The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has officially announced that the suspension of the Belarusian national broadcaster, BTRC, will remain indefinite. This clarification comes amid previous speculation that the suspension might end in July 2024. The EBU’s decision reflects ongoing concerns about BTRC’s role as a vehicle for state propaganda, particularly following the disputed 2020 presidential ..read more

This is already an iconic Eurovision collaboration: Aiko (Czechia 2024) and TEYA (Austria 2023, as part of Teya and Salena) have released a song together. A body positive message In the song “Hunger”, Aiko and TEYA sing about the experience of feeling like you need to have a certain body to fit in with societal ..read more

Tomorrow, the first rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 at the Malmö Arena will take place. Ahead of this, SVT has revealed the finalised version of the stage design that the 37 acts will perform on. The Malmö stage in action As we previously learned, this year SVT has opted for a unique, 360-degree ..read more

With the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 less than one month away, ESCXTRA had the opportunity to ask Slovenia’s Raiven some questions about her passion for music, the story of ‘Veronika’ and Raiven’s journey towards the contest in Malmö. Read the full interview below: Hi, Raiven. Thank you for taking the time to chat with us ..read more

In just over a week, The Netherlands’ annual pre-party, Eurovision in Concert 2024 will take place at the AFAS Live. Recently the organisers have confirmed that 30 of this years’ Eurovision 2024 artists will perform, along with some special guests! Eurovision in Concert 2024 Eurovision in Concert has grown immensely throughout the years, upgrading their ..read more

The Finnish Eurovision champions made their modelling debut in the latest issue of the fashion magazine Finnish metal band Lordi graced the Eurovision stage in Athens in 2006 with “Hard Rock Hallelujah”, securing Finland their first win in the competition. Since then, the band has gone through a change in members and released a bunch ..read more

Aiko has released the Eurovision version of her song “Pedestal”, with which she’ll represent Czechia this year in Malmö. Following Aiko’s win at Czechia’s national selection, ESCZ, in November 2023, the Czech delegation announced that a revamped version would be in the works. The revamp only presents minor changes. Most notably, the line “Love me ..read more

Following hints on social media, Benjamin Ingrosso has released a new version of his latest single “Kite” – it’s a duet version with UK’s Eurovision representative Olly Alexander! Listen to the song here: “Kite” was written by Benjamin himself, along with well-known songwriters Anya, Jon Shave, Salem Al-Fakir, and Vincent Pontare, and was produced by ..read more

On 11 March, Albania’s Besa released the final, English-language version of her song for Eurovision 2024. It is a rework of “Zemrën n’dorë”, with which she was selected to represent Albania during Festivali i Këngës. The rules of Festivali i Këngës state that songs have to be performed in Albanian. Following Besa’s selection, she announced ..read more

The 37th and final song to complete this years’ Eurovision 2024 line-up has been revealed! Azerbaijan will be represented by Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov with their entry, ‘Özünlə Apar’. The pair will take to the Malmö stage this May! Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov release ‘Özünlə Apar’ Following a highly competitive internal selection, which featured Eurovision ..read more