Eurovision 2022

photo: EBU Marius Bear will sing for Switzerland. The title of the song is “Boys do cry”. That is officially announced today. 28-years old Marius, who originates from Appenzell will sing in the first half of the first semifinal.  Marius Bear makes music professionally since 2016. He studied music in the UK but had his real breakthrough in 2019, when his debut album “Not loud enough” reached the Swiss top-20.

Tonight, the second episode of Festival da Canção 2022, the Portuguese national selection, will take place. The show will start at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: Os Azeitonas, “Solta a voz e canta” Cubita, “Uma mensagem tua” Inês Homem de Melo, “Fome de viagem” Syro, “Ainda nos temos” Pepperoni Passion, “Código 30” Milhanas, “Corpo de mulher” O Vampiro Submarino, “Ao lado de mim” Jonas, “Pontas soltas” Blacci, “Mar no fim” Pongo & Tristany, “Dégra.dê”

After two semifinals and a final, it’s gonna be Konstrakta for Serbia. The song “In corpore sano” was written and composed by Ana Đurić and Milovan Bošković. . Serbia will sing in the 1st half of the 2nd semifinal. The full result of the contest is: Konstrakta, “In corpore sano”, 24 pts. Sara Jo, “Muškarčina“, 20 pts. Zorja, “Zorja”, 16 pts. Angellina, “Origami”, 10 pts. Aca Lukas, “Oskar”, 7 pts. Zoe Kida, “Bejbi”, 7 pts. Lift, “Drama”, 6 pts. Marija Mikić, “Ljubav me inspiriše“, 6 pts. Ana Stanić, “Ljubav bez dodira“, 6 pts. Chegi & Braća Bluz Band, “Devojko sa plamenom u očima”, 5 pts. Tijana Dapčević, “”Ljubi, ljubi doveka“, 4 pts. Ivona, “Znam”, 3 pts. Gift, “Haos”, 1 pts Zejna Murkić, “Nema te”, 1 pt. Naiva, “Skidam”, 0 pts. Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića, “”Anđele moj“, 0 pts. Gramophonedzie, “Počinjem da ludim“, 0 pts. Biber, “Dve godine i šes’ dana“, 0 pts.

“C’est vous qui décidez”, that was the title of the French selection. And France decided. Alvan & Ahez will represent the country with the song “Fulenn” written and composed by Marine Lavigne and Alvan Morvan Rosius. France will go directly to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. The full result of the contest is: Alvan & Ahez, “Fulenn” (finalist) Cyprien Zeni, “Ma famille” (wildcard finalist) Elia, “Téléphone” Elliott, “La tempête” (finalist) Hélène in Paris, “Paris mon amour” Joan, “Madame” Joanna, “Navigateure” Julia, “Chut” Marius, “Les chansons d’amour” (finalist) Pauline Chagne, “Nuit Pauline” (finalist) Saam, “Il est où?” SOA, “Seule” (finalist) Superfinal: Alvan & Ahez, “Fulenn”, 222 pts. Pauline Chagne, “Nuit Pauline”, 172 pts. SOA, “Seule”, 140 pts. Marius, “Les chansons d’amour”, 120 pts. Cyprien Zeni, “Ma famille”, 94 pts. Elliott, “La tempête”, 92 pts.

Tonight, WRS is chosen to represent Romania in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. The song “Llámame”  is written and composed by Andrei Ursu, Cezar Gună and Alexandru Turcu. Romania will perform in the 2nd half of the 2nd semifinal in Turin. The full result of the contest is: WRS, “Llámame” Kyrie Mendél, “Hurricane” Dora Gaitanovici, “Ana” The other songs were not placed: Gabriel Basco, “One night” Andrei Petruș, “Take me” Cream, Minodora and Diana Bucșa, “România mea“ Vanu, “Never give up” Møise, “Guilty” Alex Parker & Bastien, “All is love” Petra, “Ireligios”

After two days of semifinals, Pesma za Evroviziju ’22, the Serbian national final, comes to an end. 18 songs will compete for the ticket to Turin. The show starts at 21.05 CET and you can watch it on Youtube. The contestants are: 1 Skidam Naiva 2 Anđele moj Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića 3 Haos Gift 4 Nema te Zejna Murkić 5 Ljubi svog čoveka Tijana Dapčević 6 Drama Lift 7 Pošinjem da ludim Gramophonedzie 8 Zorja Zorja 9 Oskar Aca Lukas 10 Bejbi Zoe Kida 11 Muškarčina (Zabranjeno voće) Sara Jo 12 Put bez povratka Ana Stanić 13 Dve godine i šes’ dana Biber 14 Origami Angellina 15 Devojko sa plamenom u očima Chegi & Braća Bluz Band 16 Znam Ivona 17 Ljubav me inspiriše Marija Mikić 18 In corpore sano Konstrakta   Naiva was the runner up in the 2020 preselection.Zoe Kida became 8th in the 2008 national selection.Tijana Dapčević represented North-Macedonia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. She also took part in the preselection in Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.Lift was 11th in 2020.Biber was 4th in 2018.    

The French national final is called “C’est vous qui décidez” (It’s you who decides). Twelve songs will compete, 6 songs will enter a superfinal. The show starts at 21.05 CET and you can watch it here.  These are the contestants: * Fulenn Alvan & Ahez * Ma famille Cyprien Zeni * Téléphone Elia * La tempête Elliott * Paris mon amour Hélène In Paris * Madame Joan * Navigateure Joanna * Chut Julia * Les chansons d’amour Marius * Nuit Pauline Pauline Chagne * Il est où? Saam * Seule SOA Joanna participated in the 2014 national selection.

Tonight will be the night of the Romanian preselection Selecția Națională 2022. The show will start at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here or on Youtube. Ten songs will compete and a jury will make the final decision. There will also be televoting, but it doesn’t count in the final results. The 10 contestants are: 1 Take me Andrei Petruş 2 All this love Alex Parker & Bastien 3 One night Gabriel Basco 4 Never give up Vanu 5 Ireligios Petra 6 Guilty Møise 7 România mea Cream, Minodora & Diana Bucşă 8 Hurricane Kyrie Mendél 9 Ana Dora Gaitanovici 10 Llámame WRS Dora Gaitanovici became 6th in the 2018 national selection.