A familiar trio of stars have been announced by the Australian broadcaster SBS and the EBU as the first competing acts of Eurovision: Australia Decides! The competition will once again be used to select the Australian representative at the contest to be held in Turin in May, and the first three artists are certainly recognisable both down under and abroad! …
From Russia, with love! It was announced today that Tanya Mezhentseva will represent country at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris. The eleven-year-old singer will be performing the upbeat, dance-y track ‘Mon Ami’. Tanya was selected via a national final taped in Moscow on Tuesday. The winner was determined through a 50/50 split of jury and online public …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision, or the EBU. On the night of February 25, 2003, Russian teenagers Julia Volkova and Lena Katina of t.A.T.u. made their United States-television debut on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The pair, sporting white t-shirts with …
Olena Usenko has just won the Ukrainian national final for Junior Eurovision and will represent Ukraine at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris on the 19 December with her song “Vazhil (Leverage).” She received the most points from the expert panel (which included 2010 ESC representative Alyosha and last year JESC represantative Oleksandr Balabanov) and the televote. The show …
The Land of the Eagles has chosen its champion! Albanian broadcaster RTSH announced today that 12-year-old Anna Gjebrea will represent the nation at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Paris. She won this honor at Junior Fest 2021, a pre-taped national final that will air on Albanian television next week. Anna is no stranger to the Albanian music scene. …
In a tweet posted by the official Junior Eurovision Twitter account today, Enzo was announced as the host entrant for this year’s contest in Paris. He will represent France with the upbeat, jazz-y pop track ‘Tic Tac’, written by French singer-songwriter Alban Lico. The thirteen-year-old singer made it to the final 8 on the most recent season of The Voice …
The United Kingdom’s national broadcaster, the BBC, has outlined their plans for Eurovision 2022 and confirmed a new collaboration to decide on the British entry for Turin. TaP Music have agreed a collaboration with the British broadcaster to help select an artist and song for the contest, in a similar vein to the contract with BMG to select James Newman …
Måneskin‘s pop culture ascendancy continues! The music video for the Italian glam rock band’s new single, ‘MAMMAMIA’ dropped today. Directed by Spanish filmmaker Rei Nadal, the cheeky video shows Damiano being murdered by Ethan, Victoria, and Thomas in three different scenarios. But lest you think the subject matter is too dark, the video contains all the wit, grime, and sex …
Make ’em laugh! Today, on RTVE chat show Mejor Contigo, Spanish broadcaster premiered Spain’s entry for Junior Eurovision 2021. The song, ‘Reír’ or ‘Laugh’, will be performed by the most recent winner of La Voz Kids, 13-year-old Levi Díaz. Composed by Spanish singer-songwriter David Roma, an official music video for the song will be released in the coming weeks, but …
One more lucky kid is spending Christmas in Paris this year! Thirteen-year-old vocal powerhouse Maiú Levi Lawlor has won Junior Eurovision Éire and will represent Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2021 in Paris, beating out finalists Lilyella Buckley and Sophie Lennon for the honor. He was selected by a 2-to-1 vote from a panel of professional jurors that included Eurovision 1992 …
