We have finally reached the goal; it wasn’t all too easy, but it never is, but we made it! Another season of national finals and internal selections has concluded, and we now have all 41 songs that will compete this year. [AdSense-B] With all that in mind, then now it’s time to really get into the Eurovision spirit, sharing your …
[AdSense-B] Earlier today, the demo version of “Home”, this year’s Israeli entry for Eurovision, was released. Now, we have the real thing! Ahead of tonight’s official presentation of the host entry for Eurovision 2019, Kobi Marimi’s “Home” has surfaced online, which means we can finally judge all 41 entries in this year’s competition. #YOU can listen to the Israeli entry …
[AdSense-B] A recorded demo of the Israeli entry for Eurovision 2019 – “Home” – has leaked online, performed by the songwriter Ohad Shragai. Shragai’s version of the entry, which was penned alongside Inbar Weizman, was unveiled by Israeli news outlet Israel Hayom, and can be listened to by clicking on the video HERE. The official version of “Home” by Kobi …
[AdSense-B] We always love when previous Eurovision representatives release new song. Although we are in the middle of the national selection season, 3 artists released new material this weekend. Jessika, the 2018 representative for San Marino released No La Conoces ( You don’t know her). The song sang mostly in English & has a very spanish flavour. You can listen …
[AdSense-B] 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. There’s an old French saying that is applicable to anyone going through another annual cycle of watching Eurovision national selections: “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” roughly translated as the …
[AdSense-B] The national broadcasters of Greece and Israel have confirmed their artists’ song titles for Tel Aviv. Greece’s internal selection of singer-songwriter Katerine Duska will see her perform “Better Love” in the second half of the first semi-final on 14th May, co-written between Duska and indie-pop performer Leon of Athens. The entry is set to be revealed on Thursday 7th …
[AdSense-B] After a marathon run in the competition’s fifth year, Israel’s artist on home soil has been decided – it’s Kobi Marimi to Tel Aviv! The 27-year-old singer from Ramat Gan, a city close to this year’s host city, won the Israeli selection process HaKokhav HaBa this evening and will therefore represent Israel in 2019. Tonight’s final saw the four …
[AdSense-B] BDSM techno art group and Söngvakeppnin contestants Hatari threw down an interesting gauntlet today by challenging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a wrestling match on May 19, 2019 in Tel Aviv’s Magen David Square. In a statement read on Iceland’s Rás 2 radio this morning, a spokesman for Hatari read out a statement issuing the unusual challenge to a match …
The lead singer of the White Stripes is now receiving royalties aka money from “Toy”, the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Nov Reuveny, the Cultural and Entertainment Correspondent of KAN, confirmed that Jack White is going to receive royalties for the song “Toy” which was written for Netta, who ultimately won the competition this past May in …
[AdSense-B] Iceland’s representative for Eurovision 1997, Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, caused controversy yesterday when he made remarks considered to be anti-Semitic in an interview with radio station Rás 1. A leading voice in Iceland in the boycott of Iceland’s participation in Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Hjálmtýsson, who performed as Paul Oscar with 20th placed “Minn histi dans” in 1997, made comments that …
