January 28, 2023

the last Melodi Grand Prix 2023 semi-final has ended

Tonight was the last night for artists to qualify for the Melodi Grand Prix 2023 final in Trondheim. Norway has chosen it’s qualifiers, and here they are: Alte Pettersen is back in the final of Melodi Grand Prix! Last time we saw him was two years ago in 2021. Then he managed to get pre-qualified for the final, but this year he got all the support from the public. Tonight he sung his ballad, that later turns into a pop song called “Masterpiece”. From the start of her music carreer it’s drag queen Skrellex. She’s trough with her pop song “Love Again”. Skrellex burns up the stage as she dances with her four backing dancers. Not only her dance moves, but the disco balls on stage light her up aswell. At last but not least we have Eline Thorp. As she’s an up coming artist in Norway, you can already tell she has a great amount of fans for “Not Meant To Be”! Will it be enough for her to take the trophy next week? Next week we have nine finalists batteling it all out in Trondheim. Who are you rooting for? Let us know, and we’ll see you next week.

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo results are in

And we have a winner…. or better said, we have 10 winners, because 10 songs will head to the semifinals. The results are as follows: Beatrich sings “Like a movie”, 24 pt Monika Linkytė sings “Stay”, 18 pt Mario Junes sings “Do what you do”, 13 pt. Matt Len sings “Midnight train”, 12 pt. Agnė sings “New start”, 10 pt. Petunija sings “Love of my life”, 10 pt. MoonBee sings “Rumor”, 8 pt. Gebrasy sings “Saw your ghost”, 6 pt. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys sings “Sėdi ir važiuoji”, 5 pt. Donata sings “Dreamer”, 5 pt. I.T. sings “Žinau, tai tu”, 4 pt. Viktorija Faith sings “If you ever miss me”, 1 pt. Melona sings “Song of whispers”, 0 pt The Pixls sing “Šaukt”, 0 pt. Voldemar Petersons sings “Things”, 0 pt.

Moldova: former ESC participants all qualified

There are 10 qualifiers in Moldova. They have just been anounced on Moldovan television. Note that one of the songs that we mentioned among the auditioners, “Temperatura” sung by Lola, was disqualified. That makes the total of participants 30. In bold letters, the qualifiers. All the former Eurovision participants, Pasha Parfeni, Aliona Moon and Sunstroke Project, qualified. A date for the final is not yet set. Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony”

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix, semifinal 3

Tonight knows the third and last semifinal of Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Three semifinals will all contain 7 songs. 3 of them will be selected to go to the final, chosen by 100% televoting. After tonight, we know the full line up of the final! The show starts at 19:50 CET and you can watch it here. The participants are: Akuvi sings “Triumph” Tirill sings “Break it” Skrellex sings “Love again” Eline Thorp sings “Not meant to be” Stig van Eijk sings “Someday” Maria Celin sings “Freya” Atle Pettersen sings “Masterpiece” Akuvi already reached the final in 2020.Stig van Eijk represented Norway in 1999 with the song “Living my life without you”.Atle Pettersen sang in the 2021 final.

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo 2nd heat

Lithuania continues with their national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest, Pabandom iš naujo. The second heat will be held tonight at 20.00 and can be watched here and on YouTube. Out of 15 songs, 10 will head to the semifinals. The songs of tonight are: Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys sings “Sėdi ir važiuoji” I.T. sings “Žinau, tai tu” Donata sings “Dreamer” Matt Len sings “Midnight train” Melona sings “Song of whispers” Monika Linkytė sings “Stay” The Pixls sing “Šaukt” Viktorija Faith sings “If you ever miss me” Agnė sings “New start” Gebrasy sings “Saw your ghost” MoonBee sings “Rumor” Voldemar Petersons sings “Things” Petunija sings “Love of my life” Beatrich sings “Like a movie” Mario Junes sings “Do what you do” Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys took part in 2019 and became 3rd.Donata took part in 2012 (semifinal), 2018 (heats), 2020 (heats) and 2021 (quarter finals).Monika Linkytė took part in 2010 (10th), in 2011 (4th), in 2014 (heats) and represented Lithuania in 2015 together with Vaidas Baumila with the song “This time”.Viktorija Faith took part in 2021 (quarter final).Gebrasy took part in 2019 (heats), 2021 (2nd) and 2022 (5th).Voldemars Petersons took part in 2007 (as Kupido, quarter final), in 2019 (heats), in 2020 (heats), in 2021 (3rd) and in 2022 (quarter final).Petunija took part in 2016 (heats) and 2022 (semifinal).

Moldova: live auditions are on the way

Today, you can watch the live auditions of the Moldovan national selection Etapa Națională 2023. 31 songs will compete. There are 10 tickets for the national final, which is to be held at the end of February. The show starts at 13:00 CET and can be seen here. The participants are: Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Lola sings “Temperatura” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony” Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Angel Kiss took part in the audition rounds in 2020 and 2022.Diana Elmas took part in the audition round in 2022.Pasha Parfeni took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (2nd), 2012 (1st, represented Moldova with the song “Lautar”), 2020 (2nd). Besides, he wrote the Eurovision entry for Aliona Moon (2013).Ricky Ardezianu took part in the 2022 auditions.Sasha Bognibov took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (auditions), 2012 (semifinal), 2020 (auditions) and 2022 (auditions).Sunstroke Project represented Moldova in 2010 with Olia Tira and the song “Run away”, and in 2017 with “Hey mamma!”. Beside, they took part in the 2015 national selection with Michael Ra (3rd).Surorile Osoianu took part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Vera took part in 2015 with Diana Popa (10th), in 2018 (2nd) and in 2019 (3rd).Y-Limit took part in the 2022 auditions.