February 19, 2022

It’s Ochman for Poland

Tonight, Krystian Ochman won the Polish national final Tu Bije Serce Europy. Ochman will represent Poland with the song “River”, written and composed by Krystian Ochman, Ashley Hicklin, Adam Wiśniewski and Mikołaj Trybulec. Poland will perform in the 2nd half of the 2nd semifinal. The full result of the national final is: Ochman, “River”, 51% (superfinal) Daria, “Paranoia”, 39% (superfinal) Unmute, “Głośniej niż decybele”, 10% (superfinal) Kuba Szmajkowski, “Lovesick”, 4% Karolina Lizer, “Czysta woda”, 3% Ania Byrcyn, “Dokąd?”, 3% Siostry Szlachta, “Drogowskazy”, 3% Karolina Stanisławczyk & Chika Toro, “Move”, 2% Emilia Dębska (Mila), “All I Need”, 2% Lidia Kopania, “Why Does It Hurt?”, 1%

Subwoolfer wins Melodi Grand Prix

Subwoolfer wins Melodi Grand Prix and will thus represent Norway in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. The song ” Give that wolf a banana” is written by Keith, Jim and DJ Astronaut. Norway will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. The full result is: Oda Gondrosen, “Hammer of Thor” NorthKid, “Someone” Anna-Lisa Kumoji, “Queen Bees” Farida, “Dangerous” Sofie Fjellvang, “Made of Glass” Frode Vassel, “Black Flowers” Christian Ingebrigtsen, “Wonder of the World” Maria Mohn, “Fly” Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana” Elsie Bay, “Death of Us” The gold final: NorthKid, “Someone” Sofie Fjellvang, “Made of Glass” Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana” Elsie Bay, “Death of Us” The gold duel: NorthKid, “Someone”, , 312,322 votes Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana”, 368,106 votes

It’s LPS for Slovenia

LPS will represent Slovenia. won the national final EMA with the song “Disko”, written and composed by Filip Vidušin, Žiga Žvižej, Gašper Hlupič, Mark Semeja and Zala Velenšek, Jakob Koroše. Sloveania will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. The full result of EMA is: LPS. “Disko”, 103 pts. Batista Cadillac, “Mim pravil”, 90 pts. BQL, “Maj”, 69 pts. Luma. “All In”, 68 pts. July Jones, “Girls Can Do Anything”, 62 pts. Manouche. “Si sama?”, 53 pts. Gušti feat. Leyre, “Nova romantika”, 38 pts. Hauptman, “Sledim”, 34 pts. Leya Leanne, “Naked”, 28 pts. Stela Sofia, “Tu in zdaj”, 23 pts. Anabel, “Tendency”, 10 pts. David Amaro, “Še vedno si lepa”, 2 pts.

Mia Dimšić represents Croatia in Turin

The Croatian national final, DORA, has been won by Mia Dimšić . With the song “Guilty pleasure”, she will represent the country. The song is written and composed by the singer herself with Vjekoslav Dimter, Damir Bačić and Ante Gelo. Croatia will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. The full result of DORA is: Mia Dimšić “Guilty Pleasure”, 257 pts. Marko Bošnjak “Moli za nas”, 179 pts. Mia Negovetić “Forgive Me (Oprosti)”, 141 pts. Bernarda “Here for Love”, 111 pts. Eric Vidović “I Found You”, 102 pts. Elis Lovrić “No War”, 94 pts. ToMa “In the Darkness”, 68 pts. Tina Vukov “Hideout”, 56 pts. Zdenka Kovačiček “Stay on the Bright Side”, 51 pts. Ella Orešković “If You Walk Away”, 28 pts. Tia “Voli me do neba”, 24 pts. Jessa “My Next Mistake”, 17 pts. Roko Vušković “Malo kasnije”, 17 pts. Mila Elegović “Ljubav”, 15 pts.

Christopher Scicluna passed away

Yesterday, Maltese Eurovision contestant Christopher Scicluna passed away. His wife Moira Stafrace announced this sad news.Chris and Moira participated in several national finals before they entered the Eurovision Stage for the first time in 1993. They were backing vocals for William Mangion, who sang “This time”. One year later, Chris and Moira won the national selection themselves. The song “More than love” was their Eurovision entry. It was a great succes with a 5th place. A few years later, in 1999, Chris and Moira were the team behind Times Three. It was an all-girl group including Moira’s sister Diane. Chris and Moira wrote the song and vocally backed them. Christopher Scicluna was 62 years old.

Una voce per San Marino: final!

Malta: MESC 2022 has it’s final

After the semifinal last saturday, there will be a final in Malta tonight with 16 songs. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 16 contestants: 1 Electric indigo Baklava ft. Nicole 2 How special you are Norbert 3 Come around Matt BLXCK 4 Revelación Giada 5 Kaleidoscope Jessika 6 Over you Raquel 7 A lover’s heart Nicole Hammett 8 Look what you’ve done now Miriana Conte 9 Into the fire Nicole Azzopardi 10 Heaven Sarah Bonnici 11 Shame Enya Magri 12 Boy Denise 13 Out of sight Emma Muscat 14 Army Janice Mangion 15 Serenity Mark Anthony Bartolo 16 Ritmu Aidan Cassar 17 Hey little Richard Edwards Aidan Cassar became 4th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Baklava became 18th in 2009, took part in the 2010 semifinal and became 6th in 2011.Denise took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Enya Magri took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Janice Mangion took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 2nd in 2017 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Jessika Muscattook part in the 2008, 2009, 2010 semifinal, became 15th in 2011, took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 8th in 2014 and represented San Marino in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.Mark Anthony Bartolo took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Miriana Conte became 16th in 2017, 12th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2020 as a member of Chord.Nicole Azzopardi took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Nicole Hammett took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Norbert Bondin became 6th in X-Factor Malta 2019.Raquel took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Richard Edwards took part in the 2010 semifinals, became 2nd in 2011, 5th in 2012, became 5th in 2013, won in 2014 with the band Firelight and thus represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, and became 13th in 2017.Sarah Bonicci took part in the X-Factor Malta in 2019.

Slovenia: EMA has it’s final

Also the Slovenian preselection EMA has come to an end. Twelve songs will compete in the final. It will be a 50/50 televote and jury. The show starts at 20.20 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 12 contestants: 1 Tendency Anabel 2 Tu in zdaj? Stela Sofia 3 Si sama? Manouche 4 Naked Leya Leanne 5 Maj BQL 6 Nova romantika Gušti feat. Leyre 7 Girls can do anything July Jones 8 Še vedno si lepa David Amaro 9 Disko LPS 10 Sledim Hauptman 11 All in Luma 12 Mim pravil Batista Cadillac Anabel stranded in the 2018 semifnial.BQL became 2nd in 2017 and in 2018.

Croatia: It’s DORA time!

In Croatia it’s DORA time. DORA is the national selection of the country. 14 songs will compete. The show will start at 20.10 CET and you can watch it here or on YouTube. These are the 14 contestants: 1 Ljubav Mila Elegović 2 Forgive me (oprosti) Mia Negovetić 3 Moli za nas Marko Bošnjak 4 My next mistake Jessa 5 Stay on the bright side Zdenka Kovačiček 6 Hideout Tina Vukov 7 Malo kasnije Roko Vušković 8 Here for love Bernarda 9 I found you Erik Vidović 10 In the darkness ToMa 11 No war Elis Lovrić 12 If you go away Ella Orešković 13 Voli me do neba Tia 14 Guilty pleasure Mia Dimšić Mia Negovetić became 2nd in DORA 2020 and 3rd in 2021.Zdenka Kovačiček became 12th in DORA 2001, 4th in 2002 and 6th in 2020.Tina Vukov took part in the 2004 DORA semifinals, became 11th in 2006, 4th in 2007 and took part in the 2011 semifinals.Bernarda was 6th in 2019 and 7th in 2021.ToMa became 6th last year.Elis Lovrić was 7th in 2019 and 12th in 2020.Ella Orešković was 9th last year.

Poland selects a song tonight

It was a surprise, but Poland will have a national selection tonight. In “Tu bije serce Europy”, ten songs will compete. A jury and televoters (50/50) will select three songs for a superfinal. After this, the televoters will select the winner. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. However, it is not sure whether you can watch it in every country. We keep you updated. The ten songs are: 1 Lovesick Kuba Szmajkowksi 2 Dokąd? Ania Byrcyn 3 Drogowskazy Siostry Szlachta 4 Why does it hurt? Lidia Kopania 5 Move Karolina Stanisławczyk & Chika Toro 6 Czysta woda Karolina Lizer 7 Głośniej niż decybele Unmute 8 All I need Mila 9 River Krystian Ochman 10 Paranoia Daria Lidia Kopania won the national final in 2009 and thus represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest.