Hallo uit Rotterdam! We at ESCUnited are bringing you the final report on the last five acts to rehearse in Rotterdam today. Here are our observations on Belgium, Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. 11. Belgium Hooverphonic – “The wrong place” Hooverphonic delivered a classy rehearsal today. Geike Arnaert once again proves her with her flawless vocal delivery and excellent …
Murcia, 17 March 2021 Israel’s Eden Alene isn’t the only entrant to be making adjustments to her entry. Spanish entrant Blas Cantó has revealed to Spanish media that he is currently working on a ‘Eurovision-exclusive‘ version of his song “Voy a quedarme” (I will remain). The Murcia-based singer hopes to parry the negative commentary his song has received. “Voy a …
Jerusalem, 17 March 2021 Last week, word has reached us that Israel will be reworking their entry for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. “Set me free”, the song Israeli-Ethiopian singer Eden Alene will be bringing in Rotterdam is to receive a proper rewrite. The mid-tempo pop song was selected in January, via an internet vote on broadcaster KAN’s website. The …
Stockholm, 13 March 2021 And so it ends! Melfest concluded tonight, ending what was a short, but evenful National Finals Season. With Melodifestivalen ending, we add another contender to our list: Former Idol winner Tusse Chiza won the Swedish spectacle show with his song “Voices”. However, before Tusse was crowned, he still had a show to watch. The Show Tonight’s …
Valetta, 12 March 2021 The official channel has added the release date of Destiny Chukunyere’s song to its calendar! The Maltese singer representing her native island microstate, shall drop her entry next Monday, on the 15th of March 2021. The release will happen at 17:00 CET, on the official Eurovision channel. Destiny was selected by the Maltese broadcaster TVM via …
London, 11 March 2021 With the Eurovision season wrapping up entries, the United Kingdom has joined the parade by revealing theirs: James Newman will be singing the uptempo electrodance song “Embers” in Rotterdam! The 35 year old singer-songwriter from Yorkshire reprises his representative role from last year. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMDGTsa_Qq0[/embedyt] Earlier this morning, the British song had leaked on Czech music …
Sofia, 10 March 2021 Bulgarian representative VICTORIA (stage name of Viktoria Georgieva) performed a live concert of her upcoming album, ‘a little dramatic’. After the concert, she revealed “Growing up is getting old” is the song she’ll bring to Rotterdam! Earlier, the six potential Bulgarian songs were revealed to be Dive into unknown Growing up is getting old Imaginary friend …
Utrecht, 10 March 2021 Dutch-Greek teenstar Stefania Liberakakis has unveiled her entry the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song “Last dance” will be released at 19:00 GMT on YouTube, but the video is exclusively available on the Greek broadcaster’s website HERE. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duqBorqR2sM[/embedyt] Stefania is no stranger to the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2016, the juvenile singer represented the Netherlands …
Kyiv, 9 March 2021 Folk-dance band Go_A have finally released the finalized version of their song Go_A! We will not deprive you any further with our words, you can listen to it below: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-dxzp6Jvs[/embedyt] Go_A had been forced to rewrite the original “Shum” because it exceeded the 3 minute mark and because it contained lyrics from traditional Ukrainian folk …
Riga, 9 March 2021 Latvia’s representative, Samanta Tina (stage name of Samanta Polakova) just published a planned premiere on her youtube channel. Her Eurovision single, “Moon is rising”, is set to premiere next Friday, at 20:30 CET. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wBRhiWR04[/embedyt] For the past few weeks, Samanta has been appearing in an LTV-exclusive web documentary about her upcoming Eurovision entry, called “Kā …
