Entries by Ioanna Balomatini

Latvia: Will country’s pop star Dons compete in Supernova 2024 with “Hollow”?

Dons is Latvia’s biggest pop star right now, and his first English-language single release in ages has many believing we’ll see him avenge the country’s insult at Eurovision 2024. Hollow is the first English-language song by Dons (Artūrs Šingirejs) since 2006. The comments accompanying this release on social media have been very positive, with most […]

United Kingdom: The BBC will not ban Olly Alexander from expressing a political opinion!

The BBC will allow the UK’s representative in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Olly Alexander, to express his political thoughts  in the wake of a surge in anti-Semitism. Olly Alexander, who was announced as the UK’s contestant by the national broadcaster last week, has come under fire after the Telegraph revealed the singer had signed […]

Junior Eurovision 2024: Italy’s representative has been announced!

Last night the second edition of The Voice Kids Italy ended with the big winner Simone Grande. Presenter Antonella Clerici has announced that The Voice Kids winner Simone Grande will represent Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024. 11-year-old Simone Grande from Rozzano, Milan, dreams of either becoming a singer or a footballer, made […]

Italy: Sanremo Giovani 2023 has ended, three artists qualified for Sanremo 2024!

Sanremo Giovani 2023 has ended with 3 artists qualifying for the Sanremo 2024 festival. More than 1,200 new artists wanted to participate in this festival which qualifies for the biggest festival in the country, Sanremo, the last twelve appeared in the the final of Sanremo Giovani 2023. A combination of public voting (50%) and voting by […]