Armenia: Selection Process Starts Tonight!

Armenia – Tonight sees the start of a lengthy 3-month process to choose Armenia’s representative for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The new national selection process is called Depi Evratesil (To Eurovision). Former Armenia Eurovision artists make up the judging panel.

Sweden: Melfest Presenters Announced as Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson

Sweden – SVT has today announced the presenters of next year’s Swedish national selection programme, Melodifestivalen. The presenters will be Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson. 

Bulgaria: Confirmation of Participation

Bulgaria – After Poli Genova‘s successful 4th place in last year’s contest, Bulgaria looks set to compete again in Kyiv. According to ESCToday, an application has been submitted to BNT’s Board of Directors.

Eurovision 2017: Belarus, France and Czech Republic Confirm Participation

Eurovision 2017 – Three more countries have this week confirmed their participation in Kyiv: Belarus, France and the Czech Republic. BTRC, the state broadcaster of Belarus is expected to hold a national final again.

Ireland’s Junior Eurovision Date Announced

Junior Eurovision – As previously reported former Irish Eurovision stars Jedward (Ireland 2011, 2012) Niamh Kavanagh (1993, 2008), Linda Martin (1984,1992), Dustin The Turkey (2010) and Sandie Jones (1972) will be judging this year’s Junior Eurovision selection. 

Are You Planning Your Trip to Kyiv?

Eurovision 2017 – Today we finally found out that Eurovision 2017 would be hosted in the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv. Eurovision fans immediately started to book up hotels and flights so here’s a quick guide for anyone making initial plans… 

Eurovision 2017 Host City Revealed! It’s Kyiv!

Eurovision 2017 – At last the big announcement has finally been made after weeks of false starts and delays. Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Ukrainian city of… Kyiv! We’ll bring you more news about the host city tonight.