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Montenegro: Five Things to Know About Vladana Vučinić

After a week of teasing, the Montenegrin broadcaster announced that 35-year-old songstress Vladana Vučinić will represent the country at Eurovision this May with the song “Breathe”. As we wait to hear the song that Montenegro will be bringing to the contest after a two year absence, here are some facts about Vladana to whet your appetite. Her Eurovision Dreams Started …

ESC 250: Loreen’s Reign at the Top Continues, Songs from Spain and The Netherlands Jump Over 700 Places

As has become an annual tradition, ESC Radio and Songfestival.be teamed up today to present the online Eurovision fandom’s 250 favorite contest entries. And when all was said and done, Loreen‘s “Euphoria” once again captured the top spot . Right on her heels were 2021 Eurovision champions Måneskin, with their winning entry “Zitti e buoni”. The remainder of this year’s …

1964: Reddit User Unearths Three Minutes of Previously Lost Broadcast, Italy’s Crowning Moment is Viewable for the First Time

Lost media fans rejoice! Yesterday, Reddit user DYLCWS posted a nearly three-minute-long clip from the 1964 Eurovision broadcast, a broadcast that has long been unavailable to the public and considered lost. In the clip, Eurovision fans can watch the moment Gigliola Cinquetti is presented as the victor, as well as a minute and a half of her winner reprise. Watch …

Flashback to… The Time t.A.T.u. Trolled Two American TV Networks in Two Days

The below editorial features the opinions and views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision, or the EBU. On the night of February 25, 2003, Russian teenagers Julia Volkova and Lena Katina of t.A.T.u. made their United States-television debut on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The pair, sporting white t-shirts with …

1956: Photos and 3 Minutes of New Footage Unearthed from Lost Eurovision Broadcast

Thanks to some savvy detective work done by Good Evening Europe Blog, we have more evidence of what the very first Eurovision Song Contest actually looked like! In a post today on his blog, author Kalvin Lindfors noted that, five months ago, YouTube user wieke qwieke upload a nearly six minute long recording of Lys Assia’s reprise of ‘Refrain’ at …

Iceland: Svala makes Eurovision history

[AdSense-B] The Icelandic artist, Svala, will make history in the Eurovision Song Contest when she performs “Paper” in the first semi final on the 9th of May. Svala and her father will be the first father and daughter to have represented the same nation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Her father Björgvin Halldórsson competed on behalf of Iceland in Dublin …

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