For the first time ever, Vue cinemas are going to be screening the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest across all of their cinemas in the United Kingdom! For all of those who live in the UK, or will be visiting the UK and didn’t manage to obtain tickets for the Grand Final, will […] Read More
Eurovision News
Here is the offical running order of the first and second semi-final
Yesterday evening, it was announced that the running order for both semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool will be revealed at 19:00 CET tonight. The official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel has now posted two videos with the running order for the two semi-finals. The first semi-final will take place on the […] Read More
After 25 years, Peter Urban will no longer be the German Eurovision commentator!
After 25 years of being the Eurovision commentator for Germany, and 10 years after he officially retired, Peter Urban decided to say goodbye to the German public, as the Contest in Liverpool is going to be the last one he will be commenting on live from the venue. Peter Urban is a 74 year old […] Read More
Running Order Announcement Coming on Wednesday
We’ve had all 37 songs for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest for about a week now. Yet one big question had still been on the minds of many Eurofans – what will the running order be for the Semi Finals? Well, we’re about to find out! At 19:00 CET on Wednesday, Eurovision will release the […] Read More
Meet the team behind the staging of Vesna’s “My Sister’s Crown” for Liverpool!
As we all know, the Czech national broadcaster ČT has organized a live national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest this year, for the first time after 2008. A total of five acts competed, and after a mix of national televotes and international televotes, the girl group Vesna emerged as the winners, and they will […] Read More
Joker Out launch new docuseries en route to Liverpool
Slovenia’s Eurovision 2023 hopefuls Joker Out have started preparing for Liverpool, and they are taking us along for the ride! The band’s Carpe Diem Series has just launched on YouTube, with episode 1 now available! The series will see a new episode dropped on YouTube every Monday in the lead up to the 67th Eurovision […] Read More
Lorraine Kelly on The UK: We’re not gonna mind if Ukraine win.
UK TV Presenter Lorraine Kelly has spoken to this year’s UK representative Mae Muller on her UK Morning show Lorraine. Speaking about this year’s contest, Lorraine said to Mae: “We’re not gonna mind if Ukraine win. I’ve not heard the song yet. It’s their year. This is all about Ukraine. They’ve got Ukraine hosts, along […] Read More
SVT releases detailed voting results of Melodifestivalen 2023
It may be hard for some to believe, but the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen took place barely a week ago, last Saturday night. Loreen stormed to victory with Tattoo and she will go on to represent Sweden at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Now the Swedish national broadcaster SVT has revealed the full […] Read More
Listen to Georgian Eurovision entry “Echo”
On 2nd of February, Iru Khechanovi was selected to represent Georgia at Eurovision 2023 after she emerged as the winner of The Voice Georgia – season 5. Eurovision followers and fans know Iru as the winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 which took place in Yerevan, Armenia. She was a member of Candy whose […] Read More
Listen to Armenia’s Eurovision entry ‘Future Lover’
The 36th and penultimate song for Eurovision 2023 is now out on the official YouTube channel! On 1st February, Armenia‘s broadcaster AMPTV announced that Brunette would fly the red-blue-apricot flag all the way to Liverpool for Eurovision 2023! Her songs Smoke Break and Bac kapuyt achqerd have been massive hits on YouTube, and now she’s […] Read More
Full results of Festival da Cancao 2023 revealed!
The Grand Final of Festival da Cancao took place on Saturday night, where the Portuguese public and the regional jury have selected Mimicat as the winner with her song “Ai coracao”, and she will go on to represent Portugal at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Now the Portuguese national broadcaster RTP has revealed […] Read More
‘Echo’ to reverberate to fans on Thursday
Eurovision fans don’t have long to wait for the final song of the Class of 2023! Georgia has been very quiet about any and all Eurovision plans since Iru Khechanovi won The Voice last month. If her name sounds familiar, it’s because she was part of the group Candy who represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision […] Read More
More viewers watched Melodifestivalen this year, but there’s a catch
Aftonbladet reported the viewing figures of the top shows in Sweden over the weekend, and Melodifestivalen crushed its competition, getting more than double the number of viewers of the second most watched programme. In fact, 3.419 million Swedes watched Loreen win the coveted songbird trophy on Saturday night, an increase of 130,000 viewers from last […] Read More
Listen to the Azeri song for Eurovision 2023
TuralTuranX’s song Tell Me More has just been released on Eurovision’s official YouTube channel. Brothers Tural and Turan are 22 years old and wrote their Eurovision song themselves. The twins’ popularity has taken off in Azerbaijan since they were declared to be in the running to represent their country at Eurovision 2023. Yet, not much […] Read More
Draw positions of UK and Ukraine have been decided
Today was the official deadline for all the 37 countries which will take part at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 to select their singers and songs for the show. That was the reason of the meeting which brought the Heads of Delegation today in Liverpool. Each of the broadcasters had to submit the final version of […] Read More
LET 3: The costumes will remain the same
This Sunday, Croatian viewers eagerly awaited the premiere of the music video of this year’s Croatian Eurovision entry “Mama ŠČ”, with which the group Let 3 will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest. The music video was shown in HTV’s Dnevnik, directed by well-known Croatian director Radislav Jovanov Gonzo. Radislav Jovanov Gonzo: “It shows […] Read More
Mimicat’s first impressions after winning Festival da Cancao 2023!
The Grand Final of the Portuguese Festival da Cancao took place last night in Lisbon. A total of 13 acts competed in last night’s final to represent Portugal in Liverpool. After an exciting voting sequence, Mimicat was announced as the winner with her song “Ai coracao”. Moments after her victory, we spoke to Mimicat and […] Read More
Victor Vernicos releases “What They Say” for Greece
At the end of Janurary 2023, it was revealed that the only 16 year old singer Victor Verrnicos would become the Greek representative of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. He was chosen out of more than 3,000 applicants and could eventually beat six other shortlisted acts. Victor Vernicos Jorgensen is the youngest act that Greece has ever […] Read More
Portugal has chosen: it’s Mimicat for Liverpool!
The last national final of the season took place tonight with the grand finale of Festival Da Canção, live from Lisbon, one of the most diverse line-up in a national selection this year for sure. After a very close voting from regional juries, the pubic had the final word. The winner was no other than […] Read More
LIVE: Grand Final of Festival da Cancao 2023!
Good evening everyone, and welcome to our live blog of the very last national final of the 2023 Eurovision season! We are live in Lisbon, and in this live blog we are going to bring you all the information about tonight’s show, and all the secrets from behind the scenes. You can watch the show […] Read More
Loreen wins Melodifestivalen 2023 and will represent Sweden in Liverpool!
After six exciting shows, Melodifestivalen has come to a close for this year. It was an intense fight between twelve entries but only one could grab the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest and that is: Loreen! As said, the battle was between these acts: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods – Where […] Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Grand Final
Welcome everyone, to the live-blog for the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2023! This show will come to you from the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm. This big final night will also be hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi. Twelve acts will be fighting tonight but only one can be number one at the end […] Read More
Brunette to release her Eurovision entry ‘Future Lover’ on 15 March!
Brunette is the lucky one who got chosen to represent Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. For a long time it was silent, with fans not knowing either the song title or a release date. But today we’re getting both! Brunette took to Instagram herself to announce this: Dit bericht op Instagram […] Read More
Why Loreen will win Melodifestivalen 2023
The final of Sweden’s smörgåsbord-esque Eurovision selection will take place tomorrow from Friends Arena, just north of Stockholm. Parties will be held across the globe as people come together to celebrate the crème de la crème of Eurovision selection shows, and ponder why some other countries (i.e. some of the ‘Big 5’) cannot replicate Sweden’s […] Read More
Albina & Familja Kelmendi release a revamped version of ‘Duje’
On New Year’s Eve we reported that the Albanian entry for Eurovision 2023 was expected to get a revamp. Now, some 70 days later, Albina & Familja Kelmendi have finally released the new version of Duje on Eurovision’s official YouTube channel. Duje came second in Albania’s national song contest, Festivali i Këngës in December, but […] Read More
Win two tickets for Eurovision 2023 with Invivo X Unity!
The innovative and multi award-winning Invivo announced that the official Prosecco of Eurovision 2023 – Invivo X Unity, is now available in the United Kingdom and Sweden, making this delicious drink available for Eurofans across Europe. Unity elevates an ordinary drinking occasion into something that sparkles. Whether you’re glowing up to go out on the […] Read More
International juries in the final of Melodifestivalen 2023 announced
After a six week marathon Melodifestivalen 2023 is coming to it’s end with final scheduled to take place this Saturday, 11th of March from Friends Arena in Stockholm. A total of twelve acts will compete for the chance to become the next Swedish representative at Eurovision Song Contest. Today, the international jury has been revealed. […] Read More
Azerbaijan chooses entry for Liverpool
Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai TV has announced the Azeri entry for Eurovision 2023 will be TuralTuranX. Brothers Tural and Turan are 22 years old and follow in the footsteps of Jedward and the Tolmachevy Sisters as another Eurovision entry composed entirely of twins. In Liverpool they sing Tell Me More, a song they wrote themselves and that […] Read More
Mae Muller to represent the United Kingdom in Eurovision 2023!
Moments ago the Eurovision entry for the United Kingdom was announced on BBC Radio 2, and as we reported yesterday, it will be Mae Muller, with her song titled “I Wrote A Song”. Mae, whose real name is Holly Mae Muller, has already enjoyed chart success both in the United Kingdom and in America and […] Read More
Listen to Noa Kirel’s ‘Unicorn’!
Eight months ago, broadcaster KAN internally selected arguably one of the biggest pop stars in the Middle East to represent Israel. Her name: Noa Kirel. Anticipation was high as what song she’d compete with and now it’s here: Unicorn! About the release of her entry, Noa says the following: Dit bericht op Instagram bekijken […] Read More
UK newspaper reveals UK act
UK Newspaper The Sun has revealed this year’s UK act-Mae Muller. The news was revealed just a short while ago. Mae, whose real name is Holly Mae Muller, has already enjoyed chart success both here and across in USA and worked with a number of well known acts, including Little Mix, Aitch and Sigala. Her […] Read More
Tone Sekelius: “I’d always choose to send some strength and be a glimmer of hope because I know how that is important for queer kids and people overall”
This Saturday we will be watching the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2023. A total of twelve acts will compete for the chance to become the next Swedish representative at Eurovision Song Contest. Tone Sekelius is a Swedish social media influencer and singer who already took part at the show last year when “My Way” ended […] Read More
UK entry to be revealed tomorrow
The UK’s broadcaster The BBC has hinted that the UK entry will be revealed Tomorrow (9th March). Speaking on the news, BBC Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills said: “Fans of Eurovision, listen up. I’ve got some exciting news, just dropped this afternoon. Zoe (Zoe Ball-another DJ on BBC Radio 2) is going to have a […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2023!
After four heats and one semi final over the past five days, the Grand Final of the Swedish national selection “Melodifestivalen 2023” is taking place this Saturday! A total of 12 acts are going to be competing to win over the hearts of the Swedish public and the international jury, and be selected to represent […] Read More
Listen to Austria’s song ‘Who The Hell Is Edgar’ by Teya & Salena
The Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is finally released. Teya and Salena will perform “Who The Hell Is Edgar?” in the second half of the second semi-final on May 11th. Teya and Salena met during their participation in the Austrian casting show Starmania 21, where they quickly became friends and decided to […] Read More
Paul Rey: “Royals is about believing in yourself and letting go of self-doubt”
After a six week marathon of Melodifestivalen 2023 is coming to it’s end with final scheduled to take place this Saturday, 11th of March. A total of twelve acts will compete for the chance to become the next Swedish representative at Eurovision Song Contest. Paul Rey is a singer and songwriter who has trying his […] Read More
Review of the Austrian Eurovision entry by Teya & Salena
The Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool will be released tomorrow at 7:40 CET. As we already know, the song will be performed by Teya & Salena who met during their participation in the Austrian casting show Starmania 21, where they quickly became friends and decided to make music together. Our […] Read More
Remo Forrer to represent Switzerland with the song ‘Watergun’
Not long ago, we wrote that the Swiss television SRF internally selected it representative – the Eurovision ticket was thus given to 21 -year old Remo Forrer, who premiered his Eurovision song today – he will travel to Liverpool with the song Watergun. Remo Forrer represents Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.🇨🇭Mark March 7th […] Read More
Running order of Festival da Canção final revealed
On tonight’s edition of RTP1’s magazine show Nossa tarde, the running order for this weekend’s final of Festival da Canção 2023 was revealed. Thirteen acts will compete for victory on Saturday in the 56th edition of the national final. The running order will be as follows: Cláudia Pascoal – Nasci Maria Churky – Encruzilhada Esse Povo […] Read More
Loreen: ‘Eurovision community is the community that accepted me for who I am’
The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2023 is taking place this Saturday live from Friends Arena in Stockholm. A total of 12 acts will be competing for representing Sweden at this year’s Eurovision. The biggest favorite to win according to the fans and the bookmakers is also the winner of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest – […] Read More
Princ – first impressions after Pesma za Evroviziju 23
Serbian selection for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Pesma za Evroviziju 23 has ended last night. After the votes of the five-member jury and the Serbian audience has been combined Luke Black emerged as the winner. The second placed act of the show just two points behind the winner, as well as the one who […] Read More
Luke Black was 6th in the Semi Final! Here are the full results of both Semis of Serbia’s selection!
Pesma za Evroviziju 23 has finished, and we can now reveal the full results of all shows. There was a tie for 8th place (the last place that leads to the Grand Final) in both semi finals this year! Also, the crowned winner – Luke Black, only finished in 6th place in his semi final! […] Read More
Luke Black’s first impressions after winning Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju 23 ended moments ago. The five-member jury and the public from all over Serbia have selected Luke Black as the winner, and he will thus go on to represent Serbia in Eurovision 2023 with his song “Samo mi se spava”. Moments after his victory, we spoke to Luke Black and got […] Read More
Here are the finalists of Festival da Cançao 2023 – vote for YOUR favorites
The second semifinal of this year’s Portuguese national selection for Eurovision, Festival da Canção 2023, took place tonight. There were 10 songs competing for the six remaining spots in the final: Edmundo Inácio – A Festa The Happy Mess – O impossível Teresinha Landeiro – Enquanto é tempo Bandua – Bandeiras Bárbara Tinoco – Goodnight […] Read More
Here’s the running order for the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2023!
We’ve seen four heats, a semi-final, now the only station left is the grand final of Melodifestivalen! Eight direct qualifiers were just joined by four qualifiers from tonight’s semi-final and we need to see when those twelve acts will perform next week! Contest producer Karin Gunnarsson first wanted us to know this: The line-up for […] Read More
Luke Black wins Pesma za Evroviziju and will represent Serbia in Eurovision 2023!
The Grand Final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju ended moments ago. A total of 16 acts competed in tonight’s Final held in the RTS Studios in Belgrade, and a combination of jury votes and televotes decided who is going to be representing Serbia in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. At the end of the very exciting […] Read More
Diljá wins Söngvakeppnin 2023 and will represent Iceland in Liverpool!
The dust has settled in the Söngvakeppnishöllinni venue in Gufunes and that means we now know who is the winner of Söngvakeppnin 2023. Even moreso, the representative of Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023! Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson, and Sigurður Þorri Gunnarsson were the hosts leading us through the night, that saw […] Read More
LIVE: Festival da Canção 2023, semifinal 2
Tonight we get to find out the rest of the finalists of Festival da Canção 2023, when the second semifinal of the contest takes place. There are 10 contestants in tonight’s show competing the six remaining spots of next week’s final. In our live blog we will take you through the show, which starts at […] Read More
Here are the last finalists of Melodifestivalen 2023 – and vote for YOUR favorites!
A fierce fight has just ended in Hägglunds Arena in Örnsköldsvik. A fight for the final tickets to the final of Melodifestivalen 2023! Eight acts were in the running for those and half of them actually made it! In running order, these eight artists competed tonight: Theoz – Mer av dig Mariette – One Day […] Read More
LIVE: Grand Final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
Good evening everyone and welcome to our live blog of Pesma za Evroviziju 23! 16 acts will compete in tonight’s show, one of which will be selected by the jury and televoters all over Serbia to represent their country in Eurovision in Liverpool. Watch the show live with us right here, and follow our live […] Read More
Pasha Parfeni will represent Moldova in Eurovision 2023!
Etapa Nationala 2023 has just ended and we have a winner: Pasha Parfeni Today Moldova held the National Final for Eurovision, 10 participants performed on the stage with some familiar faces among the line up, such as Sunstroke Project, Aliona Moon and Pasha Parfeni. The winner was decided by a national jury and the public […] Read More
LIVE: Songvakeppnin Final
Tonight at the Söngvakeppnishöllinni in Gufunes, broadcaster RUV will be holding the grand final of their selection process, Songvakeppnin 2023. Five acts will be performing to become the Icelandic representative at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool in May. The show starts at 2045CET and you can watch along with us here. […] Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Semi-Final
Welcome everyone, to the live-blog for the semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2023! This show will come to you from Hägglunds Arena in Örnsköldsvik. This year all six shows are hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi. Eight acts are fighting tonight and after all is said in done: the four highest-scoring of them will be in […] Read More
LIVE: Etapa Națională 2023 Final
Tonight Moldova will find out its representative for Eurovision 2023, 10 acts will compete in the grand final and the winner will be chosen 50% jury and 50% public. Marco and Catalina will guide you through the whole show, feel free to join our live blog below. You can watch the show here or here: Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
In tonight’s Super Saturday, we are getting a total of three new songs – the last of which will come from Serbia. A total of 16 acts have qualified for tonight’s Final from the two semis held earlier last week, and these 16 will compete to win over the hearts of the Serbian public and […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin 2023!
After two semi finals held over the last two weeks, Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin reached its Grand Final which Ptakes place tonight. A total of five acts qualified for tonight’s final – the two most voted in each semi final, and a wildcard selected by a jury. These five acts will battle it out tonight, across two […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Moldova’s Etapa Nationala 2023!
In tonight’s Super Saturday, we are getting a total of three new songs – the first of which will come from Moldova. A total of 10 acts are going to be competing in tonight’s “Etapa Nationala”, as they were selected by a pre-selection jury in the live auditions. The 10 acts will compete to win […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the second semi final of Festival da Cancao!
The second semi final of the Portuguese traditional “Festival da Cancao” takes place tonight. A total of 10 acts will hit the stage tonight, and compete to win over the hearts of the Portuguese public and the jury, in order to get one of the six spots that lead to next week’s Grand Final. As […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from Melodifestivalen’s Semi Final!
After four heats, the Swedish Melodifestivalen has reached its Semi Final stage, which takes place tonight. Eight songs qualified for tonight’s show, and they will compete to win over the hearts of the Swedish public, in order to get one of the four tickets for next Saturday’s Grand Final. As soon as all the semi […] Read More
Lord of the Lost to represent Germany in Liverpool
It’s official. Germany has spoken and, no surprise, Lord of the Lost will be the German representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool! Germany’s national final “Unser Lied für Liverpool” was hosted by Barbara Schöneberger and featured ESC 2014 runner-up Ilse DeLange from The Common Linnets. The results were based on the votes of 8 […] Read More
LIVE: Unser Lied für Liverpool
Tonight Germany will finally select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 through ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’. Barbara Schöneberger will host the show, which is going to start at 22:20 CET live from Cologne’s MMC Studios. The live show will be available to stream on ARD through this link, as well as on eurovision.de. […] Read More
Diljá: “Eurovision day is the most holy day of the year for me, my best friend and my mom.”
The final of Icelandic national selection for Eurovision 2023, Söngvakeppnin is taking place on Saturday, 4th of March. A total of 5 acts will be competing to win the show and represent the country at Eurovision. One of them is Diljá who will sing “Power” . We had a chance to talk to Diljá about her inspiration […] Read More
Frida Gold will not compete in the German final due to sickness of front singer Alina
Germany’s national final “Unser Lied für Liverpool” is taking place tonight in Cologne’s MMC Studios at 22:20 CET and while the rehearsals went down smoothly so far, one of the nine acts suddenly had to announce its withdrawal. The band Frida Gold, who were supposed to perform their song “Alle Frauen in mir sind müde” […] Read More
Victor Crone: “Eurovision has some kind of addiction to it”
Melodifestivalen 2023 has reached its hot phase and we are going to know the full line-up of the grand final by tomorrow night, when the semi-final will take place in Örnsköldsvik. One of the eight acts competing for a desired place in the final is Victor Crone with “Diamonds”. Victor Crone is a Swedish singer-songwriter […] Read More
This is the full line-up of the Grand Final of Pesma za Evroviziju 23! Vote for YOUR favorite!
The second semi final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju ended moments ago. Another 16 acts took to the stage, and presented their songs to the public and the jury, who then selected the best eight to proceed to Saturday’s Final. After a 15 minute voting window and multiple interval acts, the hosts announced the eight […] Read More
LIVE: Pesma za Evroviziju 23 – Semi Final 2
Good evening everyone, and welcome to our live blog of the second semi final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju! A total of 16 acts are competing in tonight’s show for the remaining eight places that lead to Saturday’s Final. Watch the show LIVE with us, and follow our live blog as well right below! Read More
Ticket prices are up – but how bad has it become?
Everything costs more these days. It’s a worldwide phenomenon, and it would seem Eurovision tickets are no exemption. A fan who attended any of the nine ticketed shows at the PalaOlimpico in Turin last year will pay noticeably more for a seat at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool this May. I went to my […] Read More
Victor Gulick: ‘I just want more people to hear my songs, to share my creativity with them’
This Saturday Moldova will find out its representative for Eurovision 2023 and we had the opportunity to chat with Victor Gulick a few weeks ago after his audition for Etapa Națională, you can check out our interview below. Hello Victor Gulick and thank you for taking your time for ESCBubble! First of all, how was […] Read More
Surorile Osoianu: ‘Eurovision for us is an opportunity to express ourselves through music, for audiences of different generations’
This Saturday Moldova will find out its representative for Eurovision 2023 and we had the opportunity to chat with Surorile Osoianu a few weeks ago after their audition for Etapa Națională, you can check out our interview below. Hello Surorile Osoianu and thank you for taking your time for ESCBubble! First of all, how was […] Read More
Elov & Beny: “It would be so much fun to have EPA Dunk in Eurovision for the first time”
The Deltävling phase of Melodifestivalen 2023 has come to an end and we have already seen all the 28 songs that were in the running to represent Sweden this year, but that won’t stop us from releasing more interviews with the artists. One act that made it to the semi-final during Melodifestivalen’s first Heat was […] Read More
Tickets for Eurovision 2023 to go on sale on Tuesday March 7!
The news that has been anxiously awaited by Eurovision fans with plans to travel to Liverpool is here: news about the tickets for the shows! And the date they will first go on sale is: March 7! The BBC revealed so in their Eurovision podcast Eurovisioncast. Tickets will be available for nine shows: the dress […] Read More
Listen to the Cypriot Eurovision song – “Break A Broken Heart” by Andrew Lambrou!
As we all know, the Cypriot national broadcaster internally selected the Australian-Cypriot singer Andrew Lambrou to represent the small island at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. He will be performing “Break A Broken Heart” in Liverpool, a song that was written by Thomas Stengaard, Marcus Winther-John, Jimmy Jansson, and Jimmy Joker Thornfeldt. Moments ago his […] Read More
Dapunksportif: “It’s gonna be a rock n roll performance, for certain, we wanna give people the feeling of our live show!”
The second semi-final of Portuguese national selection for Eurovision 2023, Festival da Canção is taking place this Saturday 4th of March. A total of 10 acts will be competing for a chance to qualify for the final. One of them is Dapunksportif, a Portuguese band which was formed back in 2004, in Peniche. The core of […] Read More
These are the first finalists of Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
The first semi final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju 23 ended moments ago. A total of 16 acts competed in tonight’s show, and televoters from all over Serbia, and a five member jury have selected the first eight finalists. At the end of the show, the eight finalists were revealed. They are (in the random […] Read More
LIVE: Pesma za Evroviziju 23 – Semi Final 1
Good evening everyone, and welcome to our live blog of the first semi final of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju! A total of 16 acts are competing in tonight’s show for eight places that lead to Saturday’s Final. Watch the show LIVE with us, and follow our live blog as well right below! Read More
Andjela: ‘Loše procene is the first song I didn’t write by myself that I recorded’
“Pesma za Evroviziju 23” – Serbia’s national selection for the Eurovision kicks off tonight, and a total of 32 acts are going to be competing to represent Serbia this coming May in Liverpool. Andjela is competing in this festival for the very first time, and she will try and win the Liverpool ticket with her […] Read More
Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper release ‘Burning Daylight’ for the Netherlands
They were one of the first Eurovision 2023 artists to be revealed (way back in November!), and now the day has finally come when we can enjoy Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper’s Eurovision song. They will represent the Netherlands in Liverpool with “Burning Daylight”! The song was written by Nicolai and Cooper, with the help […] Read More
Ivona: “I always wanted to create a song that I can hear at night clubs and festivals”
It’s the week of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”. The semi-finals of the show are scheduled for Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of March while the final is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. Eight acts will advance from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Ivona […] Read More
Zejna: “My performance will be just like the song, energy and love”
It’s the week of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”. The first semi-finals of the show is just moments away, the second will take place tomorrow, 2nd of March while the final is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. Eight acts will advance from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance […] Read More
Liverpool unveils the EuroFest cultural festival
Liverpool is developing a two week cultural festival to take over the city during the two weeks prior to Eurovision’s Grand Final! Eurofest will run from Monday 1st May to Sunday 14th May. The city will host 24 brand new commissions, 19 of which are collaborations between United Kingdom and Ukrainian artists, with the aim […] Read More
René Miller: “I hope to give voice to those who have experienced similar heartache”
Germany will find its representative through ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’ on March 3rd and one of the nine finalists is René Miller with “Concrete Heart”. René Miller is an acclaimed songwriter who was awarded the German Songwriting Award in 2018. He wrote songs for several big names, including Zoe Wees, Topic or Mike Perry. We […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin 2023!
After two semi finals, the Grand Final of the Icelandic national selection “Söngvakeppnin 2023” is taking place this Saturday! A total of five acts are going to be competing to win over the hearts of the Icelandic public and the jury, and be selected to represent their country in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers of the first semi final of Pesma za Evroviziju 23!
The 2023 edition of Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju kicks off tonight with its first semi final. A total of 16 acts are going to compete in tonight’s semi for eight places that lead to Saturday night’s Grand Final. As soon as the songs were released and we had the semi final split, we asked YOU […] Read More
Anica Russo: “In 2019, I got asked to sing the song ‘Sisters’ but declined”
Germany will find its representative through ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’ on March 3rd and one of the nine finalists is Anica Russo with “Once Upon A Dream”. Anica is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Berlin with Croatian and Italian roots. She published her first album at the age of 18 and hit the charts […] Read More
Milan: “This song came to life because we had the desire to send a beautiful message of love, peace and togetherness”
The first semi-final of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23” takes place tonight. Eight out of sixteen acts will be advancing to the final which is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. We had a chance to talk with Milan Bujaković who will be competing as 13th act of the second-semi-final tomorrow evening. Milan […] Read More
INÊS APENAS: ‘My performance will be like my song – gradually building up’
The second semi final of Portugal’s Festival da Canção 2023 takes place this Saturday in Lisbon. A total of 10 acts are going to be competing for six places that lead to next week’s Grand Final. INÊS APENAS won her place in this year’s edition of this Festival by winning a spot through the open […] Read More
Only one song remains in Icelandic in the Final of Söngvakeppnin 2023!
After the two semi finals held over the last two weeks, the Icelandic Söngvakeppnin reaches its Grand Final this coming Saturday. A total of five acts have qualified for this Final – the two most voted songs in each semi, and a wildcard awarded by a jury, and these five acts will compete to win […] Read More
Patty Gurdy: “I wrote Melodies Of Hope after losing my home to a flood”
This Friday, Germany will choose its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 through ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’. One of the participants is Patty Gurdy, who wants to represent her home nation with the song “Melodies Of Hope”. We had the chance to meet Patty ahead of her performance in Cologne and she told us […] Read More
Lord Of The Lost: “We applied last year and got denied for not being radio friendly”
Germany will select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 through their show “Unser Lied für Liverpool” and ahead of the national final, we had the chance to Lord Of The Lost, who are one of the favorites to win the German ticket to Liverpool with “Blood & Glitter”. Founded in 2007, Lord Of […] Read More
Princ: “I think that the greatest thing about doing art is freedom”
It’s the week of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”. The semi-finals of the show are scheduled for Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of March while the final is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. Eight acts will advance from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Princ […] Read More
Victor Vernicos’ “What They Say” to be released on March 6th
At the end of Janurary 2023, it was revealed that the only 16 year old singer Victor Verrnicos would become the Greek representative of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. He was chosen out of more than 3,000 applicants and could eventually beat six other shortlisted acts. Victor Vernicos Jorgensen is the youngest act […] Read More
Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper’s entry for Liverpol is Burning Daylight
Back in last November, it was revealed, via radio broadcast on NPO radio 2, that it will be Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper, who were internally selected to represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest. Dutch Eurovision entry will be out on March 1st – but here’s a little snippet of Burning Daylight – […] Read More
Boris Subotić: ‘Some people love Christmas, I love the Eurovision season’
“Pesma za Evroviziju 23” – Serbia’s national selection for the Eurovision kicks off later this week, and a total of 32 acts are going to be competing to represent Serbia this coming May in Liverpool. Boris Subotić is competing in this festival for the second year in a row, and he will try and win […] Read More
Jelena: “I sing a ballad about love and accepting it even when it comes, unannounced”
Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju 23″ is taking place this week. The semi-finals start tomorrow on 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Jelena Vlahović […] Read More
Nadia: “Devojka tvog dečka”; is a perfect break up song”
It’s the week of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”. The semi-finals of the show are scheduled for Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of March while the final is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. Eight acts will advance from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Nadia […] Read More
Savo: “As a child I liked to stand in front of the TV, pull cables from a hairdryer or a vacuum cleaner and sing”
Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju 23” will take place next week with the semi-finals scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Savo Perović […] Read More
Trong: “I would love to give something back to Germany for supporting my family”
Trong Hieu is a German-Vietnamese singer and dancer who is competing in the German national final ‘Unser Lied für Livepool’ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with “Dare To Be Different”. In 2015 he took part in Vietnam Idol and won the competition, which made him a big name in the Vietnamese music scene. However, […] Read More
TVP released the full results of Tu bije serce Europy!
The Polish national selection for Eurovision 2023, Tu bije serce Europy, took place yesterday. A total of 10 acts competed, and after the jury and the public from all over Poland have voted, Blanka was announced as the winner. She will go on to represent Poland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liveprool. During […] Read More
Egret: ‘It feels like I finally started my long awaited journey’
“Pesma za Evroviziju 23” – Serbia’s national selection for the Eurovision kicks off later this week, and a total of 32 acts are going to be competing to represent Serbia this coming May in Liverpool. Egret (Petar Pupić) is competing in this festival for the very first time, and he will try and win the […] Read More
Nađa: “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši” is a song about first love”
It’s the week of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23”. The semi-finals of the show are scheduled for Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of March while the final is set to take place this Saturday, 4th of March. Eight acts will advance from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Nađa […] Read More
Donia: ‘We’ve reached this “Red Zone” and it’s time to make some big changes’
This week Moldova will found out its representative for Eurovision 2023, Etapa Națională will take place on March 4 and we had the opportunity to chat with Donia about her song for the contest. Check out our interview below. Hello Donia and thank you for taking your time for ESCBubble! First of all, how was […] Read More
Blanka wins in Poland and will take Solo to Liverpool!
The Polish selection show Tu bije serce Europy has just finished and we have a winner for the Eurovision Song Contest – Blanka! In a tense round of voting, Blanka secured the maximum 12 points from the Jury, with big crowd favourite Jann only receiving 7 points. Once the viewers SMS votes had been added, […] Read More
Lonely Spring: “We wanted to write a hymn, which expresses that it’s okay to be different”
Lonely Spring is a German band from the Bavarian city Passau, that has been active since 2016. The band consist of the twin brothers Jules and Simon, as well as the guitarist Manuel and drummer Matthias. They participated in the German Eurovision preselection over TikTok with their self-written song “Misfit” and were chosen as one […] Read More
LIVE: Tu Bije Serce Europy 2023!
Good afternoon and welcome to ESCBubble’s live coverage of Tu Bije Serce Europy 2023 which will see Poland choose who represents them at the contest in Liverpool, UK this May. 10 acts will be performing, and you can follow all the action Here. Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Germany’s ‘Unser Lied für Liverpool’!
The German national broadcaster ARD in collaboration with NDR is once again using their “Unser Lied” format in order to find the German entry for Eurovision 2023! A total of 9 acts are going to compete in “Unser Lied für Liverpool” to try and win over the hearts of the German public and the jury, […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Poland’s Tu bije serce Europy 2023!
We are getting one new entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest today, and this will be the Polish entry for Liverpool. A total of ten acts are competing in today’s “Tu bije serce Europy 2023”, and they will try and win over the hearts of the Polish public and the jury to be the […] Read More
Gift:”Konstrakta definitely inspired us to enter again”
Next week Serbia will begin the search for its representative for Eurovision 2023 and we had the opportunity to talk with Gift about their entry “Liberta” for Pesma za Evroviziju. They will compete in the 2nd semi-final on March 2, you can check our interview below. Hello Gift and thank you for taking your time […] Read More
Hercenšlus: “I had the pleasure of playing a couple of songs with Johnny Logan.”
The semi-finals of “Pesma za Evroviziju 23” will take place on 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Hercenšlus who will be competing as 12th act […] Read More
First finalists of Festival da Canção 2023 decided
Tonight, after a marathon show at RTP Studios in Lisbon, we have our first six finalists for Festival da Canção 2023. The first six were chosen by a 50/50 jury-televote system, while the seventh was picked by the public alone. The final will take place on 11th March. The first six finalists are: Churky – […] Read More
We have a winner in San Marino – The Piqued Jacks are heading to Liverpool
Another national final is completed – and that means we have another participant for the Eurovision in Liverpool! It’s the Piqued Jacks, who’ll wave the Sammarinese flag in United Kingdom, with the song “Like an Animal”. Una voce per San Marino 2023 ended tonight at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. For the second year in a […] Read More
It’s the running order for Melodifestivalen’s semi-final!
Now that the dust has settled in Malmö after Melodifestivalen 2023’s fourth heat. We have eight direct finalists, but also eight acts that get a second chance in the semi-final! Contest producer Karin Gunnarsson went to work right after the heat to create a running order for next week and now that the puzzle has […] Read More
This is the line-up for the final of Söngvakeppnin 2023
The second semi-final of Icelandic selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Söngvakeppnin finished moments ago and we’ve got another two finalists of the show. The show was hosted by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson, and Sigurður Þorri Gunnarsson Tonight we saw five acts performing in the following order: Úlfar – “Betri Maður” Kristín Sesselja – “Óbyggðir” […] Read More
Finland Has Chosen – It’s Käärijä for Liverpool
The final of Finland’s ‘Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’ (UMK) concluded just a few moments ago and we now know who will represent Finland at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. A total of seven songs competed for the right to do just that, and the result was determined by a combination of international jury (25%) and public voting […] Read More
LIVE: Festival da Canção 2023 – Semi-Final 1
Good evening, and welcome to ESCBubble’s coverage of the first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2023! Over the next three and a half hours, the first ten songs will compete for one of six places in the Grand Final on 11th March. The show will be broadcast live from a purpose-built studio at RTP in […] Read More
Here’s the fourth set of finalists for Melodifestivalen 2023!
The fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 has just taken place in Malmö and that means that we have gotten: two direct finalists and two acts that have gone to the semi-final! These artists competed, in running order: Kiana – Where Did You Go Signe & Hjördis – Edelweiss Smash Into Pieces – Six Feet Under […] Read More
LIVE: Una Voce per San Marino 2023 Final
Buona sera a tutti! We are going to the smallest Eurovision country – more precisely to San Marino, where their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest is being chosen today. Join us in the live blog, where we will discover together who will represent this micro-state on the Eurovision stage in Liverpool this May. The […] Read More
LIVE: Söngvakeppnin Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final of Icelandic national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 takes place tonight. Söngvakeppnin 2023 featured total of 10 acts split into two semi-finals out of which 2 are direct qualifiers from each semi while 1 act will be awarded a wild card and will qualify to the final. You can watch the […] Read More
LIVE: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023
Tonight, Finnish broadcaster YLE are hosting the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) where 7 artists will be competing to become the Finnish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool in May. The show will be held at Logomo in Turku and will be hosted by Samu Haber. The broadcast starts […] Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Heat 4
Welcome everyone, to the live-blog for the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2023! This heat will come to you from the Malmö Arena in, you guessed it: Malmö. This year all six shows are hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi! Seven acts will be competing and at the end we will see two of them […] Read More
Mattia Zanatta:”My expectations from the competition are simply to enjoy the moment”
Next week Serbia will begin the search for its representative for Eurovision 2023 and a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk with Mattia Zanatta about his entry for Pesma za Evroviziju, he will sing “Novi svet” together with Angela Kassiani in the 1st semi-final on March 1, you can check our interview […] Read More
ESCBubble reacts to the finalists of Poland’s “Tu bije serce Europy 2023”!
The Polish national broadcaster TVP is once again organizing “Tu bije serce Europy” in order to find the Polish entry for Eurovision 2023! A total of 10 acts are going to compete in tomorrow’s Final to try and win over the hearts of the Polish public and the jury, and be selected to represent their […] Read More
Around 3,000 Eurovision tickets destined for Ukrainians living in UK
The British Broadcasting Corportation (BBC) has published a funding update relating to its Eurovision spending. The BBC stepped in to host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest after the EBU deemed hosting the event in Ukraine to be impossible, making this the first Eurovision held on British soil since 1998. To make Eurovision 2023 both a […] Read More
Ikke Hüftgold: “I actually think there’s never been a song with better lyrics”
On the 3rd of March 2023, Germany will choose their act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. One of the nine finalists is Ikke Hüftgold, who won the TikTok wildcard with more than 50% of all votes. Known for performing and writing party hits, Ikke Hüftgold will compete in the German national final […] Read More
This is ESCBubble’s winner of Finland’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu / UMK 2023!
We are getting one new entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest tonight, and this will be the Finnish entry for Liverpool. A total of seven acts are competing tonight’s UMK 2023, and they will try and win over the hearts of the Finnish public and the international jury to be the one selected to […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the first semi final of Festival da Cancao 2023!
Portugal’s traditional Festival da Cancao kicks off tonight with its second semi final live from Lisbon! A total of ten acts are set to compete in tonight’s semi final for the five spots that lead to the Grand Final, which takes place in two weeks’ time. From the moment the participants were announced, we asked […] Read More
Filip Baloš:”Connection with people is something that inspires me the most”
Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju 23″ will take place next week with the semi-finals scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Filip Baloš […] Read More
These are ESCBubble’s qualifiers from the second semi final of Söngvakeppnin 2023!
Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin continues tonight with its second semi final live from Reykjavik! A total of five acts are set to compete in tonight’s semi final for the remaining two spots that lead to the Grand Final. From the moment the participants were announced, we asked you to let us know who YOUR favorites are ahead […] Read More
Bandua: “We all have the right to screw up.”
Last week, our very own Joe B got to chat to Dario and Edgar of Bandua, who will be competing in the second semi-final of Festival da Canção 2023! Among chat about their song, Bandeiras (Flags), FDC and Eurovision itself, the group gave rehearsal details, talked about their home region of Beira Baixa in Portugal, […] Read More
Adem: “What makes me happiest is knowing that I can personally be of some use to humanity!”
Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju 23” will take place next week with the semi-finals scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with Adem who […] Read More
Results from the Second Chance Round in San Marino
The Sammarinese selection Una voce per San Marino 2023 held its fourth and last Semi Final in Dogana on Thursday. A total of 16 songs competed on stage tonight in Teatro Titano in San Marino. The final four artists have qualified for Saturday’s Grand Final. Thursday’s results were decided 100% by a five-member jury. Pjero was […] Read More
Frajle:”The song was written as a result of Nataša’s research of the traditional music of the entire Balkan.”
Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju 23″ will take place next week with the semi-finals scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and ahead of those we had a chance to talk with The Frajle […] Read More
Silja Rós:”The world would be a better place if we would all be able to follow our heart without judgement from others.”
The second semi-final of Icelandic national selection for Eurovision 2023, Söngvakeppnin is taking place tomorrow evening. A total of 5 acts will be competing for two tickets for the grand final of the show. One of them are the only duet in the contest Silja Rós and Kjalar who will be performing “Ég styð þína braut”/”Together we […] Read More
Vote for YOUR favorites in Poland’s Tu bije serce Europy!
The Polish national selection titled “Tu bije serce Europy!” is taking place this Sunday, where a total of 10 acts are going to be competing to win over the hearts of the jury and the Polish public, in order to be the one to represent their country in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. The competing songs […] Read More
Will Church: “The song is a reminder that you’re stronger together than alone”
Will Church is a 28 year old singer-songwriter from Berlin, who wants to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. Will used to be a street musician and eventually had his big breakthrough in 2021, when he participated in The Voice of Germany and stunned the judges with his performance of Duncan […] Read More
Chegi & Braća Bluz Band: “We hope that the performance will be full of passion and energy”
Next week Serbia will begin the search for its representative for Eurovision 2023 and we had the opportunity to talk with Chegi & Braća Bluz Band about their entry “Svadba ili kavga” for Pesma za Evroviziju. They will compete in the 1st semi-final on March 1, you can check our interview below. Hello Chegi & […] Read More
Running order for Unser Lied für Liverpool revealed
We woke up on Friday morning with some news coming from Germany. As we know, they will choose their Eurovision entry at the beginning of March, more precisely on March 3rd, when they will be looking for the best song of the evening in the show Unser Lied für Liverpool. Running order has been announced, […] Read More
Eegor:”Teddy bears are an organic part of my artistic symbolism.”;
The second edition of new format of Serbian national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju” will take place next week with the semi-finals scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March while the final is set to take place on 4th of March. Eight acts will be qualifying from each semi-final and one of the artists who will […] Read More
Sweden is now the bookies’ favorite to win Eurovision 2023
On the day Loreen first rehearsed her Melodifestivalen 2023 entry “Tattoo”, Sweden has now overtaken Ukraine for the country most likely to win the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. This of course is assuming Loreen wins Melodifestivalen, which after today’s rehearsal and the release of the snippet of “Tattoo” seems almost a certainty. The images released […] Read More
Results from Semi Final 4 in San Marino
The Sammarinese selection Una voce per San Marino 2023 held its fourth and last Semi Final in Dogana on Thursday. A total of 26 songs competed on stage tonight in Teatro Titano in San Marino. Four more have qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday while another four will have one last chance in Friday’s “Second […] Read More
‘Due vite’ certified gold in Italy, doubts remain about Eurovision
The winning song of Sanremo 2023 has been certified gold in Italy for selling over 50,000 copies! Marco Mengoni‘s success doesn’t stop there. His song ‘Due vite’ (Two lives) has just surpassed 20 million views on YouTube and has been streamed over 17.4 million times on Spotify! Comments made by Marco after winning Sanremo seemed […] Read More
Greece considering a new national final for Eurovision 2024
While Greece has not yet revealed its song for Eurovision 2023, Greek broadcaster ERT is already making plans for Eurovision 2024! Greece last held a true national final in 2015, and has opted for internal selections since 2016. However that streak may be coming to an end, as according to Enicos, ERT is studying various […] Read More
UMK announces its seven international juries
Finland’s Eurovision national final Uuden musiikin kilpailu is just days away. Just as last year, during the final this Saturday, international juries will have a 25% say in the final results of UMK 2023. The seven juries will come from: 🇦🇺 Australia 🇩🇪 Germany 🇵🇱 Poland 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Germany […] Read More
Langi Seli og Skuggarnir: “The song is about dealing with the unexpected”
This Saturday Iceland continues the search for its representative for Eurovision 2023. Five participants will perform in the 2nd semi-final of Söngvakeppnin and we had the opportunity to talk with Langi Seli og Skuggarnir about their entry “OK”, you can check out our interview below. Hello Langi Seli og Skuggarnir and thank you for taking […] Read More
Måns thinks Graham Norton will ‘regret’ decision to host and commentate Eurovision 2023
The big news in the Eurovision bubble this week was the BBC’s announcement of the hosts for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Reactions have been coming in from around the world on social media, and most have been very positive. This was the topic of discussion on this week’s episode of the BBC’s […] Read More
Poland is set for a star-studded national final this Sunday
Dziennik Eurowizjny has updated its readers on the latest information about Poland’s national final, Tu bije serce Europy – Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję! set to air on Telewizja Polska this Sunday 26th February. Firstly, the Interval Act looks to be incredible! Many former Eurovision and Junior Eurovision starts will appear: Edyta Górniak (🇵🇱 1994) Efendi […] Read More
Kiana: ‘You can expect an explosion of pop type of performance’
The fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 is taking place this coming Saturday, where a total of seven acts will compete for the two places that lead to the Grand Final, and additional two places that lead to the Semi Final. Kiana is a newcomer in this competition, and she is going to be opening the […] Read More
Úlfar: “My performance is going to be an intimate storytelling from the bottom of my heart.”
This Saturday, 25th of February we will be having a chance to hear the remaining five acts which are competing at Söngvakeppnin 2023. One of the artists who is competing in the second semi-final of the show is professional make-up artist at the City Theater of Iceland and trained singer, Úlfar Viktor Björnsson who goes just […] Read More
Signe & Hjördis: “The song is about fighting for love and what love stands for”
The fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 is taking place this Saturday, 25th of February. A total of seven acts will compete for the two places to the Grand Final, and two places that will lead to the semi-final. Signe and Hjördis Bornemark are a sisterly duo who is making their debut at the Melodifestivalen stage. […] Read More
Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 4 Snippets Revealed
SVT released this morning the snippets for the Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen 2023. Seven acts will compete this Saturday with some familiar faces in the line-up such as Loreen who represented Sweden in 2012 and won the contest with “Euphoria” but also Mariette, Axel Schylström who have competed in Melodifestivalen before. The final will take […] Read More
Results from Semi Final 3 in San Marino
The Sammarinese selection Una voce per San Marino 2023 continued on with Semi Final 3 in Dogana on Wednesday. A total of 23 songs competed on stage tonight in Teatro Titano in San Marino. Four more have qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday while another four will have one last chance in Friday’s “Second […] Read More
Chris Adam (Smash Into Pieces): ”I’m gonna be a proud father and he’s gonna be a proud son”
Melodifestivalen, the Swedish pre-selection to the Eurovision Song Contest, is in full swing! Every year, this festival grants weeks of entertainment to viewers from Sweden and abroad. We had the chance to talk to some of the contestants, this time: Chris Adam from Smash Into Pieces! This rock band of international fame has 600.000 followers […] Read More
The Netherlands’ song release is set for 1st March
The Dutch Eurovision 2023 artists Mia Nicolai (26) and Dion Cooper (29) will announce their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest next Wednesday, 1st March! The Netherlands’ Broadcaster AVROTROS provided this update today, after being fairly quiet since the artist announcement way back in November. Mia and Dion told Het Parool on Tuesday that the […] Read More
Online voting for Unser Lied für Liverpool to start on February 24th
The German act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be found through Unser Lied für Liverpool on the 3rd of March. Nine different acts are in the running for the German ticket to Liverpool and a combination of an international jury voting (50%), a televoting (25%) and an online voting through the radio stations […] Read More
Hosts of Eurovision 2023 revealed
British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC has just announced the full line-up of this years presenters and commentators. The semi-finals and Grand final of Eurovision 2023 will be hosted by: Hannah Waddingham, Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina and Graham Norton. Alesha Dixon is an English singer, rapper, dancer and television personality who started her career as amember of […] Read More
Kristin: “I started writing songs when I was 12 just as a form of expression.”
The second semi-final of Icelandic national selection for Eurovision 2023, Söngvakeppnin is taking place this Saturday 25th of February. A total of 5 acts will be competing for two tickets for the grand final of the show. One of them is Kristin Sesselja, an Icelandic singer who cooperated with contestant of MGP 2023, Tiril in creation […] Read More
Results from Semi Final 2 in San Marino
Una voce per San Marino 2023 continued on Tuesday, holding its second of four Semi Finals. A total of 27 songs competed on stage in Teatro Titano in the City of San Marino. Four more have qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday while another four will have one last chance in Friday’s “Second Chance” […] Read More
Voyager is heading to Liverpool for Australia
G’day Australia! Eurovision’s newest nation released its 2023 entry bright and early this morning down under, or at 19:30 CET Tuesday in Europe. Broadcaster SBS decided on an internal selection this year, and they chose ‘Australia Decides 2022’ runner-up Voyager! Voyager formed back in 1999 in Perth and are considered a progressive metal band. Since […] Read More
MoYah: “I feel that my music represents the amalgamation of all the beautiful cultures of Portugal.”
This week, our very own Joe B got to chat to Afro-Portuguese rapper Mario Barca, aka MoYah, who will be competing in the first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2023 with the bilingual track Too Much Sauce. As well as his song and FDC itself, MoYah spoke to us of his love of Michael Jackson […] Read More
Churky: “Encruzilhada is about feeling lost,but ultimately finding your way and taking chances”
This Saturday, 25th of February we will be having a chance to hear the first 10 acts which are competing at Festival da Canção 2023. One of the artists who is competing in the first semi-final of the show is composer, guitarist and singer Diogo Rico Rodrigues who goes by the name Churky. His music […] Read More
Results from Semi Final 1 in San Marino
The six-night extravaganza that is Una voce per San Marino 2023 held its first Semi Final on Monday in Eurovision’s smallest country. A total of 26 songs were presented on stage in Teatro Titano in the City of San Marino. Four have qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday while another four will have another […] Read More
Australia to drop its song on Tuesday
Hype is building down under as Australia prepares to reveal its Eurovision 2023 artist and song on Tuesday (or Wednesday) on YouTube! The video is set to premiere on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest at 19:30 CET Tuesday, that’s 05:30 on Wednesday in Sydney! There has been a lot of mystery […] Read More
BOLHA: “The silence in the sky is the best place to do music”
The first semi-final of Portuguese national selection for Eurovision 2023, Festival da Canção is taking place this Saturday 25th of February. A total of 10 acts will be competing for a chance to qualify for the final. One of them is BOLHA, a Portuguese bend which consists out of: Hugo Torres, Ana Gomes and Cristiano Martins. […] Read More
Ilse DeLange to perform at Unser Lied für Liverpool
Germany will choose its Eurovision 2023 star on 3rd March when the live selection show Unser Lied für Liverpool airs. We can now reveal that some elements of the show have been finalized, including its Interval Act and the voting system. Dutch country star Ilse DeLange will appear to perform her new single “You”. Ilse […] Read More
BBC to produce two Eurovision specials set to air in May
With about 80 days to go until Eurovision week kicks off in Liverpool, host broadcaster BBC announced some more plans to build hype around hosting the Contest in the United Kingdom. The working titles for the shows are ‘The Greatest Show on Earth‘ and ‘And The Winner Isn’t‘. Both will air on BBC One and […] Read More
Andrew Lambrou will perform Break A Broken Heart in Liverpool
This weekend OGAE Cyprus hosted its annual masquerade party. One of the guests, invited to the party, was also the Cypriot representative for Liverpool, Andrew Lambrou, who made a stop on the island just before returning back to Australia. During the party, Andrew took the stage and revealed the title of his song – it’s […] Read More
Remo Forrer to represent Switzerland in Eurovision 2023!
Long has the Swiss act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 been shrouded in mystery but the veil has been lifted today. Switzerland are sending: Remo Forrer! Broadcaster SRF have announced so on their website this morning. The 21-year old singer from the Swiss region of Toggenburg has experience with contests already as he is […] Read More
Mimicat: “If I get the chance to go to Eurovision, I will probably cry my eyes out.”
A few weeks ago, our very own Joe B got to chat to Portugal’s Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, aka Mimicat, who will be competing in the first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2023 this Saturday, with the much-loved toe-tapping theatre track “Ai Coração” (Oh, My Love). As well as the song, she mentioned how a […] Read More
Robin Packalen: “I’d like to get a chance to show the rest of the world that also from Finland comes good and groovy pop music”
This year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu is just around the corner, and next Saturday the seven finalists will take the stage of Turku’s Logomo hoping to carry the Finnish flag in Liverpool. One of the contestants is Robin Packalen, who has been hoped to participate UMK for a long time. Now he is finally competing in […] Read More
La Zarra to represent France with the song Évidemment
We’re off to France tonight, as French representative La Zarra has just given the very first performance of this years French Eurovision entry, Évidemment. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @la_zarra La Zarra premiered the song just tonight, with a showcase performance on France 2 News, giving French television viewers […] Read More
Lxandra: “I’ve always stayed as true to myself as possible from the start”
This year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) takes place next Saturday, when the seven contestants take the stage of Turku’s Logomo hoping to represent Finland in Eurovision 2023. One of the contestants is Lxandra, who is hoping to win the ticket to Liverpool with her beautiful ballad ”Something to lose”. Although Lxandra surely is very busy […] Read More
106 Semi Finalists will battle for 22 spots in San Marino’s final
San Marino RTV has published some information about the big upcoming week for its country. A total of 106 semi finalists are to compete for just 22 places in Saturday’s Eurovision national final. Semi Final 1 (international artists) 22:00-23:50 CET, Monday 20th February – 4 move to the Final, 4 go to Second Chance Semi […] Read More
Malta’s The Busker will not change their song for Liverpool
After six shows, a lot of drama and an exciting finale, the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 came to an end on February 11th and found its winner with The Busker. The indie-pop band won with their funky song “Dance (Our Own Party)” receiving a total of 121 points (80 from the televoting and 41) […] Read More
We have a winner of Pabandom iš naujo – it’s Monika Linkytė
After a thrilling show tonight where 10 acts battled it out, Lithuania have chosen their entrant for Eurovision 2023, and it is Monika Linkytė, who has been voted as the winner of ‘Pabandom Iš Naujo!’ 2023, and will be representing Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, with the song ‘Stay’. The final of […] Read More
These are the first two finalists of Söngvakeppnin 2023
The first semi-final of Icelandic selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Söngvakeppnin finished moments ago and we’ve got the first finalists of the show. The show was hosted by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson, and Sigurður Þorri Gunnarsson Tonight we saw five acts performing in the following order: Bendeikt – Þora Diljá – Lifandi Inni […] Read More
It’s the third set of finalists of Melodifestivalen 2023!
Melodifestivalen 2023 just had its third heat take place in Lidköping and that means we have results: two finalists and two acts to the semi-final! These artists competed, in running order: Paul Rey – Royals Casanovas – Så kommer känslorna tillbaka Melanie Wehbe – For The Show Nordman – Släpp alla sorger Laurell – Sober […] Read More
LIVE: Söngvakeppnin Semi-final 1
Tonight, Iceland’s journey begins with the 1st semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2023, where 5 participants will perform and only 2 of them will advance to the grand final. Marco and Nikola will guide you through the whole show, feel free to join our conversation below. You can watch the show here. Read More
LIVE: Pabandom iš naujo Final
Tonight at the LTV Studios in Vilnius, 10 acts will battle it out to become Lithuania’s representative at the Eurovision song contest to be held in Liverpool in May. ESCBubble will be live in the studio, you can watch the broadcast here or here and join along with our live blog Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Heat 3
Welcome everyone, to the live-blog for the third heat of Melodifestivalen 2023! This heat will come to you from the Sparbanken Lidköping Arena in Lidköping. This year all six shows are hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi! Seven acts will be competing and at the end we will see two of them going to […] Read More
Rosa Chemical and Fedez to be charged for ‘obscene acts’ during Sanremo final
We reported that Blanco might be in some legal issues after his temper tantrum at the Sanremo Festival last week. Now a second scandal might wind up in front of an Italian judge. During Rosa Chemical‘s performance of Made In Italy, he sat in and grinded upon Fedez‘ lap, and then brought him up on […] Read More
Alessandra: Queen Of The Streams … For Now
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool is slowly taking shape and after last weekend’s Super Saturday, we can already look at 15 songs that are going to compete for the Eurovision trophy in May. We are going to take a closer look on how the songs are performing on Spotify and the amount of […] Read More
Kalush Orchestra to perform at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, new song coming in March
Kalush Orchestra rapper and band leader Oleh Psiuk confirmed at a press conferene at the European Parliament yesterday that the winners of Eurovision 2022 will return to the stage in Liverpool, and will release a new single, called Changes, in early March. Speaking to a representative from Ukraine National News, Psiuk also repeated his desire […] Read More
Marcus & Martinus: ”We will give 110%!”
Melodifestivalen, the Swedish pre-selection to the Eurovision Song Contest, is in full swing! Every year, this festival grants weeks of entertainment to viewers from Sweden and abroad. We had the chance to talk to some of the contestants, this time: Marcus & Martinus! These brothers are four days shy of turning 21 but have done […] Read More
Melanie Wehbe:”Last year taught me a lot, especially the importance of prioritizing yourself”
This Saturday, Melodifestivalen continues with the Heat 3 of the selection, where 7 participants will perform. We had the opportunity to talk with Melanie Wehbe about her participation in the contest and her Eurovision experience for Denmark 2019 and Sweden 2020. Hello Melanie Wehbe and thank you for taking your time for ESCBubble! First of […] Read More
Celebs:”We wrote both versions at the same time and are equally attached to them”
On Saturday, Iceland will begin the search for its Eurovision representative. 5 participants will compete this week in the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin and we had the pleasure of speaking with one of them, Celebs. They told us what can we expect from their performance this Saturday, you can check the interview below. Hello Celebs […] Read More
Blanco has been charged for his Sanremo outburst
Blanco’s outburst at Sanremo last week may come back to haunt him, as Italian news outlet Corriere della sera reports he is being investigated by the Italian province of Imperia’s prosecutor. During the opening of the first evening of the Festival last Tuesday, Riccardo Fabbriconi (Blanco) began destroying the floral arrangements, and in doing so, […] Read More
Móa:”The staging will complement the dramatic”
On Saturday, Iceland will begin the search for its Eurovision representative. 5 participants will compete this week in the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin and we had the pleasure of speaking with one of them, Móa. She told us what can we expect from her performance this Saturday, you can check the interview below. How was […] Read More
Here’s the running order for Pabandom iš naujo’s final
After two heats and two semi finals, Lithuania has whittled its field of Eurovision hopefuls down to a final 10, from the 30 chosen in late 2022! Lithuanian Eurovision broadcaster LRT published the running order of the final of Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 today: Mario Junes – “Do What You Do” MoonBee – “Rumor” Justė […] Read More
Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 3 Snippets Revealed
SVT released this morning the snippets for the Heat 3 of Melodifestivalen 2023. Seven acts will compete this Saturday with some familiar faces in the line-up such as Paul Rey and Nordman who have competed in Melodifestivalen before. Melanie Wehbe and Laurell are also no strangers for the contest, they have competed before as composers, […] Read More
The Rasmus and BESS to perform at UMK23
UMK23 is really shaping up to be a show that you shouldn’t miss next Saturday 25th February. In a release today, Finnish broadcaster Yle announced the interval acts for UMK23’s final, and some big names are scheduled to perform! Last year’s UMK winner The Rasmus, 3rd place finisher BESS and singer Samu Haber will all […] Read More
Participants of Tu bije serce Europy – Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję! have been revealed
Polish broadcaster, TVP received around 300 songs for this years edition of “Tu bije serce Europy – Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!”. The expert jury selected the 10 entries which will be competing for a chance to become the next Polish representative at Eurovision Song Contest. The line-up of their national selection was announced this morning during […] Read More
ERR revealed the full voting results of Eesti Laul 2023
Last Saturday the final of Eesti Laul took place and Alika won the show and will be their next representative at Eurovision Song Contest. Estonian broadcaster, ERR has revealed the full voting results of all the stages of Eesti Laul 2023. The results showed that Semi-Final 1 – First voting round (Jury + Televote) OLLIE […] Read More
LTV releases the full results of Supernova 2023
Last weekend, Sudden Lights won Supernova 2023 and today LTV revealed the full results of the Latvian national final. The winners topped the jury and the public, while the biggest gap would be Toms Kalderauskis, 9th by the public and 4th with the jury. These are the full results: 1.Sudden Lights – “Aijā” – 66,307 […] Read More
This is the running order for UMK 2023!
In a little under two weeks time, the Finnish national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) will take place. We are already very familiar with the artists and their songs, but didn’t know when they would be performing on the big night, until now! This is the running order for the seven artists: Robin Packalen – […] Read More
Marco Mengoni confirms he’ll go back to Eurovision
Marco Mengoni won the 73rd Festival di Sanremo with his song “Due vite” (Two lives) and has now officially accepted the invite to represent Italy at Eurovision in Liverpool. Eurofestival News reports that in the wee hours of the morning, Rai held its final press conference at the Casinò di Sanremo, and winner Marco Mengoni […] Read More
Alika’s first impressions after winning Eesti Laul 2023!
Eesti Laul 2023 took place last night in Tallinn, where a total of 12 acts competed to win over the hearts of the international jury and the Estonian public, in order to win and go on to represent Estonia in Eurovision 2023. After two rounds of voting, Alika was announced as the winner, with the […] Read More
First impressions of Theodor Andrei after winning Selectia Nationala 2023!
Romania’s Selectia Nationala took place last night in Bucharest, where the public all over the country decided that Theodor Andrei is going to represent his country in Eurovision 2023 with the song “D.G.T. (Off And On)”. Moments after he won, we spoke to Theodor and got his first impressions. We asked Theodor about the meaning […] Read More
Marco Mengoni wins Sanremo 2023
Marco Mengoni has won Italy’s Festival di Sanremo 2023 with his song Due Vite. The final of the legendary festival took place tonight and there were 28 contestants competing for the victory: Elodie – Due Colla Zio – Non Mi Va Mara Sattei – Duemilaminuti Tanai – Tango Colapesce & Dimartino – Splash Giorgia – […] Read More
The Busker are the winners of Malta Eurovision Song Contest
After 16 amazing performances, Malta have chosen their song for this year’s Eurovision! The winner was chosen by a 50/50 split of jury and public voting, and in the end The Buskers were victorious and will represent Malta at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool, UK in May. You can watch […] Read More
Let 3 is the winner of Dora ’23 and will represent Croatia at Eurovision
In tonight’s broadcast, HRT presented 18 participants competing in the Croatian national final. A variety of singers, groups, costumes and staging, but in the end, it was Let 3 who won the right to represent the country at Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May, with their song “Mama ŠČ!” There were missile props, cool […] Read More
ALIKA is the winner of Eesti Laul 2023
In a thrilling show tonight in the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn which was hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld, 12 artists battled it out to get the chance to be Estonia’s representative in Liverpool in May at the Eurovision Song Contest. Following the first round of voting, which had a 50/50 split between […] Read More
Reiley won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023!
The Danish national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix has finished moments ago and Reiley has won the who and will be representing this Scandinavian country in Liverpool. A total of eight acts have performed this night, hoping that they will be the ones to wave the Danish flag at Eurovision. […] Read More
Theodor Andrei will represent Romania in Eurovision 2023!
Selecția Națională 2023 has just ended and we have a winner: Theodor Andrei In the national final, 12 participants performed their songs for Eurovision 2023 and the winner was selected only by the public, 36.524 votes were counted. The hosts of the show were Laurențiu Niculescu & Ilinca Băcilă, while a jury in the studio […] Read More
Sudden Lights will represent Latvia at Eurovision
After 10 amazing performances at the LTV Studios in Riga Latvia tonight, we were treated to a thrilling results section! The winner was chosen by a 50/50 split of jury and public voting, and in the end it came down to Sudden Lights with their song ‘Aijā’ and Patrisha with “Hush” After what seemed like […] Read More
These are the remaining five finalist of Pabandom Iš Naujo 2023
Tonight the second semi-final of Lithuanian national selection for Eurovision, Pabandom iš naujo 2023 finished moments ago. A total of 10 acts performed and only five of them qualified to the final of the show which is scheduled to take place next Saturday, 18th of February. Hosts of the show were Augustė Nombeko and Giedrius […] Read More
Here are the next two finalists of Melodifestivalen 2023
The second Heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 just ended in Linköping’s Saab Arena and we have two more finalists for the 11th of March in Stockholm. There are also two more entries that made it to the Semi-Final on March 3rd, where they will get another chance to sing their way into the final. These acts […] Read More
LIVE: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Final
Join our editor Matt for the final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The show starts at 21:00 CET til around 23:30 CET on the Maltese channel TVM. You can watch the show by going to https://tvmi.mt/live/2 Read More
Live: Sanremo Grand Final
With Sanremo being one of the most popular music festivals around the world, and it being the inspiration to Eurovision, we can certainly say it has its very own place in the international hall of fame for cultural and musical events. Tonight, all 28 acts will perform their songs. The winner, will get the chance […] Read More
LIVE: Dora ’23 Final
Tonight, the Croatian broadcaster HRT will be airing Dora ’23. Who will be the winner from the 18 songs we will hear and see presented? That winner will represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The winner will be selected 50% by the jury and 50% by the public. And w’ere here for […] Read More
LIVE: Supernova 2023
Tonight at the LTV studios in Riga, in a show hosted by Katija Schenberga and Lauris Reiniks, the 10 finalists will perform for the opportunity to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool in May. The show starts at 2010CET, you can watch the show using this link here, and […] Read More
LIVE: Pabandom Iš Naujo Semi-final 2
Tonight, Lithuanian broadcaster, LRT will be airing the second semi-final of their national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Ten acts will be competing for five spots in the final which is set to take place next Saturday, 18th of February. You can tune in to the show through our live blog or watch it […] Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Heat 2
Välkomna alla! Welcome to the live blog for Deltävling 2 of Melodifestivalen 2023. Tonight we will see 7 acts performing for a spot in the Grand Final on March 11th. The two most voted acts will qualify directly to the Grand Final on March 11th, while the third and fourth place will move on to […] Read More
LIVE: Selecția Națională 2023
Tonight we’ll find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision 2023. 12 participants will compete in the national selection and Marco will guide you through the whole show, so feel free to join our conversation below. You can watch the show here or here. Read More
LIVE: Eesti Laul Final
Tonight live from the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn and hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld, Estonia will choose their entry for this years Eurovision Song Contest in May. You can watch the show live from 1830CET on this link here, and join in our live blog as we take you through the show. Read More
Here’s the running order of Sanremo’s final
The 73rd Festival di Sanremo comes to an end tonight. The Festival’s winner will automatically represent Italy at Eurovision 2023. At this morning’s press conference, host and artistic director Amadeus was emotional: “I am speechless, I am very happy, I want to enjoy this extraordinary result together with everyone without the presumption of having done […] Read More
French song to be revealed on February 19th
Yesterday evening, the 38th ceremony of “Les Victoires de la Musiques” (the French grammys), took place live from La Seine Musicale in Paris. One of the artists chosen to award the prizes this year was no other than La Zarra, the French entrant for Liverpool. She could finally reveal the date when her song will […] Read More
The results are in from Night 4 at Sanremo
The 73rd Festival di Sanremo continued into its fourth show on Friday, as all 28 songs artist performed covers, alongside another Italian artist. Hosts Amadeus and Gianni Morandi were joined by guest host Chiara Francini. Some of the guests included La Rappresentante di Lista (Sanremo 2021, 2022), Takagi & Ketra, and Peppino di Capri (Eurovision […] Read More
Hosts of Pesma za Evroviziju 23 announced
Serbian broadcaster, RTS has announced the hosts of Pesma za Evroviziju 23. The ones who will be taking the audience through the two semi-final shows scheduled for 1st and 2nd of March and the final of Pesma za Evroviziju 23 which will be taking place on 4th of March will be Dragana Kosjerina who hosted […] Read More
LIVE: Festival di Sanremo – Night 4
Three down, two shows to go! The 73rd Festival di Sanremo is in full swing, we’re back for another five hours of Italian music, fashion, and entertainment! Tonight all 28 artists will sing covers, along with a guest artist. The performances will be voted on by the demoscopic jury (33%), by the press jury (33%) […] Read More
The running order for the Festival da Canção semi-finals is out!
A little over two weeks are left until the Portuguese pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Festival da Canção is starting. Two semi-finals and a final are what awaits us and for those semi-finals, the running order has been released today! Broadcaster RTP has posted this on their social media today. Click to get a […] Read More
Martha May: “I try to participate in London’s vibrant music scene as much as I can”
A few weeks ago, our very own Joe B got to chat to Dora hopeful Martha May ahead of her participation in the Croatian national final this weekend with the folk pop song Distance. As well as her song, Dora and Eurovision itself, Martha talked about her experience studying in London, the creation of her […] Read More
Moldova: Here Is The Running Order For Etapa Națională 2023
TRM revealed today the running order for Etapa Națională 2023, the Moldovan selection for Eurovision, all artists have randomly drawn their position for the final. 12 participants will compete on March 4 and the winner will be chosen 50% by the public and 50% by a national jury. This is the running order for the […] Read More
Deiona:”I’m working so hard for you to feel the sweet message of the song”
This Saturday Romania will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Deiona about her participation in Selecția Națională 2023. The winner of Selecția Națională will be selected only by the public. You can check out our interview with Deiona below. Hello Deiona and […] Read More
Results Of Sanremo 2023 – Night 3
The 73rd Festival di Sanremo continued on Thursday, as all 28 songs were performed for the first time during the same show. Hosts Amadeus and Gianni Morandi were joined by guest host Paola Egonu, and during the five-hour long marathon, we were treated to other guest apperances, including: Måneskin, Guè, Peppino di Capri (Eurovision 1991), […] Read More
Here are the finalists of MESC 2023
Maltese broadcaster, PBS planned six shows for this years edition of Malta Eurovision Song Contest. After four quarter-finals and a semi-final we’ve got the total of 16 finalists who will be competing for a chance to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The show was hosted by Glen Vella (Malta ESC 2011) and […] Read More
LIVE: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Semi-final
Tonight, the Maltese broadcaster PBS will be airing the penultimate episode of this years Malta Eurovision Song Contest. Out of the 24 songs we will be left with 16 entries who will be competing in the final of the show. The winner will be getting a chance to represent Malta at Eurovision Song Contest 2023. […] Read More
LIVE: Festival di Sanremo 2023 – Night 3
Tonight all 28 acts of Festival di Sanremo 2023 are going to perform their songs in front of the demoscopic jury and a televote. We are also expecting some star guests, including Eurovision stars Peppino di Capri and Måneskin. Volleyball star Paola Egonu will accompany Amadeus as host and you can follow the whole show […] Read More
INGER – ‘I really want to see the world and perform in every country’
The grand final of Eesti Laul takes place on Saturday evening, and we are now very close to knowing who will represent Estonia at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. The final will see ten acts competing for that opportunity, one of whom is INGER. INGER was really kind to take some time out of their super […] Read More
Mariyah LeBerg: “Being you and being authentic is the most beautiful thing you can do”
Just a few days before the final of DMGP we had the chance to talk to Mariyah LeBerg, who is competing in the Danish national selection with the song “Human”. The singer sees DMGP and Eurovision as the perfect way to kick off her music career and Can you tell us about yourself? What have […] Read More
Detour: “Master Blaster should’ve been our next single which announces the album but Dora made us change our plans”
The Croatian selection for Eurovision 2023, Dora will be taking place this Saturday and ahead of it you already had a chance to read our interview with many of the contestants at the show. The next act we present you are a famous Croatian band, Detour which was formed back in 2006, but some of […] Read More
Maryliss:”The story reflects my present and my life”
This Saturday Romania will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Maryliss about her participation in Selecția Națională 2023. The winner of Selecția Națională will be selected only by the public. You can check out our interview with Maryliss below. Hello Maryliss and […] Read More
Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 2 Snippets Revealed
SVT released this morning the snippets for the Heat 2 of Melodifestivalen 2023. Seven acts will compete on Saturday with some familiar faces in the line-up such as Theoz, Wiktoria and Panetoz who have competed in Melodifestivalen before. Last week Tone Sekelius and Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods qualified in the final, […] Read More
These are the rankings of Sanremo 2023 – Night 2
The second night of the Sanremo 2023 is behind us and this time we were able to watch 14 new songs that were presented to both Italian and international audience. Black Eyed Peas performed as an internal act tonight, Al Bano, Gianni Morandi and Massimo Ranieri also performed tonight, for the first time together. Let’s […] Read More
LIVE: Festival di Sanremo – Night 2
After a dramatic first evening (to say the least) of the 73rd Festival di Sanremo, we’re back for another five hours of Italian music, fashion, and entertainment! Tonight we will see the second half of 2023’s artists compete for votes from the press (la sala stampa). That means we will see another 14 artists compete […] Read More
M els: “Stig is the one who “discovered” me”
The final of Estonian selection for Eurovision 2023, Eesti laul will take place this Saturday. Twelve acts are competing for a chance to win and represent the Baltic country at the stage in Liverpool. We had a chance to talk with Merili Käsper who competes at the show as m els with her entry “So […] Read More
Amia: “My performance will be explosive, with a strong message, stage movement and charisma”
This Saturday Romania will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Amia about her participation in Selecția Națională 2023. The winner of Selecția Națională will be selected only by the public. You can check out our interview with Amia below. Hello Amia and […] Read More
Meri Andraković: “This song has deeper message, deeper than changing colour of my hair”
This Saturday Croatia will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Meri Andraković about her participation in Dora 2023. The winner of Dora will be selected 50% by the jury and 50 by the public. You can check out our interview with Meri […] Read More
Italian celebrities and fans react to Blanco’s temper tantrum in last night’s Sanremo!
Last night was the opening night of this year’s edition of Sanremo, and it was hit by a huge scandal when one part of last year’s winning duo – Blanco, decided to throw a temper tantrum mid-performance, and destroy the set-up of the stage. Blanco’s in-ears did not work whilst he was performing his brand […] Read More
The rankings of Sanremo 2023 – Night 1 are in!
The first night of the 73rd edition of Festival di Sanremo has just finished. We had a chance to hear the first 14 acts for the first time at the Ariston Theatre. The hosts of the show are Amadeus, Gianni Morandi and Chiara Ferragni. The evening started with Gianni Morandi’s performance of Italian anthem and […] Read More
LIVE: Festival Di Sanremo – Night 1
The 73rd edition of the festival of songs which inspired the creation of Eurovision Song Contest kicks off tonight. This will be the first time that it will be broadcast in 4K. With a slightly changed formula for which they hope it will bring even more success. The contest will feature three more acts than […] Read More
LIVE: Festival Di Sanremo – Night 1
The 73rd edition of the festival of songs which inspired the creation of Eurovision Song Contest kicks off tonight. This will be the first time that it will be broadcast in 4K. With a slightly changed formula for which they hope it will bring even more success. The contest will feature three more acts than […] Read More
Janek – ‘Often we give up on people or things we love too easily’
The grand final of Eest Laul takes place on Saturday evening and we are now down to the final 12 artists hoping to represent Estonia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. One of those artists is 28yo Janek who rose to stardom in Estonia during his time on the 2012 season of ‘Eesti […] Read More
Vesna will represent the Czech Republic in Eurovision 2023!
Moments ago the results of this year’s edition of the Czech national final ESCZ were revealed. A total of five acts competed to represent the Czech Republic, and the winner was decided by an online vote through the official Eurovision app, and through the website escz2023.com, where the votes from the Czech Republic counted as […] Read More
JaxMan:”It’s a song that describes me very well”
Selecția Națională 2023 will soon find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision and we had the opportunity to talk with one of the contestants, JaxMan. JaxMan will compete with the song “Bad & Cool” and he told us what to expect from his performance for Selecția Națională, you can check out the interview below. […] Read More
Duncan Laurence will be one of the judges at Pabandom Iš Naujo
The second semi-final of Lithuanian national selection for Eurovision 2023, Pabandom iš Naujo, takes place this Saturday. Ahead of it editor-in-chief of LRT pop music, Ramūnas Zilnys had a chance to interview Duncan Laurence who will be one of the judges of the second semi-final, in addition to that he will be performing as the […] Read More
Patricia Gasparini:”We are preparing an artistic, dynamic performance”
This Saturday Croatia will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Patricia Gasparini about her participation in Dora 2023. The winner of Dora will be selected 50% by the jury and 50 by the public. You can check out our interview with Patricia […] Read More
Micky Skeel: “I don’t think a Danish song would make it that far in Eurovision”
As the Danish national final is approaching, we’ve had the chance to interview Micky Skeel during preparations for the big show. He is a newcomer in DMGP but already has a considerable experience in music, composing and performing live. Micky told us about the reasons behind his participation in DMGP and how he selected the […] Read More
Søren Torpegaard Lund: “Musical theatre has always been a huge part of my life”
A few weeks ago, our very own Joe B chatted to Denmark’s Søren Torpegaard Lund, who will be competing at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 with his Tim Schou-penned song Lige her on Saturday 11th February. Søren talked about, among other things, his upbringing in musical theatre, the importance of a “chosen family” in the […] Read More
This is the running order of the Final of Supernova 2023!
Latvia’s Supernova 2023 reaches its final stage this coming Saturday, where a total of 10 acts will compete for the single ticket that leads to Eurovision in Liverpool. After last week’s semi final, a total of four acts were eliminated, leaving us with a final of 10. The Latvian national broadcaster LSM/LTV have now announced […] Read More
SuRie announces new album and UK Tour
Surie has announced details of a UK Tour on her website. The dates are as follows: 17th May: Southampton, Hanger 23rd May: Exeter, Pheonix Arts 25th May: Birmingham, Mac 27th May: Ipswich, Gallery Studio 1st June: Bath, Chapel Arts 6th June: Barnard Castle, The Witham 9th June: Milton Keynes, The Stables 14th June: Aldershot, West […] Read More
Andrei Duţu:”For me, the song also embodies a symbol of peace”
Selecția Națională 2023 will soon find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision and we had the opportunity to talk with one of the contestants, Andrei Duţu. Andrei will compete with the song “Statues” and he told us what to expect from his performance for Selecția Națională, you can check the interview down below. The […] Read More
Tajana Belina:”Building my own social presence is a lot like the saying “a cobbler always wears the worst shoes”
Croatian selection for Eurovision 2023, Dora will take place on 11th of February and ahead of it we had a chance to talk with one of the finalists, Tajana Belina who will be performing her entry “Dom”. Hello Tajana, congrats for being selected to take part at Dora 2023! The Croatian audience got to know […] Read More
Rai announces running order of Sanremo’s first 2 nights
With the opening of the 73rd Festival di Sanremo just over 24 hours away, Rai held a press conference in the Ligurian host city this morning and divulged some information about the upcoming shows. The 28 competing entries will be shown for the first time over the first two evenings of the Festival. The running […] Read More
The Splitters:”Since we are a rock band, we will stick to our instruments and hope to draw as much attention to the song”
This Saturday Croatia will find out who will represent them in Eurovision 2023 and our editor Marco had the chance to talk with The Splitters about their participation in Dora 2023. The winner of Dora 2023 will be selected 50% by the jury and 50 by the public. You can check out our interview with […] Read More
Maja Grgić :”Everybody seeks comfort in someone, and I hope my song will do the same for everybody that needs it”
From winning a professional music award „Status” for the best young vocal instrumentalist to having several solo concerts and guest appearances in Munich, Germany, Maja is now taking part in the Croatian national selection for Eurovision 2023 with the song “I Still Live”. We had a chance to chat a bit with Maja about her […] Read More
Andreea D: “I am so happy that I managed to share the Romanian traditions with the eurofans”
Romania at Eurovision and a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk to one of the contestants, Andreea D. Andreea teamed up with Folclor Orchestra for the song “Periniţa mea” and she told us what to expect from her in Selecția Națională, you can check the interview down below. The national final will […] Read More
RTVE releases full breakdown of televote results for Benidorm Fest 2023
Following last night’s Grand Final of Benidorm Fest 2023 in Spain, this afternoon, RTVE released the in-full numbers of votes each act received. The show was won by Blanca Paloma, whose New Flamenco track Eaea romped to the top of the standings with 169 combined points, earning the performer from Alicante the Spanish ticket to […] Read More
Steven Roho, Gabriella and Formaţia Albatros:”We can’t wait to show everybody what we have been working at”
Weeks ago, our editor Marco had the chance to talk with Formaţia Albatros about their song “Lele” with Steven Roho and Gabriella. They will compete in Selecția Națională 2023, the national final will take place on 11 February and the winner will be selected only by the public. You can check out our interview below. […] Read More
Top of the Pop: “The older I get the more I believe that everything is about the journey and the goal is irrelevant”
Next Saturday, Croatian selection for Eurovision 2023, Dora will take place in Opatija. One of the acts who will be having a chance to present themselves are Istrian band, Top of the Pop. “Putovanje” is the name of their entry and they will be performing it with Mario Petreković. We had a chance to chat […] Read More
Joker Out releases Slovenian entry for Liverpool
Last December, the band Joker Out was internally selected to represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2023. This effectively canceled Slovenia’s usual selection method – the national final show EMA. Aside from allowing EMA winner Ana Soklič to return in 2021, the last time EMA was canceled was 2013. This was due to time constraints at RTVSLO […] Read More
Blanca Paloma wins Benidorm Fest 2023
Blanca Paloma has just won Benidorm Fest and will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. She will perform the song ‘Eaea’ on the big stage in Liverpool next May. The winner was decided after a combination of votes from a professional expert panel, the demoscopic jury and the public. Today the eight acts qualified […] Read More
We have our Supernova finalists
After a fantastic show tonight, held in the LTV Studios in Riga, we now know the 10 artists who will be competing in the Supernova final next Saturday, February 11th, the winner of who will represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Liverpool, UK in May Tonight we saw performances from […] Read More
Alessandra to represent Norway at this years Eurovision
Norway has spoken! Alessandra will represent the country at this year’s contest! The news was announced on Tonight’s MGP on the Norweigan broadcaster NRK’s main channel NRK1. You can hear the song below: Are you pleased with the result? Let us know in the comments section below! Read More
This are the first finalists from Lithuania
Tonight’s Pabandom iš naujo! just ended with the first semi-final, 10 participants performed and only 5 of them qualified for the final. The results were based on the jury vote and the public, the jury included: Vytautas Bikus, Ieva Narkutė, Ramūnas Zilnys, Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano and Leonas Somovs. This are the results from the first semi-final: […] Read More
LIVE: Benidorm Fest 2023
A total of eight acts will be competing in the final of Benidorm Fest 2023 for a chance to win the title and represent Spain at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. Like in the semi-finals the winner will be decided by three different voting groups: public televoting (25%), demoscopic jury (25%) and judging panel […] Read More
Here are the first finalists of Melodifestivalen 2023!
Melodifestivalen 2023 just had its kick-off in Göteborg and that means we have results: two finalists and two acts to the semi-final! This is how it ended: Directly to the final: Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods – Where You Are (Sávežan) Tone Sekelius – Rhythm of My Show To the semi-final: 3. […] Read More
LIVE: Pabandom Iš Naujo Semi-final 1
Tonight we’ll find out the first finalists from Lithuania. Ten participants will perform in the semi-final 1 and only five of them will qualify, Marco will guide you through the whole show, so feel free to join our conversation down below. You can watch the show here or on this link. Read More
LIVE: Supernova Semi Final
Tonight Latvia enter the selection process with the semi final of “Supernova” and 14 songs are competing for the 10 Grand Final places. Broadcast from the LTV studios in Riga, and hosted by Katija Schenberga and Lauris Reiniks, the show starts at 2010CET and we will be live blogging the whole event. Feel free to […] Read More
LIVE: Melodifestivalen 2023 – Heat 1
Welcome everyone, to the live-blog for the first heat of Melodifestivalen 2023! This heat will come to you from the Scandinavium venue in Gothenburg. This year all six shows are hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi! Seven acts will be competing and at the end we will see two of them going to the […] Read More
LIVE: Melodi Grand Prix 2023
The final of Norwegian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Melodi Grand Prix is taking place tonight with the beginning at 19.50 CET from Trondheim Spektrum. Nine acts will be competing for a chance to win the selection which will be hosted by Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen and Arianrhod “Arian” Engebø. You can watch the show […] Read More
Ikke Hüftgold wins the German TikTok wildcard
Tonight, the 9th and last finalist of Unser Lied für Liverpool was announced in the new show “Alles Eurovision” on eurovision.de by hosts Alina Stiegler and Stefan Spiegel. The TikTok wildcard was won by Ikke Hüftgold, with more than 50%. In second place finished From Fall To Spring with 28% and JONA ended up in third place with […] Read More
Theodor Andrei: “I tried to make a song like our country has never sent to the grand final”
Selecția Națională 2023 will soon find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision and we had the opportunity to talk with one of the contestants, Theodor Andrei. Theodor will compete with the song “D.G.T. (Off and On)” and he told us what to expect from his performance for Selecția Națională, you can check the interview […] Read More
By the numbers: Who will qualify from Heat 1 at Melfest?
The Melodifestivalen 2023 journey begins today. The six-week extravaganza kicks off in Gothenburg this evening, and will wind its way around Sweden until the Final in Stockholm, 5 weeks from tonight! The show format we know and love came to be in 2015, where the ‘Heats’ were capped at seven songs. The show’s producers decide […] Read More
Wild Youth to represent Ireland at this years Eurovision
Ireland has spoken! Wild Youth will represent the country at this years contest! The news was announced on Tonight’s Late Late Show on the Irish broadcaster RTE’s main channel RTE One. You can hear the song below, with our editor Matt interviewing the band below this Are you pleased with the result? Let us know […] Read More
Check out the 24 qualifiers from Malta and vote for your favourites!
After a long night of short interviews with all 39 participants of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023, 24 acts qualified to the Semi Final. These acts are: Ryan Hili – In the Silence Dan – It’ll be alright Christian Arding – Ecu car Chris Grech – indescredibale Cheryl Balzan – La La Land Mark […] Read More
LIVE: Eurosong 2023
Tonight we get to know who will carry the Irish flag in Liverpool next May, when Eurosong 2023 takes place. We will take you through tonight’s show, which starts at 22.35 CET: Read More
Live: The Malta Eurovision Song Contest show 4
Welcome to our Live blog of the 4th show of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Tonight, live from TVM studios in Pietà , out of the 39 songs premiered during the 3 previous shows, 24 will be selected by viewers via televoting, and will proceed to next week’s semi-final. Read More
Melodifestivalen Heat 1 – Exclusive Interviews
Melodifestivalen kicks off tomorrow evening at we at ESCBubble had the pleasure to follow the rehearsals live in the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg. Deltävling 1 is going to feature seven different acts in the following running order: Tone Sekelius – Rhythm Of My Show Loulou Lamotte – Inga Sorger Rejhan – Haunted Elov & Beny […] Read More
Aledaida: “Bla Bla Bla is about being confident and having fun with it”
Selecția Națională 2023 will soon find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision and a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk to one of the contestants, Aledaida. Aledaida will compete with the song “Bla Bla Bla” and she told us what to expect from her in Selecția Națională, you can check the […] Read More
Adam Woods: “This is going to be a spectacle unlike anything you’ve seen in Melfest”
The search for the next Swedish Eurovision representative will finally start tomorrow, when the first heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 takes place. One of the contestants in tomorrow’s show is Adam Woods, who is hoping to represent Sweden in Eurovision 2023 together with Joh Henrik Fjällgren and Arc North. Even though the artist surely is very […] Read More
These are YOUR semi finalists of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023!
The fourth quarter-final (aka results show) is taking place tonight live from Malta! In tonight’s show a recap of all 39 competing acts is going to be shown, and the voting will be held. Combining the votes of the televoters from all over Malta, as well as a professional jury, a total of 24 acts […] Read More
This is the running of the Final of Benidorm Fest 2023!
Last night the second semi final of Benidorm Fest 2023 took place, where the last four finalists were selected. Blanca Paloma won the semi final, followed by Vicco in second place, Karmento in third, and Jose Otero in fourth. They are joining Agoney, Alice Wonder, Fusa Nocta and Megara who qualified for the final from […] Read More
Andrada Popa: “I hope the staging will enforce the message of the song and touch people’s hearts”
Selecția Națională 2023 will soon find out who will represent Romania at Eurovision and a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk to one of the contestants, Andrada Popa. Andrada will compete with the song “No Time for Me” and she told us what to expect from her performance for Selecția Națională, you […] Read More
Line-up for Benidorm Fest 2023 final complete
The Second Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2023 has just taken place in Spain. Nine candidates competed at today’s show, but only four have gone through to the final joining the qualifiers from the First Semi-final. Once again, the show was hosted by singer Mónica Naranjo, host Rodrigo Vázquez and Inés Hernand, who already co-hosted the last year’s edition. […] Read More
Arbana Osmani confirmed as host for the next to editions of Festivali i Këngës
Arbana Osmani who hosted the 61st edition of Albania’s Festivali i Këngës, was just announced to continue hosting the show for at least the next two editions. The 39-year old is an Albanian TV and radio presenter well known for presenting shows including Big Brother Albania and Dua të të bëj të lumtur – one of Top […] Read More
Live: Benidorm Fest Semi Final 2
Welcome to our Live blog of the Second Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2023. Today another 9 candidates will step on stage at Palau L’Illa in the race to get one of the four remaining tickets for the final. A mix of public televoting (25%), demoscopic jury (25%) and expert panel (50%) will decide the outcome […] Read More
Iru Khechanovi wins The Voice – will represent Georgia in Liverpool
The final of The Voice Georgia has ended on GPB. Back in August, we reveleaed that Georgia would use the upcoming season of The Voice to choose its 2023 Eurovision representative. The show was down to its last eight acts who battled it out for the chance to wave the Georgian flag in Liverpool this May: […] Read More
Eva & Ewa: ‘We have a little teaser for all you Eurofans!’
Eva Rydberg is a Swedish singer, actress, comedian, and dancer. Over the years, she has acted in many films and stared on stage with many former Melodifestivalen participants like Owe Thörnqvist, Björn Skifs, Siw Malmkvist, and Tommy Körberg. She entered Melodifestivalen 1977 with the song “Charlie Chaplin” and came 7th. She would not return to […] Read More
Azerbaijan narrows potential Eurovision 2023 artists to a list of 5
Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai TV has released a shortlist of just five artists who will fly the Azeri flag in Liverpool. In a statement released on Instagram today, the press secretary of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Eurovision, Ilaha Dadashova, announced: “As we mentioned earlier, during this year’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, special attention […] Read More
This is the running order of the second semi final of Benidorm Fest 2023!
The 2023 edition of Benidorm Fest continues tonight with its second semi final, where another nine acts are going to be competing for the remaining four places that lead to Saturday’s Grand Final. In a press conference that ended moments ago, in between other things, Maria Eizaguirre confirmed the running order of tonight’s show. The […] Read More
Croatia: Here Is The Running Order For Dora 2023
HRT revealed today the running order for Dora 2023, Croatia’s national selection for Eurovision Song Contest. 18 participants will compete in the final, the show will start with Top of the Pops ft. Mario 5reković and it will be finished with Harmonija disonance. The final will take place on 11 February and the winner will […] Read More
Listen to the 32 songs from Serbia’s ‘Pesma za Evroviziju 23’ and vote for YOUR favorites!
After a very successful 2022 edition, Serbian national broadcaster RTS is once again organizing “Pesma za Evroviziju” in order to find their act for Liverpool. A total of 32 songs are competing in this year’s edition, and the names of the acts were announced in early January. Moments ago, all 32 songs have been made […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 stage design revealed
The EBU and BBC have just revealed the stage for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Julio Himede is the face behind this year’s design, which was inspired by the principles of togetherness, celebration and community. The total structure will have 450 square metres including 220 square metres of moving video screens, as well as 700 […] Read More
Inspo: “Musically, we wanted to go for a big bang”
A few weeks ago, our very own Joe B got to speak to Inspo, the Latvian rock duo made up of Nadīna and Aivars, ahead of their second participation at their national final Supernova. Inspo spoke about the meaning of their song, their thoughts about Latvia’s future at Eurovision, what to expect from them on-stage […] Read More
Want to volunteer in Liverpool this May? Here’s how you can apply
Exactly 100 days until one of the biggest music competitions in the world takes over Liverpool, UK – meanwhile, the Eurovision Host City team wants you to get involved. If you’ve ever been dreaming about volunteering at such an event- here’s your chance. The volunteering programme is now officially open. According to Eurovision.tv, around 500 […] Read More
Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 Heat 1 Snippets Revealed
SVT released this morning the snippets for the Heat 1 of Melodifestivalen 2023. Seven acts will compete on Saturday with some familiar faces in the line-up such as Victor Crone who represented Estonia at Eurovision 2019, Loulou Lamotte who was part of The Mamas and was supposed to represent Sweden in 2020 but due the […] Read More
Bradley: “I’ve learnt to never put on a mask in order to satisfy people”
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. Bradley DeBono presented his song “Blackout” already in the first quarter-final. We had the pleasure of having a chat with Bradley and found […] Read More
MATT BLXCK: ‘It’s going to be a colorful, fun, energetic performance!’
MATT BLXCK is one of 39 artists competing at this year’s Malta Eurovision Song Contest. Matt is a self-proclaimed Eurovision fan out to represent his home country on the big stage this year in Liverpool. His career has seen him participate in X Factor in Malta alongside the likes of Ira Losco, and to MESC […] Read More
Armenia has made it official, it’s Brunette for Eurovision 2023
Ending weeks of speculation, AMPTV has chosen pop artist Brunette as Armenia’s participant at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool! Brunette is known for several hit songs already, and she will bring a different style of music than we are used to from her to Liverpool: “I am happy to share the news with […] Read More
Ulrikke: ‘I am super proud of being Norwegian, our language and our culture.’
The Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023 is set to take place this Saturday live from Trondheim in Norway. A total of nine acts are going to be competing to win over the hearts of the Norwegian public and the international jury, in order to win that single ticket to Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. […] Read More
Maella: ‘I do sad songs with a sexy beat’
The Czech national selected started on Monday night, where the five competing acts presented their songs in a live show broadcast on YouTube and ČT’s online page. Maella is a newcommer in the Czech naitonal selection, and she is competing in ESCZ to represent her home country with the song “Flood”. We spoke to Maella […] Read More
San Marino waiting until the last minute to reveal semi-finalists
There’s been some big drama this week in Eurovision’s smallest nation. Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV was forced to issue a press release yesterday after what appeared to be a leak of the “Big” artists competing in Una voce per San Marino 2023 made the rounds on social media. The tweet was constructed to look like the […] Read More
Sláinte! The Irish language makes a comeback to Eurosong
Irish Eurosong 2023 competitor Adgy has announced on his Twitter that he will sing part of his song in Irish at Eurosong this Friday! On Tuesday, he launched a challenge to his Twitter followers. Were his Tweet to receive over 100 retweets, he would add Irish lyrics to his song “Too Good For Love”. At […] Read More
Maria Christina: “It is very important to steer clear from any technological distractions”
Malta Eurovision Song Contest entered it’s fourth week. Last Friday we saw the remaining quarter-final acts perform and soon it is expected for the semi-finalists to be revealed. Another artist who competed in third quarter-final with whom we got a chance to talk with is Maria Christina who performed the song “Our Flame”. Hello Maria […] Read More
Markéta Irglová: ‘This song came to me in a dream, and then I sat next to a piano and figured out what it was’
The Czech national selected started last night, where the five competing acts presented their songs in a live show broadcast on YouTube and ČT’s online page. After entering the Icelandic Söngvakeppnin last year, Markéta Irglová is now entering the Czech naitonal selection, and hoping to represent her home country with the song “Happy”. We spoke […] Read More
These are the first four finalists of Benidorm Fest 2023
The First Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2023 has just finished. Nine candidates competed at today’s show, but only four have gone through to the final, which is set to take place on Saturday, February 4th. The show was hosted by singer Mónica Naranjo, host Rodrigo Vázquez and Inés Hernand, who already co-hosted the last year’s […] Read More
LIVE: Benidorm Fest, semifinal 1
Tonight it’s time to start the search for the next Spanish Eurovision representative, when the first semifinal of Benidorm Fest 2023 takes place. We will follow the show in our live blog, and we’ll take you through the show, which is starting at 22.50 CET: Read More
Andre’: “This song is a form of emotional liberation”
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. Andre’ presented his song “Broken Hill” back in the third quarter-final. We had the pleasure of having a chat with Andre’ who is […] Read More
United By Music: Eurovision is officially in Liverpool’s hands
The Semi Final Allocation Draw took place today at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. It was hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan and decided the fate of the 31 countries that are not pre-qualified to the Grand Final. They were assisted during the event by Ukrainian students from a local school. We now know which […] Read More
LIVE: Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2023
Tonight the semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is going to take place at St. George’s Hall in Liverpool. This will determine the fate of all the 31 countries competing in one of the two semi-finals. You can watch the full show and join our discussions in the live blog below! Read More
Denmark: Here Is The Running Order For Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023
DR revealed today the running order for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023, the show will start with Frederik Leopold and it will be finished with fan favorite Reiley. The national final will take place on 11 February. There will be two rounds of voting, in the first one the public will select their top 3 […] Read More
Vesna: ‘Our group is all about Slavic themes and motives’
The Czech national selected started last night, where the five competing acts presented their songs in a live show broadcast on YouTube and ČT’s online page. Vesna are the only girl-group in this year’s edition of ESCZ, and they are competing with the song “My Sister’s Crown”. We spoke to Olesya and Tanita from Vesna […] Read More
Pam Rabbit: ‘My image looks kinda alternative, but right now it’s mainstream’
The Czech national selected started last night, where the five competing acts presented their songs in a live show broadcast on YouTube and ČT’s online page. After entering the national selection in 2019 and 2020, Pam Rabbit is back for a third try, this time with the song “Ghosting”, which she co-wrote with her longtime […] Read More
Rodan: ‘It’s totally ok to stay home and don’t go to parties’
The Czech national selected started last night, where the five competing acts presented their songs in a live show broadcast on YouTube and ČT’s online page. Rodan is the only male contestant in this year’s edition of ESCZ, and he is competing with a self-penned song “Introvert Party Club”. We spoke to Rodan about his […] Read More
Here’s the running order for Benidorm Fest’s 1st Semi Final
Benidorm Fest kicks off tonight in Spain, and broadcaster RTVE have kept the running order very quiet – until now! In a message on their social media, RTVE has now confirmed Sharonne will open the show with “Aire” while Twin Melody will close the show with “Sayonara”. ✨Este es el orden de actuación de la […] Read More
Stefan: ‘There will be an element of mystery in my performance’
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 is a entering Malta Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, and he presented his song “Heartbreaker” in the third quarter-final. We […] Read More
K Muni & ND: ‘Afroswing is the genre of ‘Down In The Rain’, which is a sound of Afrobeat’
Our editor Matt spoke to K Muni & ND who are taking part in this year’s Eurosong. K Muni & ND are aiming to represent Ireland with the song ‘Down in the Rain’ written by Kofi Appiah and Nevlonne Dampare. You can see Matt’s interview with K Muni & ND below: You can also see […] Read More
Teya and Salena confirmed as Austrian act for Liverpool
The Austrian broadcaster ORF just revealed in their daily radio show “Ö3-Wecker” that the duo Teya and Salena will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. In the interview, the Viennese-Styrian duo was praised for their unusual combination of voices and played Finish The Lyrics with radio host Robert Kratky: […] Read More
Dan: ‘I started writing my own music until it got me where I am today’
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. Dan is a newcomer to this competition, and he presented her song “It’ll Be OK” back in the second quarter-final. We had the […] Read More
Vote for YOUR favorite act in ESCZ 2023!
The Czech national selection ESCZ ended moments ago. The five competing acts presented their songs live, and the voting all over the world is now open! All you need to do to vote is to download the Eurovision app, or visit www.escz2023.com and cast your vote! The voting will stop on the 6th of February […] Read More
LIVE: ESCZ Final 2023
Dobrý večer a vítejte! We are thrilled to wrap up today’s Monday in the Eurovision atmosphere, as we are going to the Czech Republic tonight, where the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, ESCZ, will take place for the first time in 15 years. Dave and Jan will be