Articles by Brandon McCann (Northern Ireland)

Brandon McCann covers all the press conferences in Lisbon this year for Team ESCDaily. As a result, he knows better than anybody how the mini-cosmos that is the press conference hall functions. In this editorial, he provides special insight.

On the night before Michael Schulte’s first rehearsal, Brandon McCann explains his personal feelings towards the German Eurovision song. He’s convinced Germany is underrated at this year’s competition. “They could go all the way.”

Many of the directly qualified finalists use an intimate staging. And several of them use the bridges and the catwalk to walk across the stage. Read further and watch the video for an in-depth description of all six performances today.

Albania was the first nation to pick their full act for the Eurovision Song Contest. But they are also one of the last countries to release their final 3 minute version for the upcoming contest.

The song ‘Together’ by Ryan O’Shaughnessy has been made available. This song will be the entry for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Elina Nechayeva has the won the grand final of Eesti Laul 2018 and will now go to Lisbon. The song from Estonia for the Eurovision Song Contest is called ‘La Forza’.

You can follow the final of Eesti Laul 2018 here in our special liveblog. Find out who will perform for Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon this May!

After five semi-finals and a grand final this Sunday, The Humans have won Selecția Națională 2018. With the song ‘Goodbye’ they will now go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 later this year.