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Eliot Vassamillet will be representing Belgium in ESC 2019. His song - co-written by Pierre Dumoulin, who also co-wrote Belgium's 2017 entry - will be released next months. In the meantime, here's one of his performances from The Voice Belgique 2018, where he made it to the first live show:

Yes, both newcoming artists and established artists that I just haven't listened to before. My top new discoveries of 2018, according to Last.fm: 1. Eleni Foureira 2. Cesár Sampson 3. Rasmussen

My top 10 in no particular order: Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods Saara Aalto - Wild Wild Wonderland Kylie Minogue - Golden Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer Ariana Grande - Sweetener Madame Monsieur - Vu d'ici MØ - Forever Neverland Years & Years - Palo Santo Waylon - The World Can Wait Camila Cabello - Camila About half of my top 20 songs of 2018 are standalone non-album singles.

We now have our first entry for ESC 2019: Jonida Maliqi will be representing Albania with the song "Ktheju tokës"

Speaking of Cyprus, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed that the Greek-Georgian singer Tamta will represent the country in ESC 2019. The entry itself, titled "Replay", hasn't been revealed yet, so here is - for now - Tamta's latest single:

As the first country, Armenian TV has announced its representative in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest: Srbuk, who previously finsihed 2nd in X Factor Armenia in 2011 and 4th in The Voice of Ukraine earlier this year. Her entry for Eurovision hasn't been chosen yet, but this is her most recent single, which was released a week ago:

I've always loved her 1983 Eurovision entry, which finished 2nd:

A handful Danish musicians have signed a petition urging the Danish Broadcasting Corporation to withdraw from the competition, but the vast majority of the Danish population doesn't really care. So it's not an issue here.

Bulgaria has withdrawn from ESC 2019 because the public broadcaster's Executive Board considers the costs of participation too high, considering the broadcaster's total budget 😞 In the opposite end of the world, Australia has announced that, for the first time ever, their entry will be chosen through a televised national selection with 10 acts participating.

Announced today: Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Tel Aviv on 14, 16 and 18 May

Eilat is no longer in the running to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest. It's between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv now.

He's on stage the entire time, playing the guitar and doing backing vocals during that segment.

He refused to say anything 😣 But Brian will be touring with Justin until the end of January 2019, so if he's still part of M's touring band, the tour won't start any earlier than May 2019, given that M usually starts tour rehearsals 3 months prior to the opening date.

I saw JT live yesterday, the first of two sold-out shows at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. I was front-row at the side of the heel (the catwalk is shaped like a bent leg, more or legs, with the end stage being the foot) - the arena was packed, and the show was amazing! Before the show, I spoke to Brian Frasier-Moore (JT and Madonna's drummer) who gave me a pair of his signature drumsticks 🥁 The setlist included 28 songs, included a snippet of "SoulMate" that was played from a track, and four covers each performed by a different backing singer. Filthy Midnight Summer Jam LoveStoned/I Think She Knows SexyBack Man of the Woods Higher Higher Señorita Suit & Tie SoulMate (snippet, played from track) My Love Cry Me a River Mirrors Drink You Away Flannel Until the End of Time Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover, performed by Zenya Bashford) Ex-Factor (Lauryn Hill cover, performed by Nicole Hurst) Come Together (The Beatles cover, performed by Kenyon Dixon) Thank God I'm a Country Boy (John Denver cover, performed by JK) Morning Light What Goes Around... / ...Comes Around Say Something Montana Summer Love Rock Your Body Supplies Like I Love You Can't Stop the Feeling!