
Switzerland | Gjon's Tears to fly the Swiss flag in 2021
Tonight we turn our attention to Switzerland, where it has been confirmed that Gjon's Tears will be representing the country again in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Although, sadly, the 2020 edition has been cancelled, many countries have confirmed that they will send the same artists in 2021, in an honourable attempt to respect their work and dedication. The artist himself confirmed the news on Instagram. He said: 'So happy that I will be back for 2021! See you soon! And

Israel | Listen to Eden Alene's potential Eurovision songs!
Following her win of the 7th season of HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star), Eden Alene is this year's representative of Israel for the Eurovision Song Contest. On the 27th of February, Israeli broadcaster IPBC released the four songs that were composed for Eden, out of which one will be chosen through an additional show, which will also allow the public to vote, after years of the songs being internally selected. The show will take place on the 3 March, where Eden will perform all th

Romania | Sandro Nicolas, Ulrikke and Loreen to perform at Selectia Nationala 2020
We’re currently on a countdown to find out what song Roxen is going to perform on the 12th of May in Rotterdam, where she will fly the Romanian flag at Eurovision 2020. Selectia Nationala will take place this Sunday on the first of March in Buzau, Romania. It is due to start at 20:00 CET, and will be broadcasted live on the official TVR streaming platforms; for international fans, you can access this link (https://www.tvrplus.ro/live/tvr-international), and you can also watch

Portugal | Here are the first finalists of Festival da Canção 2020
Tonight we will witness the start of the race for the Portuguese representative at Eurovision 2020! The 54th edition of Festival da Canção will consist of three live shows that will be broadcast during a two-week period, with two semi-finals on 22 and 29 February, taking place in RTP's studios in Lisbon, and the final on 7th of March 2020, held at the Coliseu Comendador Rondão Almeida in Elvas. Sixteen songs written by both professional and amateur composers, and with no lang

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

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

Portugal | Listen to the Festival da Canção 2020 entries!
RTP, the Potuguese national broadcaster has today, released the songs due to compete in the 54th edition of Festival da Canção. You can listen to them here: 'Passe-Partout' by Bárbara Tinoco 'Rebellion' by Blasted 'Quero-te abraçar' (I want to hold you) by Cláudio Frank 'Cegueira' (Blindness) by Dubio feat. +351 'Medo de sentir' (Fear of feeling) by Elisa 'Não voltes mais' (Don't come back anymore) by Elisa Rodrigues 'Gerbera amarela do Sul' (Yellow gerbera of the South) by F

#ThrowbackThursday | Most memorable Eurovision venues!
With the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 tickets going on sale on Thursday December 12th at 12:00 CET, Eurovision 2020 in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam will have a total capacity of 65,000 divided over 9 shows. Today we will be looking back on some previous Eurovision venue's that stood out the most. As well as looking back on The Ahoy arena hosting Junior Eurovision 2007. Eurovision 2001: Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Eurovision 2001 broke the record of most spectators ever