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Joanna Lagrave to perform song by famous Maltese composers in French final

Joanna Lagrave will soon participate in the 2014 France national selection. It has been revealed her song, Ma Liberté, is composed by the successful songwriting team from Malta, Gerard James Borg and Philip Vella together with Sean Vella. The composers beat stiff competition to make it to the final stages. The local broadcaster, France 3,… Read more

Hersiana Matmuja to represent Albania at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Hersiana Matmuja won the 52nd Festivali i Këngës with Zemërimi i një nate and will represent Albania at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. 16 acts competed to see who would fly the flag in Denmark in May. The Songs – 1. Hersiana Matmuja – Zemërimi i një nate First up is a rock style ballad… Read more

A Christmas Wish from Luara

Luara Ayrapetyan has returned with a brand new song for this festive season. It is called Christmas Wish and is a gentle pop song that is perfect for this time of the year. Luara has also promised another new pop song and video early in 2014. Luara Ayrapetyan represented Armenia at the 2009 Junior Eurovision… Read more

Lithuania: First Five Qualify for next Phase

Lithuania have selected the first five acts to continue to the next phase of their 2014 national selection series, Eurovizijos. After an introductory concert held on 14 December where 20 acts were revealed to participate. The serious business has now begun for the candidates. There are no new original songs at this phase. The acts will compete… Read more

30 acts announced for A Dal contest in Hungary

30 candidates have been selected for the 2014 edition of A Dal, the contest to find the act to represent Hungary at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The news has been announced by the local broadcaster, MTVA. The 30 acts and songs to participate in A Dal were selected by an expert jury.… Read more

Poland return to the Eurovision family

After a two year gap Poland will return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. The local broadcaster, TVP, have officially confirmed they will return to the contest. This follows the recent news that Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina will also be back in 2014. The return of Poland is great news for Eurovision fans.… Read more

Jessy Matador returns with the sound of an Echo

Jessy Matador brought a lot of energy and fun to the Eurovision stage in Oslo in 2010 with Allez Ola Olé, where he represented France. Now he returns with another happy and fun song called Echo. This is a duet with female singer, Lylloo. Jessy Matador is 31 years old and was born in Zaire, now… Read more

Sergej Ćetković to represent Montenegro at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Sergej Ćetković was today chosen to represent Montenegro at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The local broadcaster, RTCG, chose Sergej internally. The song is currently being prepared and is expected to be a love song that he will take to the stage with. Sergej Ćetković was born in 1976 in Titograd in the… Read more

Bosnia and Herzegovina to return to Eurovision in 2014

There was some good news for Eurovision fans today as the local broadcaster, BHRT, in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced their return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. They withdrew from the contest in 2013 due to financial reasons. In 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. This… Read more

Nodi & Sophie to tour with Georgian Show around Europe

Nodi & Sophie sang the beautiful Waterfall at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest representing Georgia. Now they are to be a part of a unique Georgian Show and tour around Europe including Germany, France and Luxembourg. Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani won many hearts with their powerful ballad, Waterfall, at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

Olivia Lewis wins the revived FiKM festival in Malta

The Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija (FiKM) has returned in Malta after an absence of 11 years. The winning act was the 2007 Maltese Eurovision participant, Olivia Lewis, with  Hawn mill- Ġdid. Many other singers who have participated in Eurovision or the Eurosong performed including Miriam Christine, Janvil and Domenique Azzopardi. The Maltese broadcaster, PBS, has revived… Read more

Cezar is back with a Painful Love

Cezar caught the attention of everyone with his falsetto and operatic vocals at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with It’s My Life for Romania. He is back with a new song. This time he gives us Painful Love and he has also presented a promotional video for the track. Cezar (whose full name is Florin Cezar… Read more

Zoë Alexis is Steady As You Go with her new single

Zoë Alexis follows up her popular song, Fire, from the Ireland Eurosong final with her new release. It is called Steady As You Go and it is composed by Willie Weeks who was one of the writers of Fire. Zoë Alexis was one of the hot favourites to win the 2013 Irish Eurosong with her… Read more

Albania: Dates for Festivali i Këngës and participants announced

The local broadcaster in Albania, RTSH, have confirmed the dates for the Festivali i Këngës to decide who will represent them at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The final will take place on 28 December and the participants have also been revealed. Albania are traditionally one of the first countries to select their entry for… Read more

Anja Veterova releases new single in English and Macedonian versions

Anja Veterova represented FYR Macedonia at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Eooo, Eooo. Now she returns with a brand new single recorded in both English and Macedonian versions.  In My Dreams and Samo sonuvaj also have separate promotional videos. Anja Veterova was born in Skopje in 1999.  She won the Junior national selection with… Read more

210 songs submitted for Malta Eurosong 2014

The Maltese broadcaster, PBS, has announced that 210 songs have been submitted for the Eurosong selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest . This is a record amount of submissions for the national selection in Malta. The news of the amount of submitted entries was announced on the news programme in Malta.  The 210 songs… Read more

The Smile Shop reveal the preview video for Give Me Your Smile

The Smile Shop were recently selected internally to represent Georgia at the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine on 30 November 2013.  The Georgian broadcaster, GPB, has released the official preview video for the song, Give Me Your Smile. Six children were selected through internal auditions by GPB tv in Georgia to perform at… Read more

Jedward busy with BBC tv show and tour of Australia

Since Jedward catapulted to fame on the UK X Factor they have been constantly busy including two appearances at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 and 2012. They are now recording the third season of their tv show, Jedward’s Big Adventure, as well as preparing for a concert tour of Australia. Jedward became popular on… Read more

Mandinga are back with La vita è bella

The popular latino influenced group, Mandinga, are back with a new single called La vita è bella. The Romanian 2012 Eurovision act performed Zaleilah in Baku and have since gone on to worldwide success with their music and stage performances. Mandinga took Zaleilah to 12th place at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest held in Azerbaijan.  The… Read more

Olta Boka is back with E Fundit Tango at Kënga Magjike

Olta Boka was a popular participant at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Albania, with her song, Zemrën e lamë peng.  Now Olta returns with her brand song, E Fundit Tango.  This is an entry at the popular Kënga Magjike song festival. Olta Boka was born on 4 November 1991.  At just 16 years… Read more

Eldar returns with The One

Eldar Gasimov has released his brand new single, The One.  He has composed the song with Johan Jämtberg and Mikael Gunnerås. This follows rapidly his recent Michael Jackson tribute release with Nigar Jamal called Music Still Alive. Eldar Gasimov together with Nigar Jamal (better known as Ell & Nikki) won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest for Azerbaijan… Read more

Former Azeri Eurovision national selection artists take part in special concerts in Azerbaijan

A special series of concerts were recently held in Azerbaijan for the Bridge Of Friendship.  They featured two former Azeri Eurovision national selection artists in Aynishan Quliyeva and Adil Baxishli as well as a host of other singers including Aynishan’s mother, Aybeniz Hashimova, and Tahmina Niyazova from Tajikistan. Aynishan Quliyeva was a finalist in the 2011… Read more

Diana Gromova releases two new songs and tours in Russia

Diana Gromova was a finalist in the Belarus Junior Eurovision pre-selections in the years from 2007 to 2009.  Now Diana has released two new songs for 2013 and has been touring with her music and also helping promote and unite Russian and Belarussian youth culture in Russia. Diana Gromova first appeared in the 2007 Belarus… Read more

Albania set dates for 52nd Festivali i Këngës

Albania are normally one of the first countries to host a national selection to select their song for Eurovision.  This year is no exception as the local broadcaster, RTSH, have announced the dates when competition will be begin to find the Albanian representative at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The 52nd Festivali i Këngës will take… Read more

Manuella Brečko releases new song and video and is a hit at Slovenska Popevka 2013

Manuella Brečko has just released her brand new single accompanied by a promo video for her new song, Zadnji ples (The Last Dance).  Manuella also competed with the song at the annual Slovenska Popevka 2013 festival in Slovenia and proved a top hit. Manuella Brečko was a popular contestant at the Slovenian Misija Evrovizija competition, where she was… Read more