Saturday Summary – This week’s Eurovision news headlines

Welcome to the latest edition of our news round-up series which takes a look back at the Eurovision news headlines from the past seven days. Here you’ll find all the important news. Whether you need to catch-up or to remind yourself what has happened in the Eurovision world, this is the article for you. Want to read more? You can access the full articles by clicking on them. Details of the budget for Eurovision 2019 have been released This week, KAN announced that it has agreed a government loan of €16.5 million (70 million ILS) in order to secure its budget for the contest. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/02/details-of-the-budget-for-eurovision-2019-have-been-released/ Sheppard and Kate Miller-Heidke among Eurovision: Australia Decides entrants After being teased with indecipherable images of artists, fans now know the first set of entrants into Eurovision: Australia Decides. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/02/eurovision-australia-decides/ Hungary’s MTVA reveal their thirty A Dal 2019 entrants Hungary have revealed who will be fighting for their ticket to Tel Aviv. A Dal 2019 will once again consist of thirty entries, like in previous years. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/03/hungarys-mtva-reveal-their-thirty-a-dal-2019-entrants/ France’s Destination Eurovision 2019 artists revealed! France 2 have announced the 18 competing artists for Destination Eurovision 2019. The winner of France’s national final will go on to represent the country at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/06/france-destination-eurovision-2019-artists/ Who are the Eesti Laul 2019 artists and songwriters? This week saw ERR release all the entries competing in Eesti Laul 2019, so we dug a little deeper into each entry. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/04/eesti-laul-2019-contestants/ 16 semi-finalists for Supernova 2019 announced Since the song reveal, the jury and online voters have decided which 16 acts will make it to the semi-final shows of the Latvian national final in 2019. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/05/16-semi-finalists-for-supernova-2019-announced/ RTP reveals dates and composers for Festival da Canção 2019 Portugal’s broadcaster RTP have revealed the names of the sixteen composers taking part in Festival da Canção 2019. They have also announced the dates for the three shows. http://escxtra.com/2018/12/05/rtp-reveals-dates-and-composers-for-festival-da-cancao-2019/ Don’t forget our weekly debate article on “Why some countries appear to be jury favourites” an our quiz on “Ireland“. And also don't forget to vote in the ESCXTRA Awards 2018. Make sure you also take a look at our homepage, with so many stories from the Eurovision world to feast your eyes on! The Eurovision universe never stops churning out news stories to keep us enticed, even during the off-season! Let us know your thoughts on the past week @ESCXTRA.

Saturday Summary – This week’s Eurovision news headlines

16 semi-finalists for Supernova 2019 announced

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16 semi-finalists for Supernova 2019 announced

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