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Czech Republic: Live national final has been cancelled

They were keen to finally host a big live national final, and even announced it way before the contest in Tel-Aviv took place, but now it seems that they were dreaming too big, and now must cancel the show. Fear not, the Czech Republic will still participate in Rotterdam. [AdSense-B] It appears that the dream of a big live national …

Croatia: Dora 2020 open for submissions

It didn’t go as planned in Tel-Aviv, but Croatian broadcaster, HRT, are ready to once again pick their representative, through their national final, Dora 2020. [AdSense-B] Croatia is ready to strike back in Rotterdam in 2020, and today they’ve finally opened the submission period, in which artists and songwriters can submit their content, to become the Croatian representative in 2020. …

Armenia: Depi Evratesil returns in 2020!

Earlier this year, both Spain and the United Kingdom decided to ditch some sort of national final to select their representative for 2020, but Armenia has just announced that they will revive their national final for the upcoming contest! [AdSense-B] Armenia has only recently officially announced their participation, and we can expect them to be on the list of participating …

There is a house in Tbilisi they call the Rising Sun: Georgian Idol Auditions continue

The new series of Georgia’s franchise of Idol continued this evening with the second of three audition rounds shown on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s (GPB) TV-1. Hosted by Ruska Makashvili, Star of Georgia or Georgian Idol, is the Caucasus nation’s version of the Idol franchise. It is the second straight year the show will serve as the selection method for Georgia’s …

Eurovision wishlist: Armenia!

Eurovision has been a big platform for artists to kickstart their careers in the past. This is a beautiful thing in our eyes and we would like to make a contribution of our own. In our wishlist series, we want to put the focus on smaller intriguing artists to give them the spotlight that they deserve. We will go by …

Bulgaria: A sponsor to fund 2020 participation

  This morning a surprising news is coming from the Balkan country of Bulgaria, as according to website 24chasa.bg, a sponsor will fund broadcasters participation fee for Rotterdam. It was all confirmed by Emil Koslukov, BNT general director. And the sponsor will not pay just the participation fee, but also for the song, video, stage production, international promotion and the …

Hungary: Broadcaster gives indication of withdrawal from Eurovision 2020

The broadcaster responsible for Hungary’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Duna TV, have given their strongest indication yet of a withdrawal from Eurovision 2020 to our colleagues at esctoday. When approached for statement, the Hungarian channel suggested that the focus would instead be on cultivating Hungarian music in a domestic setting and that A Dal would give the winning …

Albania: Festivali i Këngës dates announced with several big names taking part

Get ready for the Eurovision 2020 season as Albania usually kicks it off with Festivali i Këngës, the Albanian festival where the winner gets to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest. The Albanian RTSH confirmed the dates of the three-day festival, it will take place on December 19, December 20 and December 22. The 20  acts taking part this …

Burning cities and napalm skies, both Georgian Idol and a Kalandadze Return

The new series of Georgia’s franchise of Idol kicked off this evening, with the first of three audition rounds shown on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s (GPB) TV-1. Hosted by Ruska Makashvili, Star of Georgia or Georgian Idol, is the Caucasus nation’s version of the Idol franchise. It is the second straight year the show will serve as the selection method for …

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