Tonight the pressure was on in Lithuania with eight performers taking to the stage and, for some, it would be the last time. The knives were out as the numbers were slashed mercilessly down to five competitors clamouring for the honour to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm on May 10th, 12th and… Read more
Estonia entered the Eurovision circus tonight with the first-semi final of the Eesti Laul 2016 to find who will follow Elina Born & Stig Rasta as Estonia’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10th, 12th and 14th May. Read more
Ukraine held its second semi-final tonight, finding three more acts to head to its grand final. The winner will become the thirteenth contestant to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest. They will be hoping to replicate this year’s judge Ruslana and take home the crown to Ukraine for the second time Read more
Tonight in Vienna, ORF presented the Wer Singt Für Österreich show to choose who will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 10th, 12th and 14th. Ten competitors took part with a view of redeeming the country from its nil points defeat at last year’s contest. Read more
Latvia’s Supernova kicked of tonight with high expectations to find the song which will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. Last year Latvia made an incredible comeback after a long string of poor results, when they placed 6th with Aminata and Love Injected. Read more
A huge welcome back to Ukraine, which had to miss last year’s competition in Vienna. Tonight the first of two semi-finals took place, where three lucky contestants continued on to the final to be held on February 20. Ukraine are another country with a blue and yellow flag who do very well at Eurovision. Will… Read more
Due to the popularity of the Eurovizija in the homeland, Lithuania has extended the qualification rounds by two weeks and will now have their final on March 12, take that Melodifestivalen. So, tonight, another two unlucky contestants packed their bags as the Second Division fought for a place in that faraway final. Read more
If anyone was in doubt, the national selection has really started. This Saturday, we have no less than six semi finals taking place, many of them featuring artists returning from previous years. We warm up to the heats in Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Hungary, Ukraine and Lithuania. Read more
The Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, have released audio copies of the ten songs that will compete in the Norwegian national final. One of these ten entries will get to represent Norway at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest held in neighbour country Sweden. Read more
Tonight LTV, the Latvian broadcaster, held a special presentation to introduce the artists taking part in the SuperNova final to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm in May 2016. Read more
Not every Eurovision personality becomes as famous as the former BBC commentator, Sir Terry Wogan. Known for his often harsh comments about the show, he left many fans either in frustration or laughing out loud, he is some-one who the British public will always remember as a TV legend. He passed away today at the age of 77. Read more
Minus One, the five piece band consisting of members Francois Micheletto, Harrys Pari, Constantinos Amerikanos, Antonis Loizides and Chris J, who will represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, have today revealed details about the song they will sing in the second half of the first semi final. Read more
Lithuania’s Eurovizija heated up the freezing winter to boiling point this week, as the first batch of returning performers gave it their best shot, to try to become the seventeenth representative for the Baltic Nation. Eight lucky contestants continued on to the next round, while for two it was time to pack their bags knowing like the rest… Read more
The Board of BHRT met today to discuss the state broadcaster’s deepening financial woes. The fear is now that the public TV company may have to shut down completely and Eurovision fans wonder whether Dalal and Deen featuring Ana Rucner and Jalia will get the chance to represent their country in Stockholm 2016 after all. Read more
Margaret Berger is back with a new image, new Facebook page, new web site, new name and most important of all brand new music. The Norwegian 4th placer in Malmo 2013 has been quiet for a while but now she is ready to re-launch her career and she’s taking no prisoners. Read more
SRF, the Broadcaster responsible for choosing Switzerland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 has announced the running order for the Swiss hopefuls. As in previous years, there will be six competitors who will each sing a cover version of a favourite song, as well as the entry they hope will take then to Stockholm… Read more
NTU, the Ukranian broadcaster has announced the running order for the two semi final shows to be held on the 6th and the 13th of February. The artists were divided into two halves and nine acts will compete in each semi final. Ukraine missed out at last year’s contest, but will be hoping to make… Read more
Mihai Trăistariu has just released the song he hopes will take him back to the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.The Romanian national selection will kick off on the 4th of March, and hopefully we will see this one in the final on the 16th as well. Mihai’s last Eurovision attempt finished 4th. Read more
As Ira Losco wins the chance to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm in May, lets round up the show and find out where all the other contestants placed. If you had a different favourite, how close did they come and who was responsible for writing all the songs. Read more
Tonight PBS Malta held their grand finale to select the song which will represent the small island nation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden in May. 153 songs were originally submitted to the TV station, but in the end only one song was left – and it was sung by previous Eurovision… Read more
Lithuania’s Eurovizijos song selection process continued tonight. The third show of 2016 featured twelve acts who will potentially represent them in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Stockholm in May. Ten acts qualified though to the next round. They will join the previous two weeks qualifiers who had already come prepared with a song for LRT. Read more
Malta held their semi final show tonight to whittle 20 songs down to 14 which will appear in the Grand Final tomorrow night. This will make Malta the fifth country to select their entry for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, but before that, six acts were unlucky enough to be eliminated just before that last hurdle. Read more
Tonight Belarus became the fourth country to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 to be held in Stockholm in May.Teo, the Cheesecake singer from Copenhagen 2014 hosted the glitzy final which ended up giving Ivan the victory. Read more
Oh Osterreich, what a strange history they have with Eurovision. All these years ago, Udo Jurgens tried three times before he won the contest and took the show to Vienna in 1967. Then it took 48 years before they won again. Well the fans don’t want to wait another 48 years to head back to Vienna,… Read more
Spain – poor Spain – what do they need to do to reclaim the Eurovision crown. Anabel, Pastora, Ruth, Edurne – all were well fancied to win, yet they all came up short. Who can blame RTVE for ripping their hair out in exasperation. How can they bring the contest back to Madrid and start… Read more
Yesterday, The final twelve performers were presented to the jury and studio audience in Lithuania. These were the performers who did not come with a song, so they were given a song to choose from a selection that LRT had received from different songwriters. Lithuanian TV grouped the contestants as the Second Divison. Read more