As we all know, Voyager represented Australia in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, and their entry “Promise” brought Australia back to the Top 10. The band was set for a European tour this autumn, however this tour has now been postponed, as the lead singer of Voyager, Danny Estrin has been diagnosed with […] Read More
Swedish Eurovision fans rejoice! Melodifestivalen is going back on tour in 2024! The festivities will kick off in Malmö Arena for Heat 1 on 3rd February, some 94 days before Semi Final 1 of Eurovision 2024 will go live in the same venue! The Melfest tour will continue to wind its way across southern Sweden […] Read More
The German national final has ended, and earlier today, the results were announced! A total of five finalists competed to win over the hearts of the fans who could vote via kika.de, as well as the international professional jury, and the combined vote gave us Germany’s entry for Junior Eurovision in Nice – “Ohne Worte” […] Read More
ESCBubble’s brand new recruits Isaac and Sophie had the honour of chatting to Austrian royalty Teya & Salena ahead of their performance at Eurostarz in Concert at the Water Rats in London. Among other things, the pair chatted about the interesting antics they got up to earlier this year in Liverpool, why the Crystal Ball […] Read More
Prior to this year’s edition of Eurostarz in Concert at the Water Rats in London, our very own Joe B got to chat to Iceland’s London boy Ari Olafsson, who represented his country in 2018 before moving to study Musical Theatre at the Royal Academy. Among other things, he discussed how he made the transition […] Read More
The Norwegian Eurovision entrant from earlier this year, Alessandra, just released her brand new single, titled “Bad Bitch”. Alessandra co-wrote this song with Ludwig Gassner, Gustav Nisbel Fjäll, Einar Eriksen Kvaløy, Cate Downey, Elizabeth Makris and Trym Stokke, whilst the production was done by Ludwig Gassner and Gustav Nisbel Fjäll. Alessandra also posted on her […] Read More
Last week, ESCBubble’s Isaac had the pleasure of chatting to Malta’s Eurovision 2017 representative Claudia Faniello ahead of Eurostarz in Concert at the Water Rats in London. Among other things, Claudia spoke of her recent studies and work in pastoral care, how she fell in love with Eurovision through her brother and why hosting the […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 runner-up and public favorite Käärijä has released a new single. You can watch the music video of the song ”It’s crazy it’s party (feat. Tommy Cash)” here: After finishing second in Eurovision 2023 Käärijä (real name Jere Pöyhönen) has gained even more popularity both in Finland and abroad. During the summer he toured […] Read More
Swedish broadcaster SVT announced on Friday that a total of 2,624 songs have been submitted to Sweden’s national Eurovision final, Melodifestivalen 2024! According to Melodifestivalen’s producer Karin Gunnarsson, the team is thrilled about the great interest in this year’s competition. She and her team are now moving on to the next phase – working with […] Read More
Estonian broadcaster ERR has confirmed it: submissions are now open for Eesti Laul 24! Artists have until the 23rd of October to enter the contest, with the chosen semi-finalists set to be announced by the 8th of November. Songs will then be released no later than December 8th. The news comes with paired with an […] Read More
Last weekend, our very own Sophie had the opportunity to speak to Marc Roberts, who finished second representing Ireland at Eurovision 1997 with Mysterious Woman, ahead of Eurostarz in Concert at the Water Rats in London. Among other things, Marc opened up about his experience with the Contest in a different era, his loss to […] Read More
September 15th has come and gone. That was the date for broadcasters to notify to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) if they wish to participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest next May in Malmö, Sweden. So what do we know? While the EBU knows the final number of participating countries, the announcment each year […] Read More
The accolades keep coming for Loreen. After winning Eurovision for the second time back in May (becoming the first Swede to do so), she can now boast that her winning song Tattoo has the most streams of any other Swedish Eurovision entry ever (not that she would boast!). At time of publishing, Tattoo has an […] Read More
Norway’s most recent televote winners KEiiNO are back with a new pop song to help you ‘get up’ as the days get darker and colder in the march towards winter! The band have been promoting their new song Get Up for about 2 weeks now on their socials, including this humorous video of the song […] Read More
Change of plans from the Georgian delegation – GPB has decided to send a trio to Junior Eurovision 2023! Anastasia Vasadze, who was selected as her country’s representative after winning Ranina, will be joined by Nikoloz Kharat and Oto Bazerashvili on stage in Nice. The boys were finalists in last year’s edition of Ranina, which […] Read More
Back in June, the core team responsible for producing Eurovision 2024 was announced. At the time, some eyebrows were raised as to why Christer Björkman was not on that list. Well today, host broadcaster for Eurovision 2024 SVT has revealed that Björkman will have a major role after all – that of Contest Producer. Björkman […] Read More
Germany has just revealed the first details of its national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. The national final will take place in form of a live show on Friday, February 16th 2024 in Berlin and will be broadcast on ARD and eurovision.de. Furthermore, the name of the national final seems to […] Read More
Sources at OGAE Greece have revealed that 16-year-old Silia Kapsis will represent Cyprus at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö! This marks the second year in a row that Cypriot broadcaster RIK internally chooses an Australian singer to represent the Mediterranean island at the Contest. While we wait for the official announcement from the […] Read More
Austria hasn’t let the public help select its Eurovision entry for the last eight years, but that may be about to change if Martin Gastinger gets his way! Our colleagues at ESC Kompakt quote the Kleine Zeitung who have it under authority that ORF’s new head of TV entertainment, Martin Gastinger, wants live performances of […] Read More
It’s the 1st of September, and we all know what that means – it’s the first day of the new Eurovision season! Every song that gets released from today on, will be eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Every musician, producer, singer or songwriter can now publish a song, which will have […] Read More
The 2024 Eurovision season hasn’t officially started yet, but we are ready to announce the first artist to compete in next year’s Contest in Malmö! The Belgian national broadcaster RTBF has just confirmed that they have internally selected Mustii to represent Belgium in Sweden next year. Thomas Mustin (better known as Mustii) is an author, […] Read More
It’s competition time – and you have up to FIVE chances to win 2 tickets to EuroStarz in Concert 2023! Join us at the Water Rats, London’s Kings Cross on the 9th September, to enjoy a brilliant line-up including 2017 Maltese entrant Claudia Faniello, 1997 runner-up Marc Roberts, Iceland’s 2018 entrant Ari Ólafsson and Teya […] Read More
Moments after the EBU confirmed that a total of 16 countries are going to be taking part in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and the news that Estonia is making their debut this year, ERR has confirmed that they already have their act ready for Nice! The Estonian national broadcaster selected the 11 year […] Read More
As we all know, France won last year’s edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Lissandro and his song “Oh Maman!”, and thus this year’s Contest is once again going to take place in France. The EBU has now confirmed that a total of 16 countries are going to be taking part in this […] Read More
As we reported earlier, PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, has confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2024 and confirmed that their entry will be selected through a national final once again. Starting from today and until the 20th of September, all interested artists and composers can send in their songs to PBS via their online form […] Read More
Ukraine’s national broadcaster UA:PBC has just confirmed their participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, and announced that they will once again host a national final in order to find their entry for the Contest. The rules and regulations, as well as the submission process will be announced in the coming days, but […] Read More
Former Finnish Eurovision representative Blind Channel has released a new single. You can listen to the song ”Deadzone” here: Blind Channel is a Finnish band founded in 2013 with six members: Joel Hokka (vocals, guitar), Niko Moilanen (vocals), Joonas Porko (guitar, backing vocals), Olli Matela (bass), Tommi Lalli (drums) and Aleksi Kaunisvesi (samples, percussions). The […] Read More
Big news from the UK: the Head of Entertainment at the BBC has confirmed that, after huge ratings success, the semi finals will continue to be aired on BBC One in 2024. Previously they had been aired on the broadcaster’s smaller channels, BBC Three and BBC Four. Riding high on host country hype, they chose […] Read More
Beautiful news arrived from 2019 Dutch Eurovision winner, Duncan Laurence, as he got married to his boyfriend, Jordan Garfield last weekend. The wedding took place in Sweden, in a beutiful scenery and heartfelt ceremony at Häringe Castle. The singer shared the touching moments on his Instagram as well. View this post on Instagram A post […] Read More
Sad news coming from Italy today, as the winner of the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, and the host of the 1991 Contest, Toto Cutugno, has died earlier today in Milan. Toto Cutugno took part in the Sanremo music festival multiple times, and even though he won it in 1980 with the song “Solo noi”, the […] Read More
The Finnish broadcaster YLE has opened the song search for next year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK). The search was opened on Monday August 21st 7.00 CET and will be open until Thursday August 24th 22.59 CET. You can read the rules of UMK24 here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MuX6WLq5LDz3DbS6oApPf_k6YLVQ43RA/view and send you song to the contest here https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/new-music-competition-umk-2024/ZvrJq5 UMK has […] Read More
Last month, we reported on the several changes the Dutch delegation had made, amongst other things appointing the new Head of Delegation: Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen. Back then it was also known that they were looking for people to fill the two vacancies within the selection committee. And the new members have been found! They […] Read More
PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, has just published the Rules and Regulations of their Eurovision selection process for 2024, and thus confirmed that once again they will look for their entry for Malmö via a national final. Apart from the standard Eurovision rules, the following rules also apply for Malta Eurovision Song Contest: All artists […] Read More
It’s been 14 years since the small principality of Andorra last participated at the Eurovision Song Contest, and fans wishing to see the country return have at least one more year to wait. As broadcasters around Europe are confirming their intentions regarding Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it seems that Andorran national broadcaster RTVA has once […] Read More
Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra are heading across the pond this November to launch a tour of the North American continent! In 2022, Kalush Orchestra did a similar North American tour that saw them perform in 13 cities, in an effort to raise funds for the Ukrainian war effort. This was in addition to auctioning […] Read More
Belgium’s national broadcaster RTBF confirmed today that the nation will send a delegation to Eurovision 2024 in Malmö! This will mark Belgium’s 65th time competing in Eurovision. Belgium has one win under its belt – Sandra Kim won in 1986 with J’aime la vie. The nation has also placed first in a Semi Final. That […] Read More
It’s been a rough year for Ireland at Eurovision. Not only did the Irish Republic fail to qualify for the Grand Final for the fourth consecutive Contest, but with Loreen’s win in Liverpool, Ireland can no longer boast that they alone have the most Eurovision wins. To pour salt in the wounds, Ireland’s national broadcaster […] Read More
Mae Muller has communicated to ticket holders that her headline tour in November has been canceled, without any explanation. Ticket holders have shared the following notice they received: Hello my stunnas, I hope you’re all well!?? Unfortunately, I have some sad news to share with you. It’s honestly hard for me to write this but […] Read More
The BBC confirmed that the first ever UK Eurovision entrant, Patricia Bredin, has died at the age of 88. Patricia Bredin won the right to represent the United Kingdom in Eurovision 1957 after winning a national final, titled “Festival of British Popular Songs”. “All” was the runaway winner in a competition of six songs, and […] Read More
PBS has selected Yulan Law to wave the Maltese flag at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The young singer was chosen by a mix of public and jury vote at the national final that took place yesterday. This year’s Maltese national final was only aimed to select the voice for Junior Eurovision, so all […] Read More
Recently, we’ve seen the Eurovision Song Contest have an enormous reach. Winners and other contestants becoming popular abroad and their (Eurovision) songs featuring in charts all around the world, breaking records. Think of Rosa Linn, Måneskin and Loreen. But now another milestone can be added! It’s Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence whose ‘Arcade’ passes the colossal […] Read More
In the last hour, Portuguese broadcaster RTP announced its participation at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, with the winner of the 58th edition of Festival da Canção to be selected as their representative. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Festival da Canção (@festivaldacancao.rtp) The upcoming edition of Festival da […] Read More
Bejba, it’s kinda krejza! Ahead of the July edition of Eurofest, one of the UK’s biggest Eurovision club nights, at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London, we had the privilege of chatting to the Polish pop sensation Blanka while she got ready to perform that night. You can catch the full interview below: Please note: […] Read More
Serbian national broadcaster RTS has just started their open call for songs for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which is going to be held in Malmö, Sweden. They also confirmed that once again, the Serbian entry is going to be selected through a national final. Apart from the standard Eurovision rules that apply, RTS set […] Read More
After working together with the BBC for two years, and selecting the United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, TAP Music released a statement that they are no longer collaborating with the UK’s national broadcaster on the Eurovision project. TAP Music was responsible for the last two entries for the United Kingdom – Sam […] Read More
After today’s press conference, more details have been revealed about the third edition of Spain’s successful national selection, Benidorm Fest. The contest will again consist of two semi finals and a grand final which can be viewed on La 1 and RTVE Play. These will be shown on the following dates: Semi Final 1 – […] Read More
This year’s Portuguese Eurovision representative Mimicat has released new music. You can listen to the song ”Vais Ter Saudades” here: Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, better known as her artist name Mimicat, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, who released her debut single ”Tell Me Why” in 2014. Later that same year her debut album ”For You” came […] Read More
As we informed a couple of months ago, one of the most iconic and most popular summer events – EuroStarz in Concert is back for its seventh edition this year! The event will take place on the 9th of September in The Water Rats in London (near King’s Cross). Two types of tickets have now […] Read More
Eurostarz in Concert is returning to London again this September, and it remains our favourite cure for any lingering Post Eurovision Depression you may have! As the official media partner of this amazing event we’ve announced your first three acts already – Malta’s 2017 entrant Claudia Faniello, Ireland’s 1997 entrant Marc Roberts, as well as […] Read More
Eurostarz in Concert is returning to London again this September, and it remains our favourite cure for any lingering Post Eurovision Depression you may have! As the official media partner of this amazing event we’ve announced your first two acts already – Malta’s 2017 entrant Claudia Faniello, and Ireland’s 1997 entrant Marc Roberts. We can […] Read More
Eurostarz in Concert is returning to London again this September, and it remains our favourite cure for any lingering Post Eurovision Depression you may have! As the official media partner of this amazing event we’ve announced your first act yesterday – Malta’s 2017 entrant Claudia Faniello, and we can now confirm that the next act […] Read More
As we informed a couple of months ago, one of the most iconic and most popular summer events – EuroStarz in Concert is back for its seventh edition this year! The event will take place on the 9th of September in The Water Rats in London (near King’s Cross). We can also now confirm that […] Read More
Australia’s Eurovision 2023 representatives Voyager have released their eighth studio album, entitled ‘Fearless In Love’. The new album features the band’s Eurovision hit Promise. “After many years of writing, demoing, isolating, perfecting and recording, we are proud to present our 8th album in full, “Fearless In Love”. We are so proud of this album. It […] Read More
Serbian national broadcaster РТС (RTS) confirmed to OGAE Serbia today that the nation will send a delegation to Eurovision 2024 in Malmö! This will be Serbia’s 16th time competing in Eurovision. Serbia hasn’t won the competition since its début back in 2007. The news came with RTS’ intention to hold another national final to choose […] Read More
On Monday, a Greek morning show revealed that producer and TV presenter Nikos Koklonis will host Fame Story, the Cypriot national selection method for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. ESC site EurovisionFun reports that Koklonis also noted that the show is set to kick off in September 2023 and run through December on RIK and […] Read More
When in the middle of the final week of Eurovision 2023, it was announced that Luxembourg will be making their comeback next year, that news made great waves and sparked joy among the many Eurovision fans worldwide! When they announced they would be choosing local talent through a national final, the euphoria was even greater! […] Read More
The biennial Eurovision Young Musicians has been confirmed for 2024 and broadcaster NRK has taken responsibility for the event! Eurovision Young Musicians will take place at the Stormen Konserthuset on Saturday, 17th August 2024 in Bodø, Norway. Bodø’s choice as host city coincides with the city’s tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2024. EYM […] Read More
After a disappointing result for the Dutch at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, broadcaster AVROTROS stated that they needed some time top evaluate and make some plans, before they would open the submission period for next year. Now they’ve made up their mind and have made some changes! First of all, the selection committee is […] Read More
Ten years after she performed Dancing in the Rain in Copenhagen, Ruth Lorenzo could have her sights set on making her second trip to the Eurovision stage. Lorenzo had planned on participating in Spain’s Eurovision selection show Benidorm Fest 2024. It was looking like a rule change was going to allow for songs to be […] Read More
Today Italian broadcaster Rai released the rules and regulations governing Italy’s biggest music festival. Sanremo 2024 is set from 6th to 10th February at the Ariston Theatre and will be broadcast on Rai1 and RaiPlay. As of 1st December 2023, Amadeus will begin announcing the participating artists to the Italian media. The ‘Class of 2024’ […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 runner-up Käärijä is going to the European tour this autumn. The tour dates were announced earlier today: Käärijä (real name Jere Pöyhönen) represented his home country Finland in Eurovision 2023 with his party anthem ”Cha Cha Cha”, finishing runner-up. He won the public vote, but after the public and jury votes were combined, […] Read More
It’s been less than two months since Loreen triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, bringing Sweden’s 7th victory at the Contest. Now SVT and the EBU have confirmed that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is going to be held in Malmö! Same as the first time when Loreen won, the Eurovision […] Read More
While 2024 National Final season might feel too distant to start getting excited about, dates continue to be confirmed in the calendar for fans to soon look forward to. Today we head to Italy, where national broadcaster Rai have officially confirmed the dates for Sanremo 2024. From the 6th to the 10th of February, a […] Read More
When we heard a distant chanting of ‘Poe, Poe, Poe’, we figured we were in the right place for Luke Black’s concert. As we turned the corner of a side street to see someone in head-to-toe lobster gear, we knew for sure. Six weeks on from his performance of Samo Mi Se Spava in May’s […] Read More
After a period of seeing several countries announce they will not return or début at Junior Eurovision 2023, some positive news today as PBS has revealed the list of 24 Semi Finalists who will compete to represent Malta in Nice this November! Malta’s 2023 selection includes two Semi-Finals to be held on 22nd and 29th […] Read More
Moments ago, Luxembourg’s national broadcaster RTL has published the rules of entering Luxembourg’s selection of Eurovision 2024, and also confirmed that their entry for Sweden is going to be selected via a national final! Luxembourg started their search for their entry for Eurovision 2024, and their open call for songs closes on the 1st of […] Read More
Ahead of her highly-anticipated debut album, Mae Muller has released a new single – ‘Me, Myself and I’. With an uptempo bassline and tropical house elements, the catchy song is made for summer weather. In a clever inversion of Lou Bega’s iconic hit ‘Mambo No. 5’, Mae lists the names of her lovers, insisting that […] Read More
If you’re reading this on July 1st, Happy Canada Day! It was 156 years ago today that Canada asked Queen Victoria for independence, and she replied, “Oh blimey, alright then.” … I’m paraphrasing, but that’s basically it! To mark the 156th anniversary of that momentous occasion, we’re looking back at Canada’s links to the Eurovision […] Read More
Anyone brave enough to enter a song into Sweden’s highly competitive selection for Eurovision 2024 will face a new format this year. A new change to the rules will see a total of 30 entries participate in Melodifestivalen 2024. This will allow an extra two more songs to compete in the Swedish selection than this […] Read More
After 30 years of absence, Luxembourg is coming back to the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Sweden. This was announced on the day before the Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision. Now RTL – Luxembourg’s public broadcaster, has announced that they are starting their Eurovision process already next week! There are already numerous speculations […] Read More
This year’s edition of The Voice Kids Portugal ended yesterday, where the Portuguese public was not only selecting the winner of this talent show, but at the same time they were choosing their entrant for this year’s edition of Junior Eurovision. Five acts competed, and at the end Júlia Machado was announced as the winner, […] Read More
Finnish Eurovision star Saara Aalto and her wife Meri have celebrated their marriage in Italy, after been a married couple for three years. Both of them shared picture of them in their wedding gowns in their social media channels: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct1rLt2syKk/ The couple wrote the following: Finally our love celebration in Italy ❤️ The most wonderful […] Read More
The highly anticipated Barcelona Eurovision Party returns for its third edition in 2024. After ongoing discussions with delegations about the timing of the party, the original dates of 25th-27th April 2024 have now been disregarded in order to allow the artists of 2024 more time to prepare for their performances in Sweden. The Barcelona Eurovision […] Read More
Four cities are still in the running to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Sweden. Malmö, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik and the capital city Stockholm. According to Dagens Nyheter, a proposal submitted to SVT plans a new, temporary arena in Frihamnen in Stockholm. The executive producer at SVT, Ebba Adielsson, said the following: We have pointed […] Read More
Every year on one evening in June, the best artists of the Greek music scene gather under one roof to celebrate music (and hopefully get some awards). The MAD VMA is an award giving show in which artists from the Greek music industry not only get awards, but also perform on stage. Past Eurovision competitors […] Read More
It’s new music Friday, and today we have a new release from the winner of the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. Måns Zelmerlöw has been holding on to his new release Running Low for over eight years. He admitted today on his social media that Running Low was the song he originally confirmed he would present […] Read More
Just like the lyrics of his 2023 entry “DGT (Off and On)”, Romania’s Theodor Andrei has been flickering on and off of our news feed screens since his performance in May. Crashing out of the competition with a disappointing 0 points in the first semi-final, the 18 year-old singer was sadly unable to advance to […] Read More
Just over a month after the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023 took place, RTÉ has started looking for the song that is going to represent Ireland in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest! The Irish broadcaster wants to hear from contemporary performers and songwriters with the talent and ambition to compete and succeed in Eurovision. Apart […] Read More
One month after arguably the biggest shock non-qualifier of semi final 2, Georgia’s Iru has now released a new song, Seen. The JESC 2011 winner showcases another side of herself here, with a poppier number that also has an R&B feel. Far less busy than her 2023 entry, the track primarily focusses on Iru’s voice accompanied […] Read More
RÚV has now confirmed Iceland’s participation in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Sweden in May 2024! Along with the news, the broadcaster confirmed that the Icelandic qualifier Söngvakeppnin will be back for a 2024 edition, to be held in February and March. The winner of Söngvakeppnin will go on to […] Read More
The team in charge of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool has received a UNESCO City of Music award – the first of its kind. In a ceremony at Liverpool Town Hall, host broadcaster the BBC and event organisers the EBU were presented with the award. Created in recognition of local people’s outstanding contributions […] Read More
News out of Norway indicate that Eurovision broadcaster NRK are in dialogue with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) regarding what to do with the jury system. The Broadcasting Council in Norway met on 13th June, and Norway’s national final Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision Song Contest were discussed. NRK has been bombarded with complaints from […] Read More
Finland’s fourth largest city, Vantaa, has decided to gift Eurovision 2023’s runner-up Käärijä with a rent-free apartment for one year! The rapper, whose real name is Jere Pöyhönen, grew up in Vantaa and recently discussed publicly about his desire to move back one day. The City’s decision to gift him an apartment seems a strong […] Read More
Sweden is already well into preparations to host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. Today broadcaster SVT announced the members of the executive team that will be responsible for Sweden’s seventh time hosting the Contest! Ebba Adielsson will be the Executive Producer for Eurovision 2024. Despite having to step down from her role at SVT Nöje […] Read More
INÊS APENAS made her debut at this year’s edition of Festival da Canção, where she competed with “Fim Do Mundo” and finished in 13th place in the Grand Final. Ever since the Final of FdC, Inês has been working hard on her second EP, titled “Leve(mente)”, which she just released. In this new LP, INÊS […] Read More
For the seventh year in a row, the Austrian broadcaster ORF has decided to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest internally. The last time, the Austrian entry was chosen through a national final was in 2016, when Zoe’s “Loin D’ici” won Wer Singt für Österreich? against nine other acts. The ORF program director […] Read More
It’s official: host city applications for next year’s Contest are now officially closed. At 23:59 last night, 12th of June 2023, Swedish broadcaster SVT stopped accepting bids, reigniting speculation amongst fans about where they may be travelling to in May. While many cities are reported to have expressed an interest in hosting, it seems most […] Read More
Ukraine’s TVORCHI continued their nation’s streak of top 10 finishes in May. Today they released the official music video to their new track, Mrіyniki, a collaboration with THE HARDKISS, whose lead singer Julia Sanina is still fresh in our memories after presenting the shows in Liverpool. Continuing with themes of perseverance and strength, Мрійники (English: […] Read More
We recently had the absolute pleasure to speak with Andorra’s last Eurovision artist, Susanne Georgi in her Stars Academy studio in Andorra la Vella! Susanne has been a vocal activist in the struggle to see one of Europe’s smallest nations return to the world’s biggest music show, one that draws over 160 million viewers worldwide. […] Read More
Anastasia Vasadze has won Ranina 2023 and will represent Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Nice. She has become the sixth winner of the national selection of her country, which was released in 2017 and has been made up of different rounds following the format of previous editions. In the final, Anastasia competed […] Read More
Viewers worldwide saw the Queen of Kings rock the the stage at the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final. Now, less than one month later, Norway’s Alessandra releases her first follow up single, “Pretty Devil”. With a recent top 5 placement under her belt, Alessandra keeps momentum going with this fresh summer tune. Singing of a sinful […] Read More
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has announced a major rule change for Melodi Grand Prix 2024: all songs released after September 1st 2023 are now able to be selected to participate in the next edition of the national selection process. For most Eurovision fans, the 1st of September marks the beginning of the season. As per EBU […] Read More
San Marino’s highest placing artist at Eurovision is back! Last summer Serhat released a summery revamp of Chocolate Flavour, and today he’s released a new single for summer 2023! M.Y.K.O.N.O.S is Serhat’s first English single in 4 years, since he entered Eurovision 2019 with Say Na Na Na. He’s hoping to conquer the world with […] Read More
Kiana shot to fame after finishing in second place in Sweden’s Got Talent, and then she made her debut at this year’s edition of Melodifestivalen. She turned 16 on the night of the fourth heat, and made her way to the Grand Final. Her entry “Where Did You Go” finished in 6th place in the […] Read More
One third of KEiiNO – the supergroup that represented Norway in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest – Tom Hugo, has just released his brand new single, titled “Royal”. This is the second song from his upcoming album, titled “Eden”, which will be released later this year. Tom wrote “Royal” together with his husband, and explains […] Read More
One of the biggest Eurovision national finals is about to see a huge shake up. Host and artistic director Amadeus has announced that 2024 will be his final time at the helm of the Italy’s premiere music festival. Amadeus took the role from Claudio Baglioni and hosted his first Sanremo Festival in 2020. Since then, […] Read More
After an already successful year with two Top 20 singles in her home country, 2021’s Croatian Eurovision representative Albina Grčić is keeping her creative streak going with the brand new song Grad sve zna (The town knows everything). The single is produced by Hrovje Domazet, who’s also worked with Dora winners Roko Blažević and Damir […] Read More
A few hours ago, Israeli broadcaster Kan announced that, after a hiatus of four years, and for the first time since before the Covid pandemic, Keshet 12’s talent show format Rising Star, or HaKokhav HaBa, will return as the selection process for the country’s next Eurovision artist. The contest, which began in 2013 on Channel […] Read More
Three weeks after La Zarra’s ‘gesture’ during the televoting sequence at Eurovision, the fiasco continues for the Montréal-born singer. French news outlet Actu.fr is reporting that La Zarra’s appearance at the Greenland Festival in Palau-del-Vidre has been canceled. The Greenland Festival is an annual music celebration that takes place near Perpignan. This year, it is […] Read More
This year’s Estonian Eurovision representative ALIKA has released a new single. You can listen to the song ”Too much” here: 20-year-old Alika Milova came into the knowledge of the Estonian public in 2021, when she won the 8th season of Eesti Otsib Superstaari, which is the Estonian version of Idol format. During the contest Alika […] Read More
Earlier today, 2018’s Belgian representative Sennek, aka Laura Groeseneken, released her latest EP, featuring acoustic covers of Eurovision songs through the ages, titled Eurovision Unplugged. The four-song collection features Sennek’s unique live lounge renditions of two former winning tracks, Teach-in’s Ding-a-dong (Netherlands 1975) and Conchita’s Rise Like A Phoenix (Austria 2014), as well as Gina […] Read More
RTVE has opened submissions for their national selection process for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The broadcaster will follow the same format that led them to 6th place in the last year’s competition, which was made up of internal auditions and the selection of the song by the broadcaster. Solo singers and groups between […] Read More
The outcry since the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final has been vocal and two weeks on, hasn’t died down. Wherever Eurovision can be found on social media, one can also find posts about changing the voting system, giving the televote more weight in the final result, or doing away with the juries altogether. Those advocating for […] Read More
As we reported yesterday, just over a week after the Eurovision 2023 Final, the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE has announced that Ana María Bordas will resume the job of the Spanish Head of Delegation in Eurovision 2024 and the role at Benidorm Fest, and that she will replace Eva Mora. As the Spanish news portal Infobae […] Read More
The Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest took place on the 13th of May in Liverpool, where after an exciting voting, Sweden’s Loreen was declared the winner with her song “Tattoo”. The EBU has now confirmed that this year’s three shows reached a total of 162 million people across 38 public service media […] Read More
Undeterred after a disappointing result at Eurovision in Liverpool, Spanish broadcaster RTVE is already looking ahead to Benidorm Fest 2024 to choose its 62nd Eurovision entry. The third edition of the Benidorm Fest will be co-directed by Ana María Bordas and César Vallejo. Ana María will resume her role as Spain’s Head of Delegation at […] Read More
A performance at the Eurovision Song Contest can leave a lasting impression. And one way to achieve that is by wearing something that sticks with people. And according to the people, Käärijä from Finland had the most striking outfit! This is how he won the You’re A Vision Award 2023! What is the You’re A […] Read More
No one can have missed that earlier this month, Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden for the second time, giving the country its 7th win. After that she has been staying behind in the United Kingdom, giving interviews to several press outlets. We know Loreen is also working on new music but […] Read More
For the first time in history, four Eurovision songs have simultaneously entered the Top 10 of the official United Kingdom’s Singles Chart! The interest is undoubtedly coming from the two week extravaganza that was Eurovision 2023 on home soil for Brits in Liverpool, but this also feels like it marks a turning point. Eurovision has […] Read More
With Loreen’s historic seventh Eurovision win for Sweden on Saturday, many Eurofans are already looking ahead to what Eurovision 2024 may look like. Most have their hopes riding on another historic event happening at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest – the return of ABBA! Most readers of ESCBubble already know that ABBA won the 19th […] Read More
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest ended only a couple of days ago. Sweden was declared as the overall winner after winning the jury vote by a landslide, but the runaway favorite with the public who overall finished in a rather close second place – Finland’s Käärijä, is set to perform a concert in three days’ […] Read More
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest finished moments ago, and Sweden had won the Contest with Loreen and her song “Tattoo”. As the rules of the Contest suggest, the full results of the semi finals have now also been released. Please find the full results for each of the two semi finals below: Semi Final 1 […] Read More
A very exciting Grand Final has just taken place in the Liverpool Arena and that final has been won by: Loreen for Sweden! This is what it looked like after the juries had voted: Here’s how the scoreboard looks after the National Juries voted! #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/z2qsZVsboK — Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 13, 2023 And […] Read More
Now here we are: the second Grand Final rehearsal and this is one where it counts: tonight the juries will be voting on all the acts! As you know, they’ll be deciding 50% of the result, so half of tomorrow’s outcome will be decided tonight already! As ESCBubble is live, here in Liverpool, we’ll be […] Read More
We have the running order and it’s kicking off: the first dress rehearsal in final running order! We are live in Liverpool and ESCBubble will update you live on everything that’s happening during the show! Just follow our live-blog down below: Read More
Last December we informed you about the possibility of Luxembourg’s return to Eurovision Song Contest next year. Today an official confirmation has been made and the county will be joining the line up of Eurovision 2024. Luxembourg marked their last participation 30 years ago, back in 1993 at the 38th edition of the contest which […] Read More
After last night’s second semi final, all finalists of this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected. The qualifiers from Semi Final 1 were Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia and Norway. The qualifiers from Semi Final 2 last night were Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Australia, […] Read More
Now that the qualifiers of semi-final 2 have been announced has well, the production team were faced with the difficult task of creating a running order for the Grand Final. And they did it! This is how our finalists will be performing on Saturday: Austria Portugal Switzerland Poland Serbia France Cyprus Spain Sweden Albania Italy […] Read More
The two semi finals of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest have ended, and we have all 26 finalists of this year’s Contest. The Final is set to take place on Saturday in Liverpool, the UK city that’s hosting the Contest on behalf of last year’s winners – Ukraine. Ahead of the Final, the President of […] Read More
All of the qualifiers of the second semi-final have had their joint press conference and we also got the halves they’ll performing in during the Grand Final announced to us! And this is how they ended up: First half: Estonia Cyprus Poland Austria Albania Second half: Armenia Belgium Slovenia Lithuania Australia Now that all our […] Read More
The second semi-final has just ended in the Liverpool Arena and that means we know the final set of qualifiers of Eurovision 2023! Being called out in a random order, these were the ten lucky countries: Albania Cyprus Estonia Belgium Austria Lithuania Poland Australia Armenia Slovenia Do you agree with the qualifiers? Let us know […] Read More
Ireland’s Wild Youth was eliminated in the first semi final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest back on Tuesday night, and the lead-singer took the disappointment to his social media, saying that “they never give Ireland a chance”. The last time Ireland qualified for the Grand Final was back in 2018, when Ryan O’Shaughnessy represented […] Read More
After a very successful performance in the first Semi Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden’s Loreen has just re-entered the Global Spotify Top 200 charts, and is currently charting at #103! This is currently the only act from this year’s Eurovision that’s in the Top 200. Yesterday “Tattoo” was streamed over 1.4 million […] Read More
The Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest has not taken place yet, but Spain is already starting to prepare for the 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, as they have just published the participation rules for next year’s Benidorm Fest! The song submission will start already next Tuesday, May 16th. The submission […] Read More
The evening preview of the second semi final of Eurovision 2023 is about to begin! Our team is live in Liverpool and is ready to bring you all the information from this evening show where the acts will perform before a full audience for the first time! No live stream is available, but we will […] Read More
Monika Liu will announce the votes of the Lithuanian jury at the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023. Liu represented her country in Eurovision 2022 with her song ”Sentimentai”. She finished 14th in the Grand Final in Turin last year. Monika Liu is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, who was born in 1988 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Her first […] Read More
The first dress rehearsal of the second semi final of Eurovision 2023 is about to begin! Our team is live at the Press Center and inside the venue and is ready to bring you all the information from this dress rehearsal! No live stream is available, but we will bring you all the information on […] Read More
The Maltese national radio station 89.7 Bay has just announced that the Maltese spokesperson in this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is going to be Ryan Hili! Ryan Hili shot to fame in Malta when he won the third edition of X Factor – which was also the first edition where Malta was […] Read More
All of the qualifiers of the first semi-final have had their joint press conference and we also got the halves they’ll performing in during the Grand Final announced to us! And this is how they ended up: First half: Finland Portugal Serbia Sweden Switzerland Second half: Croatia Czechia Israel Moldova Norway After the second semi-final […] Read More
UK Newspaper The Sun has announced Catherine Tate as this years UK Spokesperson. The actress and comedian will announce the UK’s 12 points at this years Grand Final on Saturday (13th May). Catherine has appeared in a number of shows in the UK including Doctor Who as well as her own comedy show The Catherine […] Read More
The first semi-final has just ended in the Liverpool Arena and that means we know the first qualifiers of Eurovision 2023! Being called out in a random order, these were the ten lucky countries: Croatia Moldova Switzerland Finland Czechia Israel Portugal Sweden Serbia Norway That means we’re sadly saying goodbye to: Latvia, The Netherlands, Malta, […] Read More
Yesterday, we presented you the result of the ESCBubble Eurovision 2023 voting in which it became clear that Finland had won against Loreen from Sweden in second place. Today we were able to present Käärijä our trophy here in Liverpool! Watch the video below to witness that happy moment: Congratulations from all of us, Käärijä! […] Read More
The first semi final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is only hours away. Everything is set up in the Liverpool Arena in the United Kingdom, and the 15 acts will compete in tonight’s show for the 10 places that lead to the Grand Final. All participating countries need to broadcast the show live, but […] Read More
Happy Eurovision everyone! This year’s edition kicks off tonight with the first semi final live from Liverpool! 15 countries will compete in tonight’s semi final for the 10 places that lead to the Grand Final. While everyone is speculating on who will qualify to the final, 14 members of the ESCBubble Team tried to predict tonight’s […] Read More
Even though Montenegro is not competing in this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, RTCG is going to broadcast live all three shows on their TV channel, as well as on Radio 98. Ivan Maksimović, the Head of Delegation of Montenegro, will be the commentator for all three shows. But apart from broadcasting the […] Read More
The first semi final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is taking place tonight in Liverpool, where 15 acts will be competing for the 10 places that lead to the Grand Final. During tonight’s show, one of the interval acts is going to be a duet between Rebecca Ferguson, and Ukrainian singer Alyosha, who represented […] Read More
Oh Eurovision… It started as a music contest with an aim to bring Europe together after the war and it turned into one big party for everyone from Europe and abroad. But what’s a party without some good outfits? Ok. Not ALL of the outfits will look good. I know. Some will look really bad […] Read More
The first dress rehearsal of the first semi final has finished a couple of hours ago, where the 15 competing acts rehearsed their entry once again. However, this wasn’t a rehearsal just for them but also for the hosts, the technical team, and all the crew working on this show. The EBU announced a new […] Read More
Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS announced today that they are moving the broadcast of both Semi Finals of this year’s Eurovision to their third channel. The Serbian Government announced Days of Mourning during last weekend, due to two mass shootings that happened in Serbia. 17 people have tragically lost their lives in Serbia over two days […] Read More
Happy Eurovision week everyone! Our team is live at the Press Center and inside the venue and is ready to bring you all the information about the very first dress rehearsal of the first semi final of Eurovision 2023! No live stream is available, but we will bring you all the information on how everything […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 is just around the corner, as the semi final rehearsals are starting tomorrow! Over the last couple of days the EBU published short clips of all the technical rehearsals held earlier this week in the Liverpool Arena, and we got a glimpse of what is expecting us in the shows next week. Now […] Read More
There we are: Day 7, it was the last day of rehearsals. And this was one where we saw the Big 5 and last year’s winner Ukraine rehearse on stage for the second time. We’re talking about: Germany: Lord of the Lost – Blood and Glitter France: La Zarra – Évidemment Italy: Marco Mengoni – […] Read More
Day 6 already and it’s the day we’ve wrapped up the second rehearsals of the contestants in semi-final 2! Eleven of them have been on stage today. We’re talking about: Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – Break a Broken Heart Iceland: Diljá – Power Greece: Victor Vernicos – What They Say Poland: Blanka – Solo Slovenia: Joker […] Read More
In the past month and a half, our public reviewers, team members and our readers voted, and selected the 26 finalists. Now combining the votes of 18 reviewers – casual viewers of Eurovision (who listened to all the songs for the first time when we played it to them and scored all songs from 1 […] Read More
Finland has become the first country ever to promote a Eurovision artist on Fortnite, and it’s Käärijä! Working with the Finnish metaverse company ZOAN, the new gaming experience takes place in a virtual Helsinki, which is also the world’s first city with a photorealistic virtual twin on Fortnite. Fortnite players can explore a virtual Senate […] Read More
Popular Finnish artist and UMK22 fan favorite BESS will share the votes of the Finnish jury in Eurovision 2023. The news were shared earlier today on UMK’s social media channels: Euroviisufinaalissa Suomen pisteet antaa tänä vuonna viime vuoden UMK:ssa menestynyt ja yksi viime vuoden suurimmista artisteista kotimaassa, BESS!💚1. Semifinaali tiistaina 9.5.💚2. Semifinaali torstaina 11.5.💚Euroviisujen finaali […] Read More
Loreen has today released an electro acoustic version of her Eurovision 2023 entry ‘Tattoo’. This new version was recorded at the Paalsund Studio in Stockholm and gives a new spin on Loreen’s vocals to a backdrop of deep synths. Tattoo remains the bookmakers’ favourite to win the competition in Liverpool, and has already amassed in […] Read More
It’s been rolling on in high speed: we were on day 5 of the rehearsals already! A few participants of semi-final two had their second rehearsals. On top of that it was the day we’ve see the Big 5 plus last year’s winner Ukraine perform on the big stage for the first time! We’re talking […] Read More
We’ve been on the fourth day of rehearsals in Liverpool and today that meant that we have seen the performances of semi-final 1 in it’s entirety! We’re talking about: Norway: Alessandra – Queen of Kings Malta: The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party) Serbia: Luke Black – Samo mi se spava Latvia: Sudden Lights – […] Read More
This year’s Norwegian and Swedish Eurovision entrants – Alessandra and Loreen have just announced their official digital collectibles for their Eurovision songs “Queen Of Kings” and “Tattoo”, respectively. This is an exclusive launch of only 50 collectibles each, where in case one of the two stars wins this year’s Contest, one lucky holder will be […] Read More
The final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is next week, and more and more broadcasters are currently revealing who will present their country’s 12 points during the Final night. Whilst some opt for their TV presenters, others opt for their former Eurovision entrants – and this year we will have at least four familiar […] Read More
This was day 3 of the rehearsals already and in Liverpool today, we didn’t see ten countries perform (like the two days before). No, instead eleven countries rehearsed for the first time! These eleven took the stage: Estonia: Alika – Bridges Iceland: Diljá – Power Greece: Victor Vernicos – What They Say Poland: Blanka – […] Read More
We’re at the second day of rehearsals already! On day 2, ten new countries took the stage in Liverpool for their first rehearsal! These are the countries that have been rehearsing today: Israel: Noa Kirel – Unicorn Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX – Tell Me More Czechia: Vesna – My Sister’s Crown The Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Eurovision 2023 started well and truly today with the first days of rehearsals! Ten countries took the stage in Liverpool today, among which some very eagerly-awaited ones! These are the countries that rehearsed today: Norway: Alessandra – Queen of Kings Malta: The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party) Serbia: Luke Black – Samo mi se […] Read More
Finnish Eurovision representative Käärijä has released a song with UMK21 host Antti Tuisku. You can listen to the song ”Auto jää” (”The Car Is Left Behind”) here: Antti Tuisku is one of the most popular Finnish artists who’s famous not only for his numerous hit songs but also his spectacular stage shows. His career started in […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
There are different ways of representing your country and one of them, one of the highest honours when it comes to Eurovision, is to be asked to announce your country’s points. Zlata Ognevich has been chosen to do so for Ukraine! Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne announced so today, by the voice of Oksana Skybinska. Being the […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
We were so lucky to be able to speak to Mimicat ahead of her appearance at the London Eurovision Party where she performed ‘Ai Coração’, her song that will be representing Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Mimicat won the Portuguese ticket to Eurovision by winning their national selection, Festival da Canção, back […] Read More
4,853 members of the world’s biggest Eurovision fan club have cast their votes, and it’s Loreen from Sweden who is victorious! Loreen has won for a second time and so has Sweden! Cornelia Jakobs won this poll last year, as did Loreen back in 2012. The OGAE (Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision) has 42 chapters […] Read More
A group of eight countries participating in Eurovision 2023 have co-signed a letter to the EBU. They are protesting against holding the first rehearsals behind closed doors and the later than usual opening of the press center. The news broke today from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Who? The eight signatory delegations are Azerbaijan, Czechia, Latvia, Malta, […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
London’ annual Eurovision Party took place back on the 16th of April. Earlier on that day we had a pleasure to speak to the winner of this year’s edition of “Pesma za Evroviziju” – Luke Black, who is going to represent Serbia in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. Ever since winning Pesma za Evroviziju, Luke has […] Read More
The final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is only two weeks away and more and more broadcasters are currently revealing their country’s spokespeople. After Spain’s Ruth Lorenzo, another iconic Eurovision performer has just been announced to give out their jury’s 12 points on May 13th. Israeli broadcaster KAN has chosen Ilanit as their spokesperson […] Read More
Fans of this year’s Sammarinese Eurovision entry have had to do a lot of waiting. Since the conclusion of Una voce per San Marino in February, the Piqued Jacks were the last to release the digital version of their song Like An Animal, and now they have released the official music video. Several hours after […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Not winning Australia Decides didn’t mean that was the last we’d hear of buff Australian-Greek-Cypriot Andrew Lambrou. Following the aftermath of last year’s Eurovision national final Andrew was approached by Cyprus’ broadcaster CyBc for a potential collab and fast pass to actual Eurovision. The resulting song is Scandi-penned Break a Broken Heart, about pushing through an already broken […] Read More
After 31 days, 31 Public Reacts videos published, and 31 daily polls closed, we finally have our 26 finalists of ESCBubble’s Final of Eurovision 2023! Combining the votes of our reviewers, team members, and our readers, we selected 20 qualifiers (10 from each of the two semi finals), who join the 6 automatic finalists (same […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
The Austrian Eurovision duo Teya & Salena are off to Liverpool on May 1st, to start rehearsing for their big performance on the Eurovision stage. Yesterday, April 25th, the official farewell “studio session” took place in the Ö3 studios in Vienna. ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz, ORF ESC delegation head Stefan Zechner, ESC scout Eberhard […] Read More
Moments ago, King Charles of the United Kingdom and the Queen Consort Camilla finished their tour of the M&S Bank Arena, site of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest! The King and Queen Consort have arrived in Liverpool. They’re about to tour the arena before revealing the Eurovision stage. pic.twitter.com/sajzshy4OF — BBC Radio Merseyside (@bbcmerseyside) April […] Read More
In the weeks after winning Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, Denmark’s 2023 Eurovision representative Reiley got to chat to our very own Joe B about his preparations for the big week in May, as well as the love for his homeland, the Faroe Islands, how he got ahead of the game on TikTok, and a few […] Read More
MRT, the North Macedonian broadcaster, is launching today its selection process for JESC2023, hence confirming its participation to the Junior contest to be held in Nice (France) next November. The broadcaster is making an open call for performers, for an audition that will take place on May 11th in MRT Studios in Skopje. Candidates, […] Read More
Voyager, the synthpop metal quintet from Perth came 2nd in Australia Decides 2022 last year, not to mention, winning the public vote. This year SBS has given their new song, Promise, a direct pass to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest this May. On stage, there’s usually a keytar in the hands of lead vocalist Danny […] Read More
Wild Youth, the Irish representatives for Eurovision 2023 have today cut their ties with creative director Ian Banham following screen grabs being circulated on Twitter of posts which were of a transphobic nature. The band took to Twitter themselves as the comments were made public with the following statement Wild Youth is a band that […] Read More
Legendary 80’s synth group Frankie Goes to Hollywood have been announced as the headliners for the National Lottery’s big Eurovision Party event taking place on Sunday 7th May at Liverpool’s St George’s Square. The performance will mark the first time in 36 years that the group have fully reformed with the group returning to their […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Amsterdam’s annual pre-party “Eurovision In Concert” took place back on the 15th of April. Earlier on that day we had a pleasure to speak to the winner of this year’s edition of Benidorm Fest – Blanca Paloma, who is going to represent Spain in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. Blanca has taken part in both editions […] Read More
Less than a week to go until the first rehearsals start in the Liverpool Arena and even less time until early fans will be arriving in the city as well. What could be their guide as they explore the city? The VisitLiverpool app! Marketing Liverpool in collaboration with Liverpool ONE, have made a dedicated app […] Read More
Two time Eurovision entrant, and 2009 Eurovision winner for Norway, Alexander Rybak, has just released his brand new single, which features saxophonist Grace Kelly, titled “1000 Views”. The song was written and produced by Alexander Rybak himself. The song features an American saxophonist Grace Kelly, who’s career features a performance at Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Benny Cristo is about to go worldwide. His Czech label Championship Music has announced that Benny has inked a deal with Universal Music Group, allowing his future reach to go well beyond Czechia! Last week, Ben Cristovao (as he is better known as in Czechia) participated in the international Universal Music camp in Warsaw, Poland. […] Read More
The grand party Eurovision in Concert took place at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam last Saturday. Earlier on that day we had a pleasure to speak to the winner of this year’s UMK – Käärijä, who is going to represent Finland in Eurovision 2023 in Liveprool. He came into the final of UMK as […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
ESCBubble were in attendance at one of the highlights of the pre party season – Eurovision In Concert, which once again took place at the AFAS Live Arena in Amsterdam on the 15th April. One of the acts present and able to talk with us was the representative of this years host country, the UK […] Read More
Ukrainian Eurovision broadcaster Suspilne has recently confirmed that Ukraine’s first-ever Eurovision winner Ruslana will indeed be part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool! In a statement issued on Saturday, Suspilne confirmed: Ruslana, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was included in the program of the contest. We know for sure that the […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Nuša Derenda is an artist everyone in Slovenia knows, and not just in Slovenia – all Eurovision fans around the globe remember her representing Slovenia in Eurovision 2001 with “Energy”, which remains the country’s best result in the Contest. Nuša is celebrating tonight 25 years of being in the music industry with a big concert […] Read More
Ahead of his Coronation, King Charles III, along with his spouse Camilla, will head to Liverpool on Wednesday. It seems that even the Royal family cannot escape the Eurovision bubble, as King Charles will ceremoniously “turn on the lights” to reveal the Eurovision Song Contest stage for 2023! The Royal couple will tour the M&S […] Read More
Bulgarian Eurovision star Victoria is back with a brand new single and music video for “Lover’s Trial,” released under Warner Music Poland. The song and video tackle the common experience of heartbreak and the endless cycle of pain that often accompanies it. VICTORIA shared that the inspiration for “Lover’s Trial” comes from her recent break-up. […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Kaliopi, representative of North Macedonia at Eurovision 2012 and 2016, and Željko Samardžić, two of the biggest Balkan musicians, have joined forces to create a beautiful duet that has captured the hearts of their fans. The duo has been friends for a long time, and their friendship has only grown stronger as they’ve both achieved […] Read More
After a successful Eurovision tour, Joker Out held a press day at the premises of RTV Slovenija, to announce that they will finally perform to their home audience with a free concert in Ljubljana, on April 25th. Moreover, the band has finally released their much-awaited duet, “New Wave,” with the legendary Elvis Costello. Kris, Nace, […] Read More
Norway’s ‘Queen of Melodi Grand Prix’ Alessandra has just released an Italian-language version of her Eurovision 2023 hit Queen of Kings. The song has amazingly already surpassed 50 million streams online! Alessandra was born in the Liguria region of Italy to a Norwegian mother and Italian father, and speaks both languages (along with English) fluently. […] Read More
If you were unlucky on 7th March, fear not! Another ticket sale is on the horizon! The EBU announced today that another wave of tickets will go on sale this coming Monday 24th April at 13:00 CET (12:00 BST) for all nine rehearsals and live shows open to the public! Tickets will go on sale […] Read More
The grand party Eurovision in Concert took place at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam last Saturday. Earlier on that day we had a pleasure to speak to Alessandra, who is going to represent Norway in Eurovision 2023 in Liveprool. Alessandra came into Melodi Grand Prix like a whirlwind and she won the Norwegian national […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
The popular Dutch singer and TV-presenter, who co-hosted the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest held in Rotterdam, left the Dutch committee that selects the entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. Even though the original news announced by AVROTROS – the Dutch national broadcaster, that the selection of “Burning Daylight” and Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper was […] Read More
The grand party Eurovision in Concert took place at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam last Saturday. Earlier on that day we had a pleasure to speak to the girls of Vesna, who won this year’s ESCZ and thus won the right to represent Czechia in Eurovision 2023 in Liveprool. Vesna’s popularity is off the […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Yesterday, Sweden announced a former Eurovision artist will work as its commentator for Eurovision in Liverpool. Today, French broadcaster France Télévisions has done the same! FT has just revealed its commentary team for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool next month. The Semi Finals will feature André Manoukian. He has performed this role twice […] Read More
Six weeks ago, Lord of the Lost was chosen to fly the German flag in Liverpool during Germany’s national final “Unser Lied für Liverpool”. The results were based on the votes of eight international juries (50%) and the German televote (50%). Each national jury awarded 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 points […] Read More
Saturday the 15th of April, the grand party Eurovision in Concert took place at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam. The artists performing on the night were present in another room in the venue to be interviewed by the press that same afternoon. And that means that just hours before the concert, we at ESCBubble […] Read More
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is only three weeks away and the preparations are in full swing. One of the acts, that has now revealed more details about their upcoming performance in Liverpool, is the Austrian duo Teya and Salena, who are going to represent their country with “Who The Hell Is Edgar?“. We already […] Read More
Those who have been following the post-national final season more closely, might have noticed the harsh criticism Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper have had to endure the past few weeks. Their vocal performances during the pre-parties in Madrid and Amsterdam have been under huge scrutiny. The Dutch broadcaster have, because of that, gone out with […] Read More
SVT has made the rumors official. Back together for a second time, Swedish Eurovision viewers will hear commentary from Måns Zelmerlöw and Edward af Sillén! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melodifestivalen ✨ (@melodifestivalen) Edward af Sillén will provide Swedish viewers with commentary for the twelfth time and will cover […] Read More
The winners of DORA 2023, and the Croatian entrants for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Let 3 have finished their promo tour around Europe in all of the promo concerts. Now the guys are starting to get ready for Liverpool, and they are ready to hit the road – in their Golden Tractor! The lead […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Fatima Zahra Hafdi (aka La Zarra) was inernally selected by France Télévisions back in January to represent France in Eurovision 2023. The young artist, who started her career in 2016, rose to fame in 2021 thanks to her song “Tu T’en Iras” (Eng: You’ll leave) which granted her high rankings in French charts and even […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
A star-studded lineup of Eurovision Song Contest legends has been unveiled, as the BBC announces the guest performers we can look forward to seeing at the Grand Final of the 67th Contest in Liverpool. Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final, taking place in Liverpool on behalf of Ukraine, is set to be an unforgettable event. […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
With the 2023 Grand Final now less than a month away, the EBU has started to ramp up coverage of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest! Over on the official Eurovision YouTube channel, the first of three episodes of a new series entitled ‘Eurovision… A Little Bit More’ has premiered. The new series will feature exclusive performances […] Read More
It’s no surprise that Eurovision is big in Malta, and this year is no exception. Eurovision excitement is growing on the island nation as Eurovision 2023 is set to kick off, so much so in fact, that Maltese broadcaster PBS has confirmed its intention to participate at Eurovision 2024! Further to that announcement is the […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne and British broadcaster BBC just dropped some huge news! Ukrainian artists Julia Sanina (Eurovision 2023 co-host), Maria Yaremchuk (Eurovision 2014), OTOY, Alyosha (Eurovision 2010) and Zlata Dziunka (JESC 2022) will perform in the Interval Acts at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool! And that’s not all! British performers Rita Ora and Rebecca Ferguson will join […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them all […] Read More
Eurovision in Concert 2023 will be taking place this Saturday in the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam and it’s gonna be a full house! The concert is sold out! The organising team just shared so on their social media channels: Dit bericht op Instagram bekijken Een bericht gedeeld door Eurovision in Concert (@eurovisioninconcert) […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
Germany’s first-ever Eurovision artist, Freddy Quinn, has announced he’s finally getting married – at the age of 91 years old! Quinn, who sold more than 60 million records and appeared in at least 15 films over his illustrious career is marring his long-time friend Rosi (64). The two became a couple sometime after the death […] Read More
The creative concept and plans for Eurovision 2023’s postcards were just revealed by the BBC. These are the short films that are shown before each performance, while crews in the arena work quickly to prepare the stage for each live performance. The BBC has set a record for the most locations featured in one set […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
We Are Domi, who represented the Czech Republic at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, are back with a brand new single, titled “FU”. The song was written by the three members of We Are Domi, together with Manuel Elto and Tom Oehler. We Are Domi represented their country last year in Turin with “Lights […] Read More
As we all know, Montenegro will unfortunately not take part in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest that takes place in Liverpool. Nevertheless, Montenegro’s virtual star called Rotko Stjuart just presented his new single dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest, titled “Pjesma za Evroviziju / I Wanna Funk You”. Rotko’s song was premiered only hours ago […] Read More
ESCBubble has once again prepared banners for your social media accounts, so you can show your support to your favorite act competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. You can check out all of the banners in our post below, and download and use them for your own Facebook account, and thus show your support […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
For the last two weeks on our Facebook page we have been posting our favourite songs from the National Final season which did not end up being chosen for Eurovision. Lets take a deeper dive into some of our Editor’s favourite songs that were pipped at the post. Ukraine’s Vidbir selection started off the season […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
Una voce per San Marino 2023 winners the Piqued Jacks continue the promotion of their Eurovision entry Like An Animal. The Italian band has already performed at the Barcelona, Poland, and Israel Calling pre-parties, and are scheduled to make appearances at more pre-party events in Madrid, Amsterdam, and London. However, the Piqued Jacks were the only Eurovision […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
Ruth Lorenzo will be back at Eurovision after a nine-year absence, but she won’t be singing on stage next month. According to El Plural, Spain’s Eurovision broadcaster RTVE has chosen Ruth to deliver the Spanish jury’s 12 points during the exciting voting sequence at the end of the Grand Final on 13th May! Most Eurofans […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
Festival di Sanremo 2023 winner and Italian Eurovision representative Marco Mengoni has released Eurovision version of his Sanremo winning song ”Due Vite”. You can listen to it here: Marco Mengoni won the legendary Italian music festival Festival di Sanremo in February and was offered a chance to represent his country in Eurovision 2023. Soon after […] Read More
The BBC have made it clear on several occasions that they are hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on behalf of last year’s winning country. Now they are making certain tickets available to displaced people from Ukraine. This is happening through a ballot for which the applications are now open, the EBU have announced: Applications […] Read More
Hot discovery of the still ongoing Eurovision pre-parties tour – Joker Out – will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool with the energetic generational anthem ‘Carpe Diem’. As they are getting asked a lot what the song in Slovenian is really all about, they reworked the song in English, for an international […] Read More
18 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2023” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and none of them have heard any of the songs before we played them […] Read More
