Minus One are already establishing themselves as a favourite of the press here in Stockholm and their personalities really come to fore in their various interviews and meet & greet sessions. We got to have a short chat with the members of the band in the press centre yesterday about Cyprus’ beaches (and a similar word) and how their experiences …
Rehearsal recaps: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Austria and Estonia
And the ESCunited crew is back in the press center for second round of rehearsals. Do not forget to check back in the article to watch the meet and greet sessions as we will update it as soon as the sessions are uploaded on our YouTube channel. Gabriela kicked off for Czech Republic and the day couldn’t start in better …
Cyprus: Minus One releases "Alter Ego"
As we previously reported, the band Minus One announced that their song “Alter Ego” would be released today. The song was introduced live which could be viewed online on itsalmo.st. You can listen to the song by clicking on the video below. Minus One are a well-known rock group in Cyprus and have been for a number of years. You …
Cyprus: Minus One “Alter Ego” To Stockholm
Today the Cypriot band, Minus One, have revealed that they will sing “Alter Ego” in Stockholm for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. This information was revealed morning and as well as the announcement that their Eurovision hopeful will be premiered on the 22nd of February. As previously announed the song would be written by Swedish Eurovision veteran, Thomas G:son, who has written a …
Come Together: Country Flags available for download
The Swedish broadcaster SVT recently presented the theme art for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. We at ESC United understand how exciting it is to support your country (or your favorite song) so just as we did last year, we created Logo Flags for most European countries including all possible participants. And if you’re like me and live outside …
43 Countries in Stockholm!
Today the EBU announced the final list of participants. The number of countries has increased from last year’s contest, we will see 43 countries participate in the 61st Eurovision Song Contest! The 43 countries hoping to take home the Eurovision 2016 trophy are: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia …
Why Turkey left the contest and more EBU drama on the way – ESC United Podcast
Matt and Adam are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. We are joined by our member Robert aka Lupus who is a new fan of the contest. The following topics were up for debate: – Turkey is out again…why?!? – Minus One and Thomas G:SON for …
Cyprus: Minus One To Represent Cyprus in Stockholm
A few days ago it was rumoured that the rock band Minus One would represent Cyprus in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm next May. Today it has been officially revealed that the rumours were in fact true! Minus One are a well-known rock group in Cyprus and have been for a number of years. You may know them …
Sweden and Cyprus to withdraw from Junior Eurovision?
Some sad news for fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest today as the official JESC EBU Twitter feed seemingly confirmed two withdrawals for the contest in Bulgaria. Sweden (who will host the main Eurovision in 2016) and Cyprus both seem unlikely to participate in the 2015 contest, with SVT’s children programming going through restructuring and the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 4
We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2. Today, …