Switzerland in recent years has been quite hit and miss in Eurovision, but could this be their year to make Europe listen? The artist who will be representing Switzerland is Rykka, who’s from Canada, but has roots in Switzerland. The song she will be singing is called The Last of Our Kind, and here’s what…
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Last year, Latvia brought, arguably, their best song to Eurovision yet (they’ve had a winning song, but that was in the early 2000’s, so surely doesn’t count, right?). The song came in at 6th place, which was a very respectable and deserved spot for Aminata. This year, she is back in the form of a…
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Sweden’s national selection is arguably the biggest across Europe, with often more Swedish people tuning into Melodifestivalen than Eurovision. This year, the nation selected Frans with the song If I Were Sorry. Amongst many of the fans, this song is a flop, however seems to be very popular outside of Sweden already – and Eurovision…
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This year, Estonia has chosen heartthrob Jüri Pootsmann with the song Play, which last years’ participant Stig Rasta helped write the music and lyrics. The young 21 year old is relatively new to the music scene, but was voted the Best Male Act at the 2015 Estonian Music Awards. The talent is there, but does…
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After a strong debut last year with one of Australia’s top artists, Guy Sebastian, Australia is back in the contest for the 2nd time, this time, we have to fight it out in the semi-finals like majority of the other countries. SBS has internally selected former X Factor winner, Dami Im and the song she…
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After 2 years of final qualification in a row. Montenegro are looking to continue the successful run with the band Highway, who are taking their out-there song titled The Real Thing. This is a song that has completely divided the Eurovision fan bubble, with some people hating it, and some loving it. As a result,…
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At the start of the national final season, there was nothing that hit me as winning material, nothing really hit me at all as a really great song (since then, some songs have grown on me). Along came Cyprus with a band I was very happy to see returning, this time to Eurovision, after last…
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Take 2 of the German selection (context: they chose internally, then they didn’t, then they had a national final and pretended like they didn’t look foolish) gave us Jamie-Lee Kriewitz with the song Ghost. Jamie-Lee won the latest series of the Voice in Germany, and soon after she was picked for Eurovision – what a…
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This year, Azerbaijan internally selected Samra, a young, fresh talent of Azerbaijan with the song Miracle. The song is a Swedish composition, which was apparently submitted into the Swedish Melodifestivalen, however ended up in the hands of Azerbaijan, and we ain’t mad about it. I’ve personally found Azerbaijan to be pretty hit and miss in…
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Last year, Denmark failed to qualify for the final, which is pretty unheard of for Denmark. The choice last year was a cutesy boyband with a cutesy song – and this year, Denmark seems to be still enjoying the cutesy boyband’s, as they’ve chosen the trio Lighthouse X with the song Soldiers of Love. Will…
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