national finals

🇪🇸 Spain: Results are in at Benidorm Fest

The first semifinal of Benidorm Fest took place, and the results are in. Four songs will go through to the final. This is what the juries decided: Nebulossa sings “Zorra”, 149 pts Angy Fernández sings “Sé quién soy”, 137 pts Sofia Coll sings “Here to say”, 116 pts Miss Cafeina sings “Bla bla bla”, 105 pts Mantra sings “Me vas a ver”, 98 pts Noan sings “Te echo de”, 96 pts Lérica sings “Astronauta”, 82 pts Quique Niza sings “Prisionero”, 81 pts We can say hi to Nebulossa, Angy Fernández, Sofia Coll and Miss Cafeina in the final, upcoming Saturday!

🇪🇸 Spain: Benidorm Fest starts

Tonight, Benidorm Fest will start. It is the Spanish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Each of the two semifinals will contain eight songs. Four songs each will go to the final on Saturday, 3 February. Tonight’s show will start on 22.50 CET and you can watch it here. Below you’ll find the titles and contestants: Lérica sings “Astronauta” Noan sings “Te echo de” Sofia Coll sings “Here to say” Mantra sings “Me vas a ver” Miss Cafeina sings “Bla bla bla” Quique Niza sings “Prisionero” Angy Fernández sings “Sé quién soy” Nebulossa sings “Zorra” None of the artists took part in Benidorm Fest before.

🇱🇺 Luxembourg is back with Tali

Finally, there is a new Luxembourgish Eurovision Contestant, and it’s Tali. After an exciting voting, Tali was chosen to represent the country, for the first time since 1993. Her song “Fighter”, written and composed by Ana Zimmer, Manon Romiti and Silvio Lisbonne, will be the entry. At first, eight songs were presented, three went to the superfinal: Joel Marques, “Believer” Edsun, “Finally alive” Naomi Ayé, “Paumée sur terre” Angy & Rafa Ela, “Drop” One Last Time, “Devil in the detail” Krick, “Drowning in the rain” Chaild, “Hold on” Tali, “Fighter” The final result was decided by televoting and an expert jury together: Tali, “Fighter”, 178 Krick, “Drowning in the rain”, 165 Joel Marques, “Believer”, 136 Tali was the winner of the international jury and the televote.

🇱🇹 Two new finalists in Lithuania

And for the third time, Lithuania brings us their results. In Lithuania, two songs are chosen to go to the final on 17 February. Here are the full results of the semifinal: Shower sings “Impossible”, 20 pts Pluie de Comètes sings “Be careful”, 19 pts Mary Mo sings “Done”, 16 pts MeidĖ sings “Zoo”, 16 pts Baltos Vamos sings “In the night”, 15 pts Anžela sings “Paskubėk”, 10 pts Sun Francisco sings “Trauka”, 8 pts Sid Harlow sings “Here we go again”, 6 pts

🇳🇴 Norway chose the last three finalists

The field of finalists in Norway is known. and KEiiNO will go to the final next week, where Norway will select its participant. Vidar Villa sings “Mer” Mistra sings “Waltz of Death” Thomas Jensen sings “Take me to heaven” Annprincess sings “Save me” Miia sings “Green lights” KEiiNO sings “Damdiggida”

🇱🇺 Finally a new song for Luxembourg

After 31 years Luxembourg will select a Eurovision entry again. After the 1993 contest, Luxembourg has left Eurovision and did not return…. until now. Tonight, a new chapter will be added to the Luxembourg Eurovision history. Out of eight songs, Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL will select one. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Of course, none of the contestants did participate before. However, we do have a familiar face: One of the hosts, Désirée Nosbusch, hosted the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. These are the eight contestants: Song Artist * Drop Angy & Rafa Ela * Hold on Chaild * Finally alive Edsun * Believer Joel Marques * Drowning in the rain Krick * Paumée sur terre Naomi Ayé * Devil in the detail One Last Time * Fighter Tali

🇱🇹 Lithuania: Next step in Eurovizija LT

Tonight is the night: the third episode of the Lithuanian preselection Eurovizija LT will be held. The show will exist of 5 semifinals, each with 8 songs. Two songs will head to the final. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here or at the LRT app. These are the 8 competing songs of tonight: Anžela sings “Paskubėk” Sid Harlow sings “Here we go again” MeidĖ sings “Zoo” Pluie de Comètes sings “Be careful” Sun Francisco sings “Trauka” Mary Mo sings “Done” Baltos Vamos sings “In the night” Shower sings “Impossible” Justė Kraujelytė (Pluie de Comètes) took part in 2022 (5th) and 2023 (8th).Sun Francisco was present in 2022 (7th).Mary Mo reached the semifinal in 2022.Baltos Vamos took part in the 2020 semifinal.

🇳🇴 Melodi Grand Prix: 3rd semifinal

The Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix continues with a third semifinal. We will be able to watch three heats with 6 songs each. Half of the songs will go through to the final. The show starts at 19.50 CET and you can watch it here. These are the six entries of tonight: Vidar Villa sings “Mer” Mistra sings “Waltz of Death” Thomas Jensen sings “Take me to heaven” Annprincess sings “Save me” Miia sings “Green lights” KEiiNO sings “Damdiggida” Vidar Villa took part in MGP 2018.Benedicte Adrian (Mistra) was a member of Dollie Deluxe and represented Norway in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest with “Lenge Leve Livet”. As Dollie they also took part in MGP 1981 (6th) and 1982 (10th).KEiiNO represented Norway in 2019 with the song “Spirit in the sky”. Two years later they were 2nd in MGP with “Monument”. Dollie Deluxe (with Benedicte Adrian) sings “Lenge Leve Livet” in 1984. KEiiNO sings “Spirit in the sky” in 2019.

🇮🇱 Six artists left in Israel

Israel comes closer to a decision. The artist representing the country will be chosen on 6 February. Meanwhile, the call for exclusion of Israel due to the Israel-Hamas war becomes louder. Iceland has put the biggest questionmark on participation in a contest with Israel this week. This is to be continued. Meanwhile, the Israeli selection process, HaKokhav Haba, continues. 21 january Or Cohen, 86% Shai Tamino, 83% Dor Shimon, 88% Mika Moshe, 94% Orel Ravid, 81% Eden Golan, 90% Jonathan Bitton, 62%, eliminated Lian Biran, 68% Arik Sinai, 66% 22 january This was a round with duels. One of each duel went directly to the next round, three others were saved by the jury. Mika Moshe (97%) vs Dor Shimon (81%) Lian Biran (82%) vs Orel Ravid (59%) Eden Golan (83%) vs Shai Tamino (73%) Or Cohen (94%) vs Arik Sinai (79%) Dor Shimon, Shai Tamino and Arik Sinai were saved. 25 January Or Cohen, 94% Mika Moshe, 86% Dor Shimon, 79% Eden Golan, 92% Shai Tamino, 72% Lian Biran, 56% Arik Sinai, 51%, eliminated Note that Arik Sinai took part in the national selection in 1985 and was 4th.

🇮🇪 It’s Bambie Thug for Ireland

Bambie Thug will represent Ireland. In an exciting show, part of the Late Late Show, “Doomsday Blue” was chosen out of eight songs. The song is written and composed by Cuntry Ray Robinson, Olivia Cassy Brooking, Sam Matlock, Tyler Ryder. Bambie Thug has a difficult task: together with Sweden, Ireland holds the record of seven wins. Will they be the eighth? Here are the full results: Bambie Thug, “Doomsday Blue”, 32 pts Ailsha, “Go Tobann”, 24 pts Next In Line, “Love like us”, 24 pts Erica-Cody, “Love me like I do”, 22 pts JyellowL, “Judas”, 16 pts Isabelle Kearny, “Let me be the fire”, 8 pts