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🇩🇰 Saba Danish contestant for Malmö

Denmark selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö and its Saba with the song “Sand”. The song is written and composed by Jonas Thander, Melanie Wehbe and Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen. Denmark will perform in the first half of the second semifinal. Here is the full result of the contest: Saba, “Sand”, 37 pts. Basim, “Johnny”, 34 pts. Janus Wiberg, “I need your love”, 29 pts. The other contestants were: Stella, “Sign here” Chu Chu, “The chase (zoom zoom)” RoseeLu, “Real love” Ublu, “Planetary hearts” Aura Dione, “Mirrorball of hope”

🇲🇩 It’s Natalia Barbu for Moldova!

It’s Natalia Barbu for Moldova. won the national selection Etapa Națională. Out of 11 songs, “In the middle” was chosen to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the favourite of the jury. Televoters selected Valeria Pasha, but the vote of the jury counted more. The song is written by Khris Richards and Natalia herself and composed by Natalia. She will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. Here are the full results: Natalia Barbu, “In the middle”, 22 pts. Valeria Pasha, “Anti-princess”, 22 pts. Iulia Teleucă, “Runaway”, 16 pts. Cătălina Solomac, “Fever”, 14 pts. Viola Julea, “Light up!”, 9 pts. Reghina Alexandrina, “Contrasens”, 9 pts. Nicoleta Sava, “Bravo”, 8 pts. OL, “No time, no space”, 7 pts. Sasha Letty, “DNA”, 6 pts. Y-Limit, “Revolution”, 2 pts. Victor Gulick, “Fever”, 1 pts.

🇱🇹 Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT comes to an end

The final of Eurovizija.LT will be held tonight as well. Ten songs were chosen out of the semifinals, and they will compete in the final tonight. The show will be held in the Švyturys arena in Klaipėda. Starting at 20.00 CET, you can watch it here and on YouTube. Here you’ll find the participating songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Hero Aisté 2 Gaudė vėjai Žalvarinis 3 Be careful Pluie de Comètes 4 Luktelk Silvester Belt 5 Kaboom!! VB Gang 6 Time Il Senso 7 Impossible Shower 8 Unlove you starting tomorrow Monika Marija 9 Walk through fire Queens of Roses 10 Simple joy The Roop Justė Kraujelytė (Pluie de Comètes) participated in 2022 (6th) and 2023 (8th).Vidas Bareikis (VB Gang) took part in 2017 (heats) and 2018 (wildcard round).Il Senso was 9th in last year’s final.Monika Marija was 4th in 2018, 2nd in 2019 and 3rd in 2020.Queens of Roses reached the second chance round in 2017 and the heats in 2019.The Roop was supposed to represent Lithuania in 2020 with “On fire” and did so in 2021 with “Discoteque”. They were also 3rd in the 2018 national final.

🇩🇰 Will Basim return for Denmark?

Denmark will select their song tonight as well. Out of eight songs, a jury (50%) and the televoter (50%), will select the winner. First, they will select three songs for a superfinal and then we know the winner. The show, from DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Below, you’ll find the eight participants. nr Title Artist(s) 1 Sand Saba 2 Sign here Stella 3 The chase (zoom zoom) Chu Chu 4 Johnny Basim 5 Real love RoseeLu 6 Planetary hearts Ublu 7 I need your love Janus Wiberg 8 Mirrorball of hope Aura Dione Basim represented Denmark in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with “Cliché Love Song”. Aura Dione has had several international hits.

🇪🇪 Who will sing for Estonia?

The final of Eesti Laul, the Estonian final, will be held tonight. 10 songs will compete: 5 from the semifinal and 5, placed directly in the final. The show will be broadcast at 18:30 CET from the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn. You can watch it here and on YouTube. These are the 10 competing songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Bad boy Brother Apollo 2 Never growing up Carlos Ukareda 3 Hold me now Ewert and the Two Dragons 4 Serotoniin Anet Vaikmaa 5 My friend Ollie 6 Over the moon Daniel Levi 7 Still love Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray 8 Korra veel Peter Põder 9 (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi 5miinust & Puuluup 10 Käte ümber jää Nele-Liis Vaiksoo Carlos Ukareda took part in the 2023 semifinal.Ewert Sundja was 7th in 2004 and took part in this year’s semifinal with Cartoon.Ollie was the 2023 runner up.Daniel Levi was 2nd in 2015 and 9th in 2017.In 2020, Uudo Sepp reached the 10th place.Peter Põder reached the 2022 quarter final.

🇲🇩 Moldova selects their song

Etapa Națională 2024, the Moldovan national final, will be held. After an audition round, 11 songs are left to compete. The show starts at 18.00 CET from TRM Studio 1 in Chișinău. You can watch it here, on Facebook and Youtube. Here are the 11 songs: nr Title Artist(s) 1 Bravo Nicoleta Sava 2 Anti-princess Valeria Pasha 3 Contrasens Reghina Alexandrina 4 Light up! Viola Julea 5 No time no space OL 6 DNA Sasha Letty 7 In the middle Natalia Barbu 8 Revolution Y-Limit 9 Fever Cătălina Solomac 10 Fever Victor Gulick 11 Runaway Iulia Teleucă Nicoleta Sava was 7th in 2018.Viola Julea took part in 2022.OL reached a 6th place in 2023.In 2020, Sasha Letty was 14th.Natalia Barbu represented Moldova in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Fight”. In 2011 she was 2nd in the national selection. Y-Limit took part in the 2022 and 2023 audition round.Victor Gulick was 9th in 2023.

🇮🇸 Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin

Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin tonight. It is, already since 1986, the Icelandic national final. This year, 5 songs compete in each semifinal. Two of them go to the final, along with one wildcard. In the final, the songs can be sung in any language. In the semifinals, they have to be sung in Icelandic. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. Tonight´s contestants are: CeaseTone sings “Ró” Blankiflúr sings “Sjá þig” Anita sings “Stingum af” Sunna Kristinsdóttir sings “Fiðrildi” VÆB sings “Biómynd” None of the artists participated in Söngvakeppnin before.

🇸🇪 Third heat of Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, continues with a third heat. As Sweden is the host country, the winning song will go directly to the final. Two songs will go directly to the final, two other songs will go for ‘final qualification’, something that will be decided after the 5th heat. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here or on the SVT Play app. These are the competing songs: Jacqline sings “Effortless” Clara Klingenström sings “Aldrig mer” Kim Cesarion sings “Take my breath away” Klaudy sings “För dig” Gunilla Persson sings “I won’t shake (La La Gunilla)” Cazzi Opeia sings “Give my heart a break” Clara Klingenström was 5th in 2021.Cazzi Opeia was 9th in 2022.

🇩🇪 Isaak represents Germany in Malmö

Isaak won Das Deutsche Finale, the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. He will sing the song “Always on the run”, written and composed by Greg Taro, Isaak Guderian, Kevin Lehr and Leo Salminen. That is what the German audience and an international expert jury decided. Both agreed on Isaak’s victory. The full result of the contest is this: Isaak, “Always on the run”, 24 pts. Max Mutzke, “Forever strong”, 20 pts. Ryk, “Oh boy”, 13 pts. Bodine Monet, “Tears like rain”, 12 pts. Galant, “Katze”, 11 pts. Marie Reim, “Naiv”, 10 pts. Ninetynine, “Love on a budget”, 6 pts. Floryan, “Scars”, 3 pts. Leona, “Undream you”, 3 pts.

🇩🇪 Germany selects a song tonight

Tonight is the night of Das Deutsche Finale, the German final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs will compete from Studio Berlin Adlershof. The show will be hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. An international jury and televoters will select a song on a 50/50 base. The show starts at 22:05 CET. You can watch it here and here. These are the 9 entries: nr Title Artist 1 Love on a budget Ninetynine 2 Undream you Leona 3 Always on the run Isaak 4 Katze Galant 5 Scars Floryan 6 Tears like rain Bodine Monet 7 Oh boy Ryk 8 Naiv Marie Reim 9 Forever strong Max Mutzke Ryk was 3rd in the 2018 national final.Max Mutzke represented Germany in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Can’t wait until tonight”.