Moldova, at least for me, has been a country which has gone completely under the radar this year. Their national selection seemed to be forgotten amongst others, but regardless, we have a performer, Lidia Isac, and she will be taking the pop number titled Falling Stars. Will this cliché song be able to compete with…
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Croatia decided to return to the contest this year, after 2 years without participation. The public broadcaster internally selected the act, former winner of the show The Voice, Nina Kraljić. The song is called Lighthouse, and since its release, fans have been going crazy over the entry. Could this bring Croatia’s best result yet? The…
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This year, the BBC seemingly took Eurovision a bit more seriously, and offer the public an actual choice in the act they want to send to Eurovision. The result was that this boy-duo of Joe and Jake would take their song titled You’re Not Alone to Eurovision. Is this going to be alone at the…
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For a while now, Russia has been the favourite with the bookmakers to win Eurovision 2016 and it’s easy to see, when they are sending their best male artist with the song You Are The Only One. The song is a crowd favourite, but is it mine? Short answer, no. I’ve never found myself to…
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The Melodifestivalen final took place Stockholm, where out of 12 diverse acts, one was chosen to represent the host country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish national final is one of the most popular across Europe, so many were tuning in on the night to see which act will attempt to defend the…
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Ukraine returned this year with quite a serious number, titled 1944 and sung by Jamala, who previously has entered into the Ukrainian national final with a very, very different style of song. 1944 has a very depressing kind of undertone to it, and it’s easy to assume that it is a politically fuelled song –…
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Since the Spanish public picked the energetic Barei to represent Spain, the song has had a strong support, with many picking it as a song to beat – or at least, the strongest Spanish entry in recent years.  This was also a controversial song in the sense that there’s no Spanish to be heard, only…
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After a change of song from the public’s choice of Chameleon, we now have the internally selected song Walk on Water as the song Ira Losco will take to Eurovision this year. With previous Eurovision experience, Ira has an advantage knowing the pressure of the competition. This certainly didn’t get to her last time, as…
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This year, Israel chose to use the format of Rising Star to choose their act, and the winner of that competition was Hovi Star. The song is called Made of Stars, and has recently undergone a revamp. Suddenly, the song has received a lot more attention from fans – but for the right reasons? The…
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As in previous years, Finland elected to choose their song via national final, and this year, another very diverse bunch of artists and songs fought it out to earn the right to bring Finland back to the final. The song the Finnish public decided on was Sing It Away, by Sandhja. The song begins all…
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