Estonia: Eesti Laul Submission Window Now Open

Not long after the cancellation of this year’s edition of Eurovision, it was announced that Estonian representative Uku Suviste would not automatically get to represent Estonia at Eurovision in 2021. Instead, the broadcaster has decided to continue with their national selection, Eesti Laul. The submission period for the competition is now open, and will remain…

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Finland: UMK 2021 dates Announced

Finnish broadcaster YLE has confirmed that the national final selection UMK will be returning for Eurovision 2021. The final will take place on February 20th. The show is set to take place in the Mediapolis Studios in Tampere for the second year in a row, but whether there will be an audience or not will…

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Italy: Festival di Sanremo to be held in March

It has now been announced that Festival di Sanremo 2021 will be pushed back until March, rather than its usual February slot. The dates have been set, and the long-running song festival will take place from March 2nd to March 6th. The changes to the schedule are due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with Italy…

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Senhit launches her ‘Freaky Road to Rotterdam’ With Eurovision Covers

Sammarinese Eurovision representative Senhit has launched a series dedicated to her road to Eurovision 2021. Senhit was selected to represent San Marino in 2020, and it has been announced that she will represent the nation in 2021 in light of the cancellation of this year’s contest. As we count down to the 2021 contest, Senhit…

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Israel to select Eurovision 2021 song with National Selection

Israeli public broadcaster KAN have now announced that a National Selection will be held to select the song that representative Eden Alene will sing at Eurovision 2021. It was previously announced that Eurovision 2020 representative Eden Alene would get her chance to perform on the Eurovision stage in 2021, however as we know, her 2020…

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Dates Set For Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May. The dates for next year’s Contest were announced at Ahoy in Rotterdam, the venue for next year’s show. The EBU and host broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have confirmed that the two Semi-Finals will take place on 18 May and 20…

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Eurovision 2020 Reviews – The Netherlands

The Netherlands clocked up one of the biggest non-qualification streaks at Eurovision, failing to qualify from 2005 until 2013. Despite that, The Netherlands had a refreshed take on Eurovision, which ultimately led them to winning the contest last year with Duncan Laurence and his song, Arcade. It’s not easy to follow a winner, but Jeangu…

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Eurovision 2020 Reviews – Germany

It’s been a decade since Germany last won the contest, and since then, their results have been very hit or miss. In this past decade, Germany has finished in last place twice, one of those times with the dreaded nul points! This year, internally selected artist Ben Dolic was selected to hopefully avoid that situation…

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Eurovision 2020 Reviews – Italy

Since Italy’s return to Eurovision in 2011, the nation has proven to be a powerhouse at the contest. They have had considerably more success than their fellow Big 5 members, having finished in the Top 10 a total of 7 times since their return. Hoping to continue that run of success this year was Diodato,…

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2000 and Whatever – Estonia

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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