Just like last year, Italian broadcaster RAI chose the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest among the participants in the Festival di Sanremo. Italy‘s chosen artist is 32-year-old Nina Zilli who debuted in Sanremo in 2010 with L’Uomo Che Amava Le Donne and won the ‘Mia Martini’ Critics’ Award …

The band that will be representing Belarus at the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, is already a familiar name from previous editions of “Eurofest”, the Belarusian selection for Eurovision. Litesound took part in four “EuroFest” projects before, taking the second prize twice and furthermore reaching the finals in 2008 and …

For the winner of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, the country’s national selection for Eurovision, it’s not unusual to make it to the top of the Swedish singles chart. But this year it’s a special case, Loreen’s Euphoria reached the no. 1 position on 9 March, remained there for six weeks and has …

After Lena’s successful participations in 2010 and 2011, 1st place and 10th place, respectively, German broadcaster NDR opted once again for the casting format to find the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Starting January 12, ten talents competed for the ticket to Baku. 21-year-old Roman Lob was the …

The Swiss national selection for Baku started in October last year, and on 10 December, the national final was held. Decided exclusively by televoting, Sinplus came out the winner with the song Unbreakable. Sinplus consists of the two brothers Ivan and Gabriel Broggini who also wrote the Swiss entry for …

Israel’s broadcasting company IBA passed on a televised national final this year and selected internally the four-piece band Izabo to represent the country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. The alternative band will enter the competition with the song Time, composed & written by band members Ran Shem-Tov …