Tonight Norway once again debate which of their semifinalists deserved the ticket to the finale on the 8th of February. Tonight’s semifinal featured contestants from Central Norway. Like always, the contestants were first sorted into two duels, squaring off against one another. The random draw pitted Alexandru against Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy against Thomas Løseth. In the first duel, …
The Czech broadcaster Česká televize released the nine songs competing for a spot in Rotterdam earlier this morning. Among the list of entries are three self penned songs. Fans across the world have from today until February 2nd to vote for their favorite songs through the official Eurovision Song Contest app, while the ten international jurors will also cast their …
The second heat of Lithuania’s national final for Eurovision has officially concluded, despite the show being taped on Wednesday January 15th. Twelve passionate artists took the stage to perform their songs, and were judged by Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė, Vaidotas Stackevičius and Leon Somov. Also assisting in the show was their 2018 representative Ieva Zasimauskaitė, who was interviewing …
The Festival da Cancao will be back in 2020. The festival will keep the same formats as per previous years; 2 semi-final which will be held on the 22nd of February & 29th of February 2020 at RTP studios in Lisbon while the final will be held on the 7th of March 2020 in Elvas, a city in the region …
So, here we are. The last scheduled Country Spotlight for now (though I may write more if I feel inspired and there’s always the 2020 off-season to patch up dry spells), and it’s on perhaps the defining player of the 2010s. No, it’s not Sweden or Russia or another staple. It’s the new kid on the block, or rather an …
The Latvian broadcaster has officially revealed the 26 hopefuls fighting for the right to represent their country at Eurovision this year. For Supernova 2020 we saw a big jump in submissions, as the broadcaster received 126 songs for consideration. They whittled that list down to 28 songs for the live audition round, but it seems that 2 songs were dropped …
2020 will mark the 60th anniversary for Melodi Grand Prix, how do you celebrate that? Well, according to NRK (National broadcaster of Norway), you expand the show to include the entire country, and today we finally got to know the first few songs. Melodi Grand Prix 2020 In 2020, Norway will expand their national final and this years national final …
If we go 70 years back in time, there was a time where the Eurovision Song Contest didn’t exist, indeed a shocking thought. On the other hand, it was the rise of the Sanremo song festival, the competition that inspired our beloved Eurovision Song Contest. Sanremo 2020 2020 marks the 70th year anniversary for Festival di Sanremo, and this competition …
They promised us a shorter national final, and that is what we are exactly getting, but that doesn’t stop them from bringing in a lot of potential. LRT (National broadcaster of Lithuania) has earlier today revealed the 36 potential candidates to represent the country in Rotterdam. Eurovizijos Atranka 2020 Back in September, it was announced that the show will be …
When you’re succesful at Junior Eurovision and less successful at Eurovision, what would the logical solution to turn this bad luck be? Well, according to TVP (National broadcaster of Poland), you just try and do the same, but will it work? Szansa Na Sukces! In Junior Eurovision, Poland has managed to do something that has never been done before, which …
