Are you looking for some tips to explore Liverpool during the Eurovision Song Contest season? Look no further, we’ve got you covered! We’ll break down the city so you can make the most out of your stay.
Today, the song TuralTuranX from Azerbaijan will sing, is published. The song, “Tell me more”, is written and composed by the brothers themselves. It is the 16th entry for Azerbaijan, the country that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. More about TuralTuranX can be found on this page. You can listen to the song below. What do you think?
About Quick Facts NameMarisa Isabel Lopes Mena Born25 Oktober 1985 Nationality🇵🇹 Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2023Festival da Canção 2001 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAi coração (2023) Biography Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, born in Coimbra in 1985, better known as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. Marisa Mena recorded her first album at the age of 9. A self-taught singer-songwriter from a very young age, she spent her teens between school and recording studios. She participated, aged just 15 and with the stage name Izamena, in one of the semifinals semifinal of Festival da Canção 2001, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. She presented the song “Mundo Colorido”, but did not make it to the final. In 2004, she auditioned for Idolos Portugal and entered the last 50. Marisa was the lead singer and author of most of the lyrics for a band from Coimbra called The Casino Royal. In 2009 she graduated in Sound and Image from the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas in Rainha. In 2014 she presented her debut album under the name Mimicat: “For you”. The first single “Tell me Why”, was included in the soundtrack of the soap opera Jardins Proibidos. In 2015, she performed on some of the biggest Portuguese stages (Festa do Avante, Sol da Caparica, Edp Cool Jazz, Meo Marés Vivas, Culturgest, among others). She debuted on stages in Brazil, at one of the biggest events in São Paulo, Virada Cultural. In 2016 she released two singles: “Stay Strong” and “Gave Me Love”. They were included in her second album, “Back in town”. The album was released in September 2017. Two more singles from the album, “Fire” and “Going down” were released in the same year. In 2018, the single “Nobody knows” from the same album was released. Also in 2018 Mimicat got the opportunity to open for Selah Sue during her tour in Portugal. In July of that year, she teamed up with Camelier. She featured on his single “It feels so good”. On 11 april 2019, Mimicat released her first single in Portuguese, “Ate ao fim”, dedicated to her parents who celebrated their 50 years of marriage. The song was followed by “Mal maior” in November. Due to COVID19, it remained a little silent around Mimicat. However, she sang a lot online. On 11 February 2021, a new single came out: “Tudo ao ar”. A year later, she teamed up with Filipe Gonçalves, who featured in her single and video “Mundo ao Contrário”. In 2023 she won the 57th edition of the RTP da Canção Festival, with the theme “Ai Coração”. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song reached the final and became 23rd there. Entries Ai Coração Country🇵🇹 Portugal Year2023 LanguagePortuguese LyricsMarisa Mena MusicMarisa MenaLuís Pereira DancersDaniel CourinhaDaniel Gamito SoaresInês GameiroVanda Gameiro Results Semi Points: 74Position: 9Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: 59Position: 23Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw
It took longer than planned, but finally here it is: the Greek entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. It was not an easy road to Liverpool and it still isn’t. After the (internal) national selection, runner up Melissa Mantzoukis objected. There were three shortlisted songs and artists, but one of them withdrew. However, votes for the withdrawn songs were still counted. Also, the point values awarded do not sum to the quantity of points available. If they had, Melissa Mantzoukis would have won. On 6 March, court decided that there was not enough time left to change the entry. The deadline was too close. Victor Vernicos therefore remains the Greek contestant. The song Victor wrote himself is called “What they say”. Greece will perform at the first half of the second semifinal.
National final season is over. Mimicat won the Portuguese final Festival Da Canção 2023. She will sing the song “Ai, coração”, which is written by Marisa Mena and composed by Marisa Mena and Luís Perreira. Mimicat won the national final after an exciting voting. The jury voting resulted in a tie between Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio, but the televoter chose Mimicat. This is the full result: Mimicat, “Ai, coração”, 24 pt. Edmundo Inácio, “A festa”, 22 pt. Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria”, 12 pt. Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight”, 9 pt. Ivandro, “Povo”, 9 pt. Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy”, 8 pt. Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”, 7 pt. You Can’t Win Charlie Brown, “Contraste mudou”, 7 pt. Churky, “Encruzilhada”, 5 pt. Neon Soho, “Endless world”, 5 pt. Esse Povo, “Sapatos de cimento”, 4 pt. Sal, “Viver”, 3 pt. Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo”, 3 pt.
© EBU/Corinne Cumming About Quick Facts MembersTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov Born30 October 2000 Nationality🇦🇿 Azerbaijani National SelectionInternal selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongTell Me More (2023) Biography TuralTuranX is an Azerbaijani duo. The duo consists of the twin brothers Tural and Turan Bagmanov. Tural and Turan Bagmanov were born on October 30, 2000 in the city of Zaqatala in the Northwest of Azerbaijan. They started playing the piano and learning songs when they were in high school. Later, they learned to play the guitar and the synthesizer their father bought them. Although they performed in schools and some events, they took a break from their music career after the death of their father. Tural moved to Baku and in July 2019. Together with a friend who played the guitar, he created a music group called TheRedJungle. Soon, Turan also joined the group. On February 2, 2023, they became one of the 5 participants of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest selection tour for Azerbaijan. On March 9, 2023, they were announced as the winners of the selection. They represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Tell me more”. Unfortunately, they did not make it to the final. Entries Tell Me More Country🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov MusicTural BağmanovTuran BağmanovNihad Aliyev Backings– Results Semi Points: 4Position: 14Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/8BNtaW1IEtA
© EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett About Quick Facts NameHolly Mae Muller Born26 August 1997 Nationality🇬🇧 British National SelectionInternal Selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongI wrote a song (2023) Biography Holly Mae Muller is a British singer-songwriter. She was born in London in 1997. When she was only eight years old, Mae started writing her own songs. She attended the Fine Arts College in London. When she was 10 years old, she had a role in the video for Mika’s hit “Grace Kelly”. As a teenager, Mae started working in a drag bar in Kentish Town to keep working with music. She uploaded a few demos to SoundCloud in 2017. When she shared a video of herself singin into instagram, she was discovered. Mae Muller’s first EP, “After Hours”, was released in February 2018. In September of the same years, it was followed by a second one, “Frankly”. On 5 April 2019, Muller released her debut studio album, titled “Chapter 1”. She opened for Little Mix on their 2019 tour. Following the tour, she released a single called “Therapist”. Muller also announced her first national tour, visiting five cities across the United Kingdom to support the trans community. Her third EP “No One Else, Not Even You” was released on 6 November 2020. The EP was supported by a tour across the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2021, Muller appeared as guest vocalist on “When You’re Out” of Billen Ted. She joined the Swedish artist collective Neiked and the American rapper Polo G on the single “Better Days”. That song became an international chart succes, reaching the charts in the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. The singer could perform the hit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On 27 October 2022, Muller released her single “I Just Came To Dance”. As of March 2023, it has been streamed on Spotify over 2.5 million times. On 3 March 2023, she released a single in collaboration with Sigala, Caity Baser and Stefflon Don called “Feels This Good”. This was shortly followed up by her solo single “I Wrote a Song”, which was then revealed on 9 March 2023 to be the United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She ended up in 25th place in the Grand Final. Entries I Wrote A Song Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller MusicKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller BackingsAnnabel Williams DancersSophia TurnerTheo SimpsonCurtisha KruythoffCharlie Goddard Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 24Position: 25Running order: 26 https://youtu.be/tvJEE2ryCRQ
Festival da Canção will reach it’s final tonight. That makes the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest the last one for this year. Only a few internal selected songs are not published yet. Festival da Canção has 13 songs this year. There were supposed to be twelve, but due to technichal issues an extra song had been added from the first semifinal. The finalists are: 1 Cláudia Pascoal Nasci Maria 2 Churky Encruzilhada 3 Esse Povo Sapatos de cimento 4 Bárbara Tinoco Goodnight 5 You Can’t Win Charlie Brown Contraste Mudou 6 Voodoo Marmalade Tormento 7 Inês Apenas Fim do mundo 8 Mimicat Ai coração 9 Dapunksportif World needs therapy 10 Neon Soho Endless world 11 Ivandro Povo 12 Edmundo Inácio A festa 13 Sal Viver Cláudia Pascoal won Festival Da Canção in 2018 and represented Portugal at the festival in Lisbon with the song “O jardim”.Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.
Loreen is the huge favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2023 with her song “Tattoo”. Bookmakers give the singer a chance of 86% to win the contest. As soon as her song was presented two weeks ago, Sweden is the top favourite even to win the entire contest. But…. nothing has been decided yet. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the twelve contestants: 1 Jon Hendrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods Where you are (Sávežan) 2 Tone Sekelius Rythm of my show 3 Mariette One day 4 Marcus & Martinus Air 5 Panetoz On my way 6 Maria Sur Never give up 7 Smash Into Pieces Six feet under 8 Kiana Where did you go? 9 Nordman Släpp alla sorger 10 Loreen Tattoo 11 Theoz Mer av dig 12 Paul Rey Royals Jon Henrik Fjällgren became 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2017 and 4th in 2019. Tone Sekelius became 5th last year.Mariette became 3rd in 2015, 4th in 2017, 5th in 2018 and 10th in 2020.Panetoz became 9th in 2014 and 8th in 2016.Nordman became 5th in 2005 and 6th in 2008.Loreen reached Andra Chancen in 2011, won Melodifestivalen 2012 and reached Andra Chancen in 2017. Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the legendary song “Euphoria”!Theoz became 7th last year.Paul Rey became 6th in the 2020 final. A year later he became 12th.
Mae Muller will represent hostcountry United Kingdom in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. That was reveiled this morning in Zoe Ball’s BBC 2 Breakfast Show.As the United Kingdom is one of the Big Five ánd the host country, the song “I wrote a song” will be placed directly in the final. The song is written by Mae herself in cooperation with Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole. You can listen to it here:
Are you looking for some tips to explore Liverpool during the Eurovision Song Contest season? Look no further, we’ve got you covered! We’ll break down the city so you can make the most out of your stay.
Today, the song TuralTuranX from Azerbaijan will sing, is published. The song, “Tell me more”, is written and composed by the brothers themselves. It is the 16th entry for Azerbaijan, the country that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. More about TuralTuranX can be found on this page. You can listen to the song below. What do you think?
About Quick Facts NameMarisa Isabel Lopes Mena Born25 Oktober 1985 Nationality🇵🇹 Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2023Festival da Canção 2001 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAi coração (2023) Biography Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, born in Coimbra in 1985, better known as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. Marisa Mena recorded her first album at the age of 9. A self-taught singer-songwriter from a very young age, she spent her teens between school and recording studios. She participated, aged just 15 and with the stage name Izamena, in one of the semifinals semifinal of Festival da Canção 2001, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. She presented the song “Mundo Colorido”, but did not make it to the final. In 2004, she auditioned for Idolos Portugal and entered the last 50. Marisa was the lead singer and author of most of the lyrics for a band from Coimbra called The Casino Royal. In 2009 she graduated in Sound and Image from the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas in Rainha. In 2014 she presented her debut album under the name Mimicat: “For you”. The first single “Tell me Why”, was included in the soundtrack of the soap opera Jardins Proibidos. In 2015, she performed on some of the biggest Portuguese stages (Festa do Avante, Sol da Caparica, Edp Cool Jazz, Meo Marés Vivas, Culturgest, among others). She debuted on stages in Brazil, at one of the biggest events in São Paulo, Virada Cultural. In 2016 she released two singles: “Stay Strong” and “Gave Me Love”. They were included in her second album, “Back in town”. The album was released in September 2017. Two more singles from the album, “Fire” and “Going down” were released in the same year. In 2018, the single “Nobody knows” from the same album was released. Also in 2018 Mimicat got the opportunity to open for Selah Sue during her tour in Portugal. In July of that year, she teamed up with Camelier. She featured on his single “It feels so good”. On 11 april 2019, Mimicat released her first single in Portuguese, “Ate ao fim”, dedicated to her parents who celebrated their 50 years of marriage. The song was followed by “Mal maior” in November. Due to COVID19, it remained a little silent around Mimicat. However, she sang a lot online. On 11 February 2021, a new single came out: “Tudo ao ar”. A year later, she teamed up with Filipe Gonçalves, who featured in her single and video “Mundo ao Contrário”. In 2023 she won the 57th edition of the RTP da Canção Festival, with the theme “Ai Coração”. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song reached the final and became 23rd there. Entries Ai Coração Country🇵🇹 Portugal Year2023 LanguagePortuguese LyricsMarisa Mena MusicMarisa MenaLuís Pereira DancersDaniel CourinhaDaniel Gamito SoaresInês GameiroVanda Gameiro Results Semi Points: 74Position: 9Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: 59Position: 23Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw
It took longer than planned, but finally here it is: the Greek entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. It was not an easy road to Liverpool and it still isn’t. After the (internal) national selection, runner up Melissa Mantzoukis objected. There were three shortlisted songs and artists, but one of them withdrew. However, votes for the withdrawn songs were still counted. Also, the point values awarded do not sum to the quantity of points available. If they had, Melissa Mantzoukis would have won. On 6 March, court decided that there was not enough time left to change the entry. The deadline was too close. Victor Vernicos therefore remains the Greek contestant. The song Victor wrote himself is called “What they say”. Greece will perform at the first half of the second semifinal.
National final season is over. Mimicat won the Portuguese final Festival Da Canção 2023. She will sing the song “Ai, coração”, which is written by Marisa Mena and composed by Marisa Mena and Luís Perreira. Mimicat won the national final after an exciting voting. The jury voting resulted in a tie between Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio, but the televoter chose Mimicat. This is the full result: Mimicat, “Ai, coração”, 24 pt. Edmundo Inácio, “A festa”, 22 pt. Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria”, 12 pt. Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight”, 9 pt. Ivandro, “Povo”, 9 pt. Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy”, 8 pt. Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”, 7 pt. You Can’t Win Charlie Brown, “Contraste mudou”, 7 pt. Churky, “Encruzilhada”, 5 pt. Neon Soho, “Endless world”, 5 pt. Esse Povo, “Sapatos de cimento”, 4 pt. Sal, “Viver”, 3 pt. Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo”, 3 pt.
© EBU/Corinne Cumming About Quick Facts MembersTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov Born30 October 2000 Nationality🇦🇿 Azerbaijani National SelectionInternal selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongTell Me More (2023) Biography TuralTuranX is an Azerbaijani duo. The duo consists of the twin brothers Tural and Turan Bagmanov. Tural and Turan Bagmanov were born on October 30, 2000 in the city of Zaqatala in the Northwest of Azerbaijan. They started playing the piano and learning songs when they were in high school. Later, they learned to play the guitar and the synthesizer their father bought them. Although they performed in schools and some events, they took a break from their music career after the death of their father. Tural moved to Baku and in July 2019. Together with a friend who played the guitar, he created a music group called TheRedJungle. Soon, Turan also joined the group. On February 2, 2023, they became one of the 5 participants of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest selection tour for Azerbaijan. On March 9, 2023, they were announced as the winners of the selection. They represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Tell me more”. Unfortunately, they did not make it to the final. Entries Tell Me More Country🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov MusicTural BağmanovTuran BağmanovNihad Aliyev Backings– Results Semi Points: 4Position: 14Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/8BNtaW1IEtA
© EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett About Quick Facts NameHolly Mae Muller Born26 August 1997 Nationality🇬🇧 British National SelectionInternal Selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongI wrote a song (2023) Biography Holly Mae Muller is a British singer-songwriter. She was born in London in 1997. When she was only eight years old, Mae started writing her own songs. She attended the Fine Arts College in London. When she was 10 years old, she had a role in the video for Mika’s hit “Grace Kelly”. As a teenager, Mae started working in a drag bar in Kentish Town to keep working with music. She uploaded a few demos to SoundCloud in 2017. When she shared a video of herself singin into instagram, she was discovered. Mae Muller’s first EP, “After Hours”, was released in February 2018. In September of the same years, it was followed by a second one, “Frankly”. On 5 April 2019, Muller released her debut studio album, titled “Chapter 1”. She opened for Little Mix on their 2019 tour. Following the tour, she released a single called “Therapist”. Muller also announced her first national tour, visiting five cities across the United Kingdom to support the trans community. Her third EP “No One Else, Not Even You” was released on 6 November 2020. The EP was supported by a tour across the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2021, Muller appeared as guest vocalist on “When You’re Out” of Billen Ted. She joined the Swedish artist collective Neiked and the American rapper Polo G on the single “Better Days”. That song became an international chart succes, reaching the charts in the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. The singer could perform the hit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On 27 October 2022, Muller released her single “I Just Came To Dance”. As of March 2023, it has been streamed on Spotify over 2.5 million times. On 3 March 2023, she released a single in collaboration with Sigala, Caity Baser and Stefflon Don called “Feels This Good”. This was shortly followed up by her solo single “I Wrote a Song”, which was then revealed on 9 March 2023 to be the United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She ended up in 25th place in the Grand Final. Entries I Wrote A Song Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller MusicKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller BackingsAnnabel Williams DancersSophia TurnerTheo SimpsonCurtisha KruythoffCharlie Goddard Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 24Position: 25Running order: 26 https://youtu.be/tvJEE2ryCRQ
Festival da Canção will reach it’s final tonight. That makes the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest the last one for this year. Only a few internal selected songs are not published yet. Festival da Canção has 13 songs this year. There were supposed to be twelve, but due to technichal issues an extra song had been added from the first semifinal. The finalists are: 1 Cláudia Pascoal Nasci Maria 2 Churky Encruzilhada 3 Esse Povo Sapatos de cimento 4 Bárbara Tinoco Goodnight 5 You Can’t Win Charlie Brown Contraste Mudou 6 Voodoo Marmalade Tormento 7 Inês Apenas Fim do mundo 8 Mimicat Ai coração 9 Dapunksportif World needs therapy 10 Neon Soho Endless world 11 Ivandro Povo 12 Edmundo Inácio A festa 13 Sal Viver Cláudia Pascoal won Festival Da Canção in 2018 and represented Portugal at the festival in Lisbon with the song “O jardim”.Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.
Loreen is the huge favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2023 with her song “Tattoo”. Bookmakers give the singer a chance of 86% to win the contest. As soon as her song was presented two weeks ago, Sweden is the top favourite even to win the entire contest. But…. nothing has been decided yet. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the twelve contestants: 1 Jon Hendrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods Where you are (Sávežan) 2 Tone Sekelius Rythm of my show 3 Mariette One day 4 Marcus & Martinus Air 5 Panetoz On my way 6 Maria Sur Never give up 7 Smash Into Pieces Six feet under 8 Kiana Where did you go? 9 Nordman Släpp alla sorger 10 Loreen Tattoo 11 Theoz Mer av dig 12 Paul Rey Royals Jon Henrik Fjällgren became 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2017 and 4th in 2019. Tone Sekelius became 5th last year.Mariette became 3rd in 2015, 4th in 2017, 5th in 2018 and 10th in 2020.Panetoz became 9th in 2014 and 8th in 2016.Nordman became 5th in 2005 and 6th in 2008.Loreen reached Andra Chancen in 2011, won Melodifestivalen 2012 and reached Andra Chancen in 2017. Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the legendary song “Euphoria”!Theoz became 7th last year.Paul Rey became 6th in the 2020 final. A year later he became 12th.
Mae Muller will represent hostcountry United Kingdom in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. That was reveiled this morning in Zoe Ball’s BBC 2 Breakfast Show.As the United Kingdom is one of the Big Five ánd the host country, the song “I wrote a song” will be placed directly in the final. The song is written by Mae herself in cooperation with Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole. You can listen to it here:
Are you looking for some tips to explore Liverpool during the Eurovision Song Contest season? Look no further, we’ve got you covered! We’ll break down the city so you can make the most out of your stay.
Today, the song TuralTuranX from Azerbaijan will sing, is published. The song, “Tell me more”, is written and composed by the brothers themselves. It is the 16th entry for Azerbaijan, the country that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. More about TuralTuranX can be found on this page. You can listen to the song below. What do you think?
About Quick Facts NameMarisa Isabel Lopes Mena Born25 Oktober 1985 Nationality🇵🇹 Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2023Festival da Canção 2001 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAi coração (2023) Biography Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, born in Coimbra in 1985, better known as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. Marisa Mena recorded her first album at the age of 9. A self-taught singer-songwriter from a very young age, she spent her teens between school and recording studios. She participated, aged just 15 and with the stage name Izamena, in one of the semifinals semifinal of Festival da Canção 2001, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. She presented the song “Mundo Colorido”, but did not make it to the final. In 2004, she auditioned for Idolos Portugal and entered the last 50. Marisa was the lead singer and author of most of the lyrics for a band from Coimbra called The Casino Royal. In 2009 she graduated in Sound and Image from the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas in Rainha. In 2014 she presented her debut album under the name Mimicat: “For you”. The first single “Tell me Why”, was included in the soundtrack of the soap opera Jardins Proibidos. In 2015, she performed on some of the biggest Portuguese stages (Festa do Avante, Sol da Caparica, Edp Cool Jazz, Meo Marés Vivas, Culturgest, among others). She debuted on stages in Brazil, at one of the biggest events in São Paulo, Virada Cultural. In 2016 she released two singles: “Stay Strong” and “Gave Me Love”. They were included in her second album, “Back in town”. The album was released in September 2017. Two more singles from the album, “Fire” and “Going down” were released in the same year. In 2018, the single “Nobody knows” from the same album was released. Also in 2018 Mimicat got the opportunity to open for Selah Sue during her tour in Portugal. In July of that year, she teamed up with Camelier. She featured on his single “It feels so good”. On 11 april 2019, Mimicat released her first single in Portuguese, “Ate ao fim”, dedicated to her parents who celebrated their 50 years of marriage. The song was followed by “Mal maior” in November. Due to COVID19, it remained a little silent around Mimicat. However, she sang a lot online. On 11 February 2021, a new single came out: “Tudo ao ar”. A year later, she teamed up with Filipe Gonçalves, who featured in her single and video “Mundo ao Contrário”. In 2023 she won the 57th edition of the RTP da Canção Festival, with the theme “Ai Coração”. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song reached the final and became 23rd there. Entries Ai Coração Country🇵🇹 Portugal Year2023 LanguagePortuguese LyricsMarisa Mena MusicMarisa MenaLuís Pereira DancersDaniel CourinhaDaniel Gamito SoaresInês GameiroVanda Gameiro Results Semi Points: 74Position: 9Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: 59Position: 23Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/HYfkxX4PFyw
It took longer than planned, but finally here it is: the Greek entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. It was not an easy road to Liverpool and it still isn’t. After the (internal) national selection, runner up Melissa Mantzoukis objected. There were three shortlisted songs and artists, but one of them withdrew. However, votes for the withdrawn songs were still counted. Also, the point values awarded do not sum to the quantity of points available. If they had, Melissa Mantzoukis would have won. On 6 March, court decided that there was not enough time left to change the entry. The deadline was too close. Victor Vernicos therefore remains the Greek contestant. The song Victor wrote himself is called “What they say”. Greece will perform at the first half of the second semifinal.
National final season is over. Mimicat won the Portuguese final Festival Da Canção 2023. She will sing the song “Ai, coração”, which is written by Marisa Mena and composed by Marisa Mena and Luís Perreira. Mimicat won the national final after an exciting voting. The jury voting resulted in a tie between Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio, but the televoter chose Mimicat. This is the full result: Mimicat, “Ai, coração”, 24 pt. Edmundo Inácio, “A festa”, 22 pt. Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria”, 12 pt. Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight”, 9 pt. Ivandro, “Povo”, 9 pt. Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy”, 8 pt. Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”, 7 pt. You Can’t Win Charlie Brown, “Contraste mudou”, 7 pt. Churky, “Encruzilhada”, 5 pt. Neon Soho, “Endless world”, 5 pt. Esse Povo, “Sapatos de cimento”, 4 pt. Sal, “Viver”, 3 pt. Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo”, 3 pt.
© EBU/Corinne Cumming About Quick Facts MembersTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov Born30 October 2000 Nationality🇦🇿 Azerbaijani National SelectionInternal selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongTell Me More (2023) Biography TuralTuranX is an Azerbaijani duo. The duo consists of the twin brothers Tural and Turan Bagmanov. Tural and Turan Bagmanov were born on October 30, 2000 in the city of Zaqatala in the Northwest of Azerbaijan. They started playing the piano and learning songs when they were in high school. Later, they learned to play the guitar and the synthesizer their father bought them. Although they performed in schools and some events, they took a break from their music career after the death of their father. Tural moved to Baku and in July 2019. Together with a friend who played the guitar, he created a music group called TheRedJungle. Soon, Turan also joined the group. On February 2, 2023, they became one of the 5 participants of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest selection tour for Azerbaijan. On March 9, 2023, they were announced as the winners of the selection. They represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Tell me more”. Unfortunately, they did not make it to the final. Entries Tell Me More Country🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov MusicTural BağmanovTuran BağmanovNihad Aliyev Backings– Results Semi Points: 4Position: 14Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/8BNtaW1IEtA
© EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett About Quick Facts NameHolly Mae Muller Born26 August 1997 Nationality🇬🇧 British National SelectionInternal Selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongI wrote a song (2023) Biography Holly Mae Muller is a British singer-songwriter. She was born in London in 1997. When she was only eight years old, Mae started writing her own songs. She attended the Fine Arts College in London. When she was 10 years old, she had a role in the video for Mika’s hit “Grace Kelly”. As a teenager, Mae started working in a drag bar in Kentish Town to keep working with music. She uploaded a few demos to SoundCloud in 2017. When she shared a video of herself singin into instagram, she was discovered. Mae Muller’s first EP, “After Hours”, was released in February 2018. In September of the same years, it was followed by a second one, “Frankly”. On 5 April 2019, Muller released her debut studio album, titled “Chapter 1”. She opened for Little Mix on their 2019 tour. Following the tour, she released a single called “Therapist”. Muller also announced her first national tour, visiting five cities across the United Kingdom to support the trans community. Her third EP “No One Else, Not Even You” was released on 6 November 2020. The EP was supported by a tour across the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2021, Muller appeared as guest vocalist on “When You’re Out” of Billen Ted. She joined the Swedish artist collective Neiked and the American rapper Polo G on the single “Better Days”. That song became an international chart succes, reaching the charts in the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. The singer could perform the hit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On 27 October 2022, Muller released her single “I Just Came To Dance”. As of March 2023, it has been streamed on Spotify over 2.5 million times. On 3 March 2023, she released a single in collaboration with Sigala, Caity Baser and Stefflon Don called “Feels This Good”. This was shortly followed up by her solo single “I Wrote a Song”, which was then revealed on 9 March 2023 to be the United Kingdom’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She ended up in 25th place in the Grand Final. Entries I Wrote A Song Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller MusicKaren PooleLewis ThompsonMae Muller BackingsAnnabel Williams DancersSophia TurnerTheo SimpsonCurtisha KruythoffCharlie Goddard Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 24Position: 25Running order: 26 https://youtu.be/tvJEE2ryCRQ
Festival da Canção will reach it’s final tonight. That makes the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest the last one for this year. Only a few internal selected songs are not published yet. Festival da Canção has 13 songs this year. There were supposed to be twelve, but due to technichal issues an extra song had been added from the first semifinal. The finalists are: 1 Cláudia Pascoal Nasci Maria 2 Churky Encruzilhada 3 Esse Povo Sapatos de cimento 4 Bárbara Tinoco Goodnight 5 You Can’t Win Charlie Brown Contraste Mudou 6 Voodoo Marmalade Tormento 7 Inês Apenas Fim do mundo 8 Mimicat Ai coração 9 Dapunksportif World needs therapy 10 Neon Soho Endless world 11 Ivandro Povo 12 Edmundo Inácio A festa 13 Sal Viver Cláudia Pascoal won Festival Da Canção in 2018 and represented Portugal at the festival in Lisbon with the song “O jardim”.Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.
Loreen is the huge favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2023 with her song “Tattoo”. Bookmakers give the singer a chance of 86% to win the contest. As soon as her song was presented two weeks ago, Sweden is the top favourite even to win the entire contest. But…. nothing has been decided yet. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the twelve contestants: 1 Jon Hendrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods Where you are (Sávežan) 2 Tone Sekelius Rythm of my show 3 Mariette One day 4 Marcus & Martinus Air 5 Panetoz On my way 6 Maria Sur Never give up 7 Smash Into Pieces Six feet under 8 Kiana Where did you go? 9 Nordman Släpp alla sorger 10 Loreen Tattoo 11 Theoz Mer av dig 12 Paul Rey Royals Jon Henrik Fjällgren became 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2017 and 4th in 2019. Tone Sekelius became 5th last year.Mariette became 3rd in 2015, 4th in 2017, 5th in 2018 and 10th in 2020.Panetoz became 9th in 2014 and 8th in 2016.Nordman became 5th in 2005 and 6th in 2008.Loreen reached Andra Chancen in 2011, won Melodifestivalen 2012 and reached Andra Chancen in 2017. Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the legendary song “Euphoria”!Theoz became 7th last year.Paul Rey became 6th in the 2020 final. A year later he became 12th.
Mae Muller will represent hostcountry United Kingdom in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. That was reveiled this morning in Zoe Ball’s BBC 2 Breakfast Show.As the United Kingdom is one of the Big Five ánd the host country, the song “I wrote a song” will be placed directly in the final. The song is written by Mae herself in cooperation with Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole. You can listen to it here:
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Today, the song TuralTuranX from Azerbaijan will sing, is published. The song, “Tell me more”, is written and composed by the brothers themselves. It is the 16th entry for Azerbaijan, the country that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. More about TuralTuranX can be found on this page. You can listen to the song below. What do you think?
About Quick Facts NameMarisa Isabel Lopes Mena Born25 Oktober 1985 Nationality🇵🇹 Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2023Festival da Canção 2001 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongAi coração (2023) Biography Marisa Isabel Lopes Mena, born in Coimbra in 1985, better known as Mimicat, is a Portuguese pop and soul singer and songwriter. Marisa Mena recorded her first album at the age of 9. A self-taught singer-songwriter from a very young age, she spent her teens between school and recording studios. She participated, aged just 15 and with the stage name Izamena, in one of the semifinals semifinal of Festival da Canção 2001, the national
It took longer than planned, but finally here it is: the Greek entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. It was not an easy road to Liverpool and it still isn’t. After the (internal) national selection, runner up Melissa Mantzoukis objected. There were three shortlisted songs and artists, but one of them withdrew. However, votes for the withdrawn songs were still counted. Also, the point values awarded do not sum to the quantity of points available. If they had, Melissa Mantzoukis would have won. On 6 March, court decided that there was not enough time left to change the entry. The
National final season is over. Mimicat won the Portuguese final Festival Da Canção 2023. She will sing the song “Ai, coração”, which is written by Marisa Mena and composed by Marisa Mena and Luís Perreira. Mimicat won the national final after an exciting voting. The jury voting resulted in a tie between Mimicat and Edmundo Inácio, but the televoter chose Mimicat. This is the full result: Mimicat, “Ai, coração”, 24 pt. Edmundo Inácio, “A festa”, 22 pt. Cláudia Pascoal, “Nasci Maria”, 12 pt. Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight”, 9 pt. Ivandro, “Povo”, 9 pt. Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy”, 8 pt. Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento”,
© EBU/Corinne Cumming About Quick Facts MembersTural BağmanovTuran Bağmanov Born30 October 2000 Nationality🇦🇿 Azerbaijani National SelectionInternal selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongTell Me More (2023) Biography TuralTuranX is an Azerbaijani duo. The duo consists of the twin brothers Tural and Turan Bagmanov. Tural and Turan Bagmanov were born on October 30, 2000 in the city of Zaqatala in the Northwest of Azerbaijan. They started playing the piano and learning songs when they were in high school. Later, they learned to play the guitar and the synthesizer their father bought them. Although they performed in schools and some events, they took a
© EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett About Quick Facts NameHolly Mae Muller Born26 August 1997 Nationality🇬🇧 British National SelectionInternal Selection 2023 In Eurovision2023 Liverpool SongI wrote a song (2023) Biography Holly Mae Muller is a British singer-songwriter. She was born in London in 1997. When she was only eight years old, Mae started writing her own songs. She attended the Fine Arts College in London. When she was 10 years old, she had a role in the video for Mika’s hit “Grace Kelly”. As a teenager, Mae started working in a drag bar in Kentish Town to keep working with music. She uploaded a few
Festival da Canção will reach it’s final tonight. That makes the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest the last one for this year. Only a few internal selected songs are not published yet. Festival da Canção has 13 songs this year. There were supposed to be twelve, but due to technichal issues an extra song had been added from the first semifinal. The finalists are: 1 Cláudia Pascoal Nasci Maria 2 Churky Encruzilhada 3 Esse Povo Sapatos de cimento 4 Bárbara Tinoco Goodnight 5 You Can’t Win Charlie Brown Contraste Mudou 6 Voodoo Marmalade Tormento 7 Inês Apenas Fim
Loreen is the huge favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2023 with her song “Tattoo”. Bookmakers give the singer a chance of 86% to win the contest. As soon as her song was presented two weeks ago, Sweden is the top favourite even to win the entire contest. But…. nothing has been decided yet. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the twelve contestants: 1 Jon Hendrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods Where you are (Sávežan) 2 Tone Sekelius Rythm of my show 3 Mariette One day 4 Marcus & Martinus Air 5 Panetoz On
Mae Muller will represent hostcountry United Kingdom in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. That was reveiled this morning in Zoe Ball’s BBC 2 Breakfast Show.As the United Kingdom is one of the Big Five ánd the host country, the song “I wrote a song” will be placed directly in the final. The song is written by Mae herself in cooperation with Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole. You can listen to it here: