This page will act as an ongoing summary of progress and updates for all the national selections for Eurovision 2023. There are 37 countries participating in Liverpool in May, and…
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Eurovision 2022 national selections: Portugal preview – Festival da Canção final
I recently saw Portugal’s national final, Festival da Canção, described as “hipster Eurovision” and I thought that was quite an apt depiction. It stands out from the rest of the…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Iceland preview – Söngvakeppnin final
Iceland may be one Eurovision’s smallest countries, but that doesn’t stop them from putting on a multi-show national selection, with two semi-finals preceding the final. The final itself is a…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Sweden preview – Melodifestivalen final
The final of Melodifestivalen (Melfest) signals both the biggest/most watched of all the national finals, and also marks the (near) end of the national selection show season (though Portugal has…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Germany preview – Germany, 12 Points
This is being written in an extreme rush coinciding with a busy week in my personal life. Germany have gone back to a national selection – with a somewhat ambitious/hopeful…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Finland preview – UMK final
With Australia’s final taking place in the morning (for European viewers), we’re left with just Finland to provide us with a national selection final tonight (Iceland and Sweden have semi-finals)….
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Australia preview – Australia Decides
It feels a very odd time to be writing a Eurovision national selection preview – given the terrible situation in Europe at the moment with war once again coming to…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Malta preview – MESC final
After a few years of selecting via X Factor, Malta returned to their earlier national selection format, the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. This involves a lot of acts in the…
Eurovision 2022 national selections: Croatia preview – Dora final
The Croatian national selection, Dora, is back for 2022 with 14 artists competing to represent Croatia at Eurovision 2022. I enjoyed Dora last year, it was quite competitive, and I…
National selections Eurovision 2022: Slovenia preview – EMA final
The Slovenian national selection concludes with the EMA 2022 final on 19 February following two earlier semi-finals. It has twelve songs competing and voting will be a 50/50 split of…