[AdSense-B] Over the past few weeks as the Eurovision season starts to dawn upon us, a lot of rumours have started to fly around; but it is Greece who seems to be getting the most attention as there are some big names rumoured to be flying the flag for the country in next year’s contest in Tel Aviv. Greece has …

[AdSense-B] It seems that Austria will once again be one of the trendsetters for Eurovision, with the Austrian news agency Klein’s Zeitung reporting today that an internal selection will be held next month to choose the artist and song for Tel Aviv. In an article detailing the retirement of ORF’s head of entertainment Edgar Böhm, one of his last acts …

Perennial Eurovision favorites Azerbaijan are getting started on their entry for 2019! A report from INFE Azerbaijan has confirmed that they are beginning their search for their next artist and song on November 20th. The process appears to be based on a series of casting calls, but full details of their method this year remain unclear. We also do not …

[AdSense-B] After a relatively quiet week on the Eurovision news front today we have had an update from Switzerland. Today their German-Swiss broadcaster SRF announced that they had narrowed down all of the 420 songs received to a shortlist of just five. This was done by a set of juries made up of a 100 person audience panel and a …

[AdSense-B] The Estonian broadcaster ERR has released the 24 names in its talk show Ringvaade which will take part in the semifinals of Eesti Laul 2019 in January and February. A total of 216 entries were sent online to the broadcaster.  The Semi-finalists are:- Kerli Kivilaan – Cold Love, written by Kerli Kilivlaan, Egert Milder, Andres Köpper Kadiah – Believe, …

[AdSense-B] The views and opinions expressed in the editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ESC United, its staff and contributors or its community, as well as Eurovision and the EBU. Each year, the wider Eurovision fandom, all across the internet, love to speculate about which acts and artists could be the next to …

[AdSense-B] The Italian broadcaster RAI announced the 69 candidates for Sanremo Giovani last week, who each attended a live audition in Rome on Monday. This shortlist was created from over 670 submissions from new and upcoming musicians, and after the auditions, only 24 lucky artists will move on to compete in this new television show. We will not know which …

We recently got the full list of participating countries for the upcoming contest in Tel-Aviv, and with that we can now look forward to who will be involved with the upcoming contest. [AdSense-B] For now, it seems that Russia may return to the 2019 contest stronger than ever, with the ambition of winning it all once again. Rumours have been …

[AdSense-B] Today the EBU and NDR confirmed the first six hopefuls for Unser Lied für Israel, the selection process that Germany will use to select their song for Tel Aviv. While the announcement was at pains to say that this is not the full line-up, the announcement of youthful stars has no doubt caused intrigue and excitement amongst Eurovision fans …

[AdSense-B] The Croatian broadcaster HRT is expected to select sixteen acts for Dora 2019, the selection process that will choose the Croatian entry for Tel Aviv. The news, which has been reported in the Croatian media outlet Slobodna Dalmacija, also seems to confirm that the show will take place with a music festival feel over three nights in the coastal …