Groups

Voltaj

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts Members Călin GoiaGabriel ConstantinAdrian CristescuValeriu IonescuOliver Sterian Founded1982 Nationality🇷🇴 Romanian National SelectionSelecţia Naţională 2015 In Eurovision2015 Vienna SongDe la capăt (2015) Biography Voltaj was founded in 1982 in Bucharest with Horațiu Rad on bass, Nikki Dinescu on drums, Gabi Nacu on guitar, Cristi Minculescu on vocals, and Adrian Ilie on guitar. Their early sound leaned towards the heavier side of hard rock, making them one of the pioneering acts of traditional heavy metal in the Romanian music scene. During this period, the band went through numerous lineup changes, which eventually led to the formation of a second Voltaj known as Voltaj 88′. This lineup also released several albums in the 1990s. By the time of their debut album in 1996, “Pericol de Moarte,” only drummer Nikki Dinescu remained from the original lineup. The album, which also featured Tavi Colen Talisman on vocals, showcased their heavy metal style and remains their only record in that genre. In 1998, the two remaining members, bass player Vali Ionescu and guitarist Gabi Constantin, recruited a new lineup with Bobby Stoica on keyboards and Călin Goia as the new vocalist. With Goia’s vocals and creative input, the group quickly gained success and popularity. They transitioned to an electronic-influenced pop-rock sound with the release of their album “Risc Maxim 2.” In 2002, Oliver Sterian joined the band as the drummer. Voltaj went on to release numerous hit singles, including “20 ani,” “Albinuța,” “De mâine,” “De la capăt,” and “Doar pentru ea,” establishing themselves as one of the most well-known groups in Romania. They won the Best Romanian Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005. After winning Selecția Națională in 2015, they represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “De la capăt.” They advanced from the semi-finals and placed 15th in the final with 35 points. In 2016, a new album, “X”, was released. It contained several hits, like “Merci de box” and “De la capăt”. A third song, “Om”, became a hit in 2020. That was even after the release of the 2019 album “Ca La 20 De Ani”. Between December 3 and 5, 2021, Voltaj performed several concerts, both in Toronto and Montreal. During Christmas, they released “Anotimpuri” (Seasons), a collaboration with Vali Sterian, the late Romanian musician, singer, and composer known for his folk and rock music. The entire concert can be found on Voltaj’ Youtube Channel. On 1 June 2023, a new single was released: “Copile”. Entries De la Capăt Country🇷🇴 Romania Year2015 LanguageRomanianEnglish LyricsCălin GoiaGabriel ConstantinAdrian CristescuPăduraru Silviu-MarianAlstani Victor-RăzvanMonica-Ana StevensAndrei-Madalin Leonte MusicCălin GoiaGabriel ConstantinAdrian CristescuPăduraru Silviu-MarianAlstani Victor-Răzvan Backings– Results Semi Points: 89Position: 5Running order: 15 Results Finals Points: 35Position: 15Running order: 20 https://youtu.be/BGw0tUKOW7o

The Makemakes

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts MembersDominic ‘Dodo’ MuhrerMarkus ChristFlorian Meind Active2012-2020 Nationality🇦🇹 Austrian National SelectionWer Singt Für Österreich? 2015 In Eurovision2015 Vienna SongI Am Yours (2015) Biography The Makemakes were an Austrian rock music group consisting of Dominic “Dodo” Muhrer and musicians Florian Meindl and Markus Christ. The name is derived from the dwarf planet Makemake, which in turn was named after the creator deity Makemake in the culture of Easter Island. The band gained recognition in 2013 when they performed as the opening act for Bon Jovi. The band’s popularity was also fueled by a widely quoted rumor in the press that the group’s singer, Dodo Muhrer, could be an illegitimate son of actor Christoph Waltz. They were chosen as Austria’s candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Their song “I Am Yours” faced plagiarism allegations, claiming similarities to the song “The Scientist” by the British band Coldplay. An official examination concluded that no plagiarism had occurred. Their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Vienna on May 23, 2015, was not successful, as they received zero points. They finished last out of 27 participating countries. In reference to the successful Swedish winning song, The Makemakes released a satirical video titled “We are the Zeroes of our Time” on Facebook on the night of the contest. The video received over half a million views in a few days and was interpreted by the media as a fitting gesture. In response, German particpant Ann Sophie, inspired by The Makemakes, released her own version of the Austrian parody the following day. For the reimagined version of the song “Climb Every Mountain” from the musical The Sound Of Music, the US producer Humberto Gatica enlisted The Makemakes as duet partners for American Idol finalist Joshua Ledet. In 2017, they filmed the ServusTV documentary The Makemakes in Hollywood – In the Footsteps of The Sound of Music. In March 2018, The Makemakes released their official comeback single “Keep On Moving” in Austria, in which they claimed to return to their musical roots. In December, The Makemakes participated in the production of the third episode of the first season of “My Hit Your Song” on ProSieben. With their rock arrangements of the songs “Love Is All Around” and “Freedom” by DJ BoBo, they emerged as winners, earning a prize of 25,000 euros. The German audience responded positively to the band, who were relatively unknown in Germany at the time. In 2019, two singles of the band, “The Beach” and “Heyo”, became successes in the United Kingdom. In 2020, the band released their version of “Vivo Per Lei”. That was the last time The Makemakes released music together. Currently, Dodo Muhrer is using the social media of The Makemakes to publish his own music. Entries Song Title Country🇦🇹 Austria Year2015 LanguageEnglish LyricsJimmy HarryDominic MuhrerFlorian MeindlMarkus Chris MusicJimmy HarryDominic MuhrerFlorian MeindlMarkus Chris BackingsChris CorasHarald BaumgartnerRegina Mallinger Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 0Position: 26Running order: 14 https://youtu.be/-f993p0CAV8

Genealogy

© Ailura, Wikimedia Commons About Quick Facts MembersEssaï AltounianTamar KaprelianVahe TilbianStephanie TopalianMary-Jean O’Doherty BasmadijanInga Arshakyan Active2015 Nationality🇫🇷 French (Essaï)🇺🇸 American (Tamar)🇪🇹 Ethiopian (Vahe)🇯🇵 Japanese (Stephanie)🇦🇺 Australian (Mary-Jean)🇦🇲 Armenian (all members) National SelectionInternal selection 2015 In Eurovision2015 Vienna SongFace The Shadow (2015) Biography Genealogy, an Armenian supergroup, was formed with the purpose of representing Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The group consisted of six members, five of whom hailed from different continents as part of the Armenian diaspora. The dispersion of their families around the world was a result of the Armenian genocide in 1915. The five artists from the diaspora symbolized the five petals of the forget-me-not flower, which served as the official logo for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, commemorated in April 2015. The sixth member, based in Armenia, represented the center of the flower. Their entry for the contest was the song “Face the Shadow,” initially titled “Don’t Deny.” However, the organizers decided to change the title due to its political nature, as it alluded to the denial of the Armenian genocide. Genealogy represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 final, held on May 23, 2015, and secured the 16th position overall with a total of 34 points from eight countries, receiving the maximum 12 points from Georgia. The group comprised individuals from diverse backgrounds. The first member announced was Essaï Altounian, a French Armenian, on February 16, 2015. Tamar Kaprelian, an American-Armenian singer, was revealed as the second member on February 20, 2015. Vahe Tilbian, an Armenian-Ethiopian singer, became the third member, announced on February 23, 2015. Stephanie Topalian, a singer of Armenian-American-Japanese heritage residing in Japan, was introduced as the fourth member on February 27, 2015. Mary-Jean O’Doherty Basmadjian, an Australian opera singer of Armenian descent, joined as the fifth member, announced on March 3, 2015. Inga Arshakyan, who had previously represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 alongside her sister, Anush, completed the group as the sixth member. On April 28, 2015, during an audience with President Serzh Sargsyan, the five members from the Armenian diaspora (Kaprelian, O’Doherty Basmadjian, Tilbian, Altounian, and Topalian) were granted Armenian citizenship and received their Armenian passports. Inga Arshakyan already held Armenian citizenship at the time. Entries Face The Shadow Country🇦🇲 Armenia Year2015 LanguageEnglish LyricsInna Mkrtchyan MusicArmen Martirosyan Backings– Results Semi Points: 77Position: 7Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: 34Position: 16Running order: 6 https://youtu.be/Z6O8pr7HH94

Sanja Ilić & Balkanika

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersAleksandar RadulovićLjubomir DimitrijevićNevena StamenkovićDanica KrstićMladen LukićIva Banićević Founded2000 Nationality???????? Serbian National SelectionBeovizija 2018 In Eurovision2018 Lisbon SongNova deca (2018) Biography Aleksandar ‘Sanja’ Ilić (born in Belgrade, March 27, 1951) was a Serbian composer and architect. When he was 12 or 13, he wrote music based on a text by Dusko Radović performed by Dragan Laković. When he was 16, he sent his composition “Pesnik mira”, to Jugovizija, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was sung by Lola Novaković. As a young man, he performed in the group Vragolani, and then in the group San. In the seventies of the 20th century, he composed music for the anthem of the Yugoslav national soccer team. Ilić graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade in 1975. In 1976, he participated in Jugovizija again, the song “Bye, bye, bye” was performed by Bisera Veletanlić. Ilić’ song “Halo, halo” performed by the group Aska, represented Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest. His song “Princeza”, performed by Sladjana Milosević and Dado Topić, was a candidate in Jugovizija 1984. Aleksandar Ilić died on 7 March, 2021, of COVID19. On June 29, 2021, he was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Merit. The idea for creating the group Sanja Ilić & BALKANIKA certainly came from Sanja Ilić. He wanted to start thinking about some completely new music at a time when he thought that the musical milieu from the end of the nineties no longer suited him. He searched and inquired about young and talented musicians who play strange and already forgotten instruments and he found them. Kaval, džumbuš, tapan, darbuke, saz, ut, gadulka appear in the music of Balkanika. The first album was mostly made by Sanja in the home studio with the whistles of bombs in 1999. Sanja named it “Balkan 2000”. The album soon became the best-selling album of the country. Before the end of 1999, a decision was made by Serbian broadcaster RTS to do the first big television show after the bombing, with complete material from the album Balkan 2000. All the performers from the album participated in the show. Officially, the first concert of Balknika was held on June 26, 2000 at the Lent Festival in Maribor, Slovenia. That concert was probably a turning point in Sanja’s decision for the group to embark on a concert career. In 2001, Balkanika performed in Shanghai for the Shanghai International Art Festival. The concerts were preceded by promotions on Shanghai’s main television. In 2002, they went on a tour throughout Mexico. When coming back to Serbia, all the materials were arranged to a show called “Balkanika in …”. In 2005, Balkanika performed in Pakistan and in 2008 in Egypt with the mixed choir of the Cairo Opera. Balkanika gave more than 500 concerts on all continents. The style of Balkanika has not changed since 2000. The Balkans have always been the inspiration, but the approach to each new song has been enriched with new, modern sounds offered by new technologies. In 2006, a second album called “Balkan Concept” was released. The third album, “Ceeepaj” came in 20009. With the arrival of the famous musician Boris Krstajić in 2014, he made a sudden turn at the head of the BALKANIKA production team. A complete album in English called “Stand Up” was made. The orchestra is joined by a young but strong and very talented rhythm section and the excellent singer Mladen Lukić, who proved his qualities in X Factor. Three excellent female vocalists remained in the group, Nevena Paripović, Danica Krstić andMarija Paripović, who with their strong and solid ethno voices give a new dimension to the pop rock concept of the “new” Balkanika. After the songs for the album “Stand Up” were finished, the translations into Serbian started. One of the first translations was made for the song “Don’t cry”, which in Serbian translation is called “Za kraj”. In 2018, Balkanika won Beovizija and went to Lisbon for the Eurovision Song Contest as the Serbian representatives. In the grand final, they reached the 19th place. Also in 2018, the group received the first audience award and the first prize of the expert jury at the Ohrid Troubadours International Music Festival 2018. At the first international festival MAC Music Awards Ceremony held in January 2019 in the Belgrade Arena, the group received, probably the most prestigious music award in the region as the best ethno group, again with the song “Nova deca”. Entries Nova Deca Country???????? Serbia Year2018 LanguageSerbian LyricsSanja IlićTanja IlićDanica Krstić MusicSanja IlićTanja IlićDanica KrstićDarko Dimitrov Backings– Results Semi Points: 117Position: 9Running order: 3 Results Finals Points: 113Position: 19Running order: 10 https://youtu.be/WRQWQShbPHU

O.Torvald

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameYevhen HalychDenys MiziukOleksandr SolokhaMikita VasiljevMykola Rayda Founded2005 Nationality🇺🇦 Ukrainian National SelectionVidbir 2017 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv SongTime (2017) Biography O.Torvald is a Ukrainian rock band founded in 2005 in Poltava. The history of the band’s creation begins with Yevhen Halych’s childhood acquaintance with Denys Myzyuk (1994). The great desire of both to play rock and roll led to the appearance in 1999 of the band “Cool! Pedals”, which existed until 2005. On November 4, 2005, the band “O.Torvald” was founded. Yevgen Halych (vocals), Denis Myzyuk (guitar), Oleksandr Nechyporenko (guitar) and Ihor Odaryuk (changed trombone to bass guitar) joined the team. A drummer joined the team as well. Already in 5 months (2006), the musicians moved to Kyiv. They took part in competitive festivals, including GBOB, Chervona Ruta, Perlyny Sezonu and Tavriysʹki ihry. At the same time, the band recorded their songs, many of which remained in demo versions. At the end of 2007, at one of the Kyiv studios, O.torvald began recording its debut album. The CD, recorded on “Vesna Music”, under the name of “O.Torvald – 2008” was released in May 2008. The band released a video clip of the song “Ne zalyshay” as well. The band began to appear more and more often on television, radio and other mass media. The next video was shot not for a song from the album, but for the old track “Pochuttya”. At the beginning of 2009, the American director of Ukrainian origin, Alex Baev, offered the band members to shoot two video clips. He has long dreamed of creating a video for a band from Ukraine. It was decided to film a song from the album, “Kyiv-London” and a completely new track “Ne hruzy”. Work on clips lasted two months. Their final breakthrough came after the release of the second album “V tobi” in September 2011. O.Torvald presented the album in 30 cities of Ukraine during an autumn tour, which was called “V TOBI TOUR 2011”. With the arrival of a new drummer and bassist, the band sounded different. In February 2012, the musicians arranged an acoustic tour, during which they recorded all their performances. In April, the concert recordings refined in the studio were released as an acoustic album. At the same time, O.Torvald started to work on the third studio album. In the summer of 2012, the band played at 20 festivals, including Prosto Rock (with Linkin Park, Garbage), Krasze Mysto (with Evanescence, The Rasmus), Zahid, Ekolomyja (Poland). At the Global Gathering festival in July, the musicians together with DJ Tapolsky and VovKING presented a joint electronic-rock mini-album “Use Us”. In autumn, the release of the third studio album “Primate” was announced and a video clip for the song “Mr.DJ” was presented. The album was released on November 23. As part of the tour in support of it, the musicians played more than 20 concerts. In the fall of 2014, the group announced the release of the fifth album “Ty ye”. It was released on December 4, 2014. On February 25, 2017, the band O.Torvald won Ukrainian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest and thus represented (hostcountry) Ukraine. O.Torvald took 24th place in the Grand Final. At the beginning of 2018, Oleksandr Solokha left the band and moved to Poland. Vadym Kolisnychenko, who is also a drummer in the Skryabin band, joined the band. On March 13, 2018, the music video for the song “Likhtari” from the album “Bisaydy” was presented. On March 20, 2018, the band’s first major tour in Europe began. It covered cities in Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. On March 4, it was announced that Oleksandr Solokha had returned to the band. On April 18, 2019, the premieres of the songs and clips of the O.Torvald group “Dva Nulʹ Odyn Visim” and “Nazovni” took place, which ended the almost year-long creative break that began in 2018. On July 4, 2019, the premiere of the music video “Desʹ ne tut” from the new album “Diller Kaifu”, which was released on October 18, 2019[10] took place. On May 28, 2020, drummer Anastasia Sereda announced that she was leaving the band. With the new drummer Dmitriy Dram, the Diller Kaifu tour took place in October and November of that year. Also in october, as the band excisted 15 years, their road movie “99 druziv halycha” was released and can be found on YouTube. In September 2021, the band released a new song, “Netu vnutry”. In december 2022, O.Torvald also made a tour; a charity tour. They collected money for the army unit in which one of the band members was fighting. Entries Time Country🇺🇦 Ukraine Year2017 LanguageEnglish LyricsYevhen KamenchukYevhen Halych MusicYevhen KamenchukYevhen Halych BackingsDasha Mineyeva Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 36Position: 24Running order: 22 https://youtu.be/mogNLkIEI0k

Sunstroke Project

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersAnton RagozaSerghei StepanovSerghei Ialoviţki Founded2007 Nationality🇲🇩 Moldovan National SelectionEtapa națională 2023O Melodie Pentru Europa 2017O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015O Melodie Pentru Europa 2010Moldovan National Final 2009 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv2010 Oslo SongHey Mamma! (2017)Run Away (2010, with Olia Tira) Biography SunStroke Project was formed in 2007 by 2 young men from Tiraspol who were doing their military service. Initially it consisted of violinist Anton Ragoza and saxophonist Serghei Stepanov. Anton Ragoza entered the music school at the age of 14. He finished highschool but did not get any higher education, because Anton soon left college and joined the army, where he played in the orchestra. In the army he met the saxophonist Sergei Stepanov. After getting to know each other, the idea of creating a musical band appeared, and its name came about as a result of a funny situation. One summer when the soldiers were doing some work in the fields, the young blond Anton Ragoza got heatstroke, from which he got the name “SunStroke”. After the military service, the band SunStroke Project, together with soloist Pasha Parfeni, played in clubs, especially in Tiraspol and Odesa. Once in Odessa they met MC Mîslic who suggested them to come to Chisinau and try their hand at the Moldovan market. The band easily conquered the Moldovan public, already in 2009 taking the 3rd place in the national preselection for Eurovision with the song “No Crime”. After the departure of Pasha Parfeni from the band, he was replaced by Serghei Ialovițchii from Chisinau, with whom SunStroke Project won the national preselection for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, together with Olia Tira. The group reached the final and became 22nd there. With the virtuoso performance of the band’s saxophonist (Sergei Stepanov) at Eurovision, he became an internet phenomenon called “Epic Sax Guy”. Remixed clips of his performance have garnered millions of views on YouTube. Several versions of “10 Hours of Epic Sax Guy” have also been created, with the first two most popular of them accumulating 16 million and 10 million views respectively. In 2012, Olia Tira and Sunstroke Project submitted a song to the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. However, the song, “Superman” was not selected. In 2013, the band performed a song in Romanian for the first time, “Ce Bine Imi Pare”. For this song, they teamed up with the Alex Calancea Band. In the same year, the song “Walking in the rain” took the 1st place on the Radio Record chart and became the anthem of the Parapaparam KVN team of MGIMO Moscow. In the same year, a video was shot for the song “Amor”, which was released in English and Spanish. In 2015, Sunstroke Project took part in the national finalof the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song “Day After Day”, but took 3rd place in the final. In August of the same year, the Sunstroke project opened their music label Ragoza Music and released a new song “Not Giving It Up”. In February 2017, they won the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song “Hey, Mamma!”. In the final of the competition, they took 3rd place, which was the best result of Moldova at that time. Upon the return of the team to Moldova, the President of the country presented the highest state awards of Moldova to the members of the group – the Order of Honor, and their producer Dmitry Sergeev – the medal “Civil Merit”. In 2018, the band teamed up with the Swiss group Timebelle to record the song “Tocame”. In February 2019, the founder and violinist Anton Ragoza left the band. Their first recording as a duo was the song “Boomerang”, followed by “Mango”. Although the band released new music, due to COVID19 the new video, containing the song “Pepperoni”, was only released in November 2020. In April 2021, a song in Russian came out, “Beloye”, followed in December by “Netflix & chill”. In 2022, Sunstroke Project had an international tour called the Epic Sunstroke Project Euro Tour. They went to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Turin and Warsaw, mostly for Eurovision related performances. In 2023, the band participated once again in the Moldovan national final with the song “Yummy Mommy” and placed second Entries Hey Mamma! Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2017 LanguageEnglish LyricsAlina Galeţcaia MusicAnton RagozaSerghei StepanovSerghei IaloviţkiMihail Cebotarenco BackingsCatarina SanduDana MarkitanHelena Abegaz Results Semi Points: 291Position: 2Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: 374Position: 3Running order: 7 https://youtu.be/SWaQdHoCvYk Run Away (with Olia Tira) Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2010 LanguageEnglish LyricsAlina Galeţcaia MusicAnton RagozaSerghei Stepanov BackingsMaxim VadovVadim Tsurkanunknown dancer Results Semi Points: 52Position: 10Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: 27Position: 22Running order: 4 https://youtu.be/pHXDMe6QV-U

Carousel

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersSabīne ŽugaMārcis VasiļevskisMareks LoginsStaņislavs Judins Active2015 – 2022 Nationality???????? Latvian National SelectionSupernova 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongThat Night (2019) Biography Carousel is a Latvian duo consisting of founding members Sabīne Žuga and Mārcis Vasiļevskis. They began their collaboration in 2015 under the name Žu Duo. Under their new name Carousel they participated in the 2018 concert show Pasaka ziemā. In 2019, Carousel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with the song “That night”. Staņislavs Judins (double bass) and Mareks Logins (drums) joined Carousel for the occasion. On June 15 of the same year, the group released their first mini album “Sketches of sleepless nights”. The group was nominated to win a Zelta mikrofonā (Golden Microphone) in the same year. Carousel stopped performing in 2022; Sabīne Žuga released a single in April 2022 under the name Muuna: “Dark valley”. Entries That Night Country???????? Latvian Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsSabīne Žuga MusicMārcis VasiļevskisAleksandrs Volks BackingsZane Biķe-SlišāneAnnemarija Moiseja Results Semi Points: 50Position: 15Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/NCtKU3m3R-8

Tulia

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersTulia BiczakDominika SiepkaPatrycja NowickaJoanna Sinkiewicz Founded2017 Nationality???????? Polish National SelectionInternal selection 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongFire of Love (Pali się) (2019) Biography Tulia is a Polish music band, founded in Szczecin in 2017. In October 2017, they recorded and published their version of Depeche Mode’s hit “Enjoy the Silence”, In February 2018, they released an official music video for “Enjoy the Silence”, which soon after its premiere received over 3.5 million views on YouTube . In the same month, they published a music video for a cover of Dawid Podsiadło’s song “Nieznajomy”, which reached over 10 million views on YouTube. On May 25, 2018, they released their debut studio album, simply called “Tulia”, which featured covers of songs by Polish artists and two original compositions; they published five additional songs on the extended version of the album, including covers of songs by Depeche Mode and Metallica. The album obtained the platinum status, selling in more than 30,000 copies. copies. They performed the song “Jeszcze Cię nie ma” during the “Premiery” concert as part of the 55th National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, where they won three awards: the jury and audience award and a special award from ZAiKS, the society of authors in Poland. In November 2018, they released a re-edition of their debut album, enriched with five original songs, among others “Pali się”. On February 15, 2019, they were announced as representatives of Poland in the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, where they performed the song “Fire of Love (Pali się)”. Even before participating in the competition, they received the “Fryderyk” Phonographic Academy Award for their phonographic debut of the year. The group reached the 11th place in the first semifinal. On August 1, Joanna Sinkiewicz left the team, explaining the decision with health issues. In the same month, the other singers performed at the Pol’and’Rock Festival. In May 2021, they released their second studio album entitled “Półmrok”, which was promoted by the singles: “Rzeka”, “Burza”, “Marcowy” and “Przepięknie”. In November 2021, they released a Christmas album entitled “Nim gwiazda zgaśnie”. Entries Song Title Country???????? Poland Year2019 LanguagePolishEnglish LyricsSonia KrasnyAllan RichJud Friedmann MusicNadia Dalin Backings– Results Semi Points: 120Position: 11Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/IEu0F5uobVo

D Mol

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersTamara VujačićMirela LjumićŽeljko VukčevićIvana ObradovićEmel FrancaRizo Feratović Active2018 – 2019 Nationality???????? Montenegrin National SelectionMontevizija 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongHeaven (2019) Biography The group’s name was originally spelled D-Moll but in early March 2019 it was confirmed as D mol. The group excists of Tamara Vujačić (5 august 2002), Mirela Ljumić (12 march 2001), Željko Vukčević (8 january 2000), all born in Podgorica, Ivana Obradović (21 february 2000), Emel Franca (12 august 2000), born in Bijelo Polje and Rizo Feratović (15 november 1997), born in Dragaš, Kosovo. They all were students at the singing school of Danijel Alibabić (former member of No Name), who decided to form the group. The six were chosen through auditions. The group the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest and thus represented their country with the song “Heaven”. However, they did not reach the final at the contest in Tel Aviv. After the contest, they released a second single, “21.Maj”. In september 2019, it was announced that there was going to be an audition for new members of D Mol. After that, it remained silent around the group. The former members now all have their solo careers. Entries Heaven Country???????? Montenegro Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsAdis Eminić MusicDejan Božović Backings– Results Semi Points: 46Position: 16Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/oV200JAouTc

Hatari

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts MembersKlemens HanniganMatthías HaraldssonEinar Stefánsson Founded2015 Nationality???????? Iceland National SelectionSöngvakeppnin 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongHatrið mun sigra Biography Hatari is an Icelandic techno, industrial and punk rock band from Reykjavík. Their public image incorporates elements of anti-capitalism and BDSM-inspired attire. Hatari was founded in 2015 by Klemens Hannigan and Matthías Haraldsson. Einar Stefánsson joined later. Their first public appearance was at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in 2016, where they also performed two years later. They released their first EP “Neysluvara” in 2017. At Easter 2018, the band organized an event, which they called the Doomsday Festival. In December 2018 they released their third single “Spillingardans”. At the same time as the song was released, they announced the end of Hatari because they had not achieved their goal of overthrowing capitalism. However, the band did not end at all.In 2019, they won Söngvakepnnin, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Hatrið mun sigra”. After their victory in Iceland, they said in interviews that they wanted to use the participation to protest against Israeli politics. The band qualified for the final on may 16. When the hosts announced the points to the band from the audience, they showed banners with the Palestinian flag to protest against the Israeli occupation and the ongoing state of war. However, this political message violated the rule of political neutrality. The EBU announced that it would investigate the procedure in more detail. In the end, the Icelandic TV station RÚV, was sentenced by the EBU to pay a fine of €5,000.After Eurovision, the band released a music video for the song “Klefi / Samed”, which was shot in Jericho. The song was a collaboration with the Palestinian musician Bashar Murad. Hatari´s debut album “Neyslutrans” was released in early 2020, when their Europe Will Crumble tour started. Unfortunately, due to COVID19, they had to quit the tour. In 2021, they had a new tour, Dance or Die. Entries Hatrið Mun Sigra Country???????? Iceland Year2019 LanguageIcelandic LyricsEinar StefánssonKlemens HanniganMatthías Haraldsson MusicEinar StefánssonKlemens HanniganMatthías Haraldsson BackingsÁstrós GuðjónsdóttirSólbjört SigurðardóttirSigurður Andrean Sigurgeirsson Results Semi Points: 221Position: 3Running order: 13 Results Finals Points: 232Position: 10Running order: 17 https://youtu.be/kTb69WkBbvs