The Hungarian broadcaster MTVA announced the dates for A Dal, the popular selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest. January 25 – Heat 1 February 01 – Heat 2 February 08- Heat 3 February 15- Semi-final 1 February 16- Semi-final 2 February 22- Final In addition, the jury which will have a 50% say in picking the winner consist …
Latvia announces Dziesma participants
The Latvian broadcaster LTV revealed the 24 participants that will compete next February to become the next representative of Latvia for the Eurovision Song Contest. Just like last year, the songwriters and song titles have been revealed and you can listen to the Demo version on the broadcasters website HERE The 24 entries are: Is it possible, composer: Edgars …
Mija Martina flares up racist scandal
Just as the former Yugoslav countries have been shocked by the pro-Nazi chants by Croatian football player Josip Simunic, a new scandal flares up, involving a former Eurovision entrant! Simunic, after Croatia won the qualifying game for the World Cup in 2014 against Iceland, walked onto the stadium field and chanted a pro-Nazi chant used in the Croatian puppet state …
Switzerland: The six finalists revealed
The eighteen remaining acts previously chosen by the three Swiss broadcasters performed in front of an expert Jury Saturday afternoon. That jury picked the six lucky entries who will perform on February 1st, 2014 at the National Final. The six acts moving on: 3ForAll – Together Forever [vsw id=”sWP8z-k8BVo” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Nino Colonna – La Luce Del Cuore [vsw …
France: Three candidates for National Final
As previously announced, France is hosting its first national final in six years to allow for the public selection of the 2014 representative. The three candidates, who were approved after two rounds of the special “listening committee,” have been announced as Destan, Joanna Lagrave or Twin Twin. Destan is a relatively new pop group consisting of members Kilian, Quentin and …
Malta Wins Junior Eurovision 2013
In a suspenseful photo finish, Gaia Cauchi of Malta took the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 trophy tonight with her power ballad “The Start”. This is Malta’s first win in Junior Eurovision, coming after a two-year break from the contest. Malta finished the contest with 130 points, just 9 ahead from runner-up Ukraine with Sofia Tarasova’s “We Are One”. Coming …
Malta: 20 Semi Finalists announcement
Malta is announcing the 20 Semi Finalists live out of a list of 70. The local programme Xarabank is being used to reveal the candidates that were chosen by PBS, the Maltese broadcaster. The qualifiers will get to perform a short version of their entry with the full songs being released at a later point. You can watch all 20 …
Belarus Announces National Finalists
Belarus national broadcaster BTRC has chosen fifteen national finalists today. After having received over 100 entries, a jury has chosen 15 to vie for Belarus’ spot on the Eurovision stage in Copenhagen. The 15 selected contestants are: Matvej Bondarenko Yuri Vashchuk Aleksey Gross (Update 12/8: Gross has been disqualified.) Daria Zhanet Max Lorens & DiDyuLya Anastasia Malashkevich Artem Mikhalenko Alina …
Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2014 Semi 3 & 4 participants
A few days ago, SVT revealed the first half of participants of Melodifestivalen, one of the most popular shows in Sweden and the winner will move on to represent that country at the Eurovision song contest. Here is the list of the remaining participants: Semi Final 3 (Feb 15th) State of Drama – All We Are (Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil …
First 16 Melodifestivalen acts revealed
Today the Swedish National broadcaster, SVT revealed the first 16 acts in a press conference they held in Stockholm. Among the acts are some very familiar faces. Semifinal 1/Malmo February 1: Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Mahan Moin “Aleo” Mahan Moin, Anderz Wrethov Alvaro Estrella “Bedroom” Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Lauren Francis, Kristofer Östergren …