It’s not real a Christmas without Festivali i Këngës – hence, merry FiKmas! – Anyhow, once again Albania held the yearly traditional festival, which is used to decide who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest, and tonight was the decisive night. 60th Festivali i Këngës This year, saw the 60th edition of the annual competition, which has …
This afternoon TVM announced the 22 artists that would compete in the 2022 edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest national final. Malta has used a national final in the years prior to 2018, but opted to use the Malta X-Factor show to select their 2019 and 2020/2021 representatives. This year they will return to their roots, and quite a …
Albania’s Festivali i Këngës is set to begin on December 27th, taking place once again within the Pallati i Kongreseve. Ahead of the show we were able to talk with Gjergj (Joe) Kaçinari, who has been involved in the festival for a number of years but just recently transitioned to performing as a featured artist. Together we talked about his …
You might be thinking, that this can’t be true, but it is indeed! For 2022, Romania have selected a total of 45 semi-finalists, that will compete to earn one of the 10 spots to the final, that is set to take place on March 5th 2022 (Just a reminder, Romania had 60 semi-finalists in 2018, so yeah, you better believe …
San Marino earlier this year announced that they would return to a national final to select their Eurovision 2022 participant, and this time the selection process will be in person compared to the online 1in360 process used to select candidates in 2018. The national final is still open to artists from around the world, but artists will have to audition …
They are usually one of the last countries to announce their details, and here as we approach the end of another year, we now know what’s in store, in the small landlocked country of Moldova. Selecția Națională 2022 Out of nowhere, the national broadcaster of Moldova (TRM) has finally launched their search for the next representative of the country, and it …
Croatian broadcaster HRT just revealed the 14 artist that will be competing in Dora 2022 to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The show will be broadcasted on the 19th of February. Next to these 14 acts, the broadcaster also decided about 4 reserve acts. These acts will also compete at Dora 2022 if an …
Just 10 day after the Czech Republic announced the lucky 7 acts, we finally know which act will fly the Czech flag in Turin. During a live broadcast on the official Eurovision YouTube channel, it was announced that We Are Domi will represent the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with their song “Lights Off.” …
Earlier this year we reported that Montenegro and RTGC will be returning to the 2022 contest, but will not use their former national final to select their entry for Turin. Instead, they hosted an open call for submissions from all around the world with a short list of requirements: Singers for the entry must have Montenegrin citizenship, but other team …
RÚV has made an announcement that we will know the acts and songs competing in next year’s edition of Söngvakeppnin at the end of January. Ealier this year the broadcaster announced that the semi-finals for the selection will take place on February 19th and 26th respectively, with the final taking place on March 5th. The line-up for Söngvakeppnin will be …
