Entries by Giannis Apladenakis

Eurovision 2025: Soon to be announced – stage, tickets, and the presenters!

As 2024 comes to a close, preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel are already underway. Switzerland is getting ready to host Europe’s biggest music celebration, and some details about the competition are gradually being revealed. According to the Swiss newspaper Blick, Edi Estermann, Head of Communications for Eurovision 2025, confirmed that on […]

France: ARTE Becomes a Member of the European Broadcasting Union!

The cultural television channel ARTE is the newest member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The Franco-German public broadcaster dedicated to culture, ARTE, has joined the European Broadcasting Union after being elected as a member at the EBU General Assembly in Lausanne earlier this month. ARTE was established in 1990 as a cultural collaboration between […]

Albania: The Grand Prize of the 63rd Festivali i Këngës is back & for the first time, the diaspora votes!

Today, at the premises of the Radio and Television of Albania (RTSH), a press conference was held by the organizers of the 63rd Festivali i Këngës, from which the representative of Albania for  Eurovision 2025 will be chosen. The panel consisted of directors and professionals involved in organizing this music festival, as well as the […]

Montenegro: Montesong 2024 Rehearsals Kick Off as Voting System is Unveiled

The rehearsals for Montenegro’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 have begun in Podgorica. With two days to go until the final of Montesong 2024, rehearsals are in full swing in the Montenegrin capital. The sixteen competing artists arrived in Podgorica yesterday for their first rehearsals, with today marking the first full day of […]

Eurovision 2025: 66,57% voted in favour of the Basel referendum for the funding of the contest

As we have already informed you in previous articles, Swiss citizens were called on Sunday to decide on the funding for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. After two weeks of postal voting, the results were just announced, showing that the majority voted in favor of public funding, with 66.57% of the votes supporting […]

Sweden: Four more artists rumored to take part in Melodifestivalen 2025!

In anticipation of the official announcement of the Melodifestivalen 2025 line, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has revealed four entries, who seem to add the list of the artists who will compete for a chance to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025. Linnea Henriksson: Multi-talented singer with a significant career in Sweden, known to the fans as she […]

Sweden: Surprise new entry added to the line-up of Melodifestival 2025!

In anticipation of the announcement of the participants for Melodifestivalen 2025, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has revealed an entry that seems to shake things up among the contenders for Sweden’s representative at Eurovision 2025. Maria Persson from Blender, Maria Rolf from Titanix, and Sandra Estberg from Martinez are the three singers from three different dance groups […]

Liechtenstein: Not much hope for a debut in the contest!

Voters in Liechtenstein voted in favour of privatising Radio Liechtenstein, ending hopes of a possible debut in the Eurovision Song Contest. The initiative by the Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL) to repeal the law governing the country’s public broadcaster was approved with 55.4% of the vote and a turnout of 59.3%. The law will take effect […]