The British Broadcasting Corporation BBC sticks to their concept from the last two years to send an internationally well-established name to the Contest. In early March it was announced that Bonnie Tyler (Total Eclipse Of The Heart, It’s A Heartache, Holding Out For A Hero) would represent the United Kingdom …

Lithuania picked their entry for the 58th Eurovision Song Contest rather early: After two semi-finals in the first half of December, on 20 December the national final was held, where the winner was chosen by a combined system of televoting and “expert” jury. 29-year old Andrius Pojavis and his self-penned …

The Netherlands was one of the seven nations competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, and in terms of wins, it’s one of the most successful countries with four victories. However, the last one was back in 1975 with Teach-In and Ding-A-Dong. Especially the last decade hasn’t …

Georgia is another country that opted for an internal selection instead of a televised national final. At the end of December national broadcaster GBP announced that the duet of Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani would represent the country at the 58th Eurovision Song Contest and Thomas G:son, composer of the …

As an independent state Montenegro debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, took a break in 2010 and 2011, thus sending their fifth entry this year:  Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG selected the male hip-hop duo Who See to represent the country in Malmö, supported by female singer Nina Žižic for …

Spain once again opted for an internal selection to choose the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and in mid December it was revealed that national broadcaster RTVE had decided for the Asturian band El Sueño de Morfeo. Their Eurovision entry Contigo Hasta El Final (With you until the …