There’s not much left now, the end of the national final season is almost over, all participating countries have near enough announced their representatives and songs, and with each day at this point, a new song is released. Australia is following suit on this as well, as the national broadcaster (SBS) has finally revealed, who will represent the people, from …
Tonight, the second semi-final of the annual Portuguese national selection Festival da Canção was held at RTP studios, with the last ten semi-finalists vying for a spot in the Grand Final on March 9th. The semi-final was hosted by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel, while the green room host was Inês Lopes Gonçalves. To celebrate Festival da Canção’s 60th anniversary, …
Tonight we have concluded Pesma za Evroviziju 24. After two semi-final shows, we finally know the Serbian representative for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Željko Joksimović opened the show by performing his debut entry “Lane Moje” (2004). It’s been 20 years since Serbia (then Serbia & Montenegro) joined the contest. Fifty years ago (1974) ABBA won Eurovision and we saw …
It was a fun night in Reykjavík at Laugardalshöll, the location for the final of Söngvakeppnin, Iceland’s traditional selection method for the Eurovision Song Contest. After two semi-finals, five acts competed in the final. All acts had to perform in the Icelandic language in the semi-finals, and if they qualified for the final, then they could choose the language they …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. As the saying goes, they saved the best for last. That is certainly true for Eurovision national selections, as Portugal’s beloved Festival da Canção is usual amongst the very last …
The final heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 has concluded and we almost have our full final line up for Stockholm next week! After another evening of Swedish, Pop, and Schlager, we have 10 finalists. It will be Marcus & Martinus and Medina going direct to the final. But that is not all tonight! Keep an eye out for the final 2 …
Semi-final 2 of the Serbian national final Pesma Za Evroviziju has just taken place. We enjoyed 14 more acts who competed for 8 places in the Grand Final on Saturday (March 2nd). As a reminder, on Tuesday, we found out which 8 acts qualified from semi-final 1. Our main hosts remained the same, Dragana Kosjerina and Slaven Došlo, while in the green …
Europe get ready! Dutch representative Joost Klein just released his Eurovision entry “Europapa” at De middag-avondshow met Arjen Lubach. With this song, he will be representing The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Mälmo, Sweden. You can listen to the song in the video below! Europapa is a tribute to Joost’s father. Through the song, the artist informs the …
Since 2019, Switzerland have selected their entry for the contest internally, which proved to be that far more succesful way for the country. When the Swiss broadcaster (SRG SSR) decided to return to internal selections, it has only yielded results in the final. In 2024, it will be Nemo‘s responsibility to add to that ongoing streak. Who is Nemo? – …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. We are getting to the end of the line of the 2024 Eurovision national selection season, and the folks at Radio Television of Serbia are serving us a bumper crop …
