national finals

🇵🇹 Iolanda wins Portuguese national final

National final season is over! Iolanda has won in Portugal. She sings the song “Grito”, written by Iolanda herself. She also composed the song along with Luar. Iolanda was the clear choice of the jury, while the televoters applied for João Borsch, who became 2nd. Portugal will perform in the second half of the first semifinal. These are the full results: Iolanda, “Grito”, 22 pts. João Borsch, “….pelas costuras”, 18 pts. Leo Middea, “Doce mistério”, 18 pts. Silk Nobre, “Change”, 12 pts. Rita Rocha, “Pontos finais”, 11 pts. Buba Espinho, “O farol”, 10 pts. Noble, “Memory”, 7 pts. Rita Onofre, “Criatura”, 5 pts. Perpétua, “Bem longe daqui”, 4 pts. Nena, “Teorias da conspiração”, 4 pts. No Maka ft. Ana Maria, “Aceitar”, 3 pts. Cristina Clara, “Primavera”, 2 pts.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção final tonight

Festival RTP da Canção closes the row of national finals tonight. In this festival, consisting of 12 songs, the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen. The contest will be transmitted from the RTP Studios in Lisbon and hosted by Vasco Palmeirim and Filomena Cautela. They will be supported from the green room by Inês Lopes Gonçalves. The show starts at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. These are the 12 participants: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Change Silk Nobre 2 Criatura Rita Onofre 3 Memory Noble 4 O farol Buba Espinho 5 Teorias da conspiração Nena 6 Grito Iolanda 7 Aceitar No Maka ft. Ana Maria 8 Primavera Cristina Clara 9 Pontos finais Rita Rocha 10 Doce mistéria Leo Middea 11 Bem longe daqui Perpétua 12 …Pelas costuras João Borsch

🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen faces the final

Tonight is the night of the Melodifestivalen final. The popular Swedish national final will be held in the Friends Arena in Stockholm and will be hosted by Carina Berg. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 12 participating songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 When I’m gone Maria Sur 2 Back to my roots Jay Smith 3 Awful liar Lisa Ajax 4 Heroes are calling Smash Into Pieces 5 Give my heart a break Cazzi Opeia 6 Light Annika Wickihalder 7 Unforgettable Marcus & Martinus 8 It’s not easy to write a love song Dotter 9 Que sera Medina 10 Dragon Liamoo 11 Effortless Jacqline 12 Happy that you found me Danny Saucedo Maria Sur was 9th in last year’s Melodifestivalen final.Lisa Ajax was present in 2016 (7th), 2017 (9th), 2019 (9th) and 2022 (with Nello, quarter final).Smash Into Pieces was 3rd last year.Cazzi Opeia was 9th in 2022.Marcus & Martinus were 2nd last year.Dotter took part in Melodifestivalen before in 2018 (semifinals), in 2020 (2nd) and in 2021 (4th).Medina was 3rd in 2022.Liamoo was 6th in 2018. He was 2nd in 2019 with Hanna Ferm. In 2022 he was 4th.Danny Saucedo was 3rd in 2009 (with E.M.D.), 2nd in 2011, also 2nd in 2012 and 7th in 2021.

🇷🇸 Teya Dora wins in Serbia!

After an exciting voting, Teya Dora has won the Serbian national final with the song “Ramaonda”. This is the full result: Teya Dora – ” Ramonda” Breskvica – “Orlovo gnezdo” Zorja, – “Lik u ogledalu” Konstrakta, – “Novo, bolje” Zejna – “Najbojla” Dušan Kurtić – “Zbog tebe živim” Bojana & David – “No No No” Džordži – “Luna Park” Lena Kovačević – “Zovi me Lena” Hristina – “Bedem” Keni nije mrtav – “Dijamanti” Iva Lorens – “Dom” M.Ira – “Percepcija” Marko Mandić – “Dno” Nemanja Radošević – “Jutra bez tebe” Milan Bujaković, “Moje tvoje”

🇷🇸 Tonight is the night for Serbia

Tonight is the night for Serbia. Pesma za Evroviziju 24 comes to an end, which means we know the Serbian entry tonight. Out of 16 songs, the Serbians will select their song. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. These are the contestants: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Dom Iva Lorens 2 Luna Park Džordži 3 Orlovo gnezdo Breskvica 4 Ramonda Teya Dora 5 Bedem Hristina 6 Dno Marko Mandić 7 Percepcija M.Ira 8 Jutra bez tebe Nemanja Radošević 9 Moje tvoje Milan Bujaković 10 Dijamanti Keni mije mrtav 11 Lik u ogledalu Zorja 12 Najbolja Zejna 13 Novo, bolje Konstrakta 14 No no no Bojana & David 15 Zovi me Lena Lena Kovačević 16 Zbog tebe živim Dušan Kurtić Zorja was 3rd in 2022.Zejna took part in 2022 (13th) and 2023 (7th).Konstrakta represented Serbia in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “In Corpore Sano”.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção continues

Tonight, Portugal will continue Festival RTP da Canção, the annual national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of ten songs, 6 will be chosen for the final on the 9th of March. The show starts at 22:00 and you can watch it here and here. These are the songs: Buba Espinho sings “O farol” Cristina Clara sings “Primavera” Filipa sings “You can’t hide” Huca sings “Pé de choro” João Couto sings “Quarto para um” Leo Middea sings “Doce mistério” María João sings “Dia” No Maka ft. Ana Maria sings “Aceitar” Rita Onofre sings “Criatura” Silk Nobre “Change” João Couto took part in the 2019 semifinal.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 5th heat

Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, continues with a 5th and last heat. As Sweden is the host country, the winning song will go directly to the final. Two songs will go directly to the final, two other songs will go for ‘final qualification’, something that will be decided after the 5th heat. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here or on the SVT Play app. These are the participating songs: Marcus & Martinus sing “Unforgettable” Chelsea Muco sings “Controlla” Jay Smith sings “Back to my roots” Elecktra sings “Banne maj” Annika Wickihalder sings “Light” Medina sings “Que sera” Marcus & Martinus were 2nd last year.Medina was 3rd in 2022. The final qual is what previously was the ‘Andra chancen’: two songs will be chosen to be added to the final next week, and these are the contestants: Adam Woods sings “Supernatural” Elisa Lindström sings “Forever yours” Dear Sara sings “The silence after you” Fröken Snusk sings “Unga & fria” Klaudy sings “För dig” Gunilla Persson sings “I won’t shake (La La Gunilla) Albin Tingwall sings “Done getting over you” Scarlet sings “Circus X” no. 3 of the 5th heat no. 4 of the 5th heat Adam Woods was 4th last year.Elisa Lindström took part in 2014 (semifinal).

🇷🇸 Serbian line up complete

The Serbian line up for the final is complete, with 8 new finalists. Out of 14 songs, new finalists are chosen. You will find them below in bold letters: Nadia sings “Sudari” Hydrogen sings “Nemoguća misija” Iva Lorens sings “Dom” Zejna sings “Najbolja” Filip Baloš sings “Duga je noć” Nemanja Radošević sings “Jutra bez tebe” Yanx sings “Kolo” Kat Dosa sings “Tajni začin” Džordži sings “Luna Park” Dušan Kurtić sings “Zbog tebe živim” Teja Dora sings “Ramonda” Konstrakta sings “Novo, bolje” Milan Bujaković sings “Moje tvoje” Durlanski sings “Muzika”

🇷🇸 Serbia: 2nd semifinal Pesma za Evrovizija

Tonight Pesma za Evroviziju, the Serbian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, starts. 14 songs will compete, 8 of them will qualify. The final will be held this Saturday. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on the RTS YouTube Channel and on the Eurovision YouTube Channel. These are the contestants: Nadia sings “Sudari” Hydrogen sings “Nemoguća misija” Iva Lorens sings “Dom” Zejna sings “Najbolja” Filip Baloš sings “Duga je noć” Nemanja Radošević sings “Jutra bez tebe” Yanx sings “Kolo” Kat Dosa sings “Tajni začin” Džordži sings “Luna Park” Dušan Kurtić sings “Zbog tebe živim” Teja Dora sings “Ramonda” Konstrakta sings “Novo, bolje” Milan Bujaković sings “Moje tvoje” Durlanski sings “Muzika” Nadia took part last year and was 3rd.Zejna took part in 2022 (13th) and 2023 (7th).Filip Baloš was 4th last year.Konstrakta represented Serbia in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “In Corpore Sano”.

🇷🇸 Serbia: results are in

Results are in in Serbia. Eight songs have qualified for the final upcoming Saturday. These are the results, the finalists are in bold: Marko Mandić, “Dno” M.IRA, “Percepcija” Bojana & David, “No No No” Lena Kovačević, “Zovi me Lena” Saša Baša & Virtual Ritual, “Elektroljubav” Martina Vrbos, “Da me voliš” Fillari, “Ko je ta žena?” Breskvica, “Orlovo gnezdo” Hristina, “Bedem” Ivana Vladović, “Jaka” Chai, “Sama” Zorja, “Lik u ogledalu” Kavala, “Vavilon” Keni nije mrtav, “Dijamanti”