Another Melodifestivalen week just started and the rehearsals have once again started. Today SVT released the lyrics of the acts that will perform on Saturday 20:00 CET. The acts competing on Saturday are: (Click to view the lyrics) Ellen Benediktson – Insomnia Kalle Johansson – För din skull (For Your Sake) Andreas Weise – Bring Out the Fire Andreas Johnson – Living …
Montenegro: Joksimović to write Knez’s entry
We haven’t heard much about Montenegro’s entry since they announced 2015’s first artist, Nenad Knežević (Knez). But now it appears that there’s a lot to be excited for; Željko Joksimović has been enlisted to write the Montenegrin entry and will write his fifth Eurovision song in 2015. Joksimović has taken part himself in the Eurovision Song Contest twice for Serbia, …
Final tickets to go on sale February 27th
It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for…. The final batch of tickets will be going on sale on Friday 27th February (with just a small amount of tickets reserved for when they know the whole logistics of the arena as per usual). Tickets will be made available for all live shows and their respective jury shows, and as usual …
Nadav Guedj to Vienna for Israel
HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”) is over and we have a winner. The competition, which started 9 December 2014, came to a close and sixteen year old Nadav Guedi finished first. That means he is going to represent Israel at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Broadcaster IBA tried a different approach after years of bad results. …
Malta: Firelight’s Appalachian Dulcimer To Be Auctioned For Charity
Richard and his band Firelight represented Malta in Copenhagen last year with their song ‘Coming Home’. Richard is now auctioning his signed Appalachian dulcimer, which is the only Appalachian dulcimer to have appeared on a Eurovision stage. The money raised in this auction will go towards Puttinu Cares Cancer Support Group, which was set up in 2002 to give support to children and families who …
Greece: Five Acts Revealed
Next month we will see the Greek acrts take to the stage in hope of winning the Greek ticket to Vienna, for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Today MAD TV (who will join forces with NERIT to select this year’s representative) announced the five names who will be participating in EuroSong 2015. The Five Acts: Barrice C:Real Elena Kyriakou Shaya …
TONIGHT: Israel picks The Next Star
Tonight sees another exciting event in the Eurovision calendar! It will be Israel’s turn to step into the spotlight as the final of HaKokhav HaBa decides the Middle Eastern state’s representative in 2015. Four finalists remain and all of them are desperate to grab the Israeli golden ticket to Vienna, but only one can win. Sari Nachmias, Avia Shoshani, Nadav …
Norway: Listen to the songs in full
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has now released the full versions of the 11 competing entries in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix. The songs can be heard on NRK’s own website here. NRK has also released the songs for streaming purposes on Spotify and Winamp. The 11 songs will compete in one show to choose Norway’s representative on 14th March 2015, a …
Latvia: 4 Supernova finalists chosen
The semi final of the Latvian preselection Supernova has just ended. 4 out of 8 competing artists managed to proceed to next week’s final. Just like in the quarter finals, 2 of the qualifiers were determined by the televoters while the other 2 were picked by the jury panel. Televoting qualifiers: MNTHA – “Nefelibata” Aminata – “Love Injected” Jury qualifiers: …
Bojana Stamenov to Vienna for Serbia
Tonight the returning country Serbia made its decision between three artists to win the ticket to Vienna. The show is called Odbrojavanje za Beč. Hosted by Maja Nikolic, the winner was selected via a 50/50 jury and televoting deliberation. At the end of the night, Bojana Stamenov won the vote and will represent Serbia a the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria …