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Jan 7, 2025 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
Just a few days after the last disqualification case before the National Final, another piece of news was released today from the Croatian broadcaster HRT. Natalie Balmix, known to Eurovision fans as she had competed in Dora last year, has been disqualified. Her song “Život Ide Dalje” has been accepted during the open call for Dora submissions. Seven members of the committee approved her entry.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
We’re closing 2024 with breaking news, this time from Serbia. According to RTS – Serbian national broadcaster, Buč Kesidi performed “Tužne Ljubavi” in May 2024 in Umag, Croatia during the Sea Star festival.
Earlier this year, the winner of the Montenegrin national final, NeonoeN, was disqualified after winning the selection because their song “Clickbait” had been performed live in a slightly different arrangement at another festival.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
After three days filled with artistic spirit and energetic musical performances, Albania chose their representative for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. An intense voting sequence was introduced for the first time in Festivali i Këngës and the winner was Shkodra Elektronike with the song “Zjerm”. On the third night, the Festival continued to honor the empowering messages and stories.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
After yesterday’s first semi final where 15 artists performed and showcased their talent, today we got to enjoy another spectacular night. The remaining 15 songs were performed live on stage and the lineup of 30 songs competing for the ticket to Basel is now complete. With the closing of the second night of Fest 63, the audience in the hall and millions of TV viewers of RTSH and all over the world are ready to choose their favorites for the Grand Final on Sunday, December 22nd.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Tyler Griffith |David Popescu |CJ Terry |Jasmin Prisc
The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Boris Meersman |CJ Terry |Jasmin Prisc |David Popescu
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
Festivali i Këngës has been used as Albania’s national final since its debut in 2004. Festivali i Këngës (or Fik in short) has been a music festival of great significance for the country’s music scene with a history of more than five decades. After reviewing eighty-five received submissions, RTSH announced thirty artists who will compete to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc |David Popescu |CJ Terry
🇭🇷 Croatia: Dora 2025 Submissions Open Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) has officially launched the competition for Dora 2025, the national selection for Croatia’s Eurovision representative. The submission window opens today, September 20, and runs until November 15, 2024. Under the competition guidelines, only unpublished and unperformed songs are eligible for entry, with authors retaining full rights to the music and lyrics, as stipulated by the official rules. …
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
While most people are still on their summer breaks and vacations, the new Eurovision season is already slowly starting. We have received our first couple of news regarding the National Final season, among which is that RTSH has announced the dates for Festivali i Këngës 63 submissions.
From September 27 to 29, RTSH will be accepting song submissions for Festivali i Këngës. Songs meeting the rules of the competition will be accepted via [email protected].
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
escunited.com | Jasmin Prisc
After the massive success at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, the Croatian raising star Baby Lasagna (Marko PuruÅ¡ić) has announced Meow Back Tour 2025. As a reminder, Baby Lasagna was the televote winner, getting 337 points from the audience and fans. However, that wasn’t enough to take the trophy to Croatia for the first time since its independence. Fans from all over Europe have waited for the announcement of the tour.
