2000 and Whatever – Albania

We may not get to see our 2020 favourites take to the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on our Eurovision favourites. This series is aimed to discover the team’s favourite entries from the 21st century, from 2001 to 2019. In collaboration with ESCDaily, we will be reviewing some of their 21st Century…

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Rotterdam 2020+1 – News, Thoughts and Feelings

It’s been a little while since we heard the expected, but still devastating news that the Eurovision Song Contest had been cancelled. Eurovision fans worldwide were united in their feelings of disappointment, and even anger that there wasn’t an alternate way to see the 41 songs compete for the trophy. What else we have in…

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Preview: Dotter enters the Melodifestivalen as the Hot Favourite

(This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily) According to the editors of  Eurovision Union, ESCDaily and the bookmakers, the final of Melodifestivalen 2020 will be won by Dotter and her song ‘Bulletproof’. The bookmakers even scale her winning chances as high as 46 percent. Check out the performance of the predicted winner in Sweden below:…

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Catharina Zühlke: ‘My goal this year is to be brave and sing from my heart!’

With less than a week to go until Finland decides on their next Eurovision act, we talked to one of the participants, and returning UMK artist Catharina Zühlke. She will be performing the song ‘Eternity’ on the UMK stage, three years after finishing runner-up in the same competition. Here’s what she had to say! It…

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Who will represent Iceland at Eurovision 2020? Here’s our Preview for the National Final!

(This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily)  After the success of Hatari at Eurovision 2019, Iceland will pick their next Eurovision act this Saturday. In the final of Söngvakeppnin 2020 we will see five diverse acts to battle for the ticket to Rotterdam. Daði was the runner-up in 2017 and really wants to go three years…

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Preview: It’s an Open Field for Slovenia’s Selection

(This post is in collaboration with Joshua Mayne at ESCDaily)  Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) is back for 2020, as Slovenia pick the act to represent them in Rotterdam. We preview all the competing songs below…  Slovenia have qualified for the Eurovision final for the past two years. Will they be able to continue that streak? The EMA…

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Preview: Electronic Rock or Elegant Folk Music for Ukraine?

(This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily) With YouTube superstar Jerry Heil and electronic band Tvorchi, the Ukranian national final Vidbir has two big names in its line-up. Both of them, however, might be surprised by Krut and her elegant folk song “99”. Who will represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam? Tvorchi – “Bonfire”…

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Preview: Armenia aim to break non-qualification streak

This post is in collaboration with Joshua Mayne and ESCDaily  Armenia are returning to their national final selection process (Depi Evratesil), after internally-selected Srbuk finished 16th in her semi final last year. Since their first participation in 2006, Armenia has only failed to qualify three times, with two of those coming in the last two…

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Preview: A four horse race expected for the Lithuanian Final

After five shows in previous weeks, Lithuania will pick their act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 this weekend in the final of Pabandom iš naujo! And based on the results of the three heats and two semi finals, it seems to be a four horse race in Vilnius. It was expected that, based on…

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Preview: Ulrikke Favourite to win Melodi Grand Prix 2020

According to the bookmakers, Ulrikke Brandstorp and her song Attention’ will win the grand final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020 in Norway this Saturday. In this preview we look ahead to the closing show in Norway of this weekend. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, NRK decided…

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