Another country to kick off their national selection tonight is Estonia. Like in previous year the Baltic country uses the established Eesti Laul format. Two semifinals will be held with each ten participating entries. Five songs of each semifinal proceed to the final. These were the competing acts tonight: 1) Karl-Erik Taukar – Päev korraga… Read more
This Saturday the Finnish preselection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) kicked off. The next three weekends we will get introduced to 18 songs – 6 songs per semifinal. A total of 9 songs will proceed to the final on February 28th. Tonight Satin Circus, Norlan El Misionario and Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät were voted to the final.… Read more
Tonight the Swiss representative for Vienna was chosen. Like in previous years the show was held at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen. Six acts competed for the ticket to the Austrian capital. At the end Mélanie René suceeded with the song Time to shine. Six acts were in the race to represent the Alpine republic… Read more
This morning the German broadcaster NDR announced seven acts who will compete at the German final Unser Song für Österreich. An eighth act will be chosen during a special club concert held in Hamburg on February 19th. The seven finalists are (in alphabetical order): Alexa Feser Andreas Kümmert Fahrenhaidt feat. Amanda Petersen Faun Laing Mrs.… Read more
FYR Macedonia confirmed their participation at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria. After failing to qualify for the final in Copenhagen a poll was started where people could vote whether they wanted the country to stay in or leave the contest. Now the result is known: FYR Macedonia will try again. Two important decisions… Read more
Pamela Ramljak who participated twice at the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the trio Feminnem released her new CD entitled Prijateljica. The album features eight tracks and is the first album that Pamela releases after the split up of Feminnem. As a member of the female trio Feminnem Pamela Ramljak took part at… Read more
For the third time after 2012 and 2013 the Berlin Eurovision Weekend will take place. From July 18th till July 20th dedicated members from OGAE Germany and EC Germany will organize the event in the German capital. This year the partner fanclub and co-host will be OGAE UK. From July 18th till July 20th the… Read more
Only two days after Conchita Wurst’s victory in Copenhagen several Austrian cities indicate interest to host the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. According to ORF general manager Alexander Wrabetz the decision is to be made soon. It is less than 48 hours ago that Conchita Wurst succeeded at the 59th Eurovision… Read more
As the last of the Big 5-countries Germany will select their representative for the 59th Eurovision Song Contest next Thursday. Eight acts will compete for the ticket to Copenhagen. Who will be the successor of Cascada and try to achieve a better result than the 21st place in Malmö? EuroVisionary takes a look at the… Read more
Tonight the first round of this year’s German selection, the so called wild card round took place in Hamburg. Ten acts competed for the eighth spot in the German final. The TV spectators decided that Elaiza will complete the line up for the German national final Unser Song für Dänemark which will be held on… Read more
On February 27th there will be a special club concert at club Edelfettwerk in Hamburg to select the 8th participant at the German final Unser Song für Dänemark. All ten competitors are newcomers. Eurovisionary had a closer look at them and likes to present them to you now. Ambre Vallet Ambre Vallet was born in… Read more
Tonight we saw the 4th heat of this year’s Melodifestivalen from Örnsköldsvik. Just like in the previous editions eight acts competed for two spots in the final and two places in the second chance round Andra Chansen. At the end Alcazar and Anton Ewald were voted to the final. The final of Melodifestivalen is slowly… Read more
Today the Lithuanian broadcaster announced the final results of last Saturday’s Eurovizijos edition. As they assumed irregularities in the televoting the announcement of the results was postponed and not as usual at the end of the show. Martynas Kavaliauskas was eliminated, the four other artists will perform again next Saturday. Last Saturday the 8th round… Read more
The German broadcaster NDR has finally revealed the ten names who will compete for the last spot in the German final on February 27th. In a special club concert in Hamburg the German public will decide who will get the chance to compete with seven other acts in the show Unser Song für Dänemark. Today… Read more
Tonight the Lithuanian preselection marathon held its 8th round to search the country’s representative for Copenhagen. The five remaining artists performed two songs each. At the end one act should have been eliminated. Due to technical problems on the verification of the televoting the announcement of the results was postponed to Monday. Lithuanias preselection is… Read more
Today the Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO announced that seven acts will compete in their national selection EMA to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen. Among the names there is also Omar Naber who participated at the 2005 edition in Kiev. After a last minute confirmation to participate at the 2014 Eurovision Song… Read more
Last Saturday OGAE Germany – one of the two German fanclubs of the OGAE network – held its annual convention in Munich. The organizers offered a varied programme and managed to bring four Eurovision artists on stage – among them one Eurovision winner and one participant of the 2014 edition in Copenhagen. OGAE Germany invited… Read more
Tonight we saw the second heat of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, the Finnish preselection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Six acts competed for the second spot in the final in Espoo on February 1st. Who would follow the band Softengine who already was sent to the final last week? At the end Hanna Sky was… Read more
The line up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen is complete. Today Slovenia confirmed their participation which means a total of 37 competing countries in the Danish capital. It was a last minute confirmation. Today the Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO finally confirmed the country’s participation at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Due… Read more
10 days after the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö ten entries have entered the official German single charts. Winner Emmelie de Forest scores the highest ranking entering the top 100 on 5th position. Ten entries of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest made it into the official German single charts. The Danish… Read more
Two semi-finals have been held – and today it was time for the 26 qualifiers to rehearse the final show for the first time. Who is in it with a chance to win and who should be happy just to have reached the final? We take a closer look at the winning candidates after first… Read more
After a very successful first rehearsal on Sunday the expectations for Cascada’s second rehearsal were high. Before heading off to the arena singer Natalie posted on her Facebook site that she had vocal problems. How would this effect her performance? The presenation of Glorious as well as the lightning and the costumes were not changed.… Read more
Spain started the second rehearsal day for the big 5 and the host nation Sweden. In comparison to their first rehearsal there was one big change – the change of the dress of the lead singer Raquel. The stage presentation itself has not changed since the first rehearsal on Sunday. The song starts with an… Read more
Today it was time for the very first dress rehearsal in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We are of course starting with the first semi-final. Which 10 songs will qualify and which 6 must go home? To give you a perspective EuroVisionary will be covering all three rehearsals for the first semi-final by three different… Read more
Italy finished today’s rehearsals of the big 5 and the host nation Sweden. After their return in 2011 with a second place in Düsseldorf and a 9th place in Baku San Remo winner Marco Mengoni also belongs to one of the pre-contest favourites. Could he fulfill the high expectations? Marco stands all alone on stage… Read more
One of the biggest names in this year’s line up is for sure the German act Cascada. That is why their first rehearsal was expected with high interest among the press and fans. After winning the German final the original version of Glorious had to be cut down from 3:30 minutes to 3 minutes. The… Read more