national finals

Latvia: Supernova 2023 starts

Latvia will also start their national selection today: Supernova. The show will start at 20:00 and you can watch it here or with the lsvm.lv app. 14 songs will compete and 10 will head to the final. These are the songs: 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” Inspo took part in Supernova last year and became 8th.Toms Kalderauskis took part in the heats in 2017, in the semifinals in 2020 and in the online voting in 2022.Justs represented Latvia in 2016 with “Heartbeat”.Adriana Miglāne took part in 2019 and made it to the semifinal.Markus Riva took part in 2014 (11th), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (semifinal), 2017 (heats), 2018 (4th), 2019 (2nd), 2020 (semifinal) and 2022 (semifinal).Raum took part in 2019 (3rd with the band Double Faced Eels) and solo in 2022 (9th)Sudden Lights was the 2018 runner up.

Ireland: Eurosong 2023

Tonight is the night that Ireland will have a national selection. The show starts at 22:35 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: Leila Jane sings “Wild” Adgy sings “Too good for love” Public Images Limited sing “Hawaii” Connolly sings “Midnight summer night” Wild Youth sings “We are one” K Muni & ND sing “Down in the rain” None of the artists took part in the national selection before. However, Public Images Limited are not completely unkown. The band, under the lead of John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, had a huge international hit in 1983 with “This is not a love song”. Lydon was also the singer of the Sex Pistols.

Iru Kechanovi wins The Voice Georgia

Iru Kechanovi has won The Voice Georgia and thus will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song, with which she will represent the country, will be presented later. Iru was coached by Dato Porchkhidze. She sang the Eurovision song “Euphoria” in the final. Iru gained 21,88% of the votes. The full results are: Iru Kechanovi, 21,88% Giorgi Datiashvili 15,72% Likuna Tutisani 13,76% Lika Siradze 13,73% Anka Tatarashvili 11,56% Tina Datikashvili 10,34% Tako Kakalashvili 10,9% Kakha Aslamazashvili 2,92%

Spain: Benidorm Fest semifinal 2

Tonight is the night: Benidorm Fest will have it’s second and last semifinal. Benidorm Fest is the Spanish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show starts at 22.50 and can be seen here. Out of 9 songs, 4 will qualify for the final. The songs are: Alfred García sings “Desde que tú estás” Blanca Paloma sings “Eaea” E’Femme sings “Uff!!” Famous Oberogo sings “La lola” José Otero sings “Inviemos en Marte” Karmento sings “Quiero y duelo” Rakky Ripper sings “Traccíon” Siderland sings “Que esclati tot” Vicco sings “Nonchentera” Alfred García represented Spain in 2018 with the song “Tu cancíon”, in duet with Amaia.Blanca Paloma took part in Benidorm Fest 2022 and became 5th.Famous Oberogo took part in Operacíon Triunfo 2019 and became 7th in the Eurovision final.

The Voice Georgia comes to it’s final

Tonight is the night: The Voice Georgia has it’s final. Why is that interesting for us? Well, the winner gets the ticket to Liverpool, where he or she will represent Georgia. The show starts at 19.00 CET and you can watch it here and on Facebook. After a long series of shows, there are eight finalists: Lika Siradze Tina Datikashvili Anika Tatarashvili Likuna Tutisani Iru Kechanovi Tako Kakalashvili Giorgi Datiashvili Kakha Aslamazashvili Iru Kechanovi took part in the heats of X-Factor Georgia 2019.

Spain: Benidorm Fest starts

Tonight is the night: Benidorm Fest will start. Benidorm Fest is the Spanish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show starts at 22.50 and can be seen here. Out of 9 songs, 4 will qualify for the final. The songs are: Agoney sings “Quiero ardar” Alice Wonder sings “Yo quisiera” Aritz Aren sings “Flamenco” Fusa Nocta sings “Mi familia” Megara sings “Arcadia” Meler sings “No nos moverán” Sharonne sings “Aire” Sofia Martín sings “Tuki” Twin Melody sings “Sayonara” Agoney took part in Operación Triunfo 2017. He became 5th.

Lithuania: Pabandom iš naujo results are in

And we have a winner…. or better said, we have 10 winners, because 10 songs will head to the semifinals. The results are as follows: Beatrich sings “Like a movie”, 24 pt Monika Linkytė sings “Stay”, 18 pt Mario Junes sings “Do what you do”, 13 pt. Matt Len sings “Midnight train”, 12 pt. Agnė sings “New start”, 10 pt. Petunija sings “Love of my life”, 10 pt. MoonBee sings “Rumor”, 8 pt. Gebrasy sings “Saw your ghost”, 6 pt. Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys sings “Sėdi ir važiuoji”, 5 pt. Donata sings “Dreamer”, 5 pt. I.T. sings “Žinau, tai tu”, 4 pt. Viktorija Faith sings “If you ever miss me”, 1 pt. Melona sings “Song of whispers”, 0 pt The Pixls sing “Šaukt”, 0 pt. Voldemar Petersons sings “Things”, 0 pt.

Moldova: former ESC participants all qualified

There are 10 qualifiers in Moldova. They have just been anounced on Moldovan television. Note that one of the songs that we mentioned among the auditioners, “Temperatura” sung by Lola, was disqualified. That makes the total of participants 30. In bold letters, the qualifiers. All the former Eurovision participants, Pasha Parfeni, Aliona Moon and Sunstroke Project, qualified. A date for the final is not yet set. Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony”

Norway: Melodi Grand Prix, semifinal 3

Tonight knows the third and last semifinal of Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Three semifinals will all contain 7 songs. 3 of them will be selected to go to the final, chosen by 100% televoting. After tonight, we know the full line up of the final! The show starts at 19:50 CET and you can watch it here. The participants are: Akuvi sings “Triumph” Tirill sings “Break it” Skrellex sings “Love again” Eline Thorp sings “Not meant to be” Stig van Eijk sings “Someday” Maria Celin sings “Freya” Atle Pettersen sings “Masterpiece” Akuvi already reached the final in 2020.Stig van Eijk represented Norway in 1999 with the song “Living my life without you”.Atle Pettersen sang in the 2021 final.

Moldova: live auditions are on the way

Today, you can watch the live auditions of the Moldovan national selection Etapa Națională 2023. 31 songs will compete. There are 10 tickets for the national final, which is to be held at the end of February. The show starts at 13:00 CET and can be seen here. The participants are: Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Lola sings “Temperatura” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony” Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Angel Kiss took part in the audition rounds in 2020 and 2022.Diana Elmas took part in the audition round in 2022.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).Ricky Ardezianu took part in the 2022 auditions.Sasha Bognibov took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (auditions), 2012 (semifinal), 2020 (auditions) and 2022 (auditions).Sunstroke Project represented 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).Surorile Osoianu took part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Vera took part in 2015 with Diana Popa (10th), in 2018 (2nd) and in 2019 (3rd).Y-Limit took part in the 2022 auditions.