This years national selection season is getting closer and closer to the end, so now it’s all about enjoying the remaining shows around Europe before it ends. Romania is one of the countries who stay close to the concept of a national final, and tonight we had the semi-final of “Selectia Nationala 2016”. 12 songs qualified to the Romanian national final …

Tonight will see two songs revealed and one semi-final, in the closing days of this year’s National Final season. With just  10 days to go until the deadline for submissions, we have a jam-packed end to the season. The Netherlands will finally reveal their entry for Stockholm. It has already been announced that Douwe Bob will be flying the Dutch flag …

The Romanian national broadcaster have revealed the 12 songs in contention for representing Romania in Stockholm for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. There were 94 songs sent in but two of them were ineligible due to not meeting criteria / not completing the forms correctly. These songs have been whittled down to 12 for the semi-final (click on the song …

Mihai Traistariu represented Romania in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, today I had a chat with Mihai regarding his plans to represent Romania 10 years later, in Stockholm. Ce Faci Mihai You first took to the Eurovision stage in 2006, that is 10 years ago, why have you waited so long to return to the contest? I’va been …

Romanian national broadcaster TVR revealed their plans for their national final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The song will be selected on the 6th of March. TVR have been silent (as they are every year) until around this date, when they reveal the important dates and open the song submission. Today they have revealed they will accept song from …

In a new group of editorials taking a look at the past and present of Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants, we will be checking out what the former JESC contestants are up to now and how far they have come since representing their nation in the Junior edition of Europe’s favourite TV show. In this edition we will be taking …

Voltaj (Romania) want to keep the Romanian qualification streak alive and then some! However, perhaps more importantly, they plan to use the Eurovision Song Contest as a venue for their “All Over Again” campaign.  We chat about the band line-up, Romania, and their work with Romanian children, particularly with US Non-government organizations (NGOs). Voltaj also shared a note to the …

Day 2 commences and we’re looking at some great weather here in Vienna.  We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna to complete the second set of rehearsals from Semi-Final 1! Today, we will be discussing the rehearsals of Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Russia, Denmark, Albania, Romania, and Georgia.  How will they match up to the great performances from Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, …

Another day, another step closer to Eurovision and another four sets of votes from the OGAE International network. Let’s see how today’s votes will affect the standings, including those from the dearly missed Andorra. Andorra 12 Sweden 10 Slovenia 8 Estonia 7 Italy 6 Australia 5 Norway 4 Spain 3 Russia 2 Israel 1 Germany Malta 12 Italy 10 Sweden …

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 and …