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Well Tel Aviv, Minsk has set a really high bar for you, what have you got? Over the next few months we’re going to find out, so let’s get started on the road to Eurovision 2019 with our first performer, more details on the National selections, hints about the tickets… and one other musical change in our latest Insight News podcast.
Eurovision Insight News Podcast: On The Road To Tel Aviv
The names for Melodifestivalen, the songs for Eesti Laul, and the kiss of death for Sanremo. Ewan Spence covers the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest and Tel Aviv 2019.
As we work through the first stages of the National Final season to select the performers for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, remember you can stay up to date with all the Eurovision news by listening to the ESC Insight podcast. You’ll find the show in iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. A direct RSS feed is available. We also have a regular email newsletter which you can sign up to here.
1. Kazakhstan – I read on Eurovoix, that after JESC, the producer behind Kazakhstan’s participation said that they “were supposed to be in the top 3”.
I ask myself- Do they understand how the contest work?
2. U.K. – Somehow it seems that the emphasis is on the format, not on the song and singer.
This format reminds me the one from Germany 2017 and it didn’t end that well for Germany, didn’t it?
3. In compare to previous years – Is everything going according to schedule or are we a bit late in regards to revealing the stage design and first tickets sale?
1. I suspect the ‘should have been third’ is partly a lost in translation exercise.
2. Eurovision You Decide is about getting UK public eyes watching, not the Eurovision OGAE UK members. A new format is a refresh, and allows better publicity to the mass market.
3. Every year is different, note that ‘revealing’ the stage is not the same as ‘having it designed’. From discussions, everything is running on course time wise for this year’s plan.
I wonder if the change in the Eurovision You Decide format is in response to what happened last time, when the clear front-runner song was derailed by a poor live performance. I can only hope that the BBC unearth three strong and distinctive songs. I’m not that confident that they will.