As every year aproximately a month before the Eurovision Song Contest Amsterdam will host a concert with many of the participants for the upcoming contest. Next year’s Eurovision in Concert will be held on the 9th of April with ticket sale starting in early January. Read more
The last few days a rumour was surfing around the Eurovision community saying that Slovakia were to be join the contest in Stochkolm next May. Today through Twitter, EBU however put an end to the rumour stating that Slovakia will not compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Read more
The eight newcomer artists and songs for the Nuove Proposte category in Sanremo 2016 has been chosen in a live show on RaiUno. The show was broadcast live from Villa Ormund in Sanremo. The names in the Big category will be announced on 13th of December while Sanremo 2016 will start on the 9th of February and end on… Read more
EBU published today the list with the participating countries at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 43 countries will compete in Stockholm for the trophy. Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Ukraine returns to the contest while Australia also will be back after last year’s debut. Read more
Belarus has received 84 songs for their national final, quite a drop from last year’s 110. Tomorrow, November 26, and on December 1, these 84 songs will be performed live for a jury. Fifteen of them will go through to the national final, to be held on January 15, 2016 in Minsk. Read more
Today the Israeli broadcaster IBA revealed that they will use the same natonal selection they used last year to find their participant for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. HaKochav Haba Le’eyrovizion 2016 (Rising Star for Eurovision 2016) will kick-off on the 5th of December. Read more
The 3 broadcasters in Switzerland (SRF, RTS and RSI) revealed today the full line up for the audition stage to take place in Zürich on the 9th of December. 3 songs from RTS, 2 from RTS and 1 from RSI will be selected for the final selection show on 13th of February. Read more
The Bosnian broadcaster BHRT shortly ago announced that they will be taking part at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. These great news ends their three years absence from the contest. Read more
This year’s Italian Eurovision entry Grande Amore became a big hit in Greece, it received the 12 points which was otherwise almost guaranteed to Cyprus, and now a Greek version will hit the market. The Greek version is titled Ola Pernoun and will be released on the 23rd of November. Read more
The German Broadcaster confirmed today Xavier Naidoo to be its representative at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. They went for an internal selection with a song to be chosen via a national selection held in February, and thus should avoid the drama of a national winner refusing the victory, as it happened this year. Read more
After the announcement of the new Head of Delegations in Czech Republic, now the broadcaster ČT inform us that their entry for Stockholm once again will be chosen internally. The entry is planned to be revealed in February 2016. Read more
Austrian broadcaster ÖRF has announced their plans for their national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2016. ÖRF will once again hold Wer singt für Österreich? On February 12, ten acts will fight for the right to represent last year’s winning country in Stockholm in May, Read more
Today Swedish broadcaster SVT held a press conference to announce the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2016. Gina Dirawi will be the lead host of the Swedish national final while a big line up of well known names will accompany her. Read more
The Belgian-Flemish broadcaster VRT revealed this morning the names of the 5 candidates that will try to win the ticket for Stockholm, in their national final, in order to represent their country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurosong 2016 will take place on 17th of January. Read more
The five hopefuls aiming to represent Belgium will be revealed on Monday morning. More information about the Belgian selection is also expected to be released at the same time. Eurosong 2016 is likely to be used as their national final to select their entry for Stockholm. Read more
With less than 2 weeks left for the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Australian broadcaster, SBS, have announced who will be involved with their broadcast at their debut at this year’s Junior show on the 21st of November in Arena Armeec at Sofia, Bulgaria. Read more
Yesterday the three songs that will represent RSI, the Italian speaking broadcaster in Switzerland, were announced. The broadcaster has revealed the three songs that will take part in the expert check phase next month. Read more
Two weeks before the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Ireland decided its entry in the contest. The Irish national final, which was recorded in September, aired today on TG4. A total of 6 acts competed to represent the country in its debut. Read more
Krista Siegfrids, who represented Finland in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Marry Me will be hosting the Finnish national selection, UMK 2016. Co-host will be Roope Salminen, a famous Finnish actor/singer/rapper. Participants of UMK will be announced on the 12th of January. Read more
The Italian broadcaster RAI announced the 12 acts who will fight for the six places in the Sanremo 2016 Final in the newcomers category. The prequalification round will take place on the 27th of November on RAI1 from Teatro Ariston in Sanremo. Read more
Yesterday evening came the sad news that Nora Brockstedt, the first Norwegian participant at the Eurovision Song Contest had passed away at the age of 92. Brockstedt participated for Norway in 1960 and 1961. Read more
The twenty acts that will take part in the national selection to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 have been revealed by broadcaster ERR. Amongst the twenty candidates are some Eurovision familiar names. Read more
After yesterday’s announcement from Turkey about their decision not to comeback for the 2016 contest, the Bulgarian broadcaster BNT extend the agony about their participation with a message that the final decision will be taken after them hosting the Junior contest. Read more
Today came the official announcement of the well known Cypriot band Minus One to represent the country at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The song will be written together with Swedish Eurovision veteran Thomas G:son. Read more
After a lot of rumours and discussions amongsts fans finally the Turkish broadcaster TRT made a statement about their participation in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Sweden. 2016 will not be the year Turkey make its comeback. Read more
After SRF the Swiss-German broadcaster already started its online voting to find their representatives for the second phase of this year’s Swiss selection, now the Swiss-Italian broadcaster RSI, reveal details for their regional final which will be held on 9th of November. Read more