UPDATE More details about Estonia’s selection process have now been announced. Eesti Laul will kick off with the first of its four quarterfinals on Saturday, November 20th. The following three quarterfinals will take place on November 27th, December 4th, and December 11th. Of the five songs selected to advance out of each quarterfinal, three will be determined by public vote, …
Since switching to an internal selection in 2019, Switzerland has had a very successful Eurovision run, placing 4th and 3rd in the past two contests. Starting today, the broadcaster is looking for the artist or artists who can follow in Luca Hänni and Gjon’s Tears’ stylish footsteps. SRF, the German-language Swiss broadcaster that organizes the country’s Eurovision efforts, has begun …
After Latvia’s disappointing showing in Rotterdam, some fans may have been nervous about the country’s future at Eurovision. As information about other nations’ participation and national final processes flooded in, the Latvian broadcaster was suspiciously quiet. But no more! The official Twitter account of Supernova, the contest that serves as Latvia’s national final, replied to a user concerned with the …
It seems that the Ukrainian public broadcaster UA:PBC (also known as Suspilne) has been busy organizing two brand new national selections since May . This week, the broadcaster made two separate announcements about their selection processes for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this December and the Eurovision Song Contest in May. JESC National Final Ukraine has utilized a national final …
Countries all around Europe are slowly opening up for their song submission process, as we open op to the new season of the Eurovision Song Contest, which usually starts from the 1st of September every year, cause if it’s released after that date, then it’s a possible candidate However, rules are slightly different in certain countries. While all countries must …
Shortly after the 2021 contest ended, YLE announced that it would continue to use UMK as its official Eurovision selection show. When asked, show producer Anssi Autio was extremely excited to see what UMK 2022 would bring and acknowledged that stakes are high following Blind Channel’s success. As you all likely remember, Blind Channel became the second most successful Finnish …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision, or the EBU. Every year, the discussion of odds rears its ugly head. But how are these odds determined? What if we could predict the favorites to win in 2022, using the last decade or so …
Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) announced today that Eurovision – Australia Decides, the popular national selection that Australia has used to select its representative at Eurovision, will return for a third time for the Eurovision 2022 season. First used in 2019, it has selected Kate Miller-Heike’s “Zero Gravity” and Montaigne’s “Don’t Break Me” as Australia’s representatives, and the selection has received …
A new day, a new selection process begins! Yesterday the ESCZ official Instagram account announced that the broadcaster would be hosting an open call for song submissions in order to select their 2022 Eurovision artist. As always, the submitted songs must abide by the September 1st rule from the EBU – the song or demo cannot have been released or …
As the days go by, we move slowly toward next year’s Eurovision Song Contest and learn more and more details. Today, it is reported that, from the 17 candidate cities, only 5 remain in the race for hosting duties next year. The 5 candidates It’s important to point out that these are unconfirmed reports and are not yet fully confirmed …
