The rules for the Festivalit të Këngës, to be hosted by Radio Television of Kosovo, were accepted by the Board of RTK at its meeting on March 7. The RTK Board announced that “under this rule, the method of establishment and internal organization of the festival is specified, including its leadership, as well as the rights and duties of those …
Today marks the final day for any broadcaster with an active membership in the European Broadcasting Union to apply for participation in Eurovision 2023. After this, no additional broadcaster will be able to participate in the contest that did not originally apply – but broadcasters who submitted an application can still withdraw prior to October 11th without financial penalty. Any …
The next Eurovision Podcast of the 2020 season is here. Matt from ESC United is going to discuss the latest and greatest news of the contest and shares his thoughts and point of view. Eurovision 2020 has one less likely participant and debutant. Kosovo will probably not join the ESC family next year. Let’s talk about the best borderline Qualifiers …
[AdSense-B] Kosovo’s hopes of debuting in the Eurovision Song Contest have been dealt another blow by the EBU General Assembly, with Albanian media outlet Magazina.al reporting that the expected vote on membership this week has been delayed until June 2019. However, the news article seems to suggest that it was in fact RTK, the Kosovar broadcaster hoping to join the …
[AdSense-B] The hopes for a Kosovan debut in Lisbon have been dashed today with the release of a statement from the national broadcaster, RTK, echoing the sentiments of EBU releases in recent days. The Kosovan broadcaster has confirmed that the Balkan territory will not be making their Eurovision bow in Portugal, in a lengthy and fiery statement released today. …
China’s delegation from the broadcaster Hunan TV, who were present in Vienna, gave an interview to Wiwibloggs showing intent of sending a Chinese artist to Eurovision one day. Since this revelation our forum and the rest of the Eurovision fanbase have been polarised on opinion – would China become the next extra-European guest in our favourite contest? Well, the EBU …
In case you were busy this week, here is a quick review of what happened in the world of Eurovision this past week – in pictures. just click on the picture if you want to read or see more. You can also just click on the arrows to look at the next picture. The Eurovision rehearsals will start in just …
This news may be quite interesting for fans – it seems that four countries might send delegations to Vienna to observe proceedings of Eurovision 2015, perhaps with a view of joining the contest. Tunisia, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Kosovo are the four delegations identified as attending the contest in Vienna, according to former Sanmarinese commentator and spokesperson John Kennedy O’Connor. Morocco …
This editorial does not reflect the views of ESC United as a whole and the article is purely personal opinion of the author. You have probably heard by now that Australia are set to defy geographical convention and will take part in Eurovision 2015 (if not, where have you been?) but you may or may not be surprised to know …
