Creative Director and choreographer Ian Banham has announced his involvement with Wild Youth’s performance for Eurovision 2023. Via his Instagram account, Banham revealed that he will be the Creative Director behind We Are One on stage in Liverpool. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝙸𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖 (@ianbanham) Banham has worked previously with acts such as Lily Allen and Kylie …
2023 is set to be a momentous year for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Following a truly Herculean turn-around thanks to tour de force Sam Ryder, British interest in the Contest seems to be rekindled. The BBC is looking to shepherd that interest into the new year. To do so, it seems that the BBC will be …
It’s time for us to continue a montly tradition here at ESCUnited now that the Eurovision has subsided, the new music round-up! The month of June has certainly been a busy time for Eurovision alumni, as nearly 53 new songs and music videos dropped on Youtube throughout the month. As of today, twelve artists from Turin have posted their first …
We’ve passed the halfway point of the tape releases, and are now at the midway point of the second semi-final as well. We’ve learned that Australia and Cyprus have chosen not to release their live on tape performances publicly, so they join Netherlands, Moldova, Ukraine, Norway, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Czech Republic in this regard. Armenia’s tape was released publicly two …
Each week we appear to get Eurovision news from the Emerald Isle, this time from a local Dublin band interested in Eurovision 2023. On Friday, June 3rd band member of Wild Youth tweeted: “Can I write the Eurovision for 2023 and can @bandwildyouth perform please.” To ensure it was noticed, they even tagged Head of Delegation Michael Kealy. Can I …
Another Eurovision season has passed; and unfortunately with Brooke Scullion’s non-qualification, it marks yet another year that Ireland has failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In the past nine years, Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Together remains the only Irish entry to make it to the big night — which leaves us to ask, what’s still going wrong? Can Ireland’s long-lost successes …
Every Eurovision fan knows that time moves differently depending on which point of the season we find ourselves in. During the build-up to Eurovision, time really seems to crawl by in SloMo — then, once everything kicks off, it still feels like it’s all over in a Snap! After so many national finals, pre-parties and shock moments, Eurovision 2022 is …
After a disappointing couple years of Eurovision results, Ireland returned to a national selection this year. The chosen artist, Brooke Scullion, will be competing in Turin in May with the song “That’s Rich”. This is just one more event in the whirlwind that has been Brooke’s life for the past two years. What’s she been gettin’ up to? Let’s find …
Brooke Scullion has won Eurosong 2022 on The Late Late Show, and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2022 with “That’s Rich!” Winning both the International Jury and Public Vote, Scullion ultimately cruised to victory. From Derry, Ireland, the same town as Ireland’s first Eurovision winner Dana, and described as “a whirling dervish, full of beans” by Green Room host Marty Whelan, …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Ireland has returned to a national selection for Eurovision 2022! After a few years of non-qualification with internally selected songs, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) will tonight have six hopeful young …
