Tickets for the Finnish national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2018 have now gone on sale. Finnish broadcaster YLE have announced that tickets for UMK 2018 have now gone on sale. The format for UMK is different this year as YLE have…
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Sweden: Melodifestivalen Medley to feature in the final!
The Swedish broadcaster, SVT has announced details of the interval act that will be performed during this Saturday night’s Melodifestivalen final. It will feature a medley of songs from it’s history including BWO (above), Anton Ewald and Magnus Carlsson. Fifteen…
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Poland: Michał Szprak to Eurovision
Tonight, Poland were the second country to decide their Eurovision entry tonight. Nine artists competed for the ticket to Stockholm in Krajowe Eliminacje 2016. We saw NAPOLI repeat their song “My universe” which participated in the Belarusian national final in 2016.…
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Hungary: Freddie to Stockholm!
Hungary have decided their artist that will have the honour of representing the country in Stockholm in May. The winner was chosen from a combination of jury voting in the first half of the show, were they voted for the four songs and…
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Moldova: Lidia Isac to Stockholm!
Moldova also decided their entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on “Super Saturday”. Sixteen artists that qualified from the previous two semi-finals performed in tonight’s final of “O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016”. The winner was decided 50/50 between a…
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Italy: Stadio Wins Sanremo Music Festival
Last night saw the final of the 66th Sanremo Music Festival – the contest that often determines the act to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest. Following heats that had been happening all this week, and the final of…
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Poland: Edyta Gorniak to compete in national final
The Polish singer, who was the first representative for Poland in 1994 with her ballad “To Nie Ja!” has announced via a radio interview today that she will compete in the forthcoming Polish national final, “Krajowe Eliminacje 2016” which will take…
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Switzerland: Rykka interview
Here’s another interview, this time with Rykka who is taking part in the Swiss national selection Die Entscheidungsshow with her song “The last of our kind”. Here’s what she had to say! Hi Rykka! Congratulations on qualifying for the final of Die…
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Israel: HaKokhav HaBa (“Rising Star”) final on 3rd March
The date of the “HaKokhav HaBa” final will take place on 3rd March 2016. The show began in December 2015 and is hosted by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela and features Assaf Etedgi, Muki, Keren Peles and previous Israeli representative…
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Spain: Full versions of songs available to listen
Today, the Spanish broadcaster RTVE have released the full versions of the six songs that will compete in their national final on 1st February. To recap, the six finalists and their songs are: Barei – “Say Yay!” Composers: Bárbara Reyzábal, Rubén…
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