Eurovision Union’s December Playlist!

Throughout 2017, we enjoyed creating weekly playlists featuring songs from Eurovision and national final stars, new and old. This year, instead of (im)patiently waiting for artists to release new music each week, we’ve decided to focus on new music on a monthly basis. We’ve selected songs that have been released on Spotify this month, and…

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Spain announces the participants of Operación Triunfo!

Last year, Spain returned to the popular format of Operación Triunfo not only for entertainment purposes, but also to help select their Eurovision act for the 2018 contest. The decision has been made to continue with the programme, and once again it will be used to select their Eurovision act. After a nationwide casting, just…

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OT star Aitana impresses with new release ‘Teléfono’

Although Spanish duo Amaia and Alfred failed to race up the Eurovision scoreboard this year, there’s no denying that the national final format of Operación Triunfo was a massive hit both in Spain and beyond. One of the biggest stars to come out of the latest season was Aitana, who was the eventual runner up.…

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Eurovision 2018: The Successes and Failures of the Big 5

It has been less than a month since Eurovision ended, and as much as I have been distracting myself from Post Eurovision Depression with a binge rewatch session of previous editions, it’s time to focus back on the latest edition of Eurovision to face the music – quite literally. This year we saw a lot…

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Alfred and Amaia to represent Spain at Eurovision 2018

After an exciting (but a little bit confusing) national selection, we finally have a winner in Spain! The Eurovision Gala show took place last night, where a total of nine entries between six acts were performed, with audiences choosing their favourite from the group. As we discussed previously, Operación Triunfo was used to select the…

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Who will fly the Spanish flag at Eurovision 2018?

A little while back, we announced that Operación Triunfo would return as the format to be used to select the Spanish Eurovision act for 2018. Now we’re getting closer and closer to the end of the series, which means we’re inching closer towards knowing who will represent Spain this year! Operación Triunfo has been a…

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