2023 was the year of the most recent change in the Eurovision Song Contest voting system. With televoting gaining prominence and being the only thing responsible for selecting the finalists, a question arises: what impact would this change have since the introduction of semi-finals, back to 2004? Let’s find out! 2004 – 2007:  With the increasing number of participating countries …

Copenhagen, 29/01/2021 Danish broadcaster DR has revealed its first details of their upcoming yearly musical festival, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (named so avoid confusion with Norway’s selection, which is also called Melodi Grand Prix). First and foremost, they revealed celebrated comedian, actor and singer Martin Bryggman and television host Tina Müller as the hosts. Both of them are familiar faces …

Russia’s sole victor in the Eurovision Song Contest, Dima Bilan, has hinted that he would be interested in returning for a third time to the contest if the selection of the Russian candidate was opened back up to the public. The Russian representative for Eurovision has been selected internally each year since 2013, with Channel One and VGTRK rotating the …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. It occurred to me last week, during the results live stream after the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, that the debate had centred on which of the two semi-final winners would be the …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. Tomorrow, barring any major surprises, the UK will select their entry for 2018 which will be the last time that the UK participates in Eurovision as a member of the European Union (EU). …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. Last year, I wrote an article which showed that, for the last ten years, it seems to make little difference whether an entry was selected via a national final or through internal selection. …

This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. The trees are up, you’ve heard the same old songs one hundred times already and you’ve not even got to open THIS year’s pair of socks from some almost-forgotten aunt, yet the 2018 …

Xmas season is the most wonderful magical time of the year, but the summer is the best time for new releases. Several Eurostars have released new songs in last couple days. Lets start from Cleo who represented Poland two years ago in Copenhagen with Slavic Girls. On Monday she has released a new song – N-O-C. It is full of hot …

Eurofans first met Aleksa Jelić in 2007 when he participated at Serbian national selection Beovizija. He also participated in national finals in 2008 and 2015 endind as runner up. Aleksa also participated in Dancing with the stars and Your face sounds familiar and as he says he would like to take part in another show, but music and dance must …