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🇭🇷 Croatia: Fenksta Interview – “The song talks about people being copies of each other, nobody is original anymore.”

We’re continuing with the next artist who replied to our request for the Q&A session from the Dora 2025 line-up. Ladies and gentlemen, it is Fenksta! Hello Fenksta, thank you for accepting our invitation. Welcome! Firstly, I must ask you how you came up with your stage name? It’s unique, does it have any specific meaning? It was literally my …

🇺🇦 Vlad Sheriff Interview: “Each day is not just another 24 hours. It is a new page of our lives.”

Singer and filmmaker Vlad Sheriff is no stranger to Vidbir. After participating last year as a backing vocalist for Jerry Heil & Alyona Alyona’s winning entry “Teresa & Maria,” Vlad is preparing to take the stage on Saturday as a solo artist with “Wind of change.” We caught up with him to ask about his Vidbir 2025 journey, his passion …

🇸🇪 Marcus & Martinus interview: “We wanna make history for Sweden”

It’s the chaotic twins, known shortly by their initials M&M (not affiliated with the candy), who’s the good one, who’s the bad one or is any of them even good to begin with? Of course we’re talking about Marcus & Martinus who this year will represent Sweden on home soil, despite them being Norwegian. We had a quick chat with …

Eleven Countries Confirmed for Eurovision Young Musicians 2024

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that eleven countries will be participating in the 21st edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians contest, to be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024 in Bodø, Norway. In a press release, the EBU listed the participating broadcasters from Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland, who will be sending …

🇺🇦 Ziferblat Interview: “Our song is for all people who have lost their homes for one reason or another”

In less than a week from today, 11 acts will take the Vidbir stage to compete for the prestigious ticket for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. As we build up to the final of Vidbir, we had the chance to get to know the participants a little better and sit down for a chat. Today, for our first Vidbir interview, we …

Voxovation announces plans for Eurovision India, premiere date unknown

In a surprise announcement following the Eurovision 2023 contest, Voxovation appears to be pursuing another international version of the Eurovision song Contest – this time in India. In the announcement, the company states that “India is like an entire content all by itself”, speaking to the 1.3 billion people who live across the countries 28 states and 8 territories. The …

The American Song Contest not renewed for 2023, hope remains for 2024 return

Following it’s inaugural season in 2022, it was confirmed yesterday by show producer and creator Christer Björkman that the American Song Contest will not happen in 2023. The topic came up while speaking to Euromovidas during Benidorm Fest 2023, where Björkman described that while he is proud of the contest and the team’s work on it, he is not sure …

Speculation: Was American Song Contest’s Enisa tipped to represent Montenegro in 2023?

This week has seen the unfortunate news that three countries have withdrawn from Eurovison 2023, including Montenegro, but American Eurofans may be further disappointed to hear that an American Song Contest participant may have been Montenegro’s choice to compete in Liverpool. Enisa Nikaj, who represented the state of New York in the American Song Contest 2022, reported on Twitter that …

American Song Contest season two negotiations underway with broadcaster NBC

Negotiations are underway for season 2 of the American Song Contest, according Christer Bjorkman in a profile published by Swedish newspaper Afltonbladet. In the profile, Bjorkman stated, “We are still negotiating and it is, as always, about money.” Bjorkman produced the first season of the American Song Contest, and his company Voxovation holds the rights to the franchise along with …

Eurovision Song Contest Latin America becomes the third spin-off version of ESC

It appears that Voxovation – formerly known as ASC, Inc. – have decided to push the Eurovision brand into South America following the inaugural season of the American Song Contest, and the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest Canada starting in 2023. According to the EBU’s press release, Eurovision Song Contest Latin America will be the operating name of the project and …

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