ESC United was informed that Montenegro will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The President of the National broadcaster RTCG made that announcement via . The artist will be selected internally and an official announcement is to be expected soon. Rumors of Sergej Cetkovic are circulating around online but we will have to wait and see …

Aleksandar Tijanic, CEO of RTS, Serbia Broadcasting corporation discussed the possibility of the country’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2014. “We are still thinking about whether we will participate in the Eurosong or not”, Said Tijanic to the Serbian daily tabloid Blic, “In a month we will make a final decision. Public service is in big financial problems. Eurovision is very watched …

Croatia will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) announced earlier today.  HRT cited a lack of funds and a difficult economic situation regarding their withdrawal from the next competition. However, the announcement asserts this is only temporary; HRT says that they aim to improve upon previous results and reach a better place in the …

There has been lots of requests all around on different sites querying would the Irish song selection process be changed for 2014? Today it was announced by Michael Kealy (RTEs Head of Delegation at Eurovision) that RTE were looking at all possible options for the 2014 Eurosong. Meetings have been taking place between Mr Kealy and the new Head of …

Turkey’s broadcaster TRT indicated that the country may not return to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The country has been quite successful in the last decade which included a victory in 2003 as well as six additional Top 10 placings. However Turkey unexpectedly withdrew from the contest citing dissatisfaction with the introduction of a mixed jury/televote …

Eesti Laul has  been the National Final show for Estonia for several years now and according to this Source the Semis and Final will take place on the following dates: Semi Final 1: February 14th Semi Final 2: February 21st Final: March 1st This was confirmed by Mart Normet, the Estonian head of delegation. Estonia has won the contest once …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Less than 24 hours ago, it was leaked that Austria will be represented by the gender-bending act known as Conchita Wurst. And within those 24 hours, Conchita has managed to stir up quite a bit of commotion amongst …

Six different cities will host at least one of the Melodifestivalen 2014 shows. Malmö, Linköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Lidköpingsvägen and Stockholm were all given one of the Semi Final Shows (and Final). Melodifestivalen is the Swedish National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest and has become one of the most popular shows with millions of fans from all over the world …

After an intense three and a half months of speculation and suspense, Danish broadcaster DR, together with the European Broadcasting Corporation (EBU) has finally announced that the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the charming capital city of Denmark, Copenhagen. Four other cities had expressed an interest in hosting next year together with Copenhagen: Herning, Aalborg, Fredericia, and …

Germany is once again going for a National Final to select the 2014 representative of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. It will take place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne and tickets went on Sale today. There are now news on the concept of the show as of today. Last year 30% of the results were determined by …