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Romania: Selecția Națională will take place

Romania will have a national selection tonight. The show contains 12 songs. The winner will be chosen by 100% televote/online voting. The show will start at 19:30 CET and you can watch it here. These are the songs and singers: 1 Deiona Call on me 2 Andrada Popa No time for me 3 Ocean Drive Take you home 4 Amia Puppet 5 Andrei Duţu Statues 6 Theodor Andrei D.G.T. (Off and on) 7 Steven Roho, Gabriela Lazar & Formaţia Albatros Lele 8 Aledaida Bla bla bla 9 Adriana Moraru Faraleis 10 Maryliss Hai vino 11 Jaxman Bad & Cool 12 Andreea D Folclor Orchestra Periniţa mea None of the artists participating ever took part in a national selection before.

Estonia decides tonight

Tonight is the night: Estonia will make a decision about who is going to Liverpool. Out of 10 songs, 5 will be chosen to go to the final: four of them by a 50/50 jury-televoting. After that, one more song will be chosen by televoting only. The show will be aired on ETV at 18:30 CET and you can watch it here. The contestants are: 1 Meelik Tuju 2 Inger Awaiting you 3 Janek House of glass 4 Elysa Bad philosophy 5 M Els So good (at what you do) 6 The Bedwetters Monsters 7 Andreas Why do you love me? 8 Alika Bridges 9 Anett & Fredi You need to move on 10 Ollie Venom 11 MIA Üks samm korraga 12 Sissi Lighthouse Meelik was a member of Tenfold Rabbit, who took part in 2012 (3rd) and 2013 (semifinal)Inger became 6th in Eesti Laul in 2019 and 8th in 2020.Elysa was 3rd in Eesti Laul last year.Karl-Kristjan Kingi (The Bedwetters) took part in 2017 (4th) and 2018 (5th)Annett & Fredi took part in 2020 and became 3rd.Mia took part in the semifinal of Eesti Laul 2012Sissi was present in 2019 (4th) and 2021 (2nd).

Sweden: Melodifestivalen has it’s 2nd heat

The very popular Swedish national selection Melodifestivalen will have it’s 2nd heat tonight. Seven songs will compete, two will head directly to the final while two other songs will go to the semifinal. The show starts at 20:00 and you can watch it here. The competing songs are: Wiktoria sings “All my life (where have you been)” Eden sings “Comfortable” Uje Brandelius sings “The pot” Panetoz sings “On my way” Tennessee Tears sings “Now I know” Maria Sur sings “Never give up” Theoz sings “Mer av deg” Wiktoria was 4th in 2016, 6th in 2017 and 6th in 2019.Panetoz became 9th in 2014 and 8th in 2016.Theoz became 7th last year.

Malta: semifinal results are in

The results of the Maltese semifinal are in. 24 songs have been reduced to 16. Here you’ll find all the finalists in bold letters: Greta Tude sings “Sound of my stilettos” Fabrizio Faniello sings “Try to be better” Eliana Gomez Blanco sings “Guess what” Andre’ sings “Broken hill” Dan sings “It’ll be OK” Ian sings “On my own” Ryan Hili sings “In the silence” Mark Anthony Bartolo sings “Tears” Cheryl sings “La la land” Dario Bezzina sings “Bridle road” Nathan sings “Creeping walls” Chris Grech sings “Indescribable” Brooke sings “Checkmate” Christian Arding sings “Eku Ċar” Klinsmann sings “Piranha” Bradley Debono sings “Blackout” Geo Debono sings “The mirror” The Busker sings “Dance (our own party)” Maxine Pace sings “Alone” Dominic & Anna sing “Whatever wind may blow” Giada sings “I depend on you” Stefan Galea sings “Heartbreaker” Mikhail sings “Leħen Fiċ-Ċpar” Matt Blxck sings “Up” The final will be held this Saturday.

Malta: last step before the final

After the quarter finals, Malta has it’s semifinal tonight. Out of 24 entrants, 16 will head to the final. The show will start at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The 24 songs are: Andre’ sings “Broken hill” Bradley Debono sings “Blackout” Brooke sings “Checkmate” Cheryl sings “La la land” Chris Grech sings “Indescribable” Christian Arding sings “Eku Ċar” Dan sings “It’ll be OK” Dario Bezzina sings “Bridle road” Dominic & Anna sing “Whatever wind may blow” Eliana Gomez Blanco sings “Guess what” Fabrizio Faniello sings “Try to be better” Geo Debono sings “The mirror” Giada sings “I depend on you” Greta Tude sings “Sound of my stilettos” Ian sings “On my own” Klinsmann sings “Piranha” Mark Anthony Bartolo sings “Tears” Matt Blxck sings “Up” Mikhail sings “Leħen Fiċ-Ċpar” Nathan sings “Creeping walls” Ryan Hili sings “In the silence” Stefan Galea sings “Heartbreaker” The Busker sings “Dance (our own party)” Bradley Debono took part in X-Factor 2019, the auditions.Brooke took part in MESC 2016 and became 2nd, in 2017 she was 4th and in 2018 3rd.Chris Grech was in MESC 2013 (5th), 2014 (13th), 2015 (4th) and X-Factor 2019 (12th).Christian Arding took part in 2006 (5th) and 2009 (semifinal)Dan took part in X-Factor 2020 and reached the 7th show.Dario Bezzina sang in the 2009 semifinal (with Grecia Bezzina), and in the 2010 semifinal.Dominic Cini took part in 2009 (semifinals), 2010 (semifinals), 2015 (12th), 2016 (13th).Anna Azzopardi was present in 2011 (semifinal), 2012 (semifinal), X-Factor 2019 (last 12).Fabrizio Faniello took part in 1998 (2nd), 1999 (8th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (1st), 2004 (3rd), 2006 (1st, 2011 (4th), 2012 (6th) and 2014 (semifinal). He took part in Eurovision in 2001 with “Another summer night” and in 2006 with “I do”.Giada took part in MESC last year and became 13th.Klinsmann took part in 2007 (3rd), 2008 (7th), 2009 (13th), 2010 (11th), 2011 (7th), 2012 (16th), 2013 (semifinal) and 2017 (10th),Mark Anthony Bartolo reached the 13th show in X-Factor 2019 and took part in MESC 2022 (11th).Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor 2019 (9th show) and 2020 auditions and in MESC 2022 (7th).Maxine took part in 2016 (5th) and 2017 (6th).Mikhail took part in X-Factor 2019 (semifinals).Stefan Galea took part in 2016 (semifinal) and X-Factor 2019 (auditions).

Italy: 2nd show of San Remo

Today, we will be able to see the 2nd show of the annual festival di Sanremo in Italy. Before the start of the contest, all the participants were (secretly) able to express their wish to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. If the winner does not want to go to Liverpool, RAI selects another contestant. The show will start at 20.40 CET and you can watch it here. Fourteen songs will be presented tonight: Will sings “Stupido” Modà sings “Lasciami” Sethu sings “Cause perse” Articolo 31 sings “Un bel viaggio” Lazza sings “Cenere” Giorgia sings “Parole dette male” Colapesce & Dimartino sing “Splash” Shari sings “Egoista” Madame sings “Il bene nel male” Levante sings “Vivo” Tananai sings “Tango” Rosa Chemical sings “Made in Italy” LDA sings “Se poi domani” Paola & Chiara sing “Furore” Colapesce & Dimartino participated in 2021 and became 4th.Levante took part in 2020 and became 12th.Madame was there in 2021 and became 8th.Modà took part in 2011 together with Emma Marone and was also present in 2013.Tananai became 25th in 2022. Note that we only mentioned the SanRemo participation in the years that RAI selected the Eurovision participant from the festival.

It’s Vesna for Czech Republic!

Czech Republic has chosen. With 70% of an international jury and 30% of Czech audience, the winner is Vesna with the song “My sister’s crown”. The song is written by Kateryna Vatchenko, Patricie Kaňok Fuxová and Tanita Yankova and composed by Patricie Kaňok Fuxová and Tanita Yankova. Czech Republic will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. Vesna, “My sister’s crown”, 10.584 pts. Pam Rabbit, “Ghosting”, 4.217 pts. Rodan, “Introvert party club”, 1.995 pts. Markéta Irglová, “Happy”, 1.009 pts. Maella, “Flood”, 599 pts.

Czech Republic: we will have a winner!

One week ago, Czech Republic presented 5 songs, one of which will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Today the winner will be announced. That will happen at 19.00 CET, and you can watch it on YouTube. The five competing songs are: 1 Maella Flood 2 Pam Rabbit Ghosting 3 Markéta Irglová Happy 4 Vesna My sister’s crown 5 Rodan Introvert party club Pam Rabbit took part in the national selection in 2019 (2nd) and 2020 (6th).

Italy: Festival di Sanremo starts

Tomorrow, the annual festival di Sanremo starts in Italy. Before the start of the contest, all the participants were (secretly) able to express their wish to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. If the winner does not want to go to Liverpool, RAI selects another contestant. The show will start at 20.40 CET and you can watch it here. Fourteen songs will be presented tomorrow: Anna Oxa sings “Sali (canto dell’anima)” Ariete sings “Mare di guai” Colla Zio sings “Non mi va” Coma_Cose sings “L’addio” Elodie sings “Due” Gianluca Grignani sings “Quando ti manca il fiato” Gianmaria sings “Mostro” I Cugini di Campagna sings “Lettera 22” Leo Gassmann sings “Terzo cuore” Mara Sattei sings “Duemilaminuti” Marco Mengoni sings “Due vite” Mr. Rain sings “Supereroi” Olly sings “Polvere” Ultimo sings “Alba” Anna Oxa took part in SanRemo 1987 (7th), 1989 (with Fausto Leali, 1st), 1990 (4th), 1997 (2nd) and 2011. She represented Italy in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest with “Avrei voluto”.Coma_Cose took part in SanRemo 2021 (20th).Elodie sang in SanRemo 2017 (8th) and 2020 (7th).Gianluca Grignani took part in 2015 (8th).Marco Mengoni won SanRemo 2015 and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest with “L’essenziale”.Ultimo was the runner up in SanRemo 2019. Note that we only mentioned the SanRemo participation in the years that RAI selected the Eurovision participant from the festival.

Latvia: Supernova results are in!

Results are in in Latvia. The 10 titles that will go to the final are known now. The final will be held next week. The full results of today are: Artūrs Hatti sings “Love vibes” Alise Haijima sings “Tricky” Inspo sings “Sway” Toms Kalderauskis sings “When it all falls” Katrine Miller sings “Beaten down” Justs sings “Stranger” Adriana Miglāne sings “Like I wanna” 24. Avēnija sings “You said” Markus Riva sings “Forever” Avéi sings “Let me go” Patrisha sings “Hush” Raum sings “Fake love” Luīze sings “You told me” Sudden Lights sing “Aijā”