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5 days ago | 
escunited.com | CJ Terry |David Popescu
Another year is slowly headed towards it’s final days, and that usually means that the entire cycle repeats. As Basel is steadily getting more and more ready for their upcoming duty of welcoming all of Europe, we need to know, who exactly will be welcomed to the Swiss city. We now have the list, and one of these countries will …
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2 weeks ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Original design by: Eurovision.TV / EBU Very soon now, the first participants will take to the stage in Basel, with the rehearsals officially starting, while the city will be welcoming visitors and viewers from all of Europe to a spectacular show. In the recent days, we’ve got to learn a lot more what to expect for the upcoming 2025 contest. That is why, we’ll do a quick recap now, of what you can expect whether you’ll be watching it all from home or from the host city itself. Home watchers –...
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1 month ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
We are getting closer and closer to the 2025 contest in Basel, Switzerland. Today, we saw another huge step towards the contest, with the running order for the semi-finals now being known. No big changes have been made since last year, 2025 will continue with the new idea of having the finalists performing among the semi-finalists.
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1 month ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Photo sources: Eurovision.TV - EBU & SRG SSR With the head of delegation meeting finally taking place, we have also reached other deadlines. There might still be 2 months until the grand final, but there is also a reason why the deadline is as it is. To begin with, representatives from each delegation travel to the host city, to be briefed about the progress regarding how the upcoming contest is coming all together. This can be done in various ways, with a presentation, a trip to the hosting...
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Photo source: Mariam Shengelia - Facebook Usually, the countries in the Caucasus region are among the last to present their song, and Georgia remained true to that claim once more. We now have all of the 37 names that will be competing for the glass trophy in Basel, so let’s have a quick look on who our last singer in the line-up is. Georgia usually mixes it around now and then, when it comes to how they decide on their act. In 2023, their representative was selected through “The Voice of...
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Photo by: Maurica Haas - SRF It’s been a long trip and at this point, we almost know all the songs that will compete in Basel. We’re just squeezing the last few songs that are left, and today we officially got the Swiss entry, which will wow the home crowd in May. Switzerland returned to the format of internally selecting their entry back in 2019. After multiple years with a national final format, which did manage to score a few qualifications, it was still below the expected outcome. When...
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Photo source: Instagram - @gabryponte It’s been a long journey for the small state of San Marino, so long that the best way to sum it all up is by mentioning the following: Audition, special rules, dropouts applying, delays, semi-final and final announced, semi-final and finals delays, name and branding change, over 200 semi-finalists, results spoiled ahead of time and such much more. In the end, tonight saw the national final and journey come to an end, with San Marino finally making their...
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
After hosting a live national final last year, with an audience, the dream just couldn’t continue. However, Czechia are still with us in the competition, and now we shall all hear whether their return to an internal selection will be worth it or not. As pointed out before, with great disappointment, the Czech broadcaster (ČT) decided to scratch the national final concept, which had been in use to select their representative every year since 2018.
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Original photo by: APA/Max Slovencik It’s been a good while now since Austria last used a national final format, but 2025 wouldn’t change that. Back in January we got to learn that JJ had been selected to represent Austria, and now, we finally also get to know the song. Austrian broadcaster ORF is usually very silent about their details regarding their selection, and it has been the same for 2025. With the broadcaster mainly only announcing their artist and the release day of the song....
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2 months ago | 
escunited.com | David Popescu
Photo by: Maurica Haas - SRF It has been quite quiet from the Swiss broadcaster regarding their participation this year, but for obvious reason as well. While being busy organising the upcoming contest, Swiss broadcaster (SRG SSR) also had to eventually reveal their song and artist for the home crowd. We might need to wait a bit longer for the song, but at least we have the artist now! It’s actually been a while since we got any info from the Swiss, so as a reminder, we have to go all the way...
