For the very first time this morning Hooverphonic let us listen to their Eurovision-entry “Release Me”. This was announced in the morning show on the Belgian radio channel MNM. It is a song about a recent loss from one of the bandmembers. The song is a slow-paced ballad that was quick to be compared to a bond-song. And here it …
[UPDATE]: Tom Leeb’s song for Eurovision 2020, “The Best in Me”, has now been released ahead of its official performance later this evening. #YOU can listen to the French entry for Eurovision 2020 below; Ahead of this evening’s reveal of the French entry for Rotterdam, the newly-appointed head of the French delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, has confirmed some details on the …
The second round of our annual Forum Ranking Game has concluded following the deadline for votes on Saturday 15th February, and we have a new leader – it’s Latvia! A new entry straight in at number one this week, Samanta Tīna’s “Still Breathing” earned the most points out of the six entries from the voting members of our forum to …
It’s easy to miss things over the course of a busy Saturday in Eurovision land, but those who tuned into events in Ukraine tonight at the second semi-final of Vidbir would have also noticed a familiar face as part of the show’s interval act. Czech Republic’s Benny Cristo was in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday night to perform his Eurovision …
This year marks the 60th anniversary since Norway joined the Eurovision family, so it was decided that Melodi Grand Prix will be extended to five semifinals. As you already know, each semifinal had one winner who joined the five pre-qualified. For the first time in over 30 years, the grand final of MGP is being held outside of Oslo, as …
Armenia’s Depi Evratesil has concluded this evening and we have a winner – Athena Manoukian has been chosen to represent the country at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam! Twelve acts performed in tonight’s national selection as Depi Evratesil returned from a year break, after the internal selection of Srbuk in 2019. Following the combination of international jury votes, Armenian jury votes …
The songs in Eesti Laul were the first to break in the 2020 season, as they were released back on November 30th, 2019, but the first semi final did not take place until tonight. For reference, the songs for Festivali i Këngës 58 were not released until December 9th despite being the first national selection to take place. Tonight, 12 …
Here we go again, for another Saturday of Eurovision recaps. Tonight we heard the second semifinal of the Lithuanian national selection “Pabandom is Naujo!”. The Lithuanian national final has proven to be the revelation of the season so far. Did tonight hold up? Here’s a a recap of what happened. 1. MEANDI – “Drip” Our Lithuanian Kollig Kaj stormed on …
This morning (evening for Australia) we saw the second edition of the Australian selection show. After all the 10 songs all delivered an epic performance Montaigne was crowned the winner and will represent Australia at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam! The show was well put together like last year and even saw Mans Zelmerloew perform as an interval act. The night …
One last semi-final in Norway this weekend before next week’s grand final, and the final four semi-finalists are ready to wow us with their performances on Saturday in Fornebu. This time, the last region to be represented takes to the stage, as the artists of Northern Norway perform. But, which of these acts is YOUR favourite ahead of the show? …
