Posts by Giannis

Tonight: Eurosong kicks off in Belgium

Tonight begins the Belgian national selection process through which the representative of the country will be chosen for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. In the heat tonight, the participants will be showing their skills within Eurovision covers with a former winner as judge. Read more

Georgia to announce its representative tomorrow

The Georgian broadcaster announced earlier that, tomorrow, they will announce their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The announcement means that Georgia are returning to an internal selection after having held a national selection process for 2015. Read more

Malta 2016: the 20 semi finalists revealed

The Maltese broadcaster TVM revealed a few minutes ago the 20 songs that will compete in the semi final of its national selection, to take place on the 22nd of January, when the 14 tickets for the Maltese national final for Eurovision 2016 will be given. Read more

The biggest Italian music stars as guests in Sanremo 2016

One week after RAI announced the participants in the Newcomers category of Sanremo 2016 and only 4 days before the participants in the Campioni category are revealed, some of the most famous Italian singers with success all over the world have already confirmed their presence at the upcoming Sanremo music festival. Read more

Douwe Bob to present the Dutch entry on 2nd March

It was back in September when Douwe Bob was selected internally by the Dutch broadcaster AVRO/TROS to wave their flag at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. However, we will have to wait for 3 more months before we can hear his song because the Dutch entry will not be presented before March 2. Read more

Switzerland’s finalists revealed

Today we are one step closer to the Swiss national final as the “Expert check round” was held today in Zurich. 19 candidates performed their songs on stage competing for the right to participate in the national final held in February. Six made it through still with a chance to make it to Eurovision. Read more

Donny Montell releases 2016 Eurovision attempt

Donny Montell the Lithuanian representative at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will try to return to the contest after three years. Today he released the song with which he takes part in the Litnuanian national selection Eurovision Atranka 2016. The song is titled I’ve Been Waiting For This Night. Read more

Maltese hopefuls for Stockholm revealed

The Maltese broadcaster announced today the 49 songs that have made it through to the first selection process towards the Maltese preselection shows. The final 20 songs will be revealed in the usual way on Xarabank during next week’s MESC announcement show. The shows will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of January. Read more

Cyprus 2016 participants Minus One talk to EuroVisionary

One month after CyBC announced that Minus One will represent Cyprus in Stockholm, the rock band’s drummer, Chris J, talks to EuroVisionary about their feelings for their participation, their collaboration with Thomas G:son, when we will be able to hear their entry and if they will soon sing naked at a party in Nicosia! Read more

Almost 300 songs submitted in France

French broadcaster France 2 announced that it has received 280 applications for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Nathalie André, head of entertainment for the French Broadcaster, revealed that France is looking for a more modern song for next year’s contest. Read more

Belarusian national finalists revealed

After two live auditions in front of a panel of experts, Belarusian broadcaster BTRC revealed yesterday the 10 finalists that will fight for the right to represent their country at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The winner will be decided solely by SMS voting during a live show to take place no later than January 25. Read more