national finals

🇷🇸 Serbia: Pesma za Evroviziju first semifinal

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: Marko Mandić sings “Dno” M.IRA sings “Percepcija” Bojana & David sing “No No No” Lena Kovačević sings “Zovi me Lena” Saša Baša & Virtual Ritual sing “Elektroljubav” Martina Vrbos sings “Da me voliš” Fillari sings “Ko je ta žena?” Breskvica sings “Orlovo gnezdo” Hristina sings “Bedem” Ivana Vladović sings “Jaka” Chai sings “Sama” Zorja sings “Lik u ogledalu” Kavala sings “Vavilon” Keni nije mrtav sings “Dijamanti” Martina Vrbos took part in Croatian Dora 2010 (semifinal). Ivana Vladović was 5th in 2019 and 16th in 2022.Zorja was 3rd in 2022.

🇭🇷 Baby Lasagna wins in Croatia

🇭🇷 Will Croatia select Baby Lasagna tonight?

Tonight the final of Dora, the national selection of Croatia, will be held. Out of 16 songs, Croatia will select an entry. Already for weeks, it’s Baby Lasagna who is the hot favourite. But will he win though…. or will someone else. The show starts at 20.15 CET and you can watch it here. These are the participating songs: nr Title Artist(s) 1 Dijamanti Natalie Balmix 2 Vodu piti trizan biti Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin 3 More Lana Mandarić 4 Can we talk Boris Štok 5 Stretnih dana dat’ će bog Stefany 6 Do mjeseca Pavel 7 Ne plačem zbog nje Saša Lozar 8 Ne vjerujem ti Lara Demarin 9 Baba roga Let 3 10 A tamburitza lullaby Alen Đuras 11 Tišine Eugen 12 Slatke suze, gorka ljubav Vatra 13 Voljena ženo Damir Kedžo 14 Rim tim tagi dim Baby Lasagna 15 Gasoline Marcela 16 Lyin’ eyes Vinko Boris Štok was 13th in 2023.Saša Lozar took part in the 2011 heats.Let 3 represented Croatia in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Mama šč!”. Damir Kedžo took part in the heats in 2011. He was supposed to represent Croatia with “Divlji vjetre” in 2020, but the show was canceled due to COVID19. Last year he became 5th.

🇸🇲 Megara represents San Marino!

Spanish Megara has won Una Voce Per San Marino and thus represents the small state in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song “11:11” is written and composed by Isra Dante Ramos Solomando, Roberto la Lueta Ruiz and Sara Jiménez Moral. San Marino will perform in the 2nd half of the 2nd semifinal. The full results are: Megara, “11:11” Loredana Bertè, “Pazza” La Rua, “Governo del cuore” Aimie Atkinson, “A dare for love” Booom!, “Dance like this” Marcella Bella, “Chi siamo davvero” Dana Gillespie, “The last polar bear” XGiove, “Nostalgia” Mate, “Big mama” Jalisse, “Il paradiso di qui” Massala & Foresta, “Paranoia” Daudia, “With you” Aaron Sibley, “Human” Wlady, DJ Jad, Corona & Ice MC, “Questa volta” Kida, “Invincible” Dez, “Freedom” Pago, “Il protagonista”

🇵🇹 Portuguese results are in

In Portugal, results are in. Out of the 10 songs, 6 were chosen to go to the final. This is the full result: Bispo sings “Casa Portuguesa” Iolanda sings “Grito” João Borsch sings “…Pelas costuras” Left. sings “Volto a ti” Mela sings “Água” Mila Dores sings “Afia a língua” Nena sings “Teorias da conspiração” Noble sings “Memory” Perpétua sings “Bem longe daqui” Rita Rocha sings “Pontos finais” 5 songs were chosen through jury/televote, Noble was later chosen by televote only.

🇮🇸 Hera, Sigga and Bashar through in Iceland

Hera Björk and Bashar Murad will go through to the final of Söngvakeppnin, next Saturday. The results of tonight’s semifinal are as follows: Hera Björk sings “Við förum hæarra” Heiðrún Anna sings “Þjakaður af ást” Bashar Murad sings “Vestrið villt” Sigga Ózk sings “Um allan alheiminn” Maiaa sings “Fljúga burt” After the regular contest, there was a wildcard given to Sigga Ózk. That means she will also be added to the lineup of the final.

🇸🇲 Una Voce Per San Marino

Tonight, the final of Una Voce Per San Marino, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, will be held. The show will be hosted from the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana and starts at 21.00 CET. You can watch it here. 17 songs will compete in the contest. The decision will be made by a jury, not by televoting. These are the songs: nr Title Artist(s) 1 Human Aaron Sibley 2 A dare for love Aimie Atkinson 3 Dance like this Booom! 4 The last polar bear Dana Gillespie 5 With you Daudia 6 Freedom Dez 7 Il paradiso e qui Jalisse 8 Kida Invincible 9 Gioverno del cuore La Rua 10 Pazza Loredana Bertè 11 Chi siamo davvera Marcella Bella 12 Paranoia Masala & Foresta 13 Big mama Mate 14 11:11 Megara 15 Il protagonista Pago 16 Questa volta Wlady, DJ Jad, Corona & Ice MC 17 Nostalgia XGiove Aaron Sibley took part in the 2022 national final and was 3rd.The members of Booom! were part of Soulution and took part in the Slovenian preselection in 2020.Jalisse represented Italy in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with “Fiume di parole”. Kida reached the final in San Marino last year.Loredana Bertè took part in the Festival di Sanremo in 1988 (16th), 1993 (14th), 1997 (20th), 2019 (4th) and this year (7th).Mate took part in San Marino in 2022 (17th) and 2023 (final).Megara was 4th in Benidorm Fest 2023.XGiove was 3rd in San Marino 2023.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção starts

Tonight, Portugal will start with 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: Bispo sings “Casa Portuguesa” Iolanda sings “Grito” João Borsch sings “…Pelas costuras” Left. sings “Volto a ti” Mela sings “Água” Mila Dores sings “Afia a língua” Nena sings “Teorias da conspiração” Noble sings “Memory” Perpétua sings “Bem longe daqui” Rita Rocha sings “Pontos finais” Mila Dores took part in the semifinals in 2019.

🇸🇪 4th Melodifestivalen heat in Sweden

Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, continues with a fourth 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: Albin Tingwall sings “Done getting over you” Lia Larsson sings “30 km/h” Dotter sings “It’s not easy to write a love song” Scarlet sings “Circus X” Lasse Stefanz sing “En sång om sommaren” Danny Saucedo sings “Happy that you found me” Dotter took part in Melodifestivalen before in 2018 (semifinals), in 2020 (2nd) and in 2021 (4th).Lasse Stefanz took part in 2011 (semifinals).Danny Saucedo was 3rd in 2009 (with E.M.D.), 2nd in 2011, also 2nd in 2012 and 7th in 2021.

🇭🇷 Croatia: results are in again!

The results of the second semifinal of DORA, the Croatian national final, are in. Eight songs will head to the final next Sunday. That makes the line up for the final complete. Tonight’s finalists are in bold: Lu Dedić sings “Plavi leptir” James Night sings “Nebo plače” Lara Demarin sings “Ne vjerujem ti” Alen Đuras sings “A tamburitza lullaby” The Splitters sing “Od kad te sanjam” Boris Štok sings “Can we talk” Baby Lasagna sings “Rim tim tagi dim” E.T. sings “Pametnom dosta” Vatra sings “Slatke suze, gorka ljubav” Damir Kedžo sings “Voljena ženo” Natalie Balmix sings “Dijamanti” Marcela sings “Gasoline”