The Internationalist Eurovision Blog

November means one thing in Eurovision world. By this point, we already know where we're headed to next year, we haven't quite started listening to songs for national finals and for many Eurovision fans, there is only one thing to get excited about... Junior Eurovision. Now I must admit, I have never dabbled in Junior Eurovision for many reasons. I believed that it was a weird project to run Eurovision with a group of children, I couldn't see how it had any benefits and whilst the songs I had listened to were alright, there was nothing that I got desperately hooked on. However as Minsk prepares to host the biggest Junior Eurovision to date, I decided that if I wanted to write a blog post about it - I had to have first seen one in full flow! So, after sampling the songs on offer this year to get a taste of what I was in for, I went to YouTube and watched the entirety of last year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tblisi and this is what I have to say. Pressure on You...

Hello all! I've got to be honest, I had done all the research on Tel Aviv to be able to finally sit down and write up my guide to the city. However, I realised that without the defined locations of EuroClub and the EuroVillage, the guide was somewhat useless to those of you who will be making the trip out to Israel. So scanning down the list of Eurovision news and picking out that it was all based around artist selection for 2019, I thought I would bring the conversation forum here. Is there a best way of selecting an artist? Some countries change it annually whilst others stick with a proven formula that works (some Scandanavian countries come to mind). Anyway, let's take a look at the different formats of selecting an artist and see what success they have brought. Internal Selection If you're a national broadcaster and you know that you're onto a winner, why ruin a good thing by throwing it to the public as part of the selection process? Not to mention, why waste ...