In a new group of editorials taking a look at the past and present of Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants, we will be checking out what the former JESC contestants are up to now and how far they have come since representing their nation in the Junior edition of Europe’s favourite TV show. In this edition we will be taking …

Matt and Adam are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. The following topics were up for debate: – Iveta Mukuychan to represent Armenia – Poland going with Internal selection – Lithuania’s elaborate selection process – Three Swedish Melodifestivalen names leaked ?!? – Sietse Bakker stepping down …

Rumour after rumour every year regarding the participants for Melodifestivalen, but, Aftonbladet tends to be a reliable source of information whenever MF is concerned. Today, Aftonbladet have announced three big names who will be participating in Melodifestivalen 2016, these three names they have revealed have all participated before, including one name who said she would not return to Melodifestivalen! Ace …

It’s been a call made by many fans for several years, but it appears it will now be a reality. The first major change rung in by SVT for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will see Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom recieve extra exposure with performance videos shown of their rehearsals during live shows, currently set …

Smajling Swedes, a three-piece tropical house band, have won a wildcard entry to Melodifestivalen 2016 after earning the right during the Svensktoppen Nästa Swedish radio competition, despite not actually winning the competition itself. The group are therefore the first act confirmed as a participant in next year’s edition of the popular selection process, which will decide the host entry for …

It’s been a relatively quiet build-up to Eurovision 2016 so far but the first bit of news regarding potential performers has surfaced today – from our host nation Sweden, no less! Today, Sveriges Radio announced the eight finalists of Svensktoppen Nästa, a competition organised to discover the next chart success in Sweden. One of these finalists will win the competition …

SVT, the national broadcaster of Sweden and the organisation responsible for Eurovision 2016’s hosting has confirmed that the contest will be held in the Swedish capital Stockholm for the third time next May! The Ericsson Globe will be the host venue of the contest for the second time after previously housing the competition in 2000, but this time will share …

Earlier today we found out our second prequalified dream team artist and now we’re already on to the third! Next up is our host nation Sweden, so who would you want to see flying the flag on home turf? That’s right, after repetition finally worked out for Sanna Nielsen and Måns Zelmerlöw, you decided it’s finally time for Alcazar to …

Some sad news for fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest today as the official JESC EBU Twitter feed seemingly confirmed two withdrawals for the contest in Bulgaria. Sweden (who will host the main Eurovision in 2016) and Cyprus both seem unlikely to participate in the 2015 contest, with SVT’s children programming going through restructuring and the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC …

As SVT gave out the secret “demand” list for the host city 2016, both Tele 2 arena and Friends arena in Stockholm had to pull back. Because of the fact that both arenas are already booked with football matches. “We have had some discussions. It’s no longer on the map to let the arena host Eurovision Song Contest. It can’t …