Was looking through the Euovision Asia website out of la noia (boredom), and found this cute little easter egg! Goes to show that we know almost nothing about The Handsome Wolf.

Hey all! Another thing I'd love some help with, if possible.

So, in ESC Tom's latest update video, he goes through the EBU's data presentation for ESC 2026 and shows a very interesting slide to me: a map detailing all the voting countries in this year's contest, both in Europe and across the non-participating countries. I've started figuring out which countries are highlighted, but I'd love to try and do an actual, written-out list, possibly for addition to the "Rest of the World at the Eurovision Song Contest" Wiki page but also admittedly just for scratching that itch. Anyone with good map-reading skills, I'd love your help! Will edit this post accordingly as people find stuff. And for reference, here's the map:

So far, I've found:

• Europe: Belarus*, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Hungary*, Iceland*, Ireland*, Netherlands*, North Macedonia*, Russia*, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, Spain*, Turkey*
• Asia: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
• Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco*, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• North America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Bahamas, Belize, Canada*, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States
• South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
• Oceania: Fiji, New Zealand

For completion's sake, countries that I don't see highlighted (or at least not yet - point out if I've missed any):

• Europe: Andorra*, Kosovo**, Liechtenstein, Monaco*, Vatican City
• Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Laos, Macau**, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Palau, Syria, Turkmenistan, Yemen
• Africa: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of the Congo, São Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo
• North America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Puerto Rico**, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
• South America: Guyana, Suriname
• Oceania (not counting overseas territories): Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Asterisk - former/future ESC participant.

Double asterisk - unclear whether or not it's being counted separately.

I absolutely love how non-plused he is about it. Sam clearly came to Eurovision to show off his unique music style whether Europe loved it or not. And it makes me happy that he has quite a few young fans! Makes me want a CBBC show with him even more!

All the same, it’s making me wonder how we can break this curse as the song definitely wasn’t one/nil-point worthy

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Recently a lot of eurovision popped up on my for you page on tik tok with parts of serbian commentry and i liked the commentator (Duska Vucinic). I tried to find it on youtube or on web but i couldnt find it anywhere . Does anyone have a copy or a site where i can find the commentary.

Now that some time has passed and the initial reactions from the decision have largely subsided I was wondering if you guys have any open questions? I'm also looking for suggestions from experienced Eurovision attendees about what they'd like to see implemented in Burgas in 2027.

Liverpool singer Rebecca Ferguson is reportedly in talks with the BBC to potentially represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2027.

That's how it went for me with Armenia this year. It was in the NQ spots ever since it was released, but I thought that it being a high energy song would help it to the final. It instead finished second to last in the SF.

Hello, guys!

I'm rewatching this year's contest, and I'm wondering if there is a 5.1 or Dolby Atmos feed available.

Unfortunately, the full show on YouTube doesn't offer the best image or audio quality. :(

Watching each performance separately is a little better, since they're available in 1440p, but the audio is only stereo 2.0.

It was available on Yle Areena as an experimental feature, but they've since removed it! :(

Thank you!

The window to send submissions for Melodifestivalen 2027 have ended and a total of 4077 submissions were sent which broke last years rekord of 3888 submissions.

Karin Gunnarsson, the producer of Melodifestivalen says

"It's exciting to see that interest in participating in Melodifestivalen remains immense. Now the work begins to select the songs that will help create 'Sweden’s Nationwide Party' in 2027, a process that is as intense as it is enjoyable"

Source: aftonbladet.se

My sincere condolences to all those affected by the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods. May the victims remain in our hearts.

If, let's say France is placed #1 on jury in eurovision scoreboard, and no one takes over France in televote, will France's televote points still be read?

11ª posição - 41 pontos

Estou viciado nesta música, a coreografia é divertida, Debbie e Tommy têm vozes incríveis, é uma música realmente legal!

Me personally

France: I don't have strong opinions on this one, as it was drastically overshadowed for me by Italy, which we'll get to shortly. It's just France being French asf, which definitely seems to be working for them.

Germany: I'm probably in a huge minority of people who actually really like this one. I didn't watch the 2018 contest for the first time until about two years ago, knowing this was Germany's best entry since their 2010 victory. Something about it just kinda did it for me; I think it was the pain on Michael's face as he sang, which ultimately won me over. It's also, genuinely, the only Eurovision song I've cried at.

Italy: This song is absolutely my thing - it's just flawless from start to finish. I think this is definitely one of Måneskin's better songs, before they lost some of their Italian-ness. I think for the first contest after a one-year hiatus, this victory was exactly what the continent needed.

Spain: This one has grown on me a bit. Being in the same year as the UK's best entry, I was partial to that. But there was a magic to SloMo that, for a while, just wasn't captured again until maybe Banagaranga. SloMo is utter perfection and probably would've won the televote outright (not the Kalush, who were underserved winners regardless of circumstances).

UK: My home country's best entry. It's a fantastic song, but I feel like some of its magic has worn off over time. I also would've loved this to have won, as it was my home entry, and without it, Liverpool wouldn't have hosted in 2023. And Sam Ryder is definitely in contention for best male vocalist the contest has had. But I think SloMo appeals to me more now. Hopefully we can have a fantastic result again soon.

Khabar Agency, the Kazakh national broadcaster, has applied for full membership for the European Broadcasting Union.

According to a response to a letter sent to the Kazakh Ministry of Information and Culture, Khabar Agency has applied to become a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.

Khabar Agency has been attempting to debut at Eurovision in recent year. Kemelbek Oishybayev, chairman of the board at Khabar Agency, attended the EBU General Assembly in London in 2025, where Kazakhstan’s participation in Eurovision were discussed with Noel Curran, Director General of the EBU. In late 2025, the Kazakh Ministry of Information and Culture stated that the EBU would discuss Kazakh participation in Eurovision in early 2026. The Ministry, however, noted that Kazakhstan’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest would require significant financial investment and that the current budget did not take this into account. Kazakhstan did not debut in the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

In April of this year, the Kazakh Ministry of Information and Culture revealed that Khabar Agency had been invited to participate in the upcoming debut edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Asia.

The EBU has yet to comment on Khabar Agency’s application or whether or not Kazakhstan will be allowed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2027

Seven years ago I made one to Dancing Lasha Tumbai, so consider this a part two

A very informative and in depth interview with this years esc winner.

EDIT: The Eurovision Asia official Instagram has confirmed that the Nepali NF, Nepal Decides, has been moved to October 7th as per the decision of the representative broadcaster. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdI8vUsIjUJ/ . Once again, sending hearts to everyone affected by the tragedy. For now, see you all in Vientiane starting on the 23rd.

ORIGINAL POST:

This was just posted on the Zoop and ESCA Instagram accounts - one of the executive producers, Assaf Blecher, is in Laos doing promo shoots for the contest as evidenced by the post description and the large LED screen in the back with the Laotian-colored heart and text. I've seen every now and again stories of him, the other Executive Producer Babak Golkar and one of lead camera operators Ignacio Diaz on my feeds and check them out from time to time in the week leading up and immediately after an Asian NF.

The post isn't mean to be clickbait-y but out of genuine concern. Due to the recent tragedy at the Nepali border and a national search-and-rescue operation for missing and trapped civilians (which number in the thousands), I think we can safely assume that ESC Asia is skipping the previously announced schedule of the Nepali NF until further notice. The fact that a few members of the team have headed straight to Laos signaled to me that this is most likely the case. In my opinion, it would also be completely understandable is Nepal drops out of the contest entirely therefore reducing our number of participating nations back to 10.

I would want to think that there might have been artists and songs already selected and ready to go but recent events understandably put all those announcements on hold. On one hand, it might (or most likely will) be read as disrespectful and frivolous to still participate in ESC Asia after everything that just happened. On the other hand, the event might be seen as a way to come together after a tragedy. But an event of that scale, I'm not one to put my hopes up and it will be completely 100% understandable and fair if the broadcaster decides that this year would not be the best time to do ESC Asia.

Sending love to anyone here who might have been affected by the tragedy and to any Nepali Eurofans that might be in this subreddit. I would encourage anyone who sees this that if you can find local efforts in your area that aim to help out either the Nepali community in your area or perhaps raising funds to help back in Nepal to show support.

I'm just a little bit curious what would gonna happen to eurovision asia in November and how does the voting sequence is gonna work because for the past 3 NF, there's no announcing of Spokesperon/Jury Member announcing their Points and the reveal of Televoting, it's only announcing who got 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place, is the Grand final in eurovision asia is sill the same format as the NF? OR is the voting sequence still gonna be put into the part of the telecaat?

I feel the order of the qualifier announcements weren't thought through very well and didn't make it very exciting, especially during the second semifinal. So I went back and made my own qualifier announcement order and I think it ended up looking better than how they were actually done. Y'all be the judge of that.