Eurovision 2020 | Diodato wins Sanremo and will represent Italy at Eurovision
It has been a grand night of Italian music! Italy celebrated its 70th edition of the historic Festival di Sanremo. Five shows that have brought together the best known artists in the country. A total of 24 singers have participated in this edition, but only one has ended up with the coveted trophy. The cumulative voting system throughout the week has culminated tonight. The structure and percentages of this system was as follows: Jury: 33,33% (25% from first and second nights
Eurovision 2020 | Destiny will represent Malta at Eurovision 2020
Photo courtesy of TVM Malta and X Factor Malta Destiny has been crowned the winner of X Factor Malta, and will represent the island nation at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam. A total of four acts made it to the final of X Factor Malta. They each sang four songs - an original song, a cover song as a duet, a classic Maltese song and one of their favourite songs they have previously sung in the competition. Kyle was the first act to be eliminated, therefore, he only had the chance
Eurovision 2020 | Samanta Tīna will sing for Latvia at in Rotterdam
Samanta Tīna has won Supernova and will go on to represent Latvia at Eurovision 2020 with her song "Still Breathing", which has been co-written by Aminata Savadogo, who sang for Latvia in 2015. This years marks Samanta's sixth participation in Latvia's national final. A total of 9 acts took to the stage tonight to battle it out to become Latvia's Eurovision 2020 representative: Samanta Tīna – “Still Breathing” Katrīna Dimanta – “Heart Beats” ANNNA -“Polyester” Miks Dukurs –
Italy | Sanremo honors the history of the contest with special duets and classics on its third night
There has been a great celebration on the third night of Sanremo. The historic Italian contest celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, which is why its third night has been focused on reviewing the songs that have made history at this very contest. The contest is divided into four nights (not qualifiers) and the grand finale. The vote of the audience (34%), a jury (33%), the press room and the members of the orchestra (33%) will decide the winner thanks to a mixed and cumu
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
Eurovision 2020 | Germany will not have a live national selection this year
After another bad result for Germany last year, with S!sters coming in second to last place with only 24 points including 0 televoting points, coodinator Thomas Schreiber had announced major changes in their selection process. The German broadcaster ARD will not be broadcasting a national selection this year. Instead, the smaller public channel 'One' will be broadcasting a show on the 27th of February presented by Barbara Schöneberger. Also, the duration of the show is schedu
Eurovision 2020 | Spain to release their song on 30th January
RTVE has just gave a major announcement today. The Spanish public broadcaster has released the cover of 'Universo', the Spanish song for Eurovision 2020 as well as the date of when the entry will be released. The cover photo of 'Universo' shows Blas Canto walking under a starry sky. The next things to be announced will be song and the official video, which will be released on 30th January at 10:00 (CET). The song and video will be available only on the RTVE website. On 31st J
Eurovision 2020 | 'Universo' is the Spanish song for Rotterdam
'Universo' is Blas Cantó's song for Eurovision 2020. This song has been chosen internally by Spanish public broadcaster (RTVE), and it has been composed and designed to highlight his vocal skills. The title of the song was announced this morning on social media. After two and a half hours creating excitement through a thread on Twitter, RTVE finally announced the title of the song through TikTok. This way of announcing only the title of the song has been criticized by fans an
Moldova | TRM received 36 songs for national selection
Moldovan Broadcaster TRM announced this afternoon that they have received 36 songs for O Melodie Pentru Europa 2020. There are several returning performers among the line-up, including: Pasha Parfeny (2012), Geta Burlacu (2008), and Natalia Gordienko (2006). Whilst some of the songs are already available on YouTube, the majority of the songs have not been released yet. The competing artists for O Melodie Pentru Europa are as follows: Che-MD feat Irina Revenco – Adio Maria Cio
Eurovision 2020 | Artist names for Vidbir revealed
Ukraine’s broadcaster STB has revealed the names of this years participants for Vidbir, the national selection for Ukraine.
16 participants will be competing in total and the voting will be both public and jury. 7 of them previously participated in The Voice of Ukraine and The Voice of Ukraine, Elina Ivashenko, Katya Chilly, Khayat and David Axelroad being part of Tina Karol's team. The jury for the 2020 edition of Vidbir will consist of 3 members: Andrii Danylko who repres
