national finals

🇸🇪 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”

🇭🇷 Croatia: 2nd semifinal of DORA

Tonight, the second of two semifinals of DORA will be held. Since 1993, when Croatia first took part, DORA is the national final. In tonight’s semifinal, 12 songs will compete, 8 of which will go to the final, Sunday. The show will start at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. These are the twelve competing songs: 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” The Splitters were 4th last year.Boris Štok was 13th in 2023.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.

🇭🇷 First results Croatia are in!

The results of the first semifinal of DORA, the Croatian national final, are in. Eight songs will head to the final next Sunday. The finalists are in bold: Noelle, “Baby baby” Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin, “Vodu piti trizan biti” Stefany, “Stretnih dana dat’ će bog” Misha, “One day” Erna, “How do you love me” Eugen, “Tišine” Vinko, “Lying eyes” Barbara Munjas, “Nepobjevida” Let 3, “Babaroga” Lana Manadrić, “More” Pavel sings “Do mjeseca” Saša Lozar, “Ne plačem zbog nje”

🇭🇷 Croatia: 1st semifinal of DORA

Tonight, the first of two semifinals of DORA will be held. Since 1993, when Croatia first took part, DORA is the national final. In tonight’s semifinal, 12 songs will compete, 8 of which will go to the final, next Sunday. The show will start at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. These are the twelve competing songs: Noelle sings “Baby baby” Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin sing “Vodu piti trizan biti” Stefany Žužić sings “Stretnih dana dat’ će bog” Misha sings “One day” Erna sings “How do you love me” Eugen sings “Tišine” Vinko sings “Lying eyes” Barbara Munjas sings “Nepobjevida” Let 3 sings “Babaroga” Lana Manadrić sings “More” Pavel sings “Do mjeseca” Saša Lozar sings “Ne plačem zbog nje” Barbara Munjas already participated in 2007 (semifinal). Last year she was 8th.Saša Lozar took part in the 2011 heats.Let 3 represented Croatia in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Mama šč!”.

🇱🇹 Silvester Belt wins in Lithuania

Eurovizija.LT has, after 5 heats and a final, been whon by Silvester Belt. He will sing for Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Their song is called “Luktelk” and is written and composed by Džesika Šyvokaitė, Elena Jurgaitytė and Silvester himself. Lithuania will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. Here is the full result: Silvester Belt, “Luktelk”, 16.688 pts Shower, “Impossible”, 9.066 pts The Roop, “Simple joy”, 6.884 pts VB Gang “Kaboom!!”, 13 pts Monika Marija, “Unlove you starting tomorrow”, 10 pts Aistè, “Hero”, 8 pts Žalvarinis, “Gaudė vėjai”, 8 pts Il Senso, “Time”, 8 pts Pluie de Comètes, “Be careful”, 6 pts Queens of Roses, “Walk through fire”, 3 pts

🇩🇰 Saba Danish contestant for Malmö

Denmark selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö and its Saba with the song “Sand”. The song is written and composed by Jonas Thander, Melanie Wehbe and Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen. Denmark will perform in the first half of the second semifinal. Here is the full result of the contest: Saba, “Sand”, 37 pts. Basim, “Johnny”, 34 pts. Janus Wiberg, “I need your love”, 29 pts. The other contestants were: Stella, “Sign here” Chu Chu, “The chase (zoom zoom)” RoseeLu, “Real love” Ublu, “Planetary hearts” Aura Dione, “Mirrorball of hope”

🇲🇩 It’s Natalia Barbu for Moldova!

It’s Natalia Barbu for Moldova. won the national selection Etapa Națională. Out of 11 songs, “In the middle” was chosen to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the favourite of the jury. Televoters selected Valeria Pasha, but the vote of the jury counted more. The song is written by Khris Richards and Natalia herself and composed by Natalia. She will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. Here are the full results: Natalia Barbu, “In the middle”, 22 pts. Valeria Pasha, “Anti-princess”, 22 pts. Iulia Teleucă, “Runaway”, 16 pts. Cătălina Solomac, “Fever”, 14 pts. Viola Julea, “Light up!”, 9 pts. Reghina Alexandrina, “Contrasens”, 9 pts. Nicoleta Sava, “Bravo”, 8 pts. OL, “No time, no space”, 7 pts. Sasha Letty, “DNA”, 6 pts. Y-Limit, “Revolution”, 2 pts. Victor Gulick, “Fever”, 1 pts.

🇱🇹 Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT comes to an end

The final of Eurovizija.LT will be held tonight as well. Ten songs were chosen out of the semifinals, and they will compete in the final tonight. The show will be held in the Švyturys arena in Klaipėda. Starting at 20.00 CET, you can watch it here and on YouTube. Here you’ll find the participating songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Hero Aisté 2 Gaudė vėjai Žalvarinis 3 Be careful Pluie de Comètes 4 Luktelk Silvester Belt 5 Kaboom!! VB Gang 6 Time Il Senso 7 Impossible Shower 8 Unlove you starting tomorrow Monika Marija 9 Walk through fire Queens of Roses 10 Simple joy The Roop Justė Kraujelytė (Pluie de Comètes) participated in 2022 (6th) and 2023 (8th).Vidas Bareikis (VB Gang) took part in 2017 (heats) and 2018 (wildcard round).Il Senso was 9th in last year’s final.Monika Marija was 4th in 2018, 2nd in 2019 and 3rd in 2020.Queens of Roses reached the second chance round in 2017 and the heats in 2019.The Roop was supposed to represent Lithuania in 2020 with “On fire” and did so in 2021 with “Discoteque”. They were also 3rd in the 2018 national final.

🇩🇰 Will Basim return for Denmark?

Denmark will select their song tonight as well. Out of eight songs, a jury (50%) and the televoter (50%), will select the winner. First, they will select three songs for a superfinal and then we know the winner. The show, from DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Below, you’ll find the eight participants. nr Title Artist(s) 1 Sand Saba 2 Sign here Stella 3 The chase (zoom zoom) Chu Chu 4 Johnny Basim 5 Real love RoseeLu 6 Planetary hearts Ublu 7 I need your love Janus Wiberg 8 Mirrorball of hope Aura Dione Basim represented Denmark in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with “Cliché Love Song”. Aura Dione has had several international hits.