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German national final date an announced

The German broadcaster, NDR has announced that the national final will take place on the 13th of March at Lanxess Arena in Koln. Unser Song Fur Danemark will be live on ARD at 20:15 CET and is co-produced with Brainpool, who produced both the 2011 and 2012 editions of Eurovision.

Tickets can be brought here.

http://escscoop.com/2013/09/06/german-national-final-date-announced/

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SVT opens submissions for composers

SVT have put out a call for all composers who want to participate at Melodifestivalen to submit their songs.  Composers have until the 18th of September to submit their songs.

The producer of Meledifestivalen was hopeful that this year would provide a lot of new material saying that they “are expecting to receive many entries, a lot of new of material . We would also like to remind the authors that they should submit quality and not on quantity”. As well as quality songs they are also looking to have more female composers, which is why a new rule has been introduced where 20% of selected entries must be written by female composers.

Selection is split into two sections a Regular contest and Public contest. Composers who have published music before will go into the Regular contest while composers who have no published music will go into the Public contest. A selection panel will choose up to 15 songs from the Regular contest, the selection panel will also pick one song the Public contest.

16 other entries will be decided by SVT from amongst the submissions. EKO have already secured a spot at Melodifestivalen by winning “Svensktoppen Nästa 2013”.

http://escscoop.com/2013/09/03/svt-opens-submissions-composers/

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RÚV set song submission deadline

Iceland’s national Broadcaster, RÚV have invited songwritters to submit songs for  Söngvakeppnin 2014. The winner will get 1,000,000 krona, and will represent Iceland at Eurovision 2014.

Songwriters have until the 7th of October to submit their entries.

http://escscoop.com/2013/09/03/ruv-set-song-submission-deadline/

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Copenhagen to host Eurovision 2014

DR, the host broadcaster, have announced that Copenhagen will be the host city for the upcoming Eurovision song contest, which will be held on 6,8 and 10th of May. The 59th Eurovision venue will be held in the B&W Hallerne at the Refshaleøen, which is a former shipyard so will require some improvements.

 Pernille Gaardbo, Executive Producer of next years contest believed that the choice would be great for the contest saying that  they “are looking forward to welcoming Europe in Copenhagen, which is full of cultural diversity, has an excellent infrastructure and a variety of hotels. At the chosen venue we have the opportunity to realise our creative ambitions. The entire area around the B&W Hallerne will be transformed into Eurovision Island, where delegates, press and fans will come together, Copenhagen is one of Europe’s most popular tourist destination and has what it takes to host an event of this scale”

Information on tickets and hotel bookings are expected at a later date.

http://escscoop.com/2013/09/02/copenhagen-host-eurovision-2014/

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Russian National Final on 31 December

After having an internal selection last year, Russia has decided to revert back to a national final.  The national broadcaster is currently accepting submissions for the national final which will take place on the 31st of December and will be comprised of 25 acts. The winner will likely be selected through a combination of televotes and internet votes, though there is a chance that a jury will also be involved in deciding who represents Russia.

http://escscoop.com/2013/09/01/russian-national-final-31-december/

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Tijana to represent Macedonia

MRT have announced that Tijana Dapčević will represent Macedonia at next years Eurovision. Born in Skopje, she is famous in particular in Serbia and has had many hits such as ”Sve je isto, samo njega nema” (All Is The Same, Only He Is Not Here). She has also won the Sunčane skale contest in 2002 with her song “Negativ”.

Tijana is no stranger to Eurovision in 2006 she competed in the former Serbia and Montenegro selection show Evroesma in which she came 8th with the song “Greh”. Her sister, Tamara also has links with the contest having represented Macedonia in 2008 with the song “Let Me Love You” which she sung together with Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha.

MRT and Tijana have not released the song to be sung at Eurovision 2014 but here is her attempt to win the national selection to represent the former Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-mQFYGA4Q

  http://escscoop.com/2013/08/28/tijana-represent-macedonia/

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Martina release cover

Martina, who represented Slovenia in 2009 as part of Quartissimo has released a cover of “Kalimba De Luna”, in collaboration with Mr. B. The song was originally released in 1984 by Tony Esposito and peaked at 6 on the Swiss charts and 14 on the Italian charts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA0VMyksuzk

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/27/martina-release-cover/

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Jetty Pearl dies

The first Dutch Eurovision entrant died on the 22nd of August at the age of 92. Jetty Pearl was born in Amsterdam on the 21st of May 1921, and was married to the Dutch artist Cees Bantzinger. Pearl was the first performer in the first contest in 1956 with the song “De Vogels Van Holland”.

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/27/jetty-pearl-dies/

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EKO first Melodifestivalen act

EKO has been confirmed as participants for next years Melodifestivalen. The Sweden band is made up of Anna Lidman, Hannes Lunberg and Michael Ottoson. They won there place at Melodifestivalen by winning Svensktoppen Nästa 2013 with their song “Yellow”.

EKO have been described as having an electronica sound which has ethnic influences . The band will perform a new track at Melodifestivalen.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ5XPoWDkFk

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/25/eko-first-melodifestivalen-act/

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Belgium revamps selection

 The Flemish broadcaster, VRT has been tasked with selecting the Eurovision 2014 entry for Belgium. VRT have opted for a more ambitious selection process than previous years, and have announced that the selection process will involve a series of programmes which will let ”anyone whoever dreamed of performing on the biggest stage in Europe to give it a try”.

Candidates will have to submit a video of them performing a Eurovision song. As well as potential artists VRT is also looking for both national and international songwriters.

VRT have also released a trailer for their selection show. The trailer features former Eurovision winner Loreen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJabcQe52o

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/24/belgium-revamps-selection/

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DR aims to win

Last time Denmark hosted the Eurovision song contest in 2001 they came second, but it seems that Denmark Radio (DR)  want to do even better at Eurovision 2014. DR have set out their ambitions for Eurovision 2014 proclaiming that “We want to win again!”, and are looking for “ both massive hits and songs that break with tradition and help to develop Dansk Melodi Grand Prix”.

Anyone who wants to enter Dansk Melodi Grand Prix has until the 6th of October to submit their song, with six acts being selected to go through the open round.

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/24/dr-wants-to-win/

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Eric Saade releases 'Forgive Me' music video

Eric Saade, the Swedish representative at Eurovision 2011, has released a new music video for the song “Forgive Me”.  The 22 year old came 3rd at Eurovision 2011 and also stared in Eurovision 2013 as the green room host. “Forgive Me” is a new song from Eric Saade’s new album which will be released on 30 of August.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWphQCUGGqI

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/19/eric-saade-releases-forgive-me-music-video/

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Eurovision nominated for award

Eurovision 2013 has been nominated for the Kristallen awards for Best Entertainment program. The Kristallen awards, which translates to ‘The Crystal awards” is an annual Swedish television award show created in 2005. Other nominees for the Best Entrainment program are Hellenius Hörna, Kristallen 2012, Patrik möter and Så mycket bättre.

The Kristallen Awards will take place on the 30th of August 2013.

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/18/eurovision-nominated-for-award/

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Former Eurostars to appear in festival

Several former Eurovision stars will perform at the “Sopot Top of the Top” festival on the 23 and 24th of August at The Forest Opera in Sopot.  The annual festival will also include stars such as Rick Astley, Belinda Carlisle, Amy Macdonald as well as Helena Vondráčkova who was disqualified from the Czech Republic’s national final in 2007.

On the 23rd PeR, who represented Latvia with “Here we go”, will perform, and on the 24th four  former Eurovision stars  will perform including Arash (Azerbaijan 2009),  DJ Bobo (Switzerland 2007), Edyta Gorniak (Poland 1994) and Blue Café (Poland 2004).

The festival will be broadcasted on Polsat. Further information about the festival and tickets can be found on the official website.

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/10/former-eurostars-to-appear-in-festival/

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Logan: Bring back the orchestra

Johnny Logan, the three time winner of Eurovision has said in a recent interview that the EBU should give the artist the option of either having an orchestra 0r having a backing track. The 59 year old made this comment in an interview with esctoday shortly before a concert in Malta Johnny Logan said that bringing back the orchestra could tempt him back to the contest. Fans have in the past tried to pressure the EBU to bring back the orchestra, in 2010 more than 4000 people joined a Facebook petition which wanted to bring back the orchestra for Eurovision 2010.

  http://escscoop.com/2013/08/08/logan-bring-back-the-orchestra/

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Ivi Adamou releases music video

Ivi Adamou has released the video for her recently released song “Ponane Oi Agapes”. The song was produced and composed by METH and the video is directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos. Ivi Adamou was the representative for Cyprus in 2012 with her song “La La Love” which came 16th in the final with 65 points.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvfcJRzAs0

http://escscoop.com/2013/08/02/ivi-adamou-releases-music-video/

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Chenoa willing to do Eurovision

The popular Spanish singer, Chenoa has said she is willing to do Eurovision. Speaking to the website ultimahora.es Chenoa said that she would be willing to represent Spain at Eurovision so long as she is allowed to pick the song. Chenoa has had number 1 songs in Spain and has been top Eurovision-Spain’s poll as the artist people most want to see enter Eurovision.

http://escscoop.com/2013/07/31/chenoa-willing-to-do-eurovision/