Last Wednesday, Finnish broadcaster YLE announced the 7 hopefuls who are in the running to fly the Finnish flag in Rotterdam. To keep the hype alive among the Eurovision fans, the broadcaster decided to release the songs on a daily base. You can expect a new song from the national final every weekday around 23:00 CET. Without further ado, let …

On December 3, 28 participants were confirmed for the 61st edition of the Melodifestivalen. And today, at a very early hour, the Swedish national selection revealed the running order of the 4 semi-finals for this year’s selection live on Instagram. So, without further ado, here it is! Semi-Final 1 – 6th February Kadiatou – One Touch Lillasyster – Pretender Jessica …

The search for the Norwegian 2021 representative has just started! During a live press conference this afternoon, the broadcaster introduced us to the 6 acts that automatically advanced to the grand final and the acts who we will see competing this saturday at semi-final 1. A total of 26 acts will be competing this year at Melodi Grand Prix 2021. …

The Official Eurovision San Marino Instagram Account followed in the recent social media trend of an “ask me anything” question series. Their forward approach was much appreciated, and a few nuggets of knowledge have been revealed in preparation for San Marino’s journey to Rotterdam 2021. The first image asks, “when will Senhit’s Eurovision song be released?” to which they respond …

Greek broadcaster ERT just announced that Stefania will sing “Last Dance” at Eurovision 2021. The Superg!rl from the Netherlands was supposed to represent Greece at Eurovision 2020, but as we all know the contest got cancelled. Now she got a second chance to represent the country in 2021. The song is expected to be released in March. The song is …

The versions of the final three songs in Israel’s HaShir HaBa L’Eurovizion, as recorded by Eden Alene, have now been released via Israel Hayom, one of Israel’s leading news outlets. The details of each song’s amendments are also clear, in particular with “Ue La La” which has been extended to the full three minute allocation in the latest version, with …

The Israeli public broadcaster KAN has revealed yesterday the final three songs in the running for Eurovision 2021. La La Love, Set Me Free and Ue La La are the songs that Eden Alene is going to sing in her national final. 2 of the songs were decided by the public vote while the other one got the wild card from the …

The below editorial features the opinions of the quoted editor, and do not necessarily represent the views of ESC United as a whole. We are also aware that the opinions are based on demo versions of the potential entries and opinions may change following further releases. With the final decision looming for Eden Alene’s three hopefuls for Eurovision 2021, it …

Belarus’ national broadcaster TVR (BTRC) has kicked off their search for an artist and song to succeed VAL for Eurovision 2021, inviting interested parties to submit an entry via their website. Applications are open until 31 January 2021, with any solo performers over the age of 16 or groups of up to 6 able to apply to represent the Eastern …

Ireland’s representative at Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb (then Yugoslavia), Liam Reilly, has sadly passed away at the age of just 65. The singer-songwriter from Dundalk represented his country at the 1990 contest with “Somewhere in Europe”, finishing joint second alongside France’s Joëlle Ursull and behind eventual winner Toto Cutugno of Italy. He also wrote and composed the following Irish entry …