ROMANIA – Sergiu Bolota releases We Were Young which will participate in the Romanian national selection. Sergiu composed the song along with Stig Rasta, the 2015 Estonian representative in the Vienna Eurovision Song Contest edition. There’s already interest by many regional and international media about the song and the artists. Sergiu now hopes he is entering the Romanian selection UKRAINE – Insecurity in Ukraine continues not only for hosting the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest but also for the national selection. There were publications that the 24 participants for the semi finals of the national selection and their allocation to them will not leave any open door for Ukraine to win again! Konstantin Meladze jury member of the selection responded: “I can not agree with people saying that semifinalists were selected in such a way to ensure that Ukraine does not win again. All questions will be answered immediately after the start of the semifinals, you will see on 4 February, during the first semi, that the level of participants is not lower than last year. Young bands in the national preselection are ready to compete with already established bands and artists SKAI, Green Gray, ROZHDEN, ILLARIA. We’ve carefully chosen the [...]