February 4, 2023

Latvia: Supernova results are in!

Results are in in Latvia. The 10 titles that will go to the final are known now. The final will be held next week. The full results of today are: Artūrs Hatti sings “Love vibes” Alise Haijima sings “Tricky” Inspo sings “Sway” Toms Kalderauskis sings “When it all falls” Katrine Miller sings “Beaten down” Justs sings “Stranger” Adriana Miglāne sings “Like I wanna” 24. Avēnija sings “You said” Markus Riva sings “Forever” Avéi sings “Let me go” Patrisha sings “Hush” Raum sings “Fake love” Luīze sings “You told me” Sudden Lights sing “Aijā”

Alessandra Mele wins Melodi Grand Prix 2023

The suspense was building in Trondheim Spektrum, but we have a winner! Alessandra Mele won the whole contest with 283 points. She won the jury vote with 104 points, and the televote with a stunning 179 points landslide. She will represent Norway with “Queen of Kings”. Right before winning MGP, she heard that her song was number 1 in the spotify charts. Not only in Norway, but in a lot of countries her song is a viral succes. Maybe in yours awell! Here are the full results: Alessandra, “Queen of kings”, 233 pts. Ulrikke Brandstorp, “Honestly”, 138 pts. Atle Pettersen, “Masterpiece”, 122 pts. Elsie Bay, “Love you in a dream”, 83 pts. Jone, “Ekko inni mig”, 70 pts. Eline Thorp, “Not meant to be”, 60 pts. Skrellex, “Love again”, 54 pts. Swing’it, “Prohibition”, 51 pts. Watch her MGP performance here: We will see Alessandra in the first Semi Final on May 9th.

Lithuania: semifinal results are in!

In Lithuania, the semifinal results are in. Out of 10 songs, the best five will head to the final within two weeks. Next week, we will see the second semifinal. Here are the full results: Rūta Mur sings “So low”, 20 pts. Petunija sings “Love of my life”, 19 pts. Il senso sings “Sparnai”, 17 pts. Gabrielus Vagelis sings “Sauksmas”, 15 pts. Justė Kraujelytė sings “Need more fun”, 11 pts. Alen Chicco sings “Do you”, 8 pts. Joseph June sings “Vacuum”, 7 pts. Noy sings “Destiny’s child”, 6 pts. Donata sings “Dreamer”, 6 pts. Baiba sings “When the lights go out”, 5 pts.

Melodifestivalen Semi Final 1 results

Melodifestivalen is back! Tonight’s first show was held in Göteborg, Tonight’s big winner is Tone Sekelius! She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022, and ended up fifth. This year she is back for a hopeful victory! She won with 94 points, and will go directly to the final. Right behind her placing 2nd was Victor Crone! We all know Victor for representing Estonia in 2019. He will go to the Semi Final. Elov & Benny ended third, and will also go to the Semi Final in Örnsköldsvik.

Slovenian Joker Out! presents “Carpe Diem”

photo: primož lukežič Tonight, the Slovenian band Joker Out! presented their Eurovision entry. The song is called “Carpe diem”, as was already revealed in an earlier stage. The song was presented after a show called Misija Liverpool. Joker Out will perform the song in the 2nd half of the 2nd semifinal.

Lithuania: on to the semifinals

Tonight is the night that we go on to the semifinals in Lithuania. In each semifinal, 10 songs will compete, five of them will have a place in the final. The show starts at 20:00 and you can watch it here and on YouTube. The competing songs are: Alen Chicco sings “Do you” Baiba sings “When the lights go out” Donata sings “Dreamer” Gabrielus Vagelis sings “Sauksmas” Il senso sings “Sparnai” Joseph June sings “Vacuum” Justė Kraujelytė sings “Need more fun” Noy sings “Destiny’s child” Petunija sings “Love of my life” Rūta Mur sings “So low” Alen Chicco took part in 2019 (5th) and 2020 (semifinal).Baiba sang before in 2013 (heats) and 2016 (heats).Donata took part in 2012 (semifinal), 2018 (heats), 2020 (heats) and 2021 (quarter finals).Gabrielus Vagelis took part in 2013 (semifinals), 2017 (5th), 2020 (semifinals), 2021 (semifinals).Joseph June reached the semifinals in 2022.Justė Kraujelytė was there last year and became 6th.Petunija took part in 2016 (heats) and 2022 (semifinal).

Spain: Benidorm Fest final is there!

After two semifinals, we head to the final of Benidorm Fest. Spain is gonna decide which song will go to Eurovision in Liverpool. Last year, Chanel was very succesful for Spain with a third place. Will the new particpant do the trick again? The show will start at 22.00 and you can watch it here. These are the participants: 1 Karmento Quiero y duelo 2 Megara Arcadia 3 Alice Wonder Yo quisiera 4 Fusa Nocta Mi familia 5 Agoney Quiero arder 6 Blanca Paloma Eaea 7 José Otero Inviernos en marte 8 Vicco Nochentera Agoney took part in Operación Triunfo 2017. He became 5th.Blanca Paloma took part in Benidorm Fest 2022 and became 5th.

Norway selects: Melodi Grand Prix final

Tonight is the night Norway select it’s song. After three semifinals, it is time for the Melodi Grand Prix final. Out of 9 songs, the Norwegian Eurovision entrant will be chosen. The show starts at 19.50 and you can watch it here. These are the 9 songs: 1 Jone Ekko inni meg 2 Eline Thorp Not meant to be 3 Skrellex Love again 4 Ulrikke Brandstorp Honestly 5 Umami Tsunami Geronimo 6 Atle Pettersen Masterpiece 7 Swing’it Prohibition 8 Elsie Bay Love you in a dream 9 Alessandra Queen of kings Ulrikke took part in 2017 (4th) and 2020 (1st). However, in 2020 the festival was cancelled and her song “Attention” thus never reached the Eurovision stage.Atle Pettersen sang in the 2021 final.Elsie Bay took part in 2022, reached the 2nd round in the final.

Sweden: Melodifestivalen starts

The very popular Swedish national selection Melodifestivalen will start tonight. Seven songs will compete, two will head directly to the final while two other songs will go to the semifinal. The show starts at 20:00 and you can watch it here. The competing songs are: Tone Sekelius sings “Rythm of my show” Loulou Lamotte sings “Inga Sorger” Rejhan sings “Haunted” Elov & Beny sing “Raggen går” Victor Crone sings “Diamonds” Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos sing “Länge leve livet” Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods sing “Where you are (Sávežan)” Tone Sekelius became 5th last year.Loulou Lamotte is a member of The Mamas; she won Melodifestivalen 2020 with “Move”; due to the pandemic, The Mamas did not go to Eurovision. In 2021 the group became 3rd.Victor Crone took part in 2015 and reached the 2nd chance round, together with Behrang Miri. In 2020 he became 9th. In 2019 he represented Estonia with the song “Storm”.Eva Rydberg took part in 1977 and became 7th. As a duo, Eva Rydberg and Ewa Roos reached the 2021 2nd chance round.Jon Henrik Fjällgren became 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2017 and 4th in 2019.

Latvia: Supernova 2023 starts

Latvia will also start their national selection today: Supernova. The show will start at 20:00 and you can watch it here or with the lsvm.lv app. 14 songs will compete and 10 will head to the final. These are the songs: Artūrs Hatti sings “Love vibes” Alise Haijima sings “Tricky” Inspo sings “Sway” Toms Kalderauskis sings “When it all falls” Katrine Miller sings “Beaten down” Justs sings “Stranger” Adriana Miglāne sings “Like I wanna” 24. Avēnija sings “You said” Markus Riva sings “Forever” Avéi sings “Let me go” Patrisha sings “Hush” Raum sings “Fake love” Luīze sings “You told me” Sudden Lights sing “Aijā” Inspo took part in Supernova last year and became 8th.Toms Kalderauskis took part in the heats in 2017, in the semifinals in 2020 and in the online voting in 2022.Justs represented Latvia in 2016 with “Heartbeat”.Adriana Miglāne took part in 2019 and made it to the semifinal.Markus Riva took part in 2014 (11th), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (semifinal), 2017 (heats), 2018 (4th), 2019 (2nd), 2020 (semifinal) and 2022 (semifinal).Raum took part in 2019 (3rd with the band Double Faced Eels) and solo in 2022 (9th)Sudden Lights was the 2018 runner up.