As we head into Eurovision week, we are almost at the end of our Road to Rotterdam, covering all 39 acts and their journey to the contest. Next up is Slovenia’s Ana Soklič, an artist who has been waiting a long time to represent her country at the contest, from her first attempt in 2004 to realising her dream this …

All photos used in this article credited to the EBU/AVROTROS – Nathan Reinds, Andres Putting, Thomas Hanses. It’s crunch time – in two days, the Eurovision Song Contest will finally return to our screens after a two-year gap, and it’s fair to say the excitement and hype is stronger than ever for Europe’s favourite competition to return. On Tuesday evening, …

Rotterdam, 12 May 2021 ‘Sup you fools! ESCUnited here from the AHOY Arena, with your daily dose of Eurovision News. Here’s our report on the first five countries to perform their second rehearsal today. 01. Lithuania (#LTU) The Roop – “Discoteque” The Lithuanian band enter the stage with confidence and are bang on the entire time. Discoteque is a flurry …

Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Hallellujah from Rotterdam! The second country just took the stage. We’re now going to dish out all the relevant new info we have on Slovenia. Country: Slovenia (#SLO) Act: Ana Soklič Song:  “Amen” Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 02/16 Slovenia’s staging carried on the backs of several good backdrops. It starts fairly humble, with Ana …

Tonight is by no means the Euro-feast we were treated to last weekend, but less is more, and we wouldn’t want to over-indulge! Slovenia will become the latest country to reveal their song for the contest in a special show this evening, with Sweden and Portugal concluding the semi-final stages of their competitions tonight. Here’s everything #YOU need to know …

RTV SLO (The Slovenian national broadcaster) announced today that Ana Soklič’s song will be decided on the 27th of February 2021. Like last year, they’ll use their national final EMA to decide which song Ana will perform at Eurovision 2021. In July, RTV SLO encouraged songwriters to submit songs to be sung by Ana on the Eurovision stage. In the …

Slovenian representatve from Moscow and regional record holder for the most Eurovision perfmormances has been quite busy lately as she has performed on several festival in Croatia. In Šibenik during the Evening of Dalmatian Chansons she graced the stage with a touching ballad Volin kad si tu (Love it when you’re here). It was a huge honor for her to perform at …

Tonight was the night, but alas, due to these uncertain times, we won’t know who will succeed Duncan Laurence as the next Eurovision champion until next year. However, we do know one of the potential names that could be crowned the next winner. RTV SLO (The Slovenian national broadcaster) has tonight confirmed, that Ana Soklič will be given another shot …

That’s right, Eurovision 2020 may not be going ahead like we hoped for, but our “Expert” Panel won’t be going away! This year, 15 members of the ESC United team and our forum have combined to provide our ‘expert’ opinion on all of the hopefuls from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. As a quick reminder, the rules of our “Expert” …

Another Big Saturday and more countries select their entries for the upcoming contest to be held in Rotterdam. Tonight, we travel to Lubljana, as Slovenia air their national final EMA (Evrovizijska Melodija). The show, hosted by popular comedian Klemen Slakonja (also known to broader audiences as the Slovene Spokesperson in 2011 and the man behind several parody videos), saw the …