Numero Uno: Russia's Little Big Youtube Hit
It is Official! Little Big's 2020 Eurovision entry, "Uno", is not the most watched video on the Eurovision Youtube Channel. The previous record holder was set by 2018 winner Netta and her song "Toy". At the time of writing, "Uno" had approximately 134 millino views, just overtaking Netta on 133 million. Little Big are a Russian pop band formed in 2013, known for their cheesy and occasionally controversial musical elements. They are particularly famous for their creative music
Eurovision 2021 | Israel announces national selection
KAN, Israel's broadcaster has announced the selection method for Eden Alene's Eurovision 2021 song. The broadcaster will organise a 16- song national final, with 3 shows to select the song Eden Alene will sing in Rotterdam. From the submitted songs by Israeli songwriters, 16 songs will be selected by a panel to go though to the next round, where all the 16 songs will be available to listen to. eight songs will go through to the semi-final shows. of which four will be selected
Eurovision 2021 | Vangelis Kakouriotis is interested to sing for Cyprus at Eurovision
Last month, the Cypriot broadcaster revealed that their Eurovision 2020 participant Sandro would not be returning to Eurovision 2021 for Cyprus. In light of this, Cyprus have opted to go for a new internal selection for Eurovision 2021. Since the announcement that Sandro would not be returning in 2021, the rumour mill has started up, and a few names for Cyprus 2021 have been mentioned, among them Ivi Adamou (2012) and Eleni Foureira (2018), as well as Vangelis Kakouriotis. Bu
Germany| Ben Dolic Not Internally Selected for Rotterdam 2021
Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam with "Violent Thing" Joining Estonia, Finland, and Lithuania, German public radio and television broadcaster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has confirmed that Ben Dolic has not been internally selected to represent Germany in Eurovision 2021 held in Rotterdam. This news isn't going to stop Ben Dolic from participating in the new selection that Germany will be holding to find the right song to represent them
Win tickets to Eurovision 2021 with Comic Relief, Sink The Pink and Netflix!
Comic Relief is a charity organization that was founded to spread awareness and raise money to help people in Africa that needed help in poverty, and also at home in United Kingdom. They have partnered up with Sink The Pink who host big live act performances in the UK, with people from the whole LGBTQ+ community. Netflix have also decided to take get involved and have partnered up with Comic Relief. This is a celebration to the new Eurovision movie - The Story Of Fire Saga. C
Albania | Preparations for the 59th edition of Festival i Këngës begin
The Albanian national broadcaster, RTSH, has announced that preparations for their National final have began today. Despite the pandemic, it has been confirmed that one of the longest running national finals will be held in some form this winter. This may be with or without a live audience, depending on the national COVID-19 situation. However, this news is warmly welcomed by Albanian Eurofans as their 2021 participation and the continuation of Festival I Këngës (FiK) is con
Eurovision 2021 | France Opens submissions for their 2021 National Final
French Eurovision Broadcaster, France 2, has just announced that submissions are now open for their National Final set to be held in early 2021. This follows an announcement two weeks earlier that 2020 participant, Tom Leeb, would not be returning as the Big 5 country’s representative. The submission process will be open until September 30th and has opened today for all songwriters and artists. The head of France’s contest delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel added to the intere
Croatia | Dora to return in 2021 as Croatia's national selection
Big news from Croatia! The national broadcaster HRT have just announced that they will be selecting their 2021 entry via their national selection Dora. Consequently, this means their 2020 entrant Damir Kedzo will not be internally selected as the Croatian entry for 2021. Despite this, he is still eligible to compete in Dora next year with a different song. HRT will be completing their two year contract with the venue in Opatija, and will be hosting Dora for a second year in a
France | Tom Leeb won't represent France in 2021
Tom Leeb has announced that he will not represent France in the 2021 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. He made the announcement on a french talk show called Good Morning Week-end. In an interview with Mickael Dorian the singer told that he has a busy schedule in 2021 and that is the reason he's not gonna return. This decision has been agreed with the french broadcaster France TV and they will make an official announcement in the next weeks. Earlier in January, the 31 ye
Eurovision 2021 | Österdahl announces first rule change as new Eurovision boss
Earlier today it was announced on the official Eurovision Facebook page that new executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Martin Österdahl, has made his first changes to the contest, mostly in response to the recent pandemic that forced the cancellation of the 2020 contest. The new rules were approved by the Reference Group, who voted on rule changes in the last few days and sent to the countries that have expressed interest to participate in 2021. The most signif
