The Belarussian weekly Nasha Niva is reporting that a unit of SAHR […] Read More
Slovenia to select their Eurovision entrant through EMA 2023
A month ago RTVSLO confirmed its participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which will take place in Liverpool next year. As we’re getting closer and closer to the proper start of the Eurovision season, countries are slowly revealing the way of selecting their representative, who’ll wave the flag in United Kingdom, in May 2023. […] Read More
Just 3 Artists from San Marino Have Submitted to National Final
Eurovision’s smallest country is still looking for its next Eurovision act, but there’s a good chance that the artist who will fly the Sammarinese flag won’t be a citizen of the Most Serene Republic! As of today (14th October), out of all the submitted songs, only three have come from Sammarinese artists. In comparison, in […] Read More
After Montenegro: North Macedonia and Bulgaria also withdraw from Eurovision 2023
After Montenegro’s broadcaster RTCG announced their absence from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool just a few hours ago, two more broadcasters stated that they will withdraw from the competition. The first one is the North Macedonian broadcaster MRT, which cited financial reasons for their absence from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in their […] Read More
Konstrakta is considered for a Grammy Award in two categories
Ana Đurić, better known as Konstrakta, represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song “In Corpore Sano” and has celebrated a long series of success since then. The song went viral and became a big hit in Serbia and all across Europe. The unconventional song and performance qualified to the final with […] Read More
Belgium: Seven artists to compete with two songs each in Eurosong 2023
In August 2022, Belgium revealed that their Flemish broadcaster VRT would return to a national selection to find their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The competition will be hosted by Peter Van De Veire and is set to take place in different stages. The Belgian magazine Het Laatste Nieuws now revealed more […] Read More
Chanel To Sing Spain’s Official World Cup 2022 Song
Spanish broadcaster RTVE has announced that Spain’s Eurovision 2022 representative Chanel Terrero Martínez, will sing “TOKE” in support of Spain’s World Cup apperance next month! “TOKE” will be the official song to support la Roja, Spain’s football team, at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Spanish national team has only won the World Cup […] Read More
Montenegro will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Montenegro’s official EBU broadcaster RTCG has just confirmed that the country will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. This is not the first time that Montenegro is withdrawing from the competition. Since their Eurovision debut in 2007, they have not participated in 2010, 2011 and 2021, and also withdrew from the […] Read More
BBC and Suspilne Agree on Ukraine’s Role at Eurovision 2023
This Tuesday, Head of the Managing Board of Ukraine’s Eurovision broadcaster Suspilne, Mykola Chernotytskyi, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with BBC‘s Director General, Tim Davie. This document outlines how Ukraine will be presented at Eurovision in Liverpool in May 2023. This is the first time such an agreement has been struck by a broadcaster unable to host the contest […] Read More
This is the Junior Eurovision 2022 stage!
We’ve had a busy week with all the news surrounding the United Kingdom’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, not in the least the reveal of next year’s host city, Liverpool! But in the meantime, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is coming closer rapidly as well, taking place in December and today we […] Read More
Eurovision in Concert 2023 tickets to go on sale this Friday!
These last few days, the Eurovision in Concert team are rolling out one piece of news after another! A new logo, the date and time for the ticket sale and, about that: even a new kind kind of ticket! Let’s start with the most eyecatching detail: the new logo! Less than a day ago, the […] Read More
RTVE received 876 submissions for Benidorm Fest 2023
Spanish broadcaster, RTVE has opened the submissions for Benidorm Fest 2023 on 1st of September and all of the artists interested to apply could’ve do so until the 10th of October. Today the broadcaster has revealed that they have received the total of 876 submissions for their national selection. RTVE recibe 876 canciones para el […] Read More
Katarina Savić will represent Serbia at JESC 2022
Serbian broadcaster RTS has revealed Katarina Savić as their representative at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Katarina was selected through an open call where she applied with the song “Svet bez granica” (World Without Borders). She plays trombone and except that in her free time Katarina enjoys singing and ballet. Music and lyrics for “Svet […] Read More
Marketing Liverpool hints at Cruise ships and a campsite
Chris Brown, director of Marketing Liverpool, has told the BBC that the city will release more accommodation options soon. These options could include a campsite and even some cruise ships. Speaking to BBC News, Chris spoke about plans for next year’s accommodation, saying: “We have a plan that was part of the whole bidding process […] Read More
Finnish Eurovision artist Ann-Christine has died at the age of 78
Finnish singer and former Eurovision representative Ann-Christine Nyström-Silén has died after a long-term illness. The sad news were verified to the Finnish media by the singer’s husband Arne Silén. Nyström-Silén died at the age of 78. Ann-Christine Nyström-Silén, better known as her artist name Ann-Christine, was born in 1944 in Helsinki. Her singing career started […] Read More
BBC to move semi finals to BBC One
UK broadcaster The BBC have announced that they’re to move the broadcast of next years Semi Finals to their main channel, BBC One. Speaking on the recent announcement of Liverpool hosting next year’s contest, Kate Phillips, BBC’s Director Unscripted Content said: “We are delighted to be working with Liverpool to host the Eurovision Song Contest […] Read More
Liverpool to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – date announced too!
The many speculations on which city in the United Kingdom would get the honour of hosting the competition on behalf of Ukraine have finally come to an end. Tonight, during BBC’s The One Show, Graham Norton revealed that Liverpool will be the host city of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest! The date has also been announced […] Read More
Pia Maria deals with a love encounter in her new song White Noise
We remember Pia Maria very well from this years Eurovision Song Contest, when she performed alongside LUM!X, a banger entry ‘Halo’. In her new song ‘White Noise‘ she deals with a love encounter in which there is a lot of shadow and hardly any light – and from which she still finds it difficult to […] Read More
Host city to be announced tomorrow!
The host city of next years Eurovision will be revealed tomorrow! Graham Norton announced that the city will be revealed during The One Show on BBC One at 20:00 CET Tomorrow evening (7th October). Graham announced the news during an interview on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky earlier today. Graham will reveal the news on […] Read More
Norway: Arian Engebø and Staysman to host Melodi Grand Prix 2023
Norway just revealed the hosts of Melodi Grand Prix 2023, their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in the United Kingdom. The show will be presented by Arian Engebø and Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen. Arian Engebø hosts the radio program “Studio P3” and during her latest broadcast, she got surprised when her co-host played a […] Read More
Vidbir 2023: Ukraine’s act for Eurovision 2023 to be selected on December 17th
The current title-holders of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ukraine, have announced that their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Vidbir, will take place on the 17th of December 2022. The broadcaster still accepts song submissions until the 15th of October 2022, through www.eurovision.ua. In August 2022, the Ukrainian broadcaster announced the rules for Vidbir […] Read More
Rosa Linn to open Ed Sheeran’s American tour.
Rosa Linn has announced that she’ll be opening Ed Sheeran’s American tour. Writing on Twitter, Rosa Linn announced: From covering his songs to opening his tour🤍 https://t.co/S65NxQUq09 — Rosa Linn (@rosalinnmusic) October 3, 2022 The 21 date tour will start in Arlington, Texas on 6th May next year, going onto finish in Inglewood, California. You […] Read More
Sam Ryder to open National TV awards
Sam Ryder has announced that he will open this year’s National Television Awards in the UK later this month. Sam said that ‘couldn’t be more excited’ to open the awards later this month when the Awards take place at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London. The event will be broadcast live on the UK channel […] Read More
Carlos Higes to represent Spain at Junior Eurovision 2022!
RTVE has just revealed that 11 years old Carlos Higes will represent Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The announcement has taken place during a commercial break of the talent show Master Chef Celebrity, where Ruth Lorenzo (ESC 2014) is competing. Two months ago, the Spanish broadcaster opened a call for artists to select […] Read More
Gaia Gambuzza to perform ‘Diamonds in the Skies’ for Malta at Junior Eurovision 2022!
PBS has just held the final of MJESC, the Maltese national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. After a public and jury voting, Gaia Gambuzza has got the ticket to Yerevan and will perform the song ‘Diamonds in the Skies’ on 11th December. Following an open call for songs and artists, PBS shortlisted 16 […] Read More
Marius Bear releases ‘Waiting For Love’ which was submitted for Eurovision
Marius Bear, who represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, released his new single “Waiting For Love”, which would have almost been his entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, instead of “Boys Do Cry”. In our Torino Throwback interview, Marius talked about his new song and explained that he handed both “Boys Do Cry” […] Read More
Irish folk metal band Cruachan submitted a song for Eurovision 2023
The folk metal band Cruachan from Ireland has been active since 1992 and are well known in Ireland for their unique genre of combining Irish folk music with metal sounds. Cruachan put a focus on Celtic music and frequently use aspects of Celtic mythology in their lyrics and are therefore recognized as one of the […] Read More
Marius Bear: “I would love to return to Eurovision as a different character”
We continue our Torino Throwback series and episode 6 features Marius Bear from Switzerland, who represented his country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Boys Do Cry”. In our latest interview, Marius opened up about his low televote score in the final, his plans for returning to the Eurovision Song Contest and […] Read More
Participants of Junior Fest 2022 have been announced
RTSH has revealed the twenty acts which will be competing at Junior Fest 2022 which is their national selection for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The twenty singers were selected from open submissions which closed on 5th of September. Ajlis Disha – “Motrat shoqe” Alesia Uruçi – “Qyteti im” Armela Kosta – “Ndriço” Armela Shane […] Read More
The Netherlands confirm participation and open the submissions for Junior Songfestival 2023!
The Netherlands has confirmed that they will be taking part at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and they also opened the application window for the candidates interested to represent them at the show. The criteria for applying are 9 to 14 years of age (at the time of the final probably November 2023 as they […] Read More
Pia Maria: “If Austria picked me again, I would do it immediately”
Our Torino Throwback continues and in the fifth episode, we catch up with Pia Maria from Austria, who represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin alongside LUMI!X. We met up with Pia to talk about her time in Turin, her feeling about the results and her current relationship with LUM!X. She […] Read More
Ireland confirms their national final and opens the submission window
Irish broadcaster, RTÉ has opened the submission window for entries competing for a chance to represent the country at Eurovision Song Contest 2023. After they returned to the national selection format last year, for the first time since 2015, the Irish broadcaster has revealed that they will be keeping the selection process for their Eurovision […] Read More
Graham Norton rules himself out as host of Eurovision 2023
During a recent appearance on ITV’s magazine show This Morning regarding next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Graham Norton, peerless BBC commentator and perennial favourite to host the show, appeared to talk down his opportunity of hosting the show. When he asked Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby “Have you thrown your hats into the ring to […] Read More
The Rasmus: “We got a very special present from Kalush Orchestra recently”
Our Torino Throwback continues and Episode 4 of the series features Lauri Ylönen, frontman of The Rasmus, who represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. After two interviews, one ahead of the Finnish national final UMK, and another one ahead of Eurovision, as well as a meeting on the Turquoise Carpet, Lauri was so […] Read More
Mia Dimšić: “Fans are what makes Eurovision memorable for all of us artists”
Episode 3 of Torino Throwback features the Croatian Eurovision star Mia Dimšić, who represented her country in Turin with the song “Guilty Pleasure” this year. After an interview ahead of Dora, a video chat before Eurovision and another interview on the Turquoise Carpet, Mia gave us the pleasure of a fourth interview and is the […] Read More
Glasgow and Liverpool remain in the running to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
In early August, the British broadcaster BBC announced seven shortlisted cities to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in the United Kingdom! The official Eurovision Song Contest social media accounts have just revealed that there are only two cities left in the running and the final battle is between Glasgow and Liverpool! Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, […] Read More