Tallinn, 4 December 2021 Another Saturday, another update from the Baltic. Buckle up for the report of Eesti Laul’s third quarterfinal. The quarterfinal, hosted by Eurovision veterans Ott Lepland and Laura Põldvere, featured ten submissions that were hoping to reach the live semifinal shows. This quarterfinal was deemed the “foreign language” semifinal, meaning all songs were in the foreign language …
Last week, Bulgaria officially announced Intelligent Music Project as the country’s 2022 Eurovision representatives. With the release of its entry, “Intention”, on the horizon, here are five things to know about the supergroup: It’s the Brainchild of a Renowned Physician Dr. Milen Vrabevski, the mastermind behind Intelligent Music Project, is a prominent physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. His philanthropic and business …
Nothing say happy holidays like FiKmas, and this year is no exception to that. While Albania may not be the first roster of songs we’ve received this year (that goes to Estonia’s Eesti Laul), Eurovision fans are extremely excited to watch the traditional kick-off show for the National Final season. Earlier last month, Albanian broadcaster RTSH revealed the list of …
Whether on purpose or on accident, the Swedish broadcaster SVT released the final 14 artists competing in the 2022 edition of Melodifestivalen on their mobile app today. The official announcement was supposed to come from SVT tomorrow. These artists will join the line-up that was announced on November 26th and will join the race to represent Sweden in Turin this May. …
2022 hasn’t started yet, but the first song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be released in a few days already! Last Thursday, Bulgaria announced that the rock supergroup Intelligent Music Project will represent them at the contest in Turin. Today the Bulgarian delegation announced in a tweet, that the band will premiere their Eurovision entry “Intention” on the …
Last year we saw a change in the contest that required all of the delegations to record a “live-on tape” performance of their Eurovision song in the event of travel restrictions or a COVID-19 case occurred prior to rehearsals. Ideally none of these were to be used, but due to travel restrictions by the Australian government Montaigne and the Australian …
It’s another exciting monday given that ERR has released the next 10 artists and songs competing in the quarter-final set to air on Saturday, December 4th. The broadcaster will continue to use former Eesti Laul contestants and Eurovision artists to host the live show, and this weekend the hosts will be Eurovision 2012 representative Ott Lepland and Eurovision 2005 and …
Romania is back with Selecţia Naţională and the final will take place on the 5th of March 2022, but the way to the final is going to be a long a very musically heavy way to the final with a few extra steps. Sounds confusing? Well, it is a bit, so let’s take a closer look. Selecţia Naţională 2022 The …
Since 2020, Norway has been into a Eurovision extravaganza, giving viewers multiple shows to watch over the long and cold winter weeks. This trend will once again continue into 2022, but with a few minor, yet interesting changes. Melodi Grand Prix 2022 Norwegian head of delegation and in-command maestro for MGP, Stig Karlsen, has revealed that there will be changes …
This evening, the second quarter-final of Eesti Laul 2022 was held in Tallinn, as ten more acts took to the competition to select Estonia’s hopeful for Turin. Once again, the qualifiers would be decided by televoting (3 acts) and juries (2 acts), following all of the performances. This week’s show was hosted by former Estonian representatives Uku Suviste (2020 and …
