January 25, 2020

Lithuanian semifinal field complete

After tonight, we know all the songs competing in the two semifinals for Lithuania. Both the semifinals will contain 9 songs. Tonight, six new songs were chosen. They are the six names in bold: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire”

Israel: two singers are out of the race!

For two singers, participating in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion, it’s over. Surprisingly, Dorel Saadon did not survive last thursday’s battle. We only saw it now, Israeli tv decided to make it a cliffhanger, as it looked like it would end for Ohad Shragai. Today, the percentages of the singers were higher. With 76% of the voters behind her, which is not bad at all, Eden Zohar Sivan is out. Left in the race are now 9 contestants: Eden Alene Orr Amrani-Brockman Ohad Shragai Loai Ali Lali Kolishkin Raviv Kaner Moran Aharoni Gaya Shaki Ella-Lee Lahav One of these contestants will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

Norwegian finalist known

Again, a finalist is known in Norway, the 3rd one. The two duels of tonight where: Alexandru vs Sie GubbaKristin Husøy vs Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich The final was between Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy, the latter won the contest.

Norway, Lithuania and Israel continue

Three countries continue their national selection: Norway, Lithuania and Israel. You can choose one to watch…. or watch all of them! The first one is Norway on 19:50 CET. You can watch the 3rd semifinal here. Again, duels will decide which song will enter the final. The contestants tonight are: Alexandru Kristin Husøy Sie Gubba Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich Lithuania starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire” We saw Justina Žukauskaitė and Lukas Bartaška before in 2019, Ruslanas Kirilkinas in 2010 and 2016, and The Roop in 2018. Oh and let’s definitely not forget Aistė Pilvelytė. It’s her 11th attempt to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest!! 3rd and last for tonight is Israel. The show is a little bit more complicated. It starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. In this round every contestant will perform with the Idan Raichel Project. And yes, they can be familiar to you as they performed in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest as an interval act. Thursday, we saw the first round, but that one is not finished yet. So far, it looks like Ohad Shragai, who composed last year’s entry “Home” for Kobi Marimi, is out of the race. But Dorel Saadon still has to perform in the 1st round: if he gets less than 58% of the votes, he is out and Ohad is saved.For the 2nd show, the contestants are: Eden Zohar Sivan Ella-Lee Lahav Gaya Shaki Moran Aharoni Raviv Kaner The person with the lowest percentage, has to leave the show.