national finals

It’s Diljá for Iceland

Diljá will represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The singer will sing the song “Power”, written and composed by Dilja Pétursdóttir herself together with Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson. Iceland will perform in the 1st half of the 1st semifinal. Out of the 5 participating songs, two were chosen for the superfinal. They were: Langi Seli & Skuggarnir, “OK” Diljá, “Power” The other participating songs were: Sigga Ozk, “Dancing lonely” Bragi, “Sometimes the world is against you” Celebs, “Doomsday dance” You can watch the song below:

Pasha Parfeny will return to the contest for Moldova

Pasha Parfeny won Etapa Națională, the Moldovan national final. He will therefore represent Moldova in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. The song is called “Soarele şi luna”and was written by Iuliana Parfeni and composed by Pasha himself and Andrei Vulpe. It is not the first time represents Moldova. did it before in and became. Moldova will sing in the second half of the first semifinal. Here are the full results: Pasha Parfeny, “Soarele şi luna”, 24 pts. Sunstroke Project, “Yummy mommy”, 18 pts. Aliona Moon, “Du-mă”, 17 pts. Surrorile Oroianu, “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”, 15 pts. Donia, “Red zone”, 11 pts. OL, “Why you play it cool”, 7 pts. Corina Ivanov, “When love is real”, 7 pts. Cosmina, “Indestructible”, 7 pts. Victor Gulick, “Let’s dance”, 5 pts. Nördika, “Damn and down”, 5 pt. Here you’ll find the video of the live performance:

Serbia: Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 will have it’s final

Tonight Serbia will also select a song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Through the national final Pesma za Evroviziju, which contains 16 songs, a 50/50 jury/televoting jury will select the song. The show starts at 21:05 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. You will find the entries below: 1 Stefan Shy Od jastuka do jastuka 2 Boris Subotić Nedostupan 3 Nadia Devojka tvog dečka 4 Duo Grand Viva la vida 5 Nađa Moj prvi ožiljak na duši 6 Frajle Neka, neka 7 Hurricane Zumi Zimi Zami 8 Chegi & Braća Bluz Band Svadba ili kavga 9 Dzipsii Greh 10 Luke Black Samo mi se spava 11 Filip Baloš Novi plan, drugi san 12 Princ Cvet sa istoka 13 Filarri Posle mene 14 Gift Liberta 15 Empathy Soul Project Indigo 16 Zejna Rumba Boris Subotić was 10th in last year’s semifinal.Hurricane won the 2020 national final with “Hasta la vista”. Due to COVID19 the festival was cancelled and Hurricane got a 2nd chance with “Loco Loco” in 2021. Note that the girls are not the girls of the original group, but new singers.Chegi & Braća Bluz Band were 10th in last year’s final.Gift became 13th last year.Zejna took part in last year’s national final and became 14th.

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin final to be held

Iceland will select their entry tonight through the Söngvakepnnin final. Five songs from the two semifinals will be sung. The rule for the semifinal was that all of them should be sung in Icelandic. For now, they will all be sung in a language of choice. However, this year at least four of the songs are in English. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: 1 Sigga Ozk Dancing lonely 2 Bragi Sometimes the world is against you 3 Celebs Doomsday dancing 4 Diljá Power 5 Langi Seli & Skuggarnir OK None of the participants has ever taken part in Söngvakeppnin before.

Moldova selects a song

Tonight Moldova will select an entry. Will it be one of the returning artists we see back in Liverpool? Ten songs will compete in Etapa Națională. The show starts at 18:00 CET and you can watch it here, on YouTube and on Facebook. These are the participants: 1 Donia Red zone 2 OL Why you play it cool 3 Victor Gulick Let’s dance 4 Surrorile Osoianu Bade, bădişor, bădiţă 5 Cosmina Indestructible 6 Nördika Damn and down 7 Aliona Moon Du-mă 8 Sunstroke Project Yummy mommy 9 Pasha Parfeny Soarele şi luna 10 Corina Ivanov When love’s real Surorile Osoianutook part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Sunstroke Projectrepresented Moldova in 2010 with Olia Tira and the song “Run away”, and in 2017 with “Hey mamma!”. Beside, they took part in the 2015 national selection with Michael Ra (3rd).Pasha Parfeni took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (2nd), 2012 (1st, represented Moldova with the song “Lautar”), 2020 (2nd). Besides, he wrote the Eurovision entry for Aliona Moon (2013).

Portugal: Festival Da Canção has it’s 2nd semifinal

Portugal continues the national final Festival Da Canção tonight. The tradition is that there will be two semifinals and a final. Every semifinal contains 10 songs, the final will have 12. That means that from tonight’s semifinal, five songs will go through to the final via televoting, one chosen by an expert jury. The show will be broadcast on 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. These are the participating songs: Edmundo Inácio, “A festa” The Happy Mess, “O impossível” Teresinha Landeiro, “Equanto é tempo” Bandua, “Bandeiras” Bárbara Tinoco, “Goodnight” Inês Apenas, “Fim do mundo” Ivandro, “Povo” Dapunksportif, “World needs therapy” Lara Li, “Funâmbula” Voodoo Marmalade, “Tormento” Bárbara Tinoco was 2nd in the 2020 national final.Lara Li took part in 1980 (semifinal) and 1986 (final).

Sweden: semifinal time!

After four heats, Sweden finds it’s semifinal. All the songs that became 3rd and 4th will compete tonight. The show will start at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: Theoz, “Mer av dig” Mariette, “One day” Victor Crone, “Diamonds” Tennessee Tears, “Now I know” Elov & Beny, “Raggen går” Melanie Wehbe, “For the show” Nordman, “Släpp alla sorger” Kiana, “Where did you go?” Theoz became 7th last year.Victor Crone took part in 2015 and reached the 2nd chance round, together with Behrang Miri. In 2020 he became 9th. In 2019 he represented Estonia with the song “Storm”.Nordman became 5th in 2005 and 6th in 2008.Mariette became 3rd in 2015, 4th in 2017, 5th in 2018 and 10th in 2020.

Germany decides tonight

Germany will select it’s entry tonight. Out of the 9 entries you’ll find below, one will be selected by international juries (50%) and televoters (online/tele/SMS). The show starts at 22:20 CET and you can watch it here and here. 1 Trong Dare to be different 2 René Miller Concrete heart 3 Anica Russo Once upon a dream 4 Lonely spring Misfit 5 Will Church Hold on 6 Patty Gurdy Melodies of hope 7 Ikke Hüftgold Lied mit gutem Text 8 Frida Gold Alle Frauen in mir sind müde 9 Lord of the Lost Blood & glitter

Serbia: 2nd semifinal Pesma za Evroviziju

Tonight Serbia continues with their national selection: Pesma za Evroviziju. 16 songs will compete, an expert jury (50%) and televoters (50%). The show will start at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. Tonight’s songs are: Hurricane, “Zumi, zimi, zami” Nađa Terzić, “Devojka tvog dečka” Filarri, “Posle mene” Zejna, “Rumba” Frajile, “Neka, neka” Igor Vins & Bane Lalić, “Zato što volim” Petar Pupić, “Ako shvatim” Dzipsii, “Greh” Eegor, “Starac dana” Jovana Tomašević, “Kao grom iz vedra neba” Ivona Pantelić, “U noćima” Gift, “Liberta” Milan Bujaković, Zoran Todorović & Sanja Anastasija, “Fenomen” Aleksandar Simić & Nenad Osmanović, “Viva la vida” Drai, “Loše procene” Doris Milošević, “Tišina” Hurricane won the 2020 national final with “Hasta la vista”. Due to COVID19 the festival was cancelled and Hurricane got a 2nd chance with “Loco Loco” in 2021. Note that the girls are not the girls of the original group, but new singers.Zejna took part in last year’s national final and became 14th.Bane Lalić also took part last year but didn’t survive the semifinal.Ivona Pantelić became 12th last year.Gift became 13th last year.Milan Bujaković reached the 9th place in the 2020 final.

Serbia: Semifinal results are in

After a marvelous show, it was time for results. Out of 16 songs, 8 will go on to the final. The finalists are in bold: Mattia Zanatta & Angela Kassiani, “Novi svet” Adem Mehmedović, “Osmeh” Nađa, “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši” Tijana Dapčević, “Mamim” Princ, “Cvet sa istoka” Filip Baloš, “Novi plan, drugi san” Filip Zmaher, “Cujemo se sutra” Luke Black, “Samo mi se spava” Angellina, “Lanac” Empathy Soul Project, “Indigo” Stefan Maljković Shy, “Od jastuka do jastuka” Hercenšlus, “Vremenska zona” Savo Perović, “Presidente” Igor Stanojević, “Iza druge” Boris Subotić, “Nedostupan” Chegi & Braća Bluz Band, “Svadba ili kagba”