Earlier in the season, it was announced that Eden Alene would represent Israel after winning the latest season of The Next Star. Unlike previous years, the broadcaster decided to also hold a national selection for the song. Eden Alene performed four songs, which were all previously released. The songs were: Saviour in the Sound Roots…
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With less than a week to go until Finland decides on their next Eurovision act, we talked to one of the participants, and returning UMK artist Catharina Zühlke. She will be performing the song ‘Eternity’ on the UMK stage, three years after finishing runner-up in the same competition. Here’s what she had to say! It…
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Earlier in the Eurovision season, Tornike Kipiani was crowned the winner of the latest season of Georgian Idol. Now, the Georgian broadcaster GPB have released their Eurovision entry, which is titled Take Me As I Am. The song was written by Tornike himself, and arranged with Aleko Berdzenishvili. The music video was directed by Temo…
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The silence has been broken in Russia, with public broadcaster C1R announcing that self-proclaimed punk-pop-rave band Little Big will be representing Russia at Eurovision this year. The song is yet to be announced, but will be released within the next week. The group originates from St. Petersburg and consists of members Ilya Prusikin, Sonya Tayurskaya,…
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Earlier in the Eurovision season, it was announced that Romania would be internally selecting their artist this year, while publicly selecting their song. Roxen was revealed as their artist, with the public song selection now complete. A total of 5 songs competed in the selection, which were all previously released with lyric videos. Here are…
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The Beovizija final has now taken place in Serbia, with the nation’s next Eurovision representative chosen through a mix of public and jury vote. A total of 12 acts competed in the final, after the previous two nights of semi-finals. Here is the line-up: Milan Bujaković & Olivera Popović – Niti Hurricane – Hasta La Vista Neda…
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Earlier in the season, it was announced that Dutch-Greek artist Stefania would represent Greece at Eurovision this year. Now, her song SUPERG!RL has been released. The Greek broadcaster describes the song as a contemporary, up-tempo pop song with ethnic elements. Greek composer and producer Dimitris Kontopoulos admits that finding the right song for Stefania was…
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The Portuguese Eurovision selection, Festival da Canção has continued this week, with the final four qualifiers decided from a field of 8. The show was hosted in the nation’s capital, Lisbon. Here is the line-up: Dubio feat. +351 – Cegueira Luiz Caracol and Gus Liberdade – Dói-me o País Judas – Cubismo Enviesado Kady – Diz Só Elisa Rodrigues…
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Tonight the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen took place in Sweden where eight acts performed their entries once again in the hopes of scoring one of the remaining places in the final. Previous to tonight’s show, four semi-finals took place where two participants of each semi-final qualified directly to the final, while two qualified into…
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The Moldovan national selection has now taken place, with 19 acts taking to the stage in the hopes of becoming the nation’s next Eurovision representative. Originally, 20 acts were selected to compete, however ahead of the show, former Eurovision participant and national final returnee Geta Burlacu withdrew from the competition. Here is the line-up: Denis…
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