It is now that time of the week where we can listen to the snippets of the songs participating in the Melodifestivalen semi-finals, with this week marking the third of four semi-finals. The semi-final will take place on February 15th at Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå. Here is the line-up: Mariette – “Shout it Out”…
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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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The Estonian selection, Eesti Laul has now begun, with the first six qualifiers selected. A total of 12 acts participated in the first semi-final, which was hosted in Tartu. Here is the full line-up: Rasmus Rändvee – “Young” Kruuv – “Leelo” STEFAN – “By My Side” INGA – “Right Time” Anett x Fredi – “Write…
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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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The Netherlands’ most popular internet sensation, makeup artist NikkieTutorials will be presenting online content for the upcoming edition of Eurovision, held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. A social media star herself, Nikkie will be featured in the online content for Eurovision this year, with backstage content planned for YouTube. She will also report from the red…
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After earlier announcing changes to their national selection, Romanian broadcaster TVR have now announced that 20 year old Roxen will represent Romania at the contest this year. Unlike previous years, the Romanian broadcaster decided to internally select their representative, while they will hold a public selection to determine the song that their representative, Roxen, will…
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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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After five exciting nights celebrating Italian music and culture, Sanremo has now concluded with a winner decided. In the final night, the scores were revealed, which included the results of the previous nights. This year marked the 70th edition of Sanremo, and to celebrate, the contest featured not only the competitors, but a number of…
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The Polish national selection, Szansa Na Sukces continued this week, with the next seven entrants participating in the hopes of achieving just one qualifying position to the final. The semi-finalists will perform cover songs, with a different ‘theme’ each week. In the first semi-final, the artists will cover ABBA songs, while in semi-final two, the…
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After a disappointing result at Eurovision 2019, the German broadcaster have decided to internally select their entry for Eurovision 2020. In previous years, a public selection has been held, where the entrants were decided by both jury and public vote. Thomas Schreiber, Head of Entertainment at ARD spoke about the changes, saying, ‘Of course we…
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