It is officially his crown to lose as Tornike Kipiani earned his fourth leader title in a row. In a Giya Kancheli themed episode, Kipiani experimented with a classical Georgian favorite and it paid off handsomely, as Kipiani ran away with the win with 29.09% of the vote. Barbara Samkharadze came in second for the third week in a row …
Once again it is time to scrutinize the odds of another Eurovision hopeful. This time however, we have to be careful – this week we are examining a country prone to brilliance and innovation, but also a wee bit of grandomania. Maneuvering ourselves through high ambition and even higher egos, the next country to cover is none other than Bulgaria. …
The official broadcaster of the Czech Republic, Česka Televize, has announced that there will be seven acts competing to represent the central European nation in Rotterdam, 2020. The Czech Republic’s unique online national final will count with seven competing, curiously one less than last year’s selection. Source: Česka Televize The broadcaster has yet to comment on the reduction from eight …
Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) revealed earlier this morning that singer – songwriter Vincent Bueno will represent Austria at Eurovision 2020 with an up-tempo song called “Alive.” “Alive,” which will be released shortly before the song submission deadline in early March 2020, will have “personal hashtags” as a theme, with drawing positivity from within tying these hashtags together. Say hey …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS revealed today the concept behind the postcards for Eurovision 2020 to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The brief postcard, the video introduction to each competing artist at the contest, …
They are the early birds every season, and once again, the country of the two-headed black eagle is once again about to start up the season. Despite a disastrous earthquake that’s heavily damaged the country and even been named the deadliest earthquake of 2019, the show and spirit must go on! Festivali i Këngës 58 Rumors started to surround, that …
It was an intense live show of Georgian Idol, as Tornike Kipiani kept his cool during a stage invasion while performing a very eccentric take on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Gethsemane (I only want to say)”. No matter, though, as Tornike received the most votes for the third week in the row and did not let the bearded stage invader who …
As we move closer and closer to the end of the year, SBS has been keeping us on our toes by releasing the names for Australia Decides 2020. This will serve as the second ever national final for Australia since their debut in Vienna (2015), and it was well received by Eurovision fans across the world with some tuning in …
It has been a while coming and the speculations ran wild all over Europe about who might host the 2020 contest. Many big names were rumoured to be the ones to take on the job, and earlier today the news finally came out through social media and through the official Eurovision website. AVROTROS has just made it all official and …
In a break from tradition, albeit in extraordinary circumstances, it seems that Albania’s national selection for Eurovision and one of the nation’s traditional festivals will move from its usual December timeslot, according to the news site Lajmi.net. Following the devastating earthquakes that hit the Balkan nation in November, the national broadcaster RTSH looks set to announce the move of Festivali …
