Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B] Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. What an exciting night Semi-Final 1 was! But no rest for us in the press center, on stage, or behind the cameras as we prepare for the first full-length Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final 2. Today, we will see the first run-through of the show, including the postcards and the interval …
[AdSense-B] It’s going to be a hot one in Tel Aviv and just in time for Semi-Final 2 rehearsals. Today, the first half of Semi-Final 2 steps on the stage for the first time. #YOU can watch our livestream below: Today’s rehearsals include: ARMENIA – Srbuk – Walking Out IRELAND – Sarah McTernan – 22 LATVIA – Carousel – That …
[AdSense-B] Austria’s internally selected artist Pænda has been building up a lot of hype for her entry “Limits”, and the song was finally unleashed onto the Austrian public this morning during the Ö3 breakfast show. The down tempo, breathy electro-ballad will certainly divide opinion, but it is another high quality, well-produced entry for the Austrian Eurovision faithful to support in …
[AdSense-B] In keeping with the “Dare to Dream” theme of Eurovision 2019, Austria’s Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) have announced an audacious pick to follow up last year’s 3rd place finish by Cesar Sampson, with young electropop artist PAENDA being selected with a song called “Limits” to represent Austria in Tel Aviv, Israel. The temptation to keep the same songwriting team behind Sampson …
[AdSense-B] It seems that Austria will once again be one of the trendsetters for Eurovision, with the Austrian news agency Klein’s Zeitung reporting today that an internal selection will be held next month to choose the artist and song for Tel Aviv. In an article detailing the retirement of ORF’s head of entertainment Edgar Böhm, one of his last acts …
[AdSense-B] The views and opinions expressed in the editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ESC United, its staff and contributors or its community, as well as Eurovision and the EBU. Each year, the wider Eurovision fandom, all across the internet, love to speculate about which acts and artists could be the next to …
[AdSense-B] Yesterday evening we saw five more countries rehearse for the second time. Did #YOU miss the rehearsals of (FYR) Macedonia, Croatia, Austria, Greece and Finland? Have no worries, as #YOU can catch up on our live stream from yesterday and also get all of the details from these rehearsals? (FYR) MACEDONIA – Eye Cue – Lost and Found Macedonia’s …
[AdSense-B] It’s almost time to take a look at Austria’s entry for Lisbon, but we must stick with the A’s for now and see what #YOU thought about Armenia’s entry! PeterLPZ (Forum) – “I have no idea where this song will end in May. For me 7 points.” mauve (Forum) – “I don’t like the song itself much, but I …
This is the last big piece of the puzzle, before we all finally can properly speculate, who’s going to qualify, and who won’t. The Running Order has finally been revealed, and now we know, when every semi-final country will perform. [AdSense-B] A total of 43 countries will take part in this years contest, and 37 out of these 43 countries …
Stepping out of the shadows and into the limelight is always a great feeling for any artist, and many over the years have done so in Eurovision, including Tijana Bogicevic (Serbia) and Imri (Israel) from the Kyiv contest. Now, Austria have confirmed their artist, and ORF have decided to promote one of Bulgaria’s recent backing singers as their main artist… …
