JESC 2018 | Daniel Aleks Yastremskiy will sing for Belarus
Tonight saw the live televised national final to find Belarus' participant for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, taking place in Belarus' capital, Minsk. A total of 10 acts participated: Myata – Odnazhdy Daniel Aleks Yastremskiy – Time - winner with 16 points Yelizaveta Meya – Zorka Artem Skorol – Ulybnis Angelina Yaroshchuk – Feeling Good Monkey Tops – Na stile Mariya Zhilina – Welcome To My Belarus - 2nd place with 15 points Yaroslav Sokolikov – Mir na zemle
JESC 2018 | Portugal will hold a national final for Junior Eurovision
The Portuguese broadcaster RTP have announced that they will be hosting a national final to find their act for Junior Eurovision 2018 in Belarus. They have announced that they will be using the same selection method as last year, Juniores de Portugal. However, this year, they will not have a televised show, but instead, their selection will take place online. All interested singers between the ages of 9 and 14 are encouraged to send videos of them singing a song in a musical
Has Germany found it's recipe for success?
Soon after the success of Michael Schulte, who came 4th at Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon with his emotional delivery of "You Let Me Walk Alone", it looked like NDR had found the recipe for success. This is good news for Germany, which struggled to accomplish good result since Lena's victory in 2010, (with the exceptions of Lena in 2011 and Roman Lob in 2012 who both managed top 10 results.) According to eurovision.de, NDR is using the same format this year to find their hopeful s
San Marino '1 in 360' doubtful to return
San Marino's Eurovision Song Contest selection process '1 in 360' may not return for the 2019 Eurovision national final season, casting into doubt the method by which the microstate will select their Eurovision representative in future years, and potentially opening the question of whether or not San Marino will participate in Eurovision at all in the future.
The '1 in 360' format, used for the first time in 2018, was unique in the sense that it gave anyone from any country
JESC 2018 | Finalists announced for Ukraine's national selection
Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC have today announced the 10 acts that will be competing in their national final for Junior Eurovision 2018. Due to financial difficulties, Ukraine will be holding an online national final this year rather than a televised show. Alexander Balabanov – My dity zemli! Darina Krasnovetsky – Say Love Denis Rodin – Batky HAOS – Nenormalne lito Irina Ignatenko – Ya z toboyu Kain Rivers – Without Saying Goodbye Polina Pizartsova – Ty povir v lyubov Sofia I
Ukraine | MÉLOVIN Releases New Single - "That's Your Role"
He represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest with a performance which included fire, a giant stairwell and him rising out of the piano he later played on, but MÉLOVIN has released his follow up single to "Under The Ladder" titled "That's Your Role" Kostyantyn Bocharov, otherwise known more so by his stage name, MÉLOVIN, has released his brand new single "That's Your Role" his first single since his Eurovision entry. The song itself is presented and composed in a diff
First Act Of Melodifestivalen 2019 Is Confirmed
The first act that'll compete in Melodifestivalen 2019 has been decided and announced, and it is duo The Lovers Of Valdaro. The pair were selected to compete in the competition after competing in the final of P4 Nästa. Despite not winning the trophy on the night, which used to guarantee the winners a spot in the competition, they were handpicked for one of the 14 spots SVT reserves for the competition and are filled by acts and singers who are approached and invited to compet
JESC 2018 | Marija Spasovska will sing for FYR Macedonia
Macedonian broadcaster MRT have today announced that Marija Spasovska will sing for FYR Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Belarus. The broadcaster held auditions on August 18th, in which a total of 10 participants auditioned. The jury panel were judging all the participants on their vocal ability and they unanimously voted for Marija, stating that she had "the best performance of the day" and "she possesses extraordinary singing abilities" that would mak
RTP Announce Loss Over Hosting Eurovision
Today is has been reported via Portuguese financial magazine Dinheiro Vivo, Eurovision 2018 host broadcaster RTP has made a loss in the region of four million euros over the organisation of the contest. Despite Eurovision 2018 costing 20 million Euros in total, the show only made 16 million back in revenue, citing in an four million loss or the broadcaster, RTP's finances were also called into question when it revealed they spent 12.6 million Euros on rights to broadcast the
Glennis Grace advances to Semi Finals of America's Got Talent
Thirteen years ago, songstress Glennis Grace represented the Netherlands at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest and despite her soulful ballad 'My Impossible Dream' being expected to do well the powerhouse vocalist narrowly failed to make the finals of the contest finishing fourteenth out of twenty five. However Glennis has definitely had the last laugh as earlier this year she auditioned for season thirteen of America's Got Talent and wowed audiences with her performance of Whi
