The Eurovision Song Contest can add another title to its many accolades and illustrious history today as it’s been revealed the competition has won the 2016 Charlemagne Medal for European Media (French: Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens), and will recieve the accolade in a special ceremony on April 28th. Established in 2006, previous recipients of the prize have included …
ESC 2015: More Tickets Available On Thursday
Today the EBU and ORF announced that the next batch of tickets for the Semi-Finals of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest will be available to buy on Thursday, at 9am CET. Last month saw the first batch of tickets available, and they sold out within 20 minutes. The third batch of tickets will be available next month. Those wishing to …
Escunited interviews Mey Green
Escunited had the chance to interview one of the backing singers that represented Spain in Baku, Malmo and Copenhagen. She told us about her experiences, her first steps in music’s business and much more. Beforehand, we would like to let you know how to be the first one to know her news: @meygreenglobal (twitter) @meygreenmusic (twitter) meygreen.net (Facebook’s page) MeyGreen.MG …
Explaining Eurovision
The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organization. As national selection processes are already underway, fans of the Eurovision Song Contest worldwide are no doubt starting to feel the excitement build for …
Malta 2014: Watch Preview videos
The Maltese broadccaster PBS has made the preview of all 20 songs that are in the running available online. You can watch them all on Youtube by clicking on the links below. Amber – Because I have you Andreana Debattista – Now and forever Chris Grech – Oblivion Christabelle Borg – Love tricity Corazon – Ten Daniel Testa – …
Belarus Entries Revealed
Most of the songs for Belarus’ National Selection are now available for listening on broadcaster BTRC’s website here. The 14 songs are as follows: Matvej Kuper and DUX – “Strippers” TEO – “Cheesecake” Daria – “Starlight” Zhanet – “You will be here” Max Lorens & DiDyuLya – “Now you’re gone” Anastasia Malashkevich – “Runaway” Artem Mikhalenko – “Rapsodiya No. 1” …
Emmelie de Forest to perform at Festivali i Këngës
Denmark’s European of the year and the latest winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest, is scheduled to perform at Festivali i Kenges 52, the show which selects Albania’s participant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Alongside Emmelie, Albanian singer and winner of The Voice of Italy 2013, Elhaida Dani, will also be performing. You may remember Elhaida from …
Join Us: Theme art revealed for 2014
DR, Denmark’s hosting broadcaster for Eurovision 2014, have revealed their themed artwork and designs for the contest next year. The rather underwhelming design showcased include coasters and the Eurovision CD, as well as a general back-shot. The art, based on diamonds, is joined, for the first time, by a hashtag. Is this a sign of times moving on, or just …
3 new Festivali i Këngës hosts announced
RTSH, the Albanian broadcaster, today announced new hosts for their national selection and most popular music festival Festivali i Këngës. With only one week to go, Diellza Kolgeci – a fashion icon from Kosovo – withdrew from her role as the Festivali i Këngës host. So RTSH have decided to take a new approach to the hosting. For the semi-finals, …
The Language Rule: How much does English help?
The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Starting in 1999, the EBU allowed countries to sing in any language, whereas before songs had to be in a country’s native language(s). Because English is a widely spoken second language, the older rule gave an unfair advantage …