Rotterdam 2020

Spanish entry released

Today, Spain revealed it’s Eurovision entry. It was already known that Blas Cantó wrote a song called “Universo”, but so far nobody knew how the song would sound…. until now. This morning at 10:00 CET, Blas presented his song via TikTok, the app that is very popular among youngsters. Below you will find the song. What do you think?

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And this ís the allocation draw!

Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)

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Today: semi final allocation draw

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv

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Nine contestants left in Israel!

Yesterday and today, Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion knew another round. The ten contestants competed in five duels.  The winner of each duel went directly to the next round, out of the five non-winners four could be saved by the juries. The results were: Eden Alene (79%) vs Raviv Kaner (85%) Ohad Shragai (73%) vs Lali Kolishkin (80%) Ella-Lee Lahav (59%) vs Gaya Shaki (83%) Eden Zohar Sivan (44%) vs Orr Amrani-Brockman (61%) Loai Ali (61%) vs Moran Aharoni (65%) The juries saved Eden Alene, Ohad Shragai, Ella-Lee Lahav and Loai Ali. That means Eden Zohar Sivan is out of the race. It’s not a surprise, as Eden was already saved in the previous round and had the lowest percentage in this round. Surprisingly, the support for Orr Amrani-Brockman, hot favourite who broke several records in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion , starts to fade. At this moment, we don’t have a clue who might win this and travel to Rotterdam. Eden Zohar Sivan  

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Malta has chosen: Karl and Celine are out!

Tonight was the night of the movie-theme in X-Factor Malta. Five of the contestants were through to the next final without any problem. Three of them were not: Karl Schembri received the lowest number of votes from the viewers. Therefore, he had to leave the X-Factor. Bloodline and Celine Agius  had to compete in a sing-off. After they sang, the jury had to vote, and with a 3-1 majority they sent Celine Agius home. Bloodline and the other five finalists will compete again next week.

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X-factor Malta: movie spectacular

Tonight we can watch a new episode of X-factor Malta. It starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The winner of X-factor Malta will, just like last year, represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight the theme the artists will perform with is ‘movie spectacular’. Eight artists will perform; the one getting the last place has to leave the contest anyway. The numbers 6 and 7 have to battle for a place in next week’s round. Tonight we will see these artists: Bloodline Celine Agius Destiny Chukunyere F.A.I.T.H. Justine Shorfid Karl Schembri Kyle Cutajar Yazmin & James The name of Destiny Chukunyere might sound familiar. She won the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest and entered the Eurovision stage last year as a backing vocal for Michela.    

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Lithuanian semifinal field complete

After tonight, we know all the songs competing in the two semifinals for Lithuania. Both the semifinals will contain 9 songs. Tonight, six new songs were chosen. They are the six names in bold: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire”  

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Israel: two singers are out of the race!

For two singers, participating in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion, it’s over. Surprisingly, Dorel Saadon did not survive last thursday’s battle. We only saw it now, Israeli tv decided to make it a cliffhanger, as it looked like it would end for Ohad Shragai. Today, the percentages of the singers were higher. With 76% of the voters behind her, which is not bad at all, Eden Zohar Sivan is out. Left in the race are now 9 contestants: Eden Alene Orr Amrani-Brockman Ohad Shragai Loai Ali Lali Kolishkin Raviv Kaner Moran Aharoni Gaya Shaki Ella-Lee Lahav One of these contestants will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

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Norwegian finalist known

Again, a finalist is known in Norway, the 3rd one. The two duels of tonight where: Alexandru vs Sie GubbaKristin Husøy vs Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich The final was between Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy, the latter won the contest.

Read More »

Norway, Lithuania and Israel continue

Three countries continue their national selection: Norway, Lithuania and Israel. You can choose one to watch…. or watch all of them! The first one is Norway on 19:50 CET. You can watch the 3rd semifinal here. Again, duels will decide which song will enter the final. The contestants tonight are: Alexandru Kristin Husøy Sie Gubba Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich Lithuania starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire” We saw Justina Žukauskaitė and  Lukas Bartaška  before in 2019,  Ruslanas Kirilkinas in 2010 and 2016,  and The Roop in 2018. Oh and let’s definitely not forget Aistė Pilvelytė. It’s her 11th attempt to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest!! 3rd and last for tonight is Israel. The show is a little bit more complicated. It starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. In this round every contestant will perform with the Idan Raichel Project. And yes, they can be familiar to you as they performed in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest as an interval act. Thursday, we saw the first round, but that one is not finished yet. So far, it looks like Ohad Shragai, who composed last year’s entry “Home” for Kobi Marimi, is out of the race. But Dorel Saadon still has to perform in the 1st round: if he gets less than 58% of the votes, he is out and Ohad is saved.For the 2nd show, the contestants are: Eden Zohar Sivan Ella-Lee Lahav Gaya Shaki Moran Aharoni Raviv Kaner The person with the lowest percentage, has to leave the show.

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Spanish entry released

Today, Spain revealed it’s Eurovision entry. It was already known that Blas Cantó wrote a song called “Universo”, but so far nobody knew how the song would sound…. until now. This morning at 10:00 CET, Blas presented his song via TikTok, the app that is very popular among youngsters. Below you will find the song. What do you think?

Read More »

And this ís the allocation draw!

Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)

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Today: semi final allocation draw

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv

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Nine contestants left in Israel!

Yesterday and today, Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion knew another round. The ten contestants competed in five duels.  The winner of each duel went directly to the next round, out of the five non-winners four could be saved by the juries. The results were: Eden Alene (79%) vs Raviv Kaner (85%) Ohad Shragai (73%) vs Lali Kolishkin (80%) Ella-Lee Lahav (59%) vs Gaya Shaki (83%) Eden Zohar Sivan (44%) vs Orr Amrani-Brockman (61%) Loai Ali (61%) vs Moran Aharoni (65%) The juries saved Eden Alene, Ohad Shragai, Ella-Lee Lahav and Loai Ali. That means Eden Zohar Sivan is out of the race. It’s not a surprise, as Eden was already saved in the previous round and had the lowest percentage in this round. Surprisingly, the support for Orr Amrani-Brockman, hot favourite who broke several records in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion , starts to fade. At this moment, we don’t have a clue who might win this and travel to Rotterdam. Eden Zohar Sivan  

Read More »

Malta has chosen: Karl and Celine are out!

Tonight was the night of the movie-theme in X-Factor Malta. Five of the contestants were through to the next final without any problem. Three of them were not: Karl Schembri received the lowest number of votes from the viewers. Therefore, he had to leave the X-Factor. Bloodline and Celine Agius  had to compete in a sing-off. After they sang, the jury had to vote, and with a 3-1 majority they sent Celine Agius home. Bloodline and the other five finalists will compete again next week.

Read More »

X-factor Malta: movie spectacular

Tonight we can watch a new episode of X-factor Malta. It starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The winner of X-factor Malta will, just like last year, represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight the theme the artists will perform with is ‘movie spectacular’. Eight artists will perform; the one getting the last place has to leave the contest anyway. The numbers 6 and 7 have to battle for a place in next week’s round. Tonight we will see these artists: Bloodline Celine Agius Destiny Chukunyere F.A.I.T.H. Justine Shorfid Karl Schembri Kyle Cutajar Yazmin & James The name of Destiny Chukunyere might sound familiar. She won the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest and entered the Eurovision stage last year as a backing vocal for Michela.    

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Lithuanian semifinal field complete

After tonight, we know all the songs competing in the two semifinals for Lithuania. Both the semifinals will contain 9 songs. Tonight, six new songs were chosen. They are the six names in bold: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire”  

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Israel: two singers are out of the race!

For two singers, participating in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion, it’s over. Surprisingly, Dorel Saadon did not survive last thursday’s battle. We only saw it now, Israeli tv decided to make it a cliffhanger, as it looked like it would end for Ohad Shragai. Today, the percentages of the singers were higher. With 76% of the voters behind her, which is not bad at all, Eden Zohar Sivan is out. Left in the race are now 9 contestants: Eden Alene Orr Amrani-Brockman Ohad Shragai Loai Ali Lali Kolishkin Raviv Kaner Moran Aharoni Gaya Shaki Ella-Lee Lahav One of these contestants will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

Read More »

Norwegian finalist known

Again, a finalist is known in Norway, the 3rd one. The two duels of tonight where: Alexandru vs Sie GubbaKristin Husøy vs Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich The final was between Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy, the latter won the contest.

Read More »

Norway, Lithuania and Israel continue

Three countries continue their national selection: Norway, Lithuania and Israel. You can choose one to watch…. or watch all of them! The first one is Norway on 19:50 CET. You can watch the 3rd semifinal here. Again, duels will decide which song will enter the final. The contestants tonight are: Alexandru Kristin Husøy Sie Gubba Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich Lithuania starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire” We saw Justina Žukauskaitė and  Lukas Bartaška  before in 2019,  Ruslanas Kirilkinas in 2010 and 2016,  and The Roop in 2018. Oh and let’s definitely not forget Aistė Pilvelytė. It’s her 11th attempt to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest!! 3rd and last for tonight is Israel. The show is a little bit more complicated. It starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. In this round every contestant will perform with the Idan Raichel Project. And yes, they can be familiar to you as they performed in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest as an interval act. Thursday, we saw the first round, but that one is not finished yet. So far, it looks like Ohad Shragai, who composed last year’s entry “Home” for Kobi Marimi, is out of the race. But Dorel Saadon still has to perform in the 1st round: if he gets less than 58% of the votes, he is out and Ohad is saved.For the 2nd show, the contestants are: Eden Zohar Sivan Ella-Lee Lahav Gaya Shaki Moran Aharoni Raviv Kaner The person with the lowest percentage, has to leave the show.

Read More »

Spanish entry released

Today, Spain revealed it’s Eurovision entry. It was already known that Blas Cantó wrote a song called “Universo”, but so far nobody knew how the song would sound…. until now. This morning at 10:00 CET, Blas presented his song via TikTok, the app that is very popular among youngsters. Below you will find the song. What do you think?

Read More »

And this ís the allocation draw!

Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)

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Today: semi final allocation draw

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv

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Nine contestants left in Israel!

Yesterday and today, Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion knew another round. The ten contestants competed in five duels.  The winner of each duel went directly to the next round, out of the five non-winners four could be saved by the juries. The results were: Eden Alene (79%) vs Raviv Kaner (85%) Ohad Shragai (73%) vs Lali Kolishkin (80%) Ella-Lee Lahav (59%) vs Gaya Shaki (83%) Eden Zohar Sivan (44%) vs Orr Amrani-Brockman (61%) Loai Ali (61%) vs Moran Aharoni (65%) The juries saved Eden Alene, Ohad Shragai, Ella-Lee Lahav and Loai Ali. That means Eden Zohar Sivan is out of the race. It’s not a surprise, as Eden was already saved in the previous round and had the lowest percentage in this round. Surprisingly, the support for Orr Amrani-Brockman, hot favourite who broke several records in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion , starts to fade. At this moment, we don’t have a clue who might win this and travel to Rotterdam. Eden Zohar Sivan  

Read More »

Malta has chosen: Karl and Celine are out!

Tonight was the night of the movie-theme in X-Factor Malta. Five of the contestants were through to the next final without any problem. Three of them were not: Karl Schembri received the lowest number of votes from the viewers. Therefore, he had to leave the X-Factor. Bloodline and Celine Agius  had to compete in a sing-off. After they sang, the jury had to vote, and with a 3-1 majority they sent Celine Agius home. Bloodline and the other five finalists will compete again next week.

Read More »

X-factor Malta: movie spectacular

Tonight we can watch a new episode of X-factor Malta. It starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The winner of X-factor Malta will, just like last year, represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight the theme the artists will perform with is ‘movie spectacular’. Eight artists will perform; the one getting the last place has to leave the contest anyway. The numbers 6 and 7 have to battle for a place in next week’s round. Tonight we will see these artists: Bloodline Celine Agius Destiny Chukunyere F.A.I.T.H. Justine Shorfid Karl Schembri Kyle Cutajar Yazmin & James The name of Destiny Chukunyere might sound familiar. She won the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest and entered the Eurovision stage last year as a backing vocal for Michela.    

Read More »

Lithuanian semifinal field complete

After tonight, we know all the songs competing in the two semifinals for Lithuania. Both the semifinals will contain 9 songs. Tonight, six new songs were chosen. They are the six names in bold: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire”  

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Israel: two singers are out of the race!

For two singers, participating in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion, it’s over. Surprisingly, Dorel Saadon did not survive last thursday’s battle. We only saw it now, Israeli tv decided to make it a cliffhanger, as it looked like it would end for Ohad Shragai. Today, the percentages of the singers were higher. With 76% of the voters behind her, which is not bad at all, Eden Zohar Sivan is out. Left in the race are now 9 contestants: Eden Alene Orr Amrani-Brockman Ohad Shragai Loai Ali Lali Kolishkin Raviv Kaner Moran Aharoni Gaya Shaki Ella-Lee Lahav One of these contestants will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

Read More »

Norwegian finalist known

Again, a finalist is known in Norway, the 3rd one. The two duels of tonight where: Alexandru vs Sie GubbaKristin Husøy vs Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich The final was between Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy, the latter won the contest.

Read More »

Norway, Lithuania and Israel continue

Three countries continue their national selection: Norway, Lithuania and Israel. You can choose one to watch…. or watch all of them! The first one is Norway on 19:50 CET. You can watch the 3rd semifinal here. Again, duels will decide which song will enter the final. The contestants tonight are: Alexandru Kristin Husøy Sie Gubba Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich Lithuania starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire” We saw Justina Žukauskaitė and  Lukas Bartaška  before in 2019,  Ruslanas Kirilkinas in 2010 and 2016,  and The Roop in 2018. Oh and let’s definitely not forget Aistė Pilvelytė. It’s her 11th attempt to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest!! 3rd and last for tonight is Israel. The show is a little bit more complicated. It starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. In this round every contestant will perform with the Idan Raichel Project. And yes, they can be familiar to you as they performed in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest as an interval act. Thursday, we saw the first round, but that one is not finished yet. So far, it looks like Ohad Shragai, who composed last year’s entry “Home” for Kobi Marimi, is out of the race. But Dorel Saadon still has to perform in the 1st round: if he gets less than 58% of the votes, he is out and Ohad is saved.For the 2nd show, the contestants are: Eden Zohar Sivan Ella-Lee Lahav Gaya Shaki Moran Aharoni Raviv Kaner The person with the lowest percentage, has to leave the show.

Read More »

Spanish entry released

Today, Spain revealed it’s Eurovision entry. It was already known that Blas Cantó wrote a song called “Universo”, but so far nobody knew how the song would sound…. until now. This morning at 10:00 CET, Blas presented his song via TikTok, the app that is very popular among youngsters. Below you will find the song. What do you think?

Read More »

And this ís the allocation draw!

Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1)

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Today: semi final allocation draw

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are

Read More »

Nine contestants left in Israel!

Yesterday and today, Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion knew another round. The ten contestants competed in five duels.  The winner of each duel went directly to the next round, out of the five non-winners four could be saved by the juries. The results were: Eden Alene (79%) vs Raviv Kaner (85%) Ohad Shragai (73%) vs Lali Kolishkin (80%) Ella-Lee Lahav (59%) vs Gaya Shaki (83%) Eden Zohar Sivan (44%) vs Orr Amrani-Brockman (61%) Loai Ali (61%) vs Moran Aharoni (65%) The juries saved Eden Alene, Ohad Shragai, Ella-Lee Lahav and Loai Ali. That means Eden Zohar Sivan is out of the race. It’s

Read More »

Malta has chosen: Karl and Celine are out!

Tonight was the night of the movie-theme in X-Factor Malta. Five of the contestants were through to the next final without any problem. Three of them were not: Karl Schembri received the lowest number of votes from the viewers. Therefore, he had to leave the X-Factor. Bloodline and Celine Agius  had to compete in a sing-off. After they sang, the jury had to vote, and with a 3-1 majority they sent Celine Agius home. Bloodline and the other five finalists will compete again next week.

Read More »

X-factor Malta: movie spectacular

Tonight we can watch a new episode of X-factor Malta. It starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The winner of X-factor Malta will, just like last year, represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight the theme the artists will perform with is ‘movie spectacular’. Eight artists will perform; the one getting the last place has to leave the contest anyway. The numbers 6 and 7 have to battle for a place in next week’s round. Tonight we will see these artists: Bloodline Celine Agius Destiny Chukunyere F.A.I.T.H. Justine Shorfid Karl Schembri Kyle Cutajar Yazmin & James

Read More »

Lithuanian semifinal field complete

After tonight, we know all the songs competing in the two semifinals for Lithuania. Both the semifinals will contain 9 songs. Tonight, six new songs were chosen. They are the six names in bold: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that change?” Evgenya Redko, “What about us” Ruslanas Kirilkinas, “Soldier’s heart” Nombeko Augustė, “Reikia man” Vitalijus Špokaitis, “Nemušk savęs” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Everlastingly” The roop, “On fire”  

Read More »

Israel: two singers are out of the race!

For two singers, participating in Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovizion, it’s over. Surprisingly, Dorel Saadon did not survive last thursday’s battle. We only saw it now, Israeli tv decided to make it a cliffhanger, as it looked like it would end for Ohad Shragai. Today, the percentages of the singers were higher. With 76% of the voters behind her, which is not bad at all, Eden Zohar Sivan is out. Left in the race are now 9 contestants: Eden Alene Orr Amrani-Brockman Ohad Shragai Loai Ali Lali Kolishkin Raviv Kaner Moran Aharoni Gaya Shaki Ella-Lee Lahav One of these contestants will represent Israel

Read More »

Norwegian finalist known

Again, a finalist is known in Norway, the 3rd one. The two duels of tonight where: Alexandru vs Sie GubbaKristin Husøy vs Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich The final was between Sie Gubba and Kristin Husøy, the latter won the contest.

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Norway, Lithuania and Israel continue

Three countries continue their national selection: Norway, Lithuania and Israel. You can choose one to watch…. or watch all of them! The first one is Norway on 19:50 CET. You can watch the 3rd semifinal here. Again, duels will decide which song will enter the final. The contestants tonight are: Alexandru Kristin Husøy Sie Gubba Thomas Løseth & Erika Norwich Lithuania starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: The Backs, “Fully” Bernardas, “Dad, don’t be mad at me” Justina Žukauskaitė, “Breathe in” Rokas Povilius, “Vilnius calling” KaYra, “Alligator” Lukas Bartaška, “Where is that

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