Sweden | Melodifestivalen semi final 1 song snippets released
2020 marks the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. It will be held between February 1st and March 7th. The shows presenters will be Lina Hedlund, David Sundin and Linnea Henriksson. The first semi final will take place on February 1st at the Saab Arena in Linköpping: The Mamas - Move (backing vocalists for John Lundvik in Eurovision 2019) Suzi P - Moves (17 year old hip hop / pop artist) Robin Bengtsson - Take A Chance (5th place at Eurovision 2017
Romania | Changes to selection method sees Romania go internal
TVR, the Romanian National Broadcaster, announced today details about the method they have decided upon for choosing Romania’s representative for Eurovision 2020. Unlike previous years, there will be no Selectia Nationala, and instead, TVR decided to have a new approach, having been inspired by other countries. Because Romania didn’t qualify in 2018 nor 2019, it served as a wake-up call to the broadcaster, and it was decided that things will be different this year. The new se
Georgia | Tornike Kipiani will sing 'Take Me As I Am' in Rotterdam
After winning Georgian Idol in 2019, Tornike Kipiani was selected to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, and the song that he will sing in Rotterdam has been confirmed as “Take Me As I Am”. The song was internally selected by Georgian Public Broadcasting, and it will be a mix of rock, electronica and dubstep, sung entirely in the Georgian language. Tornike will accompanied by three backing vocalists in Rotterdam: Aleko Berdzenishvili (X Factor 2015 particip
Eurovision 2020 | Spain officially releases its song 'Universo' for Rotterdam
The days of waiting has come to an end. Spain has released its song for Eurovision 2020, 'Universo' by Blas Cantó. A mid-tempo in Spanish which has been created by the producer Dan Hammond among other authors. The song has been published on the RTVE website this morning and it can be heard there throughout today. Starting at 00:00 CET, the song will be available on YouTube and digital platforms too. Toñi Prieto (director of the Entertainment Department of RTVE), defines ‘Univ
#ThrowbackThursday | Countries of the past - part one
Today we will be taking a look back in time on some of the countries that have participated in the past, but not will not be present in Rotterdam for this year's edition of the contest. Today we will have a look on four of the 9 countries that have had a singer on the Eurovision stage, and next week we will look at the other 5. Morocco So far Morocco is the only country that has participated in Eurovision only once. In 1980 singer Samira Bensaïd sang her song 'Bitaqat hub' in
Poland | All about Szansa na Sukces
Szansa na Sukces is a competition organised by Polish broadcaster TVP that will select the artist and song for Eurovision 2020. The show will consist of three pre-recorded semi finals that will be broadcast on Polish television channel TVP2. Semi final 1 - 2nd February Semi final 2 - 9th February Semi final 3 - 16th February Grand final - 23rd February In all of the shows, the participants will be judged by a jury made up of former Polish representatives in Eurovision: Cleo (
Belarus | Running order and date for national final revealed
On January 18th 2020, it was announced that 95 songs had been submitted to Belorussian broadcaster for their national final. 49 acts were invited to perform during an audition on 27 January. From this, the expert jury chose 12 finalists that would compete in the televised national final. NAPOLI - Do Not Let Me Down Sasha Zahkarik - Rocky Road Anastasia Malashkevich - Invisible CHAKRAS Group - La-Ley-La Nastya Glamozda - Burning Again Anastasia Razvadovskaya - Hello Jan Yarosh
Eurovision 2020 | Semi Final Allocation Draw Complete
The semi final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 has just concluded, and now we finally know which semi final each of the participating countries (excluding the Big 5 and the host country) will be taking part in, as well as which semi final the Big 5 and The Netherlands will be voting in. The ceremony started off with the host city insignia exchange. In this, the mayor of last year's host city Tel Aviv, Zippi Brand, passed on the Eurovision Insignia to the
Belarus | 12 acts qualified for the live final
Today in Belarus, 49 acts wanted to impress the jury members to qualify to the live national final for Eurovision 2020, but only 12 got their ticket to the final! Anastasiya Glamozda – “Burning again” Anastasiya Malashkevich – “Invisible” Anastasiya Razvadovskaya – “Hello” Angelika Pushnova – “True Love” AURA – “Barani svajo” Darya Khmelnitskaya – “On Fire” Group CHAKRAS – “La-ley-la” KeySi – “Chili Pepper” NAPOLI – “Dоn’t let me down” Sasha Zakharik- “Rocky Road” VAL – “Da v
Lithuania | Pabandom iš Naujo! 2020 heat 3 results are in
The third heat of Lithuania's national final "We Go Again! 2020" has come to an end. Now we know all the acts in the semi-finals that will compete for a place in the final. Similar to the last two weeks, the results were decided by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. Tonight the jury consisted of Ramūnas Zilnys, Jievaras Jasinskis, Leon Somov, Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Stackevičius, who all helped decide the 6 qualifiers. The 6 qualifiers of tonight were as follows: The Backs
