[AdSense-B] Goooood morning Europe! We are live in Kiev, Ukraine for the first day of rehearsals for Eurovision 2017! Today, countries in the first half of Semi-Final 1 will rehearse (Sweden, Georgia, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Montenegro, Finland, Azerbaijan, Portugal). Be sure to follow our LiveStream and LiveBlog where we will be keeping you posted with all of the events happening …
[AdSense-B] The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back. The Editorial team got to enjoy all 43 entries of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, review and rank them accordingly. Needless to say, this is all subjective and you may totally disagree with us. There is a reason we put quotation marks down. Which is why we included a poll and in …
This year’s Austrian representative, Nathan Trent, has recently been covering some previous Eurovision songs. The latest song he has taken on is the 2015 song from Albania, Elhaida Dani “I’m Alive”. Elhaida ended in 17th place in the final in Vienna, Nathan will be hoping to go 17 placed better and take the Eurovision crown back to Vienna after trips to …
[AdSense-B] We recently had a chance to meet Lindita, who are going to represent Albania at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine this May. During our chat, Lindita talked about why she chose to sing in English over Albanian and what Singing means to her. In case you didn’t know, the talented singer is already getting ready to …
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. In my previous article, I discussed how Sweden, Slovenia and Spain managed to select songs which were far from being the televoters’ favourites despite there being nominal 50% jury/50% televote voting systems. What …
[AdSense-B] Ahh, national selections. The lifeblood of the Eurovision enthusiast, the catalyst for countless debates, the endless source of all of the drama we have come to crave over the years in our beloved contest. Internal selections can, and often do, throw up some true gems with a guaranteed path to Eurovision stardom, but it’s the multi-song showcases that really …
[AdSense-B] We have finally made it to this point of the year, an exciting time for all – all 43 entries fighting to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have been released! Because of this, there’s only one question on everyone’s lips… Who is likely to see the end credits rolling over their entry late on May 13th? There are …
Rezarta Smaja – “Pse prite gjatë” Kai: I’m a big Rezarta Smaja fan but after hearing her new song it felt like some evil person popped my balloon with a pin and took off my pointy party hat and stamped on it. I was so upset. Not upset because it was bad, but because it was not what I wanted. …
Good evening to all of our readers! As you might have read a while ago, we of ESC United will be hosting revotes for many national selection shows. These revotes will on one hand consist of reviews and votes from a few of our writers, while forum members and visitors may vote in a poll to simulate a televoting segment. …
Get ready for another episode of our Podcast, the last one of 2016. Today’s topics include: Russian army choir – Eurovision 2009 interval act – loses 64 members in plane crash tragedy. Albania chooses Lindita and her song “Botë”. Armenia selects Artsvik for Eurovision after marathon national selection. Eurovision in Concert tickets will go on sale very soon. Our …
