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 are divisive songs, and then there’s Starship’s 1985 smash hit “We Built This City.” With its cheesy synths to its loud guitars to the radio DJ clip to the confusing lyrics and …
Today the European Broadcasting Union has revealed the running order for the First and Second Semi-Finals of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. In a post on the eurovision.tv website, the running order has been decided by NPO/NOS/AVROTROS, the host broadcaster for this year, and approved by Martin Österdahl, the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest. The running order for …
Bologna, 21 March 2021 Every since the release of San Marino’s high altitude bop “Adrenalina”, questions have arisen towards the staging. Will Flo Rida (stage name of Tramar Lacel Dillard), accompany Senhit on the Eurovision stage? The American rapper, known for world-wide hits such as “Whistle” and “Low” is featured prominently in the song, taking care of the song’s bridge …
She was the winner of Russia’s national final last week and earned the right to fly the Russian Flag in Rotterdam. Manizha wowed everyone that night with her performance of her 2021 Eurovision entry “Russian Woman.” However, the song wasn’t officially published yet before the National Final. She took the time and revamped the song a bit. Today, the final …
Murcia, 17 March 2021 Israel’s Eden Alene isn’t the only entrant to be making adjustments to her entry. Spanish entrant Blas Cantó has revealed to Spanish media that he is currently working on a ‘Eurovision-exclusive‘ version of his song “Voy a quedarme” (I will remain). The Murcia-based singer hopes to parry the negative commentary his song has received. “Voy a …
As the national final season has come to a close, we are about to witness a rather quiet time, as usually, pre-contest parties would normally take place around Europe starting at this point. However, not all is all good and clear as one would like to think, and it would seem like that the drama has now reached North Macedonia. …
After teasing us last weeks with several announcements and even a snippet, we finally got the Georgian entry for this year’s contest! Tornike Kipiani is going to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with his song “You” Without further ado, let’s listen to the song shall we? [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jzan8nfxc[/embedyt] Tornike wrote and composed “You” himself and tells us …
Everyone stop making your breakfast or making your homework! The official Eurovision Song Contest Channel just dropped the Azerbaijani entry for this year. Efendi is going to represent Azerbaijan this year with her song “Mata Hari.” You can watch the video below! The lyrics tell the tale of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer who was convicted of being a …
The moon is rising tonight for Latvia! Samanta Tina just released her Eurovision entry. The song got revealed after the last episode of her five-part documentary “Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu”. However, for the people who couldn’t watch the documentary on Latvian television, the song premiered on Samanta’s personal YouTube Channel and on the official Eurovision YouTube Channel. …
Valetta, 12 March 2021 The official channel has added the release date of Destiny Chukunyere’s song to its calendar! The Maltese singer representing her native island microstate, shall drop her entry next Monday, on the 15th of March 2021. The release will happen at 17:00 CET, on the official Eurovision channel. Destiny was selected by the Maltese broadcaster TVM via …
