France | Edoardo Grassi Out, As Steven Clerima Steps In.
News coming from France today, as the national broadcaster, France 2, has revealed that there will be a change of head of delegation for France when it comes to their Eurovision entries. Steven Clerima has now taken that job, replacing Edoardo Grassi. Today's announcement has come as a bit of a surprise to many, as Edoardo has only done the job for three years, and was responsible for the French entries in 2016, 2017, and 2018. In that time he saw a top ten placing for Am
How did the Eurovision alumni fare at X Factor UK's Six Chair Challenge?
As has become a habit of the past few years, this year has seen several Eurovision & Junior Eurovision alumni take to the X Factor UK stage in the hope of becoming an internationally recognised pop star. In previous years we've seen Slavko Kalezić (Montenegro 2017) make it to Judges Houses and more spectacularly Finland's 2018 representative Saara Aalto make it all the way to the final 2 back in 2016! This year we had four Eurovision alumni competing at the Six Chair Challeng
Switzerland | Over 400 Submissions For Tel Aviv
With deadlines approaching thick and fast for broadcasters all over Europe for the Eurovision 2019, Switzerland today announced that over the multiple broadcasters they received over 400 submissions to be in the running to be the Swiss act in Tel Aviv. This morning, a month long submission window closed on the Swiss selection, in a reform to their previous selection methods, this year will not showcase a national final, but instead the artist and entry will be decided by a au
Switzerland | Three Songs Advance From RSI Shortlist
A few weeks ago, the Italian/Swiss broadcaster RSI revealed the 13 songs they had shortlisted to be in the running for Switzerland's next Eurovision entry, and today those 13 have been cut down to just three and advanced onto the next stage. RSI uploaded the songs onto their website, and also opened up a public vote of which people could vote for their favourite entries until September 28th, this afternoon all 13 songs were performed at an undisclosed location, but was made p
Hungary | A Dal To Return As Selection Format
They've featured in the final every year since 2011, and are one of the last countries to confirm for Tel Aviv, but today MTVA announced Hungary will compete in Eurovision 2019 and in doing so announced a call for songs for A Dal 2019 - where the winner will represent Hungary in Israel. A Dal has been used as Hungary's selection format since 2012, and they have qualified every single year the format has been in place to select their entry, one of more unique national final fo
ESC 2019 | Are we set for a minimalist stage?
Earlier this month, the EBU and Israeli state broadcaster KAN confirmed that the host city for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest would be Tel Aviv - with the contest set to be hosted at the Tel Aviv Expo Convention Centre (The New Pavilion 2). Since this announcement, there have been concerns raised by Israeli media and EBU insiders that the size of the venue will restrict the number of public tickets that will be available - with concerns that only 4,000 tickets will be sold
Sweden | 2295 Songs Submitted For Melodifestivalen 2019
It was recently revealed that the preparations for Melodifestivalen 2019 were in full swing. SVT had publically announced the dates, and cities for next years national final season. It has also been revealed that the open period for song submissions has also recently been closed. According to the website Scandipop a figure of 2295 songs have been submitted to SVT for Melodifestivalen 2019. Although not officially confirmed by the national broadcaster, this figure would sugg
ESC 2019 | Official Partner Announced
Hosting and putting on the biggest non-sporting event is a demanding, and expensice task for any nation and broadcaster and today Eurovision.tv have announced they have partnered up with leading DNA hertiage site MyHeritage. MyHeritiage has been given the title of Presenting Partner, therefore giving the company the main sponsor rights and therefore extensive access and rights, media and digital in the lead up to the contest in Tel Aviv and during the two weeks it shall take
Croatia | HRT Confirm Eurovision 2019 Participation
According to Eurosong.hr, a Croatian website that reports on Eurovision, Croatia have confirmed their attendance at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv. It will be the fourth appearance in a row for Croatia, after a short absence in 2014 and 2015 following them failing to qualify for the final between 2010 and 2013. The news was confirmed by new head of delegation Željan Klašterka, where they stated: "As a new project manager and the head of Croatian Eurovision 2019 delegation, I con
Malta | X Factor Malta Begins Airing October 7th
It's their debut season of the worldwide franchise and they are also using it to find their next singer for Eurovision, but finally we know when X Factor Malta will come to the people at home to follow along. It was announced over the summer that TVM would drop their long standing selection Malta Eurovision Song Contest and instead focus on bringing the X Factor to Malta, with the winner going on to represent the small nation in Eurovision in Tel Aviv, and after a lot of the
