https://www.google.com/amp/s/tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2024/12/04/semifinale-sanremo-giovani-2024-concorrenti/amp

The 12 semifinalists (December 10th) of Sanremo Giovani are:

Tancredi

Mew

Mazzariello

Grelmos

Settembre

Selmi

Alex Wyse

Bosnia

Arianna Rozzo

Vale LP and Lil Jolie

Angelica Bove

Questo e Quello

6 of them will go in the final (December 18th) and then 3 of them (with 1 from Area Sanremo) will go in the Nuove Proposte category in Sanremo in February (separated from Big)

https://www.rts.rs/magazin/muzika/5595249/u-toku-preslusavanje-kompozicija-pristiglih-na-konkurs-za-pesmu-za-evroviziju-2025.html

There will be new Australian commentators for Basel, but they have not been revealed yet

I really like my top 4 are all Europop and then the 5th one is just bluegrass/country. Tyler Childers is great though. Highly recommend.

Greetings friends.

I pose this question to you all:

How has the UK a renowned powerhouse and power-player in the global music industry since the 1960s with acts like The Beatles to the modern era with acts like Little Mix failed to win or secure results akin to Sweden? (the UK's closest competitor in the music industry)

1. Is it down to the ramblings and incessant whining from the likes of Terry Wogan, who started the UK's favourite old-chestnut excuse of "it's all political"

Bear in mind Sir Terry isn't a man to judge a good act, be had the gall to say that Jemini didn't deserve nul points after that horrific performance in 2003 and blamed their score on Post Iraqi War Backlash' or after he resigned from commentating Eurovision from 2009 after Russia won and the UK got last again in 2008 stating 'it's now a vote for your neighbour contest.'

Or:

2. Is down to the UK never really having any true competition or competitors in the Eurovision Song Contest until the language rule was abolished permanently in 1999 after multiple English language victories in the 1990s.

What are your thoughts?

How can the UK improve and get back to its former ESC Glory or do you think it's too late?

First of all, I'm not saying that the songs themselves have adult content, I mean that if you compare the songs from the 2000's to those from the 2010's onwards, you can notice a change in the messages, like before They were much more childish and light in content, focusing on game topics and school topics. But currently the contest began to evolve towards a more emotional and symbolic tone, with themes that address deeper or universal issues, such as personal improvement, hope, empowerment, and environmental protection. The songs are not necessarily "adult" in the strict sense, but less "naïve" and more sophisticated in lyrical and musical terms.

A clear example is the song of Polina Bogusevich's "Wings" (Russia, 2017), which won with a powerful and emotionally rich ballad, very different from the lively and colorful songs of the old contest, such as "Bzz" (Georgia, 2008).

Link to original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDFX2ZUtG57/?igsh=MWdta3MxdWM4bXM3ZA==

Slide 1:

RTCG and UEUI have officially requested an opinion from the EBU, does NeoneoN still fulfill all the requirements to perform at Basel the following year..

Slide 2:

We wish for Montesong to stay a symbol of transparency and quality, within the rules of Eurovision. All choices will be made in collaboration with the EBU. There won't be any hasty decision, which is why it's important for everyone to show their patience and understanding in this moment...

Slide 3:

NeoneoN have confirmed that they performed the song last year: " We weren't aware that a live performance prior to September 1st was against the rules of the contest. We will respect every decision made by the organisers and the EBU"

Edit:

NeoneoN commented on the post and said the following: "We never gave this statement. Yes it is true that we performed one of the earlier versions some time ago, we never hid that, but we never showed the final version of the song, so we never had to confirm the authenticity of the video from a year and half ago. We said we didn't have an advantage because of that, which everyone knows, the public heard our song as they did with the other songs from Montesong.

We all know how the EBU made their decisions on similar cases in the past.

We said and we stan by it still - we will support every choice, and whoever makes it, but we will not let anyone put words in our mouths (saying things that we never did)."

Sorry if there any mistakes, i tried my best to translate as well as i can! (I'm a native bosnian speaker if anyone is curious)"

I had to look for smaller national finals because, assuming everything ESC-related stays on the BBC, they won't be able to fork out loads of money for an event like this since they can't get things like sponsors, unlike MelFest. At the same time, I think a multi-night would be ideal to try and draw in as many viewing figures as possible and allow more artists and genres to partake.

The format is 12 songs, with 2 semi-finals of 6 on a Tuesday and Thursday for example (I'm imagining this airing in December). The top 3 from each make up a six-person final on the Saturday. For the scoring, countries can receive 3, 6, 9 or 12 points from a jury, leaving 0 for the other 2 teams.

For the semis, only the British public and a British jury can vote, each with 30 points to give out. For simplicity's sake, voting will be a 50/50 split between Jury and Public across the whole competition.

Similar to other national finals, juries from multiple countries that aren't the UK will award points. I'm imagining 12 juries, which gives them 360 points to play with - same for the public given it's 50/50. I'm aware 12 juries might be a lot for a national final, but it doesn't feel too out of the realm for the BBC given their newfound interest in the world of ESC.

For public voting, I'm imagining like UMK where points are calculated as a percentage of how many votes were received (receiving 50% of the votes would give you 50% of the 360 points so 180 points). I think the BBC would release the broadcasting license around Europe as a form of funding and they can broadcast it how they wish.

What I'm describing is nothing new for national finals in general, but I think the UK should approach it this way given how into it we are but also the restrictions within the BBC.

Comment below :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDCU5EYCNaY/

They wrote/productd the song for:

-Achille Lauro

-Noemi

-Irama

-Elodie

-Rocco Hunt

-Giorgia

-Francesco Gabbani

-Francesca Michielin

Hi, can anyone tells me the font used in JESC 2020.

https://preview.redd.it/mdop6nii9a4e1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b9fb1bc5335c267e6c46b4dc99fa6e6878b74d2

This is one of my favourite years!

Stage: A-maz-zing! Very innovative and the OTT aspect of it was great and I can only compare it to 2009.

Hosts: Meh, they are no Petra Mede but they are better than some we've had in the past years.

Theming and graphics: The graphics package was really good and still looks very modern and sleek and continues the step up made in 2013 that really distinguishes itself from the modern-past and the modern era.

Interval acts and fillers etc.: I liked Emelie's songs and the staging and dancing was intense and amazing. But what the actual fuck was with the Chinese stuff? LIKE WHY CHINA? idk if this was racist or poorly written/executed but it just felt so random!

Songs: This year had some of the strongest variety of songs we've ever seen IMO.

• Iceland: Catchy, has a good meaning and is just overall a feel good song.
• Romania: Was that a fever dream?
• Poland: One word: ICONIC
• Sweden: Beautiful
• France: I feel like I'm supposed to dismiss this song as rubbish but it is a true summer party masterpiece
• Spain: One of their strongest songs of that era
• Switzerland: Makes me jealous I cannot whistle
• Denmark: I want to hate it but it's quite good
• Austria: If this isn't a deserving winner than wtf is?!

My daughter (12) and I are flying over from Scotland for Het Grote Songfestivalfeest and will just have hand luggage - so every bit of space counts!

We were wondering if the audience dresses up? My daughter wants to have a Bambie Thug look, so before I pack her horns in the hand luggage (in the knowledge they might be confiscated!) I want to check if folk are dressed up :)
TIA!

Might be a strange question, but I'm curious :D

Is this actually your favourite Eurovision song? Or is this just the most nostalgic one (maybe the first you've ever liked)? Does it represent your music taste the best? Maybe you've just picked the first thing that came to your mind? Or is this just the funniest option you could take (I'm looking at you "Euro Neuro" enjoyers).

What other songs were potential choices for you?

Personally, I've chosen "(nendest)...", because it actually is in my Top10 of Eurovision songs of all time and I don't really see that ever changing. Also this was the first year where I've followed the contest for months before the finals, so I got attached to the artists and I'm their fan besides the ESC entry. (If I've controlled for recency bias, though, it could probably be "So Lucky" (Moldova 2011) or Lordi - on account of being the first Eurovision artist I've ever cared about xD)