Similar to previous years, Norway chose their Eurovision artist through a national final – Melodi Grand Prix, where this year, ten participants took to the stage. The show was broadcast from the Oslo Spektrum, which was the same venue which hosted Eurovision in 1996. This time around, Melodi Grand Prix was hosted by Silya Nymoen…
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After a few failed attempts at the final, the Irish broadcaster decided to internally select Nicky Byrne (former Westlife member, just if you were wondering) with the song Sunlight. The song is an upbeat pop song, and very radio friendly, but will it succeed at Eurovision? Hmm. I think that this song is lucky to…
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At the show held in the Bodensee Arena in Kruzlingen, six acts took to the stage to fight for the opportunity to represent Switzerland at Eurovision this year. The process to reach the final has been a lengthy one, with certain stages each artist has to go through to earn their spot. The final was…
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First of all, welcome back Bosnia and Herzegovina! I’m sure most people are happy to see them back, because, well, the more the merrier! This year, the nation has returned with a bunch of artists – Deen and Dalal, featuring Ana Rucner and Jala. The song they will be taking to the contest is called…
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After what seemed like an eternity waiting for the announcement, the EBU have given the go ahead for the SVT, the Swedish broadcaster in charge of this year’s contest, to reveal the running order of the semi-finals. As you may recall, a fairly recent change in the contest is that the host broadcaster now decides…
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In recent years, it’s safe to say that France has been on struggle street, but undeservingly so, in my opinion. I think France has picked great songs, it’s just that they’ve been lost in the middle of other great songs. This year I think they’ve picked an absolutely perfect song for Eurovision. Amir is the…
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Armenia went completely internal this year to choose their act and song, and out of that process came Iveta Mukuchyan and the song LoveWave. The song begins with a small monologue, before transitioning into what I don’t know – a verse or an intro. I actually don’t feel the song truly starts until after the…
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Since the return to Eurovision in 2011, the Sanremo Song Festival has provided the artists to represent Italy at Eurovision. The general rule was that the winner of the festival had first right to decline the offer, or alternatively, it was up to RAI to decide on the act. This year, we saw this come…
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We waited months and months between the announcement that Douwe Bob would represent the Netherlands, and the actual song reveal, which was all time to create the perfect Eurovision song to follow on from some of the recent successes of the Netherlands revival. Post Anouk, I think the nation realised that simple, well written songs…
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This year, the Georgian public broadcaster internally selected the alternative band Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz, and a call was put out for songs, which could be submitted to the broadcaster. After the submission period ended, GPB chose 5 songs in which they thought would suit the band’s alternative style. The five songs that…
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