Best of the Bunch: Hungary

Hungary first made their debut at Eurovision in 1994 – well, their first entry would have been in 1993, however at the time, a special qualification round was used for the former Eastern Bloc countries and as you might guess, Hungary failed to qualify, and as such, their first actual Eurovision entry was 1994. Funnily…

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JESC: Gianluca Cilia to Shine Bright for Malta!

Earlier in the Junior Eurovision season, we reported on the shortlist of 20 acts which were to be reduced to a total of 10 for the Maltese National Final. The national final was to select the artist, and the song that the winner will sing will be released at a later date. Here are the…

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Eurovision Union’s Weekly Playlist (26/52)

Each week, Eurovision Union is dedicated in bringing you a specially curated playlist full of songs we’ve been loving from all our favourite Eurovision and National Final artists. This week, we have a mixture of new and old favourites from artists across Europe, so you’re sure to find some new tracks to love! Listen to…

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The gift that keeps on giving: Nathan Trent goes Spanish!

Over the Eurovision season, Austrian representative stole our hearts with his charm and incredible vocals, dazzling us with not only his Eurovision song but a handful of Eurovision covers, each better than the last. The star also recently released his Eurovision track Running on Air in Italian, titled Fino A Che Volerò. Just when we…

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Top 5 Non-Qualifiers of 2005!

It has been a long journey to get here, but we’ve incredibly made it back to 2005. We started our Top 5 Non-Qualifiers series with 2016, and worked our way back, and we’ve arrived in Kyiv to find our next Top 5! As in 2006 and 2007, there was only one semi-final instead of two,…

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Eurovision Throwback: Kati Wolf – What About My Dreams?

Hungary have had a mixed run at Eurovision, with some results hitting the Top 10, and others falling behind. Today we’ll be discussing the 2011 entry performed by Kati Wolf, titled What About My Dreams, which at the time was being labelled one of the contenders for the win. Although there were high hopes for…

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National Final Throwback: Alda Dís Arnardóttir – Now

Iceland holds one of the most interesting national finals, and out of these national finals comes out Eurovision successes, well, for the most part. Recently though, Iceland has been going through a bit of a slump. Since 2015, Iceland have failed to qualify to the final, despite sending songs we’ve loved, or at least found…

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JESC: Albania Confirms Their Participation With A New Selection Process

It was 2012 when Albania decided to first debut in Junior Eurovision, and despite their mixed results over their three participations (2012, 2015 and 2016), Albania is back for another shot at the title in 2017. Albanian Broadcaster RTSH has now confirmed their participation, as well as announcing the new format for their selection process.…

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Best of the Bunch: Moldova

The subject of this week’s Best of the Bunch is Moldova, a nation relatively new to Eurovision. They first made their debut in 2005 with Zdob ÅŸi Zdub, an act we will be discussing today although their later entry. The nation has had a mixed history at Eurovision, with some fairly respectable results over the…

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Eurovision Young Dancers to be hosted in Prague!

Many of us focus on Eurovision, and some of us both Eurovision and Junior Eurovision, but what about Eurovision Young Dancers? It’s one of the various spin-offs of the Eurovision franchise, and today we’ve got news on the upcoming competition. Before we discuss the upcoming competition, it would be good to catch up on what…

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