Saara Aalto has finished the X Factor in 2nd place. After a shaky start, she was seen as the favourite to win tonight’s final. The race to win the X Factor this year has been the closest the competition had ever seen as all finalists had won the public vote at one point over the live… Read more
Fans have called for contestant Ektor Pan to abandon his dreams of representing Spain in Kyiv next year. In a hope to gain more popularity amongst the public Ektor performed live to fans on Periscope. But it did not all go as planned. Read more
Ukraine will be hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. That statement was made clear today as EBU have been assured that the country is ready to host the contest. Following months of delays, resignations and doubts we can now prepare ourselves for Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv. Read more
Diana Hajiyeva (Dihaj) will be representing Azerbaijan at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The former backing singer will now fly solo after being internally selected by the broadcaster. Read more
6 entries have been shortlisted to compete in the Swiss national final in the show Entscheidungsshow. Hoping to produce a winner for the first time since 1988, SRF have made changes to their selection process this year. Will this help them to find a winner for 2017? Read more
Saara Aalto has made it through to the X-Factor final. When Saara first auditioned for the UK X-Factor, it seemed impossible to imagine that she would get through to the judges houses let alone the final. If Saara wins, she will be the first foreigner to win the X-Factor UK. Read more
It seems like it is settled that the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Kyiv, Ukraine after all. After months of speculations the producers of the show were announced today. This should hopefully mean the contest is back on track. Read more
Krista Siegfrids is back with an edgy new sound on the new single Be Real. This is her first release since she signed with Universal Music Sweden earlier this year. In the coming Eurovision season she will be hosting the Finnish selection, and taking part in the Swedish one. Read more
Ani Lorak, Polina Gagarina and American music legend David Foster are set to feature in a spectacular concert which will be aired across the USA. More than 50,000 people watched Emin and his special guests perform in the Heritage Palace Square in St Petersburg. Read more
Saara Aalto has defied the odds and won a place in the semi finals of the X Factor UK. After a shaky start in the competition, Saara won the hearts of the judges and public alike with her quirkiness and impressive vocal abilities. Read more
Will Ukraine be hosting the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest? That question will soon be answered. Following months of scandals and setbacks, EBU is expected to make the final descision on the 8th of December. Read more
Alexander Rybak has returned with an experimental new song and video which has received a lot of praise from fans. Inspiration was gained from Toothless in “How To Train Your Dragon” and it is now available for online streaming and purchasing. Read more
The 2017 national season really kicked off the other when the Finnish broadcaster released the 10 songs for their Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. One of these will in January be selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. Let’s take a closer look at the 10 contestants hoping to win the golden ticket to Kyiv. Read more
Poli Genova will be a judge on The Voice Bulgaria in the next series which is due to air in 2017. She is the next in a long line of Eurovision stars to join The Voice franchise across Europe. This will be Genova’s second time as a judge after her stint on The X-Factor Bulgaria in 2011. Read more
Zoë is back with a new Christmas single. La Nuit Des Merveilles is the first single that the Austrian singer-songwriter has released since her Eurovision participation in May where she reached the final. Read more
This weekend Eurovision came to Stockport in form of Eurovision Christmas Party. The line up for the concert were quite a bunch of former participants, including their latest winner Katrina, and their latest act Joe and Jake. Read more
First she wowed Australia when she won the X-Factor in 2013 and then wowed Europe with her impressive vocals in Stockholm. After weeks of waiting, Dami Im has finally released the official video for her new track Fighting For Love. Read more
Russian pop star and Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan is coming to London to open Russian Film week and lead the red carpet premier of his latest film. He will also be providing a ‘special musical performance’ at the opening party. Read more
After Manuella failed to qualify for the Eurovision grand final this year, Slovenia hope that they will find a contestant with the qualities to not only make it into the grand final, but maybe secure the country’s first win. They start with 90 entries submitted for their EMA selection. Read more
Ukrainian broadcaster NTU is losing their main organising responsibility in regards to the Eurovision Song Contest. This comes after their General Director sensationally submitted his resignation a few days ago. The Minister of Culture will now take over. Read more
Today Belarus opened their submission for their 2017 national selection. The broadcaster, BRTC will select the entry using their ‘classic formula’. After failing to quality last year with Ivan, the pressure is on to find a contender worthy of the grand final. Read more
After failing to qualify for the Grand final since Sebalter in 2014 and not producing a winner since 1988, the Swiss national broadcaster is hoping that their new selection method will help to end their run of bad luck. They start out with 160 potential entries. Read more
How is Ukraine to pay for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest? That question led to the General Director of the Ukrainian broadcaster NTU, Zurab Alasania, resignation today. He leaves his position just six months before they are to host the contest. Read more
Tomorrow, Spain start the search for their 2017 Eurovision participant. Broadcaster TVE is going for a different selection method in order to attract new talents independent from record companies. Barei’s successor will be chosen in February. Read more
Ukrainian superstar, Ani Lorak has teamed up with Azerbaijani born singer-songwriter Emin Agalarov (known simply as Emin) to release a brand new track which is set to dominate the Russian language charts. Read more