Eurovision | Loreen Walks Away With ESC250 Victory Once Again
Today the eagerly anticipated ESC250 show was broadcast today, an annual event in which fans vote for their top ten entries of all time in Eurovision history, and then the top 250 songs are played on escradio.com during New Years' Eve. And once again Loreen has walked away with the top spot for the seventh year running. Ever since winning in Baku in 2012, Loreen and her song "Euphoria" have been winning the fans over ever since also, winning the ESC250 contest every year it h
Bulgaria | Its a boy!!! Poli Genova with big news for 2019
In the last months there have been rumours about Poli Genova being pregnant and on December 25th, Poli took part in a Christmas charity concert and officially announced that she is pregnant! Today in an interview Poli said that the little miracle in her is a boy. She and her boyfriend haven't thought of a name yet. She shares also that her partner is from the Netherlands and they met at the BG Radio Music Awards in 2016. When he found out the good news about the baby, he deci
Malta | Second Batch of X Factor Malta Finalists Revealed
We've come a long way since the auditions now! Last week we found out the first six finalists for the debut season of 'X Factor Malta' (where the winner will represent Malta at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest) - Michela Pace, Nicole Frendo & Kelsey Bellante for the girls and Franklin Calleja, Ben Purplle & Petra for the overs category. Tonight we'll find out which boys & which groups will be joining these six in the live shows! First up... Maltese Eurovision star Ira Losco a
San Marino | International Artist Selected For Tel Aviv; Announcement Jan 21st
San Marino earlier in the year announced their unique selection format 1in360 would not be returning for their 2019 entry after Jessika and Jennifer Brening failed to make the final and the selection being panned by many fans, tonight the broadcaster has announced however that an international act will be flying the flag for San Marino in Tel Aviv. The artist announcement will be released on January 21st. SMRTV today not only announced that the artist representing the minnow
Greece | Marianna Toli has passed away after Cancer battle
Greek singer Marianna Toli, has passed away after a battle with Cancer. Marianna Toli represented Greece at Eurovision in 1977 alongside Bessy Argyraki, Pashalis Arvanitidis and Robert Williams, and together, they sang the song “Mathima solfege”. (Solfege lesson) They achieved Greece's best result in the contest to date, finishing in 5th place, which remained their best result until 2001 when Antique brought Greece to the top 3 for the first time. In 2014, all four singers re
JESC 2019 | President of TVP reveals what he is looking for in a host city
The president of Poland's broadcaster TVP, Jacek Kurski, has releaved in an interview what he is looking for in the host city of The Eurovision Song Contest 2019. In an interview with online news site Wirtualnemedia.pl, Jackek spoke about the selection process for the host city, saying that: "The specification of conditions will be presented, taking into account primarily the quality of the hall, its availability - it must be available a month before the Eurovision to prepare
Ukraine | Vidbir 2019 Judging Panel to Remain the Same
After initial news that we could expect a change to the judging panel lineup for Ukrainian national selection show 'Vidbir 2019', broadcasters STB and UA:PBC have confirmed that the panel will remain the same. Ukrainian broadcasters have confirmed that Eurovision 2016 winner Jamala, music producer Yevhen Filatov and performer Andriy Danylko who represented Ukraine in 2007 under act Verka Serduchka will once again make up the judging panel and jury for the Ukrainian national s
Azerbaijan | Fifteen Auditioning Artists Named
In a series of posts on their social media, INFE Azerbaijan have named the fifteen performers who underwent the audition process over the past month to represent their country at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Do you recognise any of the names? The fifteen artists are: Emiliya Yaqubova Samira Efendi Maryam Shabanova Vlada Ahundova Tofig Hajiyev Huseyn Abdullayev Altun Zeynalov Ruslan Alishan Sarkhan Jafarov Narmin Karimbayova Elvin Novruzov Rilaya Leman
ESC 2019 | KAN reveal first images of the Eurovision 2019 stage
Israeli Broadcaster KAN alongside the EBU have today revealed the first images of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 stage. The photo was revealed on the official Social Media for KAN on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The 2019 stage for Tel Aviv has been designed by none other than Florian Wieder, and it will mark the sixth Eurovision stage for Florian, having previously designed the Eurovision stages in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The EBU have announced that more detail
Slovenia | Line Up for National Final EMA 2019 Revealed
In more National Final news, Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) have revealed the line up for the 2019 national selection show 'EMA' (Evrovizijska Melodija) which has been used as the national selection process for Slovenia every year since 1996 except for their non-participation in 2000 and 2012/2013 - securing twelve appearances in the final for the nation. Eurofans will be happy to see a previous fan favourite amongst the line up! For 2019, EMA is ret
