Eurovision 2023

Switzerland: Remo Forrer to sing “Watergun”

(Photo by Lukas Mäder/SRF) It was already revealed that Remo Forrer was going to represent Switzerland. Today, at 12:00 CET, the song was revealed. Remo is especially known as the winner of The Voice Of Switzerland 2020. On 20 February of this year, it was announced that he will represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest. Now we know that the song is titled “Watergun”. Switzerland will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. Do you like the song? You can watch the video here.

Portugal: results Festival da Canção are in

The results of the 2nd Festival da Canção semifinal are in. Another six songs head to the final, five chosen by the public and one by a jury. You will find the winning songs below in bold: Edmundo Inácio, “A festa” The Happy Mess, “O impossível” Teresinha Landeiro, “Equanto é tempo” Bandua, “Bandeiras” Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight” Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo” Ivandro, “Povo” Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy” Lara Li, “Funâmbula” Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”

Luke Black represents Serbia

Luke Black is going to represent Serbia in Liverpool. The song is called “Samo mi se spava” and it is written and composed by the singer himself. Expectations where and are high after the success of Konstrakta (5th place) last year. Serbia will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. Below you’ll find the full result of the national selection: Luke Black, “Samo mi se spava”, 20 pts. Princ, “Cvet sa istoka”, 18 pts. Nađa, “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši”, 18 pts. Filip Baloš, “Novi plan, drugi san”, 15 pts. Dzipsii, “Greh”, 13 pts. Stefan Shy, “Od jastuka do jastuka”, 11 pts. Zejna, “Rumba”, 6 pts. Nadia, “Devojka tvog dečka”, 4 pts. Gift, “Liberta”, 4 pts. Chegi & Braća Bluz Band, “Svadba ili kagba”, 3 pts. Empathy Soul Project, “Indigo”, 3 pts. Hurricane, “Zumi, zimi, zami”, 1 pt. Boris Subotić, “Nedostupan”, 0 pts. Duo Grand, “Viva la vida”, 0 pts. Frajile, “Neka, neka”, 0 pts. Filarri, “Posle mene”, 0 pts. And this is the song:

It’s Diljá for Iceland

Diljá will represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The singer will sing the song “Power”, written and composed by Dilja Pétursdóttir herself together with Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson. Iceland will perform in the 1st half of the 1st semifinal. Out of the 5 participating songs, two were chosen for the superfinal. They were: Langi Seli & Skuggarnir, “OK” Diljá, “Power” The other participating songs were: Sigga Ozk, “Dancing lonely” Bragi, “Sometimes the world is against you” Celebs, “Doomsday dance” You can watch the song below:

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 Semi Final results

Today the Semi Final of the Swedish national final Melodifestivalen has taken place. Since heat 1 there have been two songs advancing direct to the final, and two songs to the Semi Final. There were eight songs competing against each other. Almost every qualifier has competed in Melodifestivalen before. The qualifiers were the duo Nordmann (Melodifestivalen 2008), Theoz (Melodifestivalen 2022), Mariette (Melodifestivalen 2020), and newcomer Kiana. These are the full results

Pasha Parfeny will return to the contest for Moldova

Pasha Parfeny won Etapa Națională, the Moldovan national final. He will therefore represent Moldova in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. The song is called “Soarele şi luna”and was written by Iuliana Parfeni and composed by Pasha himself and Andrei Vulpe. It is not the first time represents Moldova. did it before in and became. Moldova will sing in the second half of the first semifinal. Here are the full results: Pasha Parfeny, “Soarele şi luna”, 24 pts. Sunstroke Project, “Yummy mommy”, 18 pts. Aliona Moon, “Du-mă”, 17 pts. Surrorile Oroianu, “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”, 15 pts. Donia, “Red zone”, 11 pts. OL, “Why you play it cool”, 7 pts. Corina Ivanov, “When love is real”, 7 pts. Cosmina, “Indestructible”, 7 pts. Victor Gulick, “Let’s dance”, 5 pts. Nördika, “Damn and down”, 5 pt. Here you’ll find the video of the live performance:

Serbia: Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 will have it’s final

Tonight Serbia will also select a song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Through the national final Pesma za Evroviziju, which contains 16 songs, a 50/50 jury/televoting jury will select the song. The show starts at 21:05 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. You will find the entries below: 1 Stefan Shy Od jastuka do jastuka 2 Boris Subotić Nedostupan 3 Nadia Devojka tvog dečka 4 Duo Grand Viva la vida 5 Nađa Moj prvi ožiljak na duši 6 Frajle Neka, neka 7 Hurricane Zumi Zimi Zami 8 Chegi & Braća Bluz Band Svadba ili kavga 9 Dzipsii Greh 10 Luke Black Samo mi se spava 11 Filip Baloš Novi plan, drugi san 12 Princ Cvet sa istoka 13 Filarri Posle mene 14 Gift Liberta 15 Empathy Soul Project Indigo 16 Zejna Rumba Boris Subotić was 10th in last year’s semifinal.Hurricane won the 2020 national final with “Hasta la vista”. Due to COVID19 the festival was cancelled and Hurricane got a 2nd chance with “Loco Loco” in 2021. Note that the girls are not the girls of the original group, but new singers.Chegi & Braća Bluz Band were 10th in last year’s final.Gift became 13th last year.Zejna took part in last year’s national final and became 14th.

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin final to be held

Iceland will select their entry tonight through the Söngvakepnnin final. Five songs from the two semifinals will be sung. The rule for the semifinal was that all of them should be sung in Icelandic. For now, they will all be sung in a language of choice. However, this year at least four of the songs are in English. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: 1 Sigga Ozk Dancing lonely 2 Bragi Sometimes the world is against you 3 Celebs Doomsday dancing 4 Diljá Power 5 Langi Seli & Skuggarnir OK None of the participants has ever taken part in Söngvakeppnin before.

Moldova selects a song

Tonight Moldova will select an entry. Will it be one of the returning artists we see back in Liverpool? Ten songs will compete in Etapa Națională. The show starts at 18:00 CET and you can watch it here, on YouTube and on Facebook. These are the participants: 1 Donia Red zone 2 OL Why you play it cool 3 Victor Gulick Let’s dance 4 Surrorile Osoianu Bade, bădişor, bădiţă 5 Cosmina Indestructible 6 Nördika Damn and down 7 Aliona Moon Du-mă 8 Sunstroke Project Yummy mommy 9 Pasha Parfeny Soarele şi luna 10 Corina Ivanov When love’s real Surorile Osoianutook part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Sunstroke Projectrepresented 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).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).

Portugal: Festival Da Canção has it’s 2nd semifinal

Portugal continues the national final Festival Da Canção tonight. The tradition is that there will be two semifinals and a final. Every semifinal contains 10 songs, the final will have 12. That means that from tonight’s semifinal, five songs will go through to the final via televoting, one chosen by an expert jury. The show will be broadcast on 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. These are the participating songs: Edmundo Inácio, “A festa” The Happy Mess, “O impossível” Teresinha Landeiro, “Equanto é tempo” Bandua, “Bandeiras” Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight” Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo” Ivandro, “Povo” Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy” Lara Li, “Funâmbula” Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento” Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.Lara Li took part in 1980 (semifinal) and 1986 (final).