national finals

🇮🇸 Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin

Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin tonight. It is, already since 1986, the Icelandic national final. This year, 5 songs compete in each semifinal. Two of them go to the final, along with one wildcard. In the final, the songs can be sung in any language. In the semifinals, they have to be sung in Icelandic. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. Tonight´s contestants are: CeaseTone sings “Ró” Blankiflúr sings “Sjá þig” Anita sings “Stingum af” Sunna Kristinsdóttir sings “Fiðrildi” VÆB sings “Biómynd” None of the artists participated in Söngvakeppnin before.

🇸🇪 Third heat of Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, continues with a third 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 competing songs: Jacqline sings “Effortless” Clara Klingenström sings “Aldrig mer” Kim Cesarion sings “Take my breath away” Klaudy sings “För dig” Gunilla Persson sings “I won’t shake (La La Gunilla)” Cazzi Opeia sings “Give my heart a break” Clara Klingenström was 5th in 2021.Cazzi Opeia was 9th in 2022.

🇩🇪 Isaak represents Germany in Malmö

Isaak won Das Deutsche Finale, the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. He will sing the song “Always on the run”, written and composed by Greg Taro, Isaak Guderian, Kevin Lehr and Leo Salminen. That is what the German audience and an international expert jury decided. Both agreed on Isaak’s victory. The full result of the contest is this: Isaak, “Always on the run”, 24 pts. Max Mutzke, “Forever strong”, 20 pts. Ryk, “Oh boy”, 13 pts. Bodine Monet, “Tears like rain”, 12 pts. Galant, “Katze”, 11 pts. Marie Reim, “Naiv”, 10 pts. Ninetynine, “Love on a budget”, 6 pts. Floryan, “Scars”, 3 pts. Leona, “Undream you”, 3 pts.

🇩🇪 Germany selects a song tonight

Tonight is the night of Das Deutsche Finale, the German final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs will compete from Studio Berlin Adlershof. The show will be hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. An international jury and televoters will select a song on a 50/50 base. The show starts at 22:05 CET. You can watch it here and here. These are the 9 entries: nr Title Artist 1 Love on a budget Ninetynine 2 Undream you Leona 3 Always on the run Isaak 4 Katze Galant 5 Scars Floryan 6 Tears like rain Bodine Monet 7 Oh boy Ryk 8 Naiv Marie Reim 9 Forever strong Max Mutzke Ryk was 3rd in the 2018 national final.Max Mutzke represented Germany in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Can’t wait until tonight”.

🇮🇹 Italy: Angelina Mango confirmed for Eurovision

After winning San Remo, Angelina Mango confirmed that she will represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. She did that in the winners press conference after the contest. It is the procedure: the winner of the Festival di Sanremo gets the first choice to represent Italy. He or she can however chose not to. This is the rule since 2015. Only in 2016, when Stadio won Sanremo, they chose not to go to Eurovision. Francesca Michielin, who reached a 2nd place, went to the contest in Stockholm instead. Angelina Mango will (likely) sing “La noia”, a song she co-wrote with Dario Faini and Francesca Calearo.

🇱🇻 Dons for Latvia in Malmö

Dons wins! It’s gonna be Dons for Latvia. will sing the song “Hollow”, which is written by Artūrs Šingirejs, Kate Northrop and Liam Geddes. Dons will perform in the second half of the second semifinal. You will find the full results here: Dons, “Hollow” Vēstulēs, “Kur?” Katrīna Gupalo, “The cat’s song” Alekss Silvers, “For the show” Saint Levića, “Tick Tock” Edvards Strazdiņš, “Rock ‘n’ roll supernova” Ecto, “Outsider” Avéi, “Mine” Funkinbiz, “Na chystu vodu” Papīra Lidmašīnas, “Mindbreaker”

🇱🇹 The Roop and Queens of Roses through in Lithuania

The Lithuanian audience and jury have decided. The winners are and The Roop and Queens of Roses. Here are the full results: The Roop sing “Simple joy”, 24 pts. Queens of Roses sing “Walk through fire”, 17 pts Lina Štalytė sings “Perfect”, 15 pts. April Frey sings “New Years”, 14 pts. Freya Alley sings “Serenade”, 12 pts. Petras sings “Run”, 11 pts. Kàro sings “Weightless”, 11 pts. Emilija V sings “Trophy wife”, 6 pts.

🇮🇹 Italy: Festival di Sanremo final

Tonight will be the final night of the famous Festival di Sanremo. 30 songs will compete for the trophy. 5 songs will be selected for a superfinal. The winner will be decided by 33% press jury, 33% radio jury and 34% televote. The winner is the one who got the first choice to go to Eurovision. In the press conference after the show, they will let the public now whether they go to Malmö or not. The show will start 20:45 CET and end deep in the night. You can watch it here. Here are the 30 contestants: nr. Title Artist (s) 1 Fino a qui Alessandra Amoroso 2 Vai! Alfa 3 La noia Angelina Mango 4 Sinceramente Annalisa 5 La rabbia non ti basta BigMama 6 Governo punk Bnkr44 7 Diamanti grezzi Clara 8 Onda alta Dargen D’Amico 9 Ti muovi Diodato 10 Apnea Emma 11 Mariposa Fiorella Mannoia 12 Il cielo non ci vuole Fred De Palma 13 Tutto qui Gazzelle 14 I p’ me tu p’ te Geolier 15 Casa mia Ghali 16 Fragili Il Tre 17 Capolavoro Il Volo 18 Tu no Irama 19 Autodistruttivo La Sad 20 Pazza Loredana Berté 21 Tuta gold Mahmood 22 Spettacolare Maninni 23 Due altalene Mr. Rain 24 Ricominciamo tutto Negramaro 25 Pazzo di te Renga & Nek 26 Ma non tutta la vita Ricchi e Poveri 27 Click boom! Rose Villain 28 Finiscimi Sangiovanni 29 L’amore in bocca Santi Francesci 30 Un ragazzo una ragazza The Kolors Participating in Festival di Sanremo before (in years that the Eurovision song was chosen from the contest): Annalisa in 2013, 2015 (4th), 2016 (11th), 2018 (3rd), 2021 (7th)Dargen D’Amico in 2022 (9th)Diodato in 2018 (8th) and 2020 (1st). He was supposed to represent Italy in the 2020 ESC with “Fai rumore”, which was cancelled due to COVID19.Emma in 2011, 2012, 2022 (6th). She was chosen to represent Italy in the 2014 ESC with “La mia città”.Fiorella Mannoia in 1987 (8th) and 1988 (10th).Il Volo in 2015 (1st), 2019 (3rd). They represented Italy in 2015 with “Grande amore”.Irama in 2019 (7th), 2021 (5th), 2022 (4th).Loredana Bertè in 1987 (16th), 1993 (with Mia Martini, 14th), 1997 (20th), 2019 (4th).Mahmood in 2019 (1st) and 2022 (1st, with Blanco). He represented Italy in both years, in 2019 with “Soldi” and in 2022 with “Brividi”.Mr. Rain in 2023 (3rd).Francesco Renga in 2012, in 2019 (15th), in 2021 (22nd).Nek in 1997 (7th), 2015 (2nd), 2019 (19th).Ricchi e Poveri in Canzonissima 1974, 1987 (7th), 1988 (9th), 1989 (9th), 1990 (17th). They were chosen to represent Italy in the 1978 ESC with “Questo amore”.Sangiovanni in 2022 (5th).The Kolors in 2018 (9th). Diodato sings “Fai Rumore” in Eurovision Shine A Light in 2020. Emma sings “La mia città” in 2014. Il Volo sing “Grande amore” in 2015. Mahmood sings “Soldi” in 2019. Mahmood (and Blanco) sings “Brividi” in 2022. Ricchi e Poveri sing “Questo amore” in 1978.

🇱🇻 Latvia will select an entry tonight

Latvia will select their entry tonight. After a semifinal last week, 10 songs will compete in the final of Supernova. The show starts at 20:10 CET and you can watch it here. Lauris Reiniks and Ketija Šēnberga will host the show, that takes place in LTV Studio 6 in Riga. Below you will find the 10 competing songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Kur? Vēstulēs 2 Mine Avéi 3 Mindbreaker Papīra Lidmašīnas 4 The cat’s song Katrīna Gupalo 5 Outsider Ecto 6 Hollow Dons 7 Tick Tock Saint Levića 8 Rock ‘n’ roll supernova Edvards Strazdiņš 9 Na chystu vodu Funkinbiz 10 For the show Alekss Silvers Avéi was 5th last year.Katrīna Gupalo took part in 2018 and remained in the semifinal.Dons was the runner-up in 2010 and in 2014.Saint Levića participated in 2017 (4th).Edvards Strazdiņš was involved in the 2020 internet voting.

🇫🇮 Finland in search for Käärijä’s successor

All eyes are on Finland this year. After the success of Käärijä, everybody’s anxious to hear what the Nordic country will bring. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the Finnish national final, contains 7 songs. None of the artists ever took part in the national final. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the songs: nr. Title Artist 1 Kuori mua Sini Sabotage 2 Dancing with demons Cyan Kicks 3 Glow Jesse Markin 4 Vox populi Mikael Gabriel & Nublu 5 Paskana Sara Siipola 6 Mania Sexmane 7 No rules Windows95man