

Switzerland | Three Songs Advance From RSI Shortlist
A few weeks ago, the Italian/Swiss broadcaster RSI revealed the 13 songs they had shortlisted to be in the running for Switzerland's next Eurovision entry, and today those 13 have been cut down to just three and advanced onto the next stage. RSI uploaded the songs onto their website, and also opened up a public vote of which people could vote for their favourite entries until September 28th, this afternoon all 13 songs were performed at an undisclosed location, but was made p


Macedonia | Eye Cue reveal they are more than just a musical partnership
They were lost and then they were found! Unfortunately, Eye Cue's Marija and Bojan did not succeed at making the final of Eurovision 2018 for Macedonia, but they definitely managed to keep their love a secret during their time at Eurovision. After the summer holidays, which they spent together, the duo felt ready to reveal their longtime relationship to the public. They have both said that their love romance started back in February when they won Skopje Fest. Bojan and Marija


JESC 2018 | Max And Anne Will Represent the Netherlands At The Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Another weekend, and another round of national finals for those countries wishing to send a representative to Belarus for the junior Eurovision in November. Today, has been no different with the Netherlands choosing Max and Anne to be the Dutch representatives in Minsk. They will preform their winning entry, "Samen" and in doing so have become the sixteenth artists chosen. There are only four left. Tonight, the Netherlands opted to choose their entry through a national fina

JESC 2018 | Rita Laranjeira will sing for Portugal
Portuguese broadcaster RTP have today announced that 13-year old Rita Laranjeira will represent Portugal at the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The announcement was made on the television programme Agora Nós by host Carla Bugalho. Out of a total of 10 participants, Rita was chosen as Portugal's representative by a jury. Carla Bugalho also revealed that Rita will be heading to the recording studio in the coming days to work on her song, and for the first time in

Norway | Melodi Grand Prix 2019 Date Confirmed as March 2nd
NRK, the state broadcaster for Norway, has confirmed that the date for Norwegian National Selection 'Melodi Grand Prix' is March 2nd 2019. The National Final, which has been used as the selection process for Norway's Eurovision representative since 2003, see's 10 artists perform their potential entries live on Television before an international jury selects a number of the songs to progress to a Super Final. In this years competition, the super final was split into a silver r

Hungary | A Dal To Return As Selection Format
They've featured in the final every year since 2011, and are one of the last countries to confirm for Tel Aviv, but today MTVA announced Hungary will compete in Eurovision 2019 and in doing so announced a call for songs for A Dal 2019 - where the winner will represent Hungary in Israel. A Dal has been used as Hungary's selection format since 2012, and they have qualified every single year the format has been in place to select their entry, one of more unique national final fo


OT 2018 | Gala 1 - Find out what happened last night
Operación Triunfo 2018 Gala 1 was broadcast last night. Sixteen contestants that reached the academy after surviving many auditions and last weeks Gala 0, gave their first performance. The first week in the Operación Triunfo academy is behind us and our 16 contestants performed on Gala 1 last night. We have many reasons to be excited! The 16 contestants opened the show all together with the song „This is me“, a soundtrack from the musical „The Grand Showman“. After the openin


ESC 2019 | Are we set for a minimalist stage?
Earlier this month, the EBU and Israeli state broadcaster KAN confirmed that the host city for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest would be Tel Aviv - with the contest set to be hosted at the Tel Aviv Expo Convention Centre (The New Pavilion 2). Since this announcement, there have been concerns raised by Israeli media and EBU insiders that the size of the venue will restrict the number of public tickets that will be available - with concerns that only 4,000 tickets will be sold


Georgia | Georgian Idol to be used as National Final
Georgian national broadcaster GPB has confirmed today that they will be using TV show "Georgian Idol" (ჩვენ ვარსკვლავები ვართ) as their selection process for the country's 2019 Eurovision representative. Production group "Nova Productions" will be producing the show which will start airing in January 2019. According to plans by MegaShow's Giorgi Khaburdzania and Nova's Demna Japaridze, casting will take place across Georgia over the next few months before 10 contestants will


Sweden | 2295 Songs Submitted For Melodifestivalen 2019
It was recently revealed that the preparations for Melodifestivalen 2019 were in full swing. SVT had publically announced the dates, and cities for next years national final season. It has also been revealed that the open period for song submissions has also recently been closed. According to the website Scandipop a figure of 2295 songs have been submitted to SVT for Melodifestivalen 2019. Although not officially confirmed by the national broadcaster, this figure would sugg