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 …

Next up on our dream team is a country who thankfully saw a reversal of recent fortune in 2015 – Vienna would not have been the same without the parties and celebrations sparked by Nadav Guedj’s “Golden Boy”! Will Israel keep this party spirit going in 2016, or will we see another change in direction? Let’s see who you wanted …

Nadav Guedj (Israel) is looking to bring Israel back to the Grand Finale for the first time since 2010 with “Golden Boy”.  The first rehearsal was well-received in the press center.  Nadav has impressive vocals, particular in the beginning, while the backup dancers help bring a party atmosphere that will surely energize the audience in the second half of Semi-Final …

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, …

  The ESC United “Expert” Panel is back once again reviewing all Eurovision songs and rank them accordingly. You are probably asking yourself on how we pick our panel and the criteria. We looked at people from all walks of life to bring together a unique group of panelists with a wide range in taste. They all bring different skills …

So aside from the main show in May what would you say is the biggest event of the Eurovision calendar? Melfest? The semi-final draw? Some would in fact argue that the first big meeting of the cast of the year would be that moment, and tonight sees just that happening in the Dutch capital. 24 of the 40 performers in …

Tonight will be one of the last days that countries can reveal entries so they are coming in thick and fast now! We’ll get to hear two more songs today despite knowing the artists and song titles for a while… Armenia – Genealogy – Don’t Deny reveal (18:30 CET) The Armenian Eurovision project, in which members of the Armenian diaspora …

Israel’s entry for Eurovision 2015, “Golden Boy” by Nadav Guedj, will be released on March 12th at 20:00 CET, it has been confirmed. The singer won the right to represent Israel by emerging triumphant in the country’s search for “The Next Star”, HaKokhav HaBa. Nadav, who is 16, will sing for the Middle Eastern country in the second semi-final on …

Israel’s song title has been confirmed by IBA as “Golden Boy”. Nadav Guedj, the winner of HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”), a competition to find the next Israeli singing sensation, will perform the song on May 21st in the second semi-final. It is currently unknown when “Golden Boy” will be released. The entry was chosen by a panel of experts …

  HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”) is over and we have a winner. The competition, which started 9 December 2014, came to a close and sixteen year old Nadav Guedi finished first. That means he is going to represent Israel at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Broadcaster IBA tried a different approach after years of bad results. …