After months of preparation, nerve-wracking national selection shows, hours of rehearsals, countless interviews and press meetings, tonnes of partying (there’s room for that at Eurovision t00) and a little dose of sightseeing, the stage is set, the artists are raring to go and we are finally here. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to begin! …

One of the Russian jury members during tonight’s Jury Show decided it would be a good idea to broadcast some of the jury final on periscope. The video shows the jury members watching the Netherlands and Armenia and shows the screen they are watching which shows a lot of the Dutch and Armenian performances. The video also reveals some voting …

Earlier this week we spoke to one of this year’s biggest favourites, Sergey Lazarev of Russia. And it turns out he has quite a few surprises for us up his sleeve! Watch what he has to say about America, where to go in Moscow and a surprising method of relaxation he uses when not on stage, when Matt interviewed him …

As you know the team of ESCunited is in Stockholm and we are in the press center. It was time for another brake and two more countries had their rehearsals. Serhat was just breathing with masculinity, but the sole performance was a bit mellow. There were five female backing vocals with him and more of them were added on the background. At the …

Sergey will represent Russia with the song You are the only one and bookies are saying that he is the top favorite to win the contest. Yesterday he was in Belgrade, Serbia to promote his Eurovision entry and we had a chance to do an interview with him in one of the most beautful Belgrade parks. You can watch the interview here:

Moscow, Russia – One of the most expected Eurovision entries has been revealed this morning as Russian singer Sergey Lazarev premiered ‘You are the only one’. Sergey Lazarev has been selected via an internal selection by Russian broadcaster RTR to fly the Russian flag at the upcoming Eurovision that will take place in Sweden. Song ‘You Are The Only One’ was composed by Phillip …

As previously announced the Russian TV channel internally selected Sergey Lazarev to represent Russia in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Today it has been announced that the song will be revealed on the 3rd of March. No hints ad to what the song will be like have been announced, although we do know that the song has been created by Dimitris …

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 …

We are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. Today’s panel includes Matt (ESC United Editor-in-Chief), Jake (ESC United Editor) and Sadie (ESC United Editor). Today’s topics: Review of the six Swiss NF songs Sergey Lazarev to represent Russia JESC Vladislav Yakovlev fired from the EBU Are …

Moments ago, the rumours that have been flying around about Sergey Lazarev representing Russia in Stockholm have been confirmed! The 33 year old Russian superstar is tipped almost every year to be the Russian singer, but never came true until tonight! Sergey has been selected internally by the Russian TV channel in hope fo going one place better than his …