Croatia | More Details Of Dora 2019 Released
A total of sixteen songs will compete at the Croatian national final 'Dora 2019' according to Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija. One of these will be the countries next representative at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Tel Aviv in May next year. The paper, also suggests that the reinvigorated national final will be overseen by Uršula Tolj, who has been the nations spokesperson at the contest, whilst the job of Head of Delegation will go to Željen Klašterka. Thi
Germany | Six Artists For Selection Revealed
This morning the six names who will compete in their forthcoming selection "Unser Lied für Israel" have been revealed, all of whom will be looking to follow in the steps of Michael Schulte. Although the show will not take place until February, NDR this morning have announced the six acts that will taking to the stage for the right to represent Germany, the six acts were selected out of a grand total of 965 which initially applied, the six were selected across a 100 strong int
Estonia | 216 Songs Were Submitted For Eesti Laul 2019
Yesterday, Eurovoxx reported details of the up and coming Estonian national final, Eesti Laul, and confirmed that tickets for the shows would go on sale this morning. Now, the national broadcaster has confirmed that they have received 216 songs for their national final. It was revealed by Tomi Rahula yesterday evening, on ETV that 216 songs had been submitted. The figure is down on those received by the channel last year, and bucks the trend from other national finals such
Estonia | Eesti Laul Tickets On Sale Tomorrow + Additional Details
Estonia's long-running National Selection process 'Eesti Laul' has already been confirmed for next year and details were already released about plans to mix up the format a little bit next year; making the semi finals live and making the contest bigger than ever. Speaking on Estonian television this morning, Eesti Laul producer Tomi Rahula has released further information about plans for Eesti Laul 2019 - including that tickets are going on sale tomorrow morning! Tickets for
Czech Republic | CT Receives 300 Entries For Its National Final 2019
2018 marked a very good year for the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest. They sent Mikolas Josef to Lisbon, who gave the country its best result, and certainly raised the profile of the contest at home, where there was real optimism, that the talented singer could win. He did not, however, his profile was raised massively, and he has gained a mass following that is deserved, of his popularity, and success. With this in mind, the broadcaster CT last week released
Croatia | As Dora returns in 2019, let's look back on the Top 10 Dora songs!
Last week, Croatian national broadcaster (HRT) confirmed on its social media that they are preparing the return of national selection – Dora 2019. Dora is the format of the national selection that has been going on since 1995 until 2011. (in 1993. and 1994. there were also national selections but the name Dora was invented in 1995.). It brought many successful Eurovision entries, but also many songs that hit the charts in Croatia. We are very happy with the news that Dora is
Albania | Big Changes Planned for Festivali i Këngës 57
Since their debut at Eurovision in 2004, Albania have used popular Albanian music festival 'Festivali i Këngës' as their National Selection process. The first contest took place in 1962 and since then has kept to its orchestral roots. Last month the dates for the contest as well as the list of participants and their respective songs were released and accompanying the mostly young and fresh lineup of Albanian stars competing at a press conference earlier this week more details
Norway | Preparation for Melodi Grand Prix Well Underway
Over in Norway, plans for national selection process Melodi Grand Prix 2019 are well underway. Head of delegation for Norway's participation in Eurovision - Stig Karlsen - has revealed some details about the preparations in the lead up to next years national final. In an interview with Norwegian paper Dagbladet Karlsen revealed that seven of the ten Melodi Grand Prix 2019 finalists have already been selected and of those, six had been invited directly by broadcaster NRK to pa
Iceland | 132 Songs Submitted To Söngvakeppnin 2019
The broadcaster for Iceland RÚV, has announced that a total number of 132 songs have been submitted to the channel for the Eurovision 2019 season, in a bid to be the winner of Söngvakeppnin 2019. The deadline closed earlier this week, with the national broadcaster revealing today that the country had received a total of 132 songs. It is now up to a specialist panel to decide which songs should make up the countries national final. There has been slight changes to proceedings
Latvia | Supernova 2019 Receives 83 Song Submissions
Latvia's National Selection process is fully underway now as 2019 marks a return for the 'Supernova' contest which has been used to select the Latvian Eurovision representative since 2015. The song submission window closed on the 21st October and broadcaster LTV have revealed that they have received 83 song submissions which will now be reviewed and whittled down to eventually select the song for the 2019 contest. Dates are not confirmed yet for the Supernova shows however if
