Brunette represented Armenia in 2023 with Future Lover. This is an interval performance she did at the 2025 NF. I hadn't come across it until today and holy smokes she's amazing! If Brunette ever wants to come back to ESC as a contestant or interval act or in any other capacity, I'll be a very happy Eurofan.

https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/eurovision-asia-announcement/qrg8ujjb4

Australians, for once, will be watching Eurovision at a decent time (midnight, apparently?).

Side note: for a broadcaster who isn’t eligible to compete in the Asia edition, I’m surprised they bought the rights to air it.

Side note: with Courtney Act as the commentator, it's safe to assume Eurovision Asia is gonna be fully in English. Which isn’t surprising, since they do that in the OG Eurovision, but it would’ve been nice to have it in the host country’s language, too.

What do you all think about the song and the visualiser? 🇲🇾👀

Hey everyone. I have the ticket for Eurovision Asia, which i really wanted to go.

Since, none of my friends were able to join me, I am traveling to Thailand alone.

If anyone is also going to Eurovision Asia and would like to explore Bangkok together, let me know :)

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To clarify, like in one culture, the word could be completely normal for one country but maybe pretty offensive or a swear word in another?

I just wonder because I'm sure they don't want to offend anyone, especially with broadcast rules, but they might not want to censor, which could be a normal word.

I just came across a tiktok video of like a Filipino and Latino couple, saying the word 6 which is a rice cake in the Philippines, but apparently the father was so shocked when was being said.

That video was kore educational and didn't get much backlash so maybe it'd be okay?

I also remember another word, which is "konyo," tho it does have a different spelling in Spanish. It just means an English or English leaning speaker for us. Then on the other side is a swear word

So I wonder how much they'd allow it. Cuz also if considering many more might consider it "bad words" with the bigger Spanish audience compared to Filipino language. I'm guessing it also depends on the language I guess.

Let me explain better: why is Eurovision 2026 still being billed as "Malta 2026" and not "Ta'Qali 2026", as happened with "Tbilisi 2025" or "Madrid 2024"?

With less than two weeks to go until the 24th Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the official theme song for the competition has been released.

“RamDamDiriDam” has been revealed as the official theme song for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta. The song is performed by former winners Destiny Chukunyere (2015) and Gaia Cauchi (2013), who are among the trio of presenters for this years contest. The song also features background vocals from Eliza Borg, who represented Malta at Junior Eurovision 2025.

If anyone follows the Greek National Final, especially 2025 and 2026, you may remember Evangelia. Well I saw her live for the second time over the weekend, and at one point, she invited me on stage for a moment 😆 she’s the second national finalist I’ve ever met. I met Kerli (Estonia NF 2004 and 2017, also Sweden 2003) in 2011.

(as far as i can tell, the eurovision discord's social media accounts are reliable sources. if not or if i've cited in the wrong way, feel free to delete this post, mods 😅)

hey y'all, i've just received some breaking news regarding mongolia's eurovision asia song, 'light' by beck. to summarise here, especially in case any of y'all don't have instagram:

so, mongolia's chosen song for eurovision asia 2026, 'light' by beck, has seemingly been available online for over 8 years - it was first published in 2018 via the mongolian record label 'royal music production' on facebook. this is probably one of the most well known eurovision rules, but in case any of y'all don't already know, to be eligible to compete in eurovision, songs have to be original and can't have been released or performed publicly before a set date (i haven't seen a set date for eurovision asia, but there surely is one).

this is still new info, so i haven't seen any further updates regarding what's gonna happen to the song or mongolia's participation in eurovision asia, but what's probably gonna happen is either mongolia will have to select a new song or, worst case scenario, they get disqualified.

tldr: mongolia's eurovision asia song, 'light' by beck, has been publicly available via facebook since 2018.

Once there was an interview with the former Icelandic HoD, who mentioned "southern countries" offering him swapping votes in the mid-1990s. In fact, there was a group of countries that particularly favoured each other between 1994 and the introduction of compulsory televoting in 2003/2004.

How come no one noticed? I think the EBU must have seen that. Here's my summary of what I think was a very clear voting pact.

The countries of interest are: Malta, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Turkiye + in the early 2000s also FYR Macedonia (now North Macedonia), Russia and Cyprus.

1994: Malta gave 12 points to Slovakia, who got also 7 from Greece and came 19th with 19 points. In return, Slovakia gave 10 to Malta & 12 to Croatia (who got also 10 from Malta and 5 from Greece, ending up 16th with 27 points). Romania got 12 of its 14 points from Malta and Greece / Spain got 15 of its 17 points from Greece, Romania and Slovakia / and Bosnia got 26 of its 39 points from Slovakia, Malta, Spain and Croatia.

Eurovision 1994 was won by Ireland with record-breaking 226 points. Their 3 worst scores were... 0 from Greece, 5 from Malta and 6 from Slovakia. The runner-up was Poland with 166 points and their lowest scores were among others: 0 from Greece and Spain, 2 from Malta, 4 from Slovakia.

If you removed these countries' votes, Malta would've gone down from 5th to 9th, while Croatia and Slovakia would've gone down from 16th and 19th to a shared 22nd place with 0 points.

All a coincidence?

Let's check 1995: Malta got 12s from Bosnia and Croatia, and 10s from Spain and Turkiye. In return, they gave 12 to Croatia, 10 to Greece, 8 to Spain, 7 to Turkiye. / Spain - the runner-up of the show - got 10 from Croatia and 8s from Bosnia, Malta and Turkiye, giving back 12 to Croatia, 10 to Malta and 8 to Greece.

If you removed all these countries' points, the changes would've been: Spain down from 2nd to 5th, Croatia from 6th to 11th, Malta from 10th to 13th, Turkiye from 16th to 18th, Bosnia from 19th to 20th.

In 1996 everyone was welcome in a qualifiers round before the live show. The trend obviously repeated itself. Malta's voting was: 12 - Austria, 10 - Slovakia, 8 - Spain, 7 - Turkiye, 6 - Romania, 5 - Greece, 4 - Cyprus, 3 - UK, 2 - Bosnia, 1 - Croatia... In return, Malta received 12 points from Spain, Romania and Slovakia, 10 points from Croatia (12 went to Slovakia) and 7 points from Cyprus, Greece and Turkiye. You can check the rest.

Had their votes been cancelled, the EBU would have likely avoided the big fiasco of losing Germany in the qualifiers. Germany and Russia (after a tie with Denmark) would have qualified to the live show instead of Spain and Slovakia, who instead of 17th would've come 29th (last).

1996 final also included this group's voting trend. Without their votes in the final ranking, Croatia would have fallen from 4th down to 9th and Malta from 10th to 16th. On the other hand, Finland would've gone up from last to 17th, leaving Bosnia at the very bottom.

It all happened again in 1997 - the final year the juries decided on more than 50% of scoring.

From 1994 to 1997 these 8 countries gave the most points to:

1. Malta - 236

2. Ireland - 183

3. Cyprus - 132

4. Croatia - 128

5. Spain - 125

6. UK - 116

7. Turkiye - 108

8. Greece - 95

9. Austria - 81

10. Bosnia - 69

All the remaining participants however only have Malta in their top 10 most-voted nations, at 9th with 209 points. Very inconsistent, isn't it?

From 1998 on televoting was the deafult method, with juries serving as a back-up or the official method in cases of televoting being technically impossible.

The weird trend came back in 2000.

Russia got 12 points from Malta as well as Croatia, Cyprus and Macedonia all of whom gave 8s to Malta.

Macedonia got 100% of its final result from Croatia, Cyprus, Russia and Romania who themselves only got points from Croatia, Macedonia (12) and Russia.

It's unclear what voting method was used by Croatia, but we can guess... The scoring was: 12 - Russia, 10 - Macedonia, 8 - Malta, 7 - Romania.

In 2001 and 2002 it was allowed by the EBU to use a 50:50 system, later used from 2009. At Eurovision 2001 Croatia managed to finish 10th, but 34 of their 42 points came from... Bosnia, Greece, Malta and Turkiye - all of them at least partly used a jury. This all ended after the 2002 contest, where televoting had only about 65% influence on the points. One of the HoDs reportedly alarmed OGAE and the EBU itself about a pact offer from Cyprus and soon a compulsory televoting was introduced.

What do you think? Do you have any sources other than official results to confirm this likely unfairness? I think it genuinely is a historic proof that the EBU has always been reluctant to act in cases of possible cheating. I'm disappointed with how they handle voting at Eurovision nowadays, but not surprised after how they acted for example during the 2013 Azerbaijan scandal...

So I know that Belgium has two broadcasters, but how does it work in terms of hosting privileges if one broadcaster sends a winning song?

I don't know but I know that Ireland Junior Eurovision participation is TG4. I wonder if they do Ireland's return like the Netherlands do with NPO.

Hello everyone! Let's find out who is Mongolia's chosen one!

Streaming Links

Youtube (the official Eurovision channel)

Beck is the artist that has been selected to sing for Mongolia in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday 14 November. Now, both Beck and his country need their song. And you can help!

Mongolia's Chosen One will present viewers watching around the world with four different songs performed by Beck. Audiences in Mongolia and internationally will be able to vote for the song they want to see Beck compete with at Eurovision Asia.

On Saturday 10 October at 15:00 CEST (21:00 ULAT), CNBC Mongolia will hold the inaugural National Selection Show for its debut outing at Eurovision Song Contest Asia.

Viewers in Mongolia can watch via MNC and If you're watching from outside Mongolia, you can stream the whole show live on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

And if you choose to watch via the YouTube stream, you can join in on the conversation with other Eurovision fans via the Live Chat.

Format

The result will comprise of 40% jury vote, 40% Mongolian public and 20% international vote.

Additional info

You can vote too! You can do so at the Eurovision Asia website. Voting is free of charge and you can vote up to eight times. Your eight votes must be spread across at least three songs.

Sources used to compile the information in this post are: eurovision.com.

Enjoy!~

RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, has revealed the participants of Festivali i Këngës 65.

The acts that will compete in the 65th edition of The acts that will compete in the 65th edition of Festivali i Këngës. Following the conclusion of the application window, the entries were evaluated by a committee and the artists have now been officially confirmed, with their songs to be revealed at a later date.

The Festivali i Këngës 65 participants are:

Adhurim Demiri

Alegra Jaho

Algert Sala

Ana Bushgjokaj

Ardit Çuni

Arsi Bako

Auron Deva & DJ Sardi

Chip Deva

Djemte E Detit

Eldis Arrnjeti

Erinda Agolli

Gigliola Haveriku

Gjergj Jorgaqi

Herva Novaku

Josif Gjipali & Ardita Meni

Kejsi Jazxhi

Kejsi Tola

Khuba-Shkelzen Rexhaj

Leandra Godaj

Martina Serreqi

Michela Paluca

Orgesa Zaimi

Petro Fejza & Antonio Papa

Rei Bezhani

Sara Bajraktari

Sigi Bastri

Vanesa Sono

Xhoni Jesku

It is not yet known whether Festivali i Këngës 65 will feature the traditional format of four nights of shows: two semi-finals, Nostalgia Night and the Grand Final. Last year, the winner was chosen through a combination of jury and public voting, and the public voted through an app.

Festivali i Këngës has been used since Albania’s debut in the Eurovision Song Contest to select its participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. It is expected that it will be used to select the Albanian representative for Eurovision 2027.

Are there any differences in Asian and European culture that means that most of the audience are not as interested in the results or would prefer it kept secret? Would there be a significant cost to the national finals or anyone else if they did release the detailed results?
I’m not talking about announcing the full results to make the announcement of them longer or more tense but rather having the information available to the public in any form.

This is not because Sobra Sobra is a bad song. It is not a bad song at all. The reason I believe that Philippines won't do that well in Eurovision Asia is because Sobra Sobra is too "European".

What does this mean?

Most years in Eurovision have "that" type of song. In 2018 it was Cyprus, in 2022 it was Spain, 2024 it was Italy and in 2026 it was Bulgaria the latter of which produced a winning package. It's the upbeat Europop song with soaring vocals and powerful energy that is always a fan favourite among the Eurovision fandom, these kind of songs being ranked VERY highly by Eurofans in pretty much every single poll and ranking video.

And now I'm seeing this trend again with Eurovision Asia. Sobra Sobra is almost always ranked at #1 out of the 9 songs revealed so far, but I just don't get it.

I'm sorry but Eurofans ALWAYS inflate these songs so much. I don't think Asian voters will go for it all. I think Asian pop fans will likely go for something more like like Deep Dive, ballad lovers will go for Malaysia, etc.

I see Philippines finishing around 4th or 5th in the contest. Not bad by any means, but nowhere near winning. Maybe part of it is because I am entirely tired of these types of songs in main Eurovision anyway, but that's a personal opinion more than any kind of prediction. I think the most likely winner at this point is Malaysia and it isn't close right now.

What do you think about this? Do you think agree or disagree with this assessment?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPTgTsOSYk

It looks like VM channel (not sure if it's the official broadcaster) managed to get a better live performance of the live vocals of Tóc Tiên's winning song.

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I'm no sound mixing expert but decided to randomly make this mashup since a lot of people say Thinla's "Bae" is the Bejba of Laos cuz why not😃 had different bpms so I had to speed bae up to match solo's bpm lol