Earlier in the week we reported that Spain would be using the national final format to select their Eurovision act for 2017. Now, the first cull of songs has been completed for the online component of the competition, and we are now left with 30 candidates which will then be reduced to 10, and then…
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Public broadcaster MRT have announced that Jana Burčeska will represent FYR Macedonia in Kyiv next year for Eurovision 2017. The song that Jana will sing will be released at a later date. Jana rose to fame in 2011, when she featured on the first season of Macedonian Idol. She ended up in 5th place, the…
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News is slowly starting to trickle in about Eurovision 2017, and now, Belgium has released information about their act, who was internally selected by RTBF. Ellie Delvaux, who is known by the artist name Blanche will represent Belgium in Kyiv! Blanche has previously taken part in The Voice Belgium, and is now working with Pierre…
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This week, the Reference Group, who is the governing body for the Eurovision Song Contest have met up in the 2017 host country Kyiv to talk about the upcoming contest. The meetings occur regularly, and are a way to ensure that the planning process is on schedule. Jon Ola Sand, the Executive Supervisor of the…
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The EBU has now officially announced that there will be a record high 43 countries participating in Eurovision 2017 held in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. This equals the total from 2008 and 2011, which also featured 43 countries. The countries returning to the contest after absence include Portugal and Romania, who did not participate in…
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