Spain | Road to Eurovision 2019: OT semifinal
Last night we watched the semifinal of Operacion Triunfo 2018. In just six days we will know who will be Amaia's successor as the next Operacion Triunfo winner. Two of the finalists were announced last week (Natalia and Famous) and the remaining four tried to secure their place in the final in Gala 12 (Alba, Miki, Sabela and Julia). The contestants of the show were also given their potential Eurovision entries for the Eurovision Gala, which will take place in January. One min
Romania | 126 songs submitted for Selectia Nationala
After the 10th of December, which was the deadline for submitting the songs to compete in Romania’s national selection, TVR announced today via a press communicate that 126 songs were submitted for Selectia Nationala, which means there are 70% more songs than last year. However, we are not sure if we’ll get to listen all 126 of them because from the 11th until the 20th of December there will be a preselection phase – where a preselection jury will choose only 24 songs to comp
France | France Confirm For Junior Eurovision 2019
They came back to the contest in Minsk after a fourteen year break from the contest and impressively took runner up spot in the competition in 2018. But no fears of another extended break as France today have confirmed they shall compete in Junior Eurovision 2019 in Poland. France were represented by The Voice Kids winner Angélina Nava and the song "Jamais Sans Toi" an early fan favourite in the 2018 contest, Angélina delievered on the night and made France achieve second pla
JESC 2019 | Poland will host Junior Eurovision 2019
The EBU alongside Polish broadcaster TVP have announced today that Poland will be hosting The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. This will be the first time that Poland has hosted any Eurovision event, after Roksana Węgiel brought Poland their first ever victory in a Eurovision event. Jon Ola Sand had this to say: "We are delighted to announce Poland as our host country, and TVP as our host broadcaster for The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, and once again congratulate
Malta | The Overs' Tackle The Six Chair Challenge
In the third instalment of this series' X Factor Malta Six Chair Challenge, tonight we saw the Overs' take to the stage to fight to be on the final six in the category, their fate lying in the hands of mentor Ray Mercieca. After what felt like a straightforward instalment from the Boys' category with no many swaps, although a sing off, will the be Overs' be as straight forward? Unlikely but here it what unfolded. First up tonight was Anna Azzopardi, after receiving mass prais
Czech Republic | National Final Acts Revealed January 7th
It has been announced this morning that the date of the artists being announced that shall compete in Czech Republic's forthcoming selection ESCZ will be announced on January 7th 2019. Although the format is expected to be run in identical fashion to their selection last year, the songs and artists will be revealed at a press conference held by Ceska Televize, where more details regarding the selection shall be announced also. Last year six artists went against each other in
Albania | RTSH release songs snippets for Festivali i Kenges 57
The 57th edition of Festivali i Këngës will begin with two nights of semi finals, taking place on Thursday 20th & Friday 21st December, with the grand final being penciled in for Saturday 22nd December. There will be 22 musicians fighting for the first place and the flight to Tel Avivi for Eurovision 2019: Artemisa Mithi and Febi Shkurti- Dua ta Besoj Aurel Thellimi – Te Dua Ty Bojken Lako – Jeto Jeten Bruno Pollogati – Nuk Ka Stop Dilan Reka – Karma Eliza Hoxha – Pengu Elona
Cyprus | Greek Pop Star Vangelis Kakouriotis Rumoured For Eurovision 2019
The Greek singer Vangelis Kakouriotis has been rumoured to be participating in The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 for Cyprus. Last month there were rumors that the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC had approached singer and X Factor Greece judge Tamta to represent Cyprus in Tel Aviv. Reports also suggested that the song intended to represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2019 has been recorded with the same team that recorded 'Fuego' . However, now the web portal of Cypriot TV station Sigma TV h
France | Destination Eurovision 2019 Competitors Revealed
French broadcaster France 2 (F2) first started to tease news earlier this week when the names of the three judging panel members were revealed as Christophe Willem, André Manoukian and VITAA. Now we have even more reason to be excited - the eighteen singers who will be competing at French Eurovision 2019 national selection 'Destination Eurovision' have been announced and wow it's a great selection! We've attached a clip where possible of what we can maybe expect from each art
Spain | Road to Eurovision 2019: OT Gala 11
Operación Triunfo 2018, popular Spanish TV show and the way of choosing Spain's act for Eurovision, is coming to its end! The first two finalists of the show were announced last night and in just two weeks we'll have the winner of Operación Triunfo 2018. We'll have to wait till January for the Eurovision Gala to find out who will succeed Alfred and Amaia, but from what we have seen in the show, we have every reason to be excited! Read more to catch up with the latest performa
