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Eurovision Daily News Update
20 August 2023

Recently in the news...

Käärijä performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
UMK 2024 applications now open! Song submissions end 24 August[1].
Malta will implement changes to it's national selection, doing away with their quarter finals.[2]
Niamh Kavanagh sings to nursing home residents in County Wicklow for Nursing Homes Week, in coordination with Music Speaks.[3]
Netherlands have released the music videos for their four national selection songs [4]
PrePartyEs 2024, the Eurovision pre-party held in Madrid, Spain has been set for March 27-30, 2024.[5]

Happy birthday to...


Did you know...

  • Marcel Bezencon and Sergio Pugliese developed the idea of Eurovision in an effort to unite European countries through television broadcasts that would be beamed into people’s homes across the continent.
  • The Second World War had ended a decade before, and European unity was increasingly becoming a focus. Eurovision was a chance to bring people together, but it also allowed organisers to put international broadcast technology to the test.[6]

Past Austrian entrants performing at the 2015 Eurovision Village

Photo of the day is...

Michael Scheickl and Elisabeth "Lizzi" Engstler, as duo Mess participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, and Thomas Forstner, participant of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 and the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with The Bad Powells, concert at Eurovision Village on Rathausplatz, a public event location of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Photo credit: Manfred Werner


Featured Eurovision entrant...

Loïc Nottet performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Loïc Nottet (French pronunciation: [lɔik nɔtɛ], [nɔte]; born 10 April 1996) is a Belgian singer, songwriter and dancer. He began his career as a singer when he auditioned for The Voice Belgique and reached second place in the final of the third season, behind the winner Pagna.[7] The Voice Belgique In 2014 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015,[8][9] where he placed fourth with his song "Rhythm Inside".

After the contest, he released "Million Eyes", the first single from his debut album Selfocracy, which later topped the charts in Belgium, reached number eight in France and number twenty in Switzerland. His second studio album Sillygomania was released on 29 May 2020.

On 3 November 2014, Belgium's French-language broadcaster, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), announced Nottet as the Belgian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to be held in Vienna, Austria.[8][10] On 10 March 2015, "Rhythm Inside", his entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, was presented (co-written by his Voice mentor). The song went to number one on both the Flanders and Wallonia Ultratop charts. Performing in the first semi final of the competition, Nottet was successful in progressing to the final, coming second in his semi final with 149 points.

During the Jury Final (following Australia), he could be barely seen on stage due to heavy use of smoke machines and pyrotechnics from the Australian Act. His delegation was rumoured to have lodged a complaint about this, saying that it would affect part of their final score. While they requested to perform again, this was apparently denied, instead telling juries to disregard the smoke. In the Grand Final, the Belgian entry scored a total of 217 points leaving "Rhythm Inside" in fourth position overall, giving Belgium its first top five placement since 2003. It received the maximum 12 points from three countries; Netherlands, France and Hungary.

References
  1. ^ Holdiness, Timothy (21 August 2023). "Applications for UMK 2024 open". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ Ntinos, Fotios (21 August 2023). "Malta: Changes in MESC's format | MESC 2024 in depth!". Eurovision Fun. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ní Aodha, Gráinne (21 August 2023). "Eurovision winner shows the power of music for nursing home residents | indy100". www.indy100.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ Otto, Melanie (21 August 2023). "The Netherlands: Junior Songfestival releases the music videos of the 4 finalists". escYOUnited. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ Koronakis, Spyros (20 August 2023). "Spain: PrePartyEs 2024 dates announced!". Eurovision Fun. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ Kelleher, Patrick (14 May 2022). "12 mind-blowing facts about the Eurovision Song Contest you probably never knew". PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Nouveau look, nouveau départ: Loïc Nottet veut "explorer d'autres horizons"" [New look, new start : Loïc Nottet wants to "explore other horizons"] (in French). Newsmonkey. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Loïc Nottet, représentant de la Belgique à l'Eurovision !" (in French). RTBF. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  9. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (3 November 2014). "Belgium: Loïc Nottet to Vienna!". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Loïc Nottet to represent Belgium in Vienna". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 November 2014.