Justin Timberlake is shortlisted for a major BBC award. The American global superstar sang Can’t Stop The Feeling as part of the interval act during the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Some questioned the idea of the idea of 2016 SVT producer Christer Björkman, but it has paid off for Justin Timberlake. Read more
“The story is propaganda and we are ready to host Eurovision 2017”. That is the reaction from Ukraine following the story about Russia being able to take over in case EBU concludes that Ukraine aren’t capable. Read more
Six semi- finalists for the Armenian national selection were chosen this evening. After nearly three months we are approaching the end for the new selection format Depi Evratesil. On the 24th of December, the Armenian 2017 Eurovision Song Contest representative will be chosen. Read more
Earlier today, Spanish broadcaster RTVE revealed the 30 wildcard acts for its Eurovision 2017 national selection. Waiting for fans who wish to participate in the process is almost over as the online voting starts in a few hours. 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
TVR have selected their national finalists. 67 potential entries have now been cut down to 13. These 13 finalists will compete in a national final held before the end of January, and the winner will represent Belarus at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Broadcaster RTVE has launched the online wildcard round in Spain. Despite a recent hacking scandal in Ukraine, RTVE is using this online method for its Eurovision national selection. Details of the songs submitted and online voting have just become known. Read more
Lidia Isac has made it through to the Swiss Live Check round. After not qualifying from the semi final stage of Eurovision 2016, Lidia hopes to qualify for Switzerland this year and demonstrate that she has what it takes to sing in the Grand Final. Read more
A five-hour open window, that’s what the Maltese artists will have to work with to submit entries which could be the country’s Eurovision entry. The submission period opens and ends on Wednesday. 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
Ellie Delvaux who uses the stage name Blanche will represent Belgium at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Local broadcaster RTBF presented the former The Voice participant this afternoon. Read more
Which acts should qualify for the national selection in Switzerland? That is now in the hands of an expert jury which has just been presented. The jury will cut the 160 submissions down to first 21, and then again to the 10 which will make it to the final held in January 2017. Read more
Sirusho has won a Pan Armenian Entertainment award for her beliefs and values. The award has been presented to her for her strong humanitarian beliefs and for the singer’s feelings towards the people of her native Armenia. A minor award was given to 2016 representative Iveta. Read more
Snow fall in Kyiv meant cancellation of a planned press conference. The conference should have provided an update on the organisation of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. It was cancelled with two hours to go as they estimated that snow would cause too many traffic problems. Read more
Two acts have been disqualified from the national selection in Ukraine after they hacked the system. The technical department found evidence of them using bots to create more votes for themselves. Read more
Finnish broadcaster (YLE) have announced when their national final will be held. The final takes place at The Helsinki Metro Arena. Can YLE use UMK to select a winner this year, to go on to win Eurovision next May in Ukraine. Read more
Today, Estonian broadcaster ERR announced the Eesti Laul semi finalists. Due to the record number of entries, ERR had to work hard to select the top acts. But who are the acts that got selected for the Eesti Laul semi final stage? Read more
Ukrainian broadcaster NTU have been in chaos lately. As a result of their ongoing issues, there have been some consequences, some minor and some major. All of these are now starting to stack against Ukraine, with time running out can they work through them? Read more
Last night, 2016 Eurovision participant Amir won an MTV EMA as best French act. When MTV hosted their 23rd EMA’s in Rotterdam three other Eurovision participants were nominated without winning. A Polish national final act however also took home a trophy. Read more
When the The Voice Ukraine kicks off for its 2017 season, Jamala will be teaming up with fellow Eurovision participant Tina Karol, Sergey Babkin and Potap as coach. So far, each season of The Voice Ukraine has featured at least one of their former Eurovision participants. Read more
Sweden’s Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen is back with a new dance collaboration. After her 2012 Eurovision win, but with the lukewarm reception for the follow up PaperLight, she is teaming up with French Producer and DJ Boston Bun for his new single Get into it. Read more
More details about the Ukrainian national final was released today. The 2017 host nation have started their search to find their representative on home soil. Private Broadcaster STB along with the national broadcaster NTU are in charge of finding Jamala’s successor. Read more
Malta have announced a major change in their national selection process to pick their 2017 Eurovision entry. The change which gives more power to the public, has come, thanks to the appointment of a new CEO at Malta’s broadcast channel PBS. Read more
Getting ABBA back together has been a dream for many, and British TV and Music entrepreneur now managed. The biggest band ever to to come off the Eurovision stage are to reunite on a pioneer groundbreaking technology project with Simon Fuller. Read more
2017 host country, Ukraine, is well on its way in their national selection with an online battle. 39 songs are competing for a wildcard for the final and thus a chance to represent their country on home field in Kyiv in May next year. Read more
As part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, 2004 Eurovision winner Ruslana recently visited the British capital. We caught up with her for a chat about the past, the present and the future – and we listened as she carried out her agenda. Read more