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ESC 2020: Artwork has been revealed!

This morning, as the small pieces are slowly coming together, the EBU and the Dutch broadcasters has now officially revealed the artwork for the upcoming contest in Rotterdam, which will salute all of the participating countries. What we know right now! After an intense battle between cities across The Netherlands earlier this year, it was revealed to the public that …

Cultural critic Clive James passes away at age 80

Famed Australian-born cultural critic, author, television host, and writer Clive James passed away on November 24, 2019 at age 80 at his home in Cambridge, England. Eurovision did not escape his famous scathing wit, with some of the most memorable and infamous comments about the contest having come from his pen. According to a statement today by James’s representatives United …

The Northern Lights Are Dancing – Country Spotlight: NORWAY

NOTE – This post is an editorial and therefore heavily prone towards subjectivity, as well as strong opinions and speculation. Anything stated beyond this point is the author’s personal opinion and does not necessarily represent the views of ESC United as a whole or its other editors. The Eurovision deck is constantly reshuffling itself, but if there’s something most fans …

Sweden: Meet the 2020 Melodifestivalen Participants

SVT is gearing up for the upcoming Melodifestivalen season, with the first Semi-Final starting on the 1st of February 2019. This morning SVT held a press conference to present us with the participants as follows : Semi Final 1 – Linkoping – 1st February Malou Pritz – Ballerina Felix Sandman – Boys with Emotions OVO – Inga problem The Mamas …

Severina holds a spectacular concert in Belgrade Arena

Our Balkan correspondent Stefan was at Croatian Eurovision icon Severina’s performance in Belgrade recently – find out how the show went below! The Croatian representative from Athens’ Eurovision, Severina is currently on a local tour called The Magic Tour. After a concert in her hometown Split, the next stop was Belgrade and home of the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest in …

Sweden: High expectations for Melodifestivalen 2020

It’s all gearing up in Sweden for the next edition of Melodifestivalen. Tomorrow the official artists and song titles announcement is expected, and the Eurovision community can’t wait! What do we know so far?  The 60th edition of the competition will be held between 1st February and 7th March 2019. Linkoping, Gothenburg, Lulea & Malmö will host the semi-finals while …

Bulgaria: Victoria Georgieva is the Bulgarian representative in 2020

They withdrew from the 2019 contest, but are now back in the fray once again and this morning, Bulgarian broadcaster (BNT) held a special press conference to reveal that Victoria Georgieva – simply known as VICTORIA – will fly the Bulgarian flag in 2020. Who is Victoria? By now, we know that her full name is Victoria Georgieva and that …

Poland: TVP interested in hosting Junior Eurovision 2020

Following their second consecutive victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this afternoon, the national broadcaster of Poland, TVP, indicated that they would seek the right to host the competition once more next autumn. Viki Gabor took home the glass microphone trophy and became the second Pole in as many years to lift the trophy for her performance of  the …

Poland wins Junior Eurovision 2019

This afternoon, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place in Gliwice, Poland, with nineteen countries taking part in the annual competition. The well-produced show saw each country perform in turn, followed by last year’s winner Roksana Węgiel performing “Anyone I Want To Be”, a dance performance featuring co-host Ida Nowakowska and the nineteen contestants performing this year’s anthem, the …

Junior Eurovision 2019: North Macedonia is YOUR favourite!

We asked #YOU, our wonderful readers, to vote on your favourite act in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and with around an hour to go until the show begins, we can finally reveal your favourites. It was North Macedonia who took pride of place at the summit in our poll, narrowly taking the top spot with 19% of the …

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