Sweden, Serbia and Portugal

There are four national finals tonight, but it is also very well possible your choice is for one of the semifinals.

We start with Sweden. Andra Chancen, the second chance contest for all the songs that became 3rd and 4th in the Melodifestivalen, will take place tonight, 20:00 CET. You can watch it here. The participating songs, in duels, are: 

  • Anis Don Demina, “Vem e som oss” vs Ellen Benediktson & Simon Peyron, ” Surface
  • Malou Prytz, “Ballerina” vs Paul Rey, “Talking in my sleep”
  • Felix Sandman, “Boys with emotions” vs Frida Öhrn, “We are one”
  • Méndez feat. Alvaro Estrella, “Vamos amigos” vs Drängarna, “Piga och dräng”

At 21.00 CET, the Serbian national final Beovizija start it’s second episode. You can watch it here:

  • LIFT, “Samo mi kaži”
  • Bane Mojićević, “Cvet sa Prokletija”
  • Bora Dugić & Balkubano, “Svadba velika”
  • Bojana Mašković, “Kao muzika”
  • Naiva, “Baš baš”
  • Rocher Etno Bend, “Samo ti umeš to”
  • Lazar Živanović, “Puklo je nebo”
  • Ivana Jordan, “Vila”
  • Nenad Ćeranić, “Veruj u sebe”
  • Hurricane, “Hasta la vista”
  • Ana Milenković, “Tajna”
  • Milan Bujaković feat. Olivera Popović, “Niti”

Ivana Jordan became 3rd in Beovizija 2007. Nenad Ćeranić took part in the 2008 semifinals. Bora Dugić took the Eurovision stage in 2008 to accompany Jelena Tomašević. Ana Milenković won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest as a backing vocal for Marija Šerifović. As a member of the group Beauty Queens she took part in Beovizija 2008 and 2009.

Last one of the night is the second semifinal of Portugal. It starts at 22.54 CET and zou can watch it here and here. The songs participating are:

  • Dubio feat, +351, “Cegueira”
  • Luiz Caracol & Gus Liberdade, “Dói-me pais”
  • Judas, “Cubismo enviesado”
  • Kady, “Diz só”
  • Elisa Rodrigues, “Não voltes mais”
  • Cláudio Frank, “Quero-te abraçar”
  • Tomás Luzia, “Mais real que o amor”
  • Jimmy P, “Abensonhado”

 

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