Articles by Brandon McCann (Northern Ireland)

Ben & Tan will not get their chance at the Eurovision Song Contest. The decision by the duo and the Danish broadcaster to select a new act for 2021, was taken very soon after the cancellation of Eurovision 2020.

Poland has not been in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since 2017. With the young rising star Alicja they hoped to make it to the final in Rotterdam. Will TVP stick with her in 2021?

Roxen will represent Romania in Eurovision 2021, that much we know. But will her new entry be as popular with bookmakers as her 2020 song “Alcohol you”?

Without winning jury vote or televote, the group VAL did manage to win the Belarussian national final. Sadly, because of the cancellation, they did not make it to the Eurovision stage in 2020. Will they return in 2021 or does BTRC have other options? In [read more…]

After taking part successfully as a backing singer for Tamara in 2019, Vasil Garvanliev was looking forward to be the main artist on the Eurovision stage. He was chosen internally, so it seems likely he will get his chance after all in 2021.

Azerbaijan has presented their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Samira Efendit will sing the song ‘Cleopatra’ in Rotterdam and you can check it out here!

Finland’s national final, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 (ENG: Contest for New Music) took place on the last Super Saturday of the Eurovision 2020 season and ‘Looking Back’ sung by Aksel Kankaanranta has been selected to represent Finland in Rotterdam later this year, through a combination of [read more…]

Ireland has announced their artist and song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 this Thursday. And they have chosen an established name, as it is Lesley Roy who will fly the Irish flag with the song ‘Story of my life’ in Rotterdam.