The third and Final Semi Final took place and three more songs qualified for the big Final show. They will join the 6 songs qualified from the previous Semi Finals, in addition one wild card will be added bringing the number of Finalists to 10. Here are tonight’s Qualifiers Gaute Ormåsen – Awake [vsw id=”kMsX6kwNuqg” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] …
Heat 1 of A Dal 2013 (Hungary)
So as I watch A Dal 2013 and Melodifestivalen 2013, I can tell the budgets are a bit disparate between the two. Still, I think tonight’s show did a great job. It’s a bit more hands-on in the sense that the jurors provide feedback for the artists. But at the same time, it makes it come off as a bit …
Recap of the Semi-Final 1 in Melodifestivalen 2013 (Sweden)
I’m excited to say that this is the first time I have ever watched the renowned Melodifestivalen and I am stoked! Live from Karlskrona, we start with a fantastic introduction that walks viewers through the last year. We get clips of the performers and then watch Loreen’s win. Then we go to Baku and watch Loreen once again achieve victory. …
Coming of Age: A retrospective look at Ralph Siegel’s Eurovision entries
From Zack: Roy is the president of OGAE REST OF THE WORLD. If you know Roy, you know that he is one of, if not THE biggest RALPH SIEGEL fan. So when we found out that RALPH SIEGEL would return to EUROVISION 2013 with SAN MARINO’s entry, Roy decided to take a look back at Ralph Siegel’s illustrious Eurovision …
The Road to Malmo: Hungary; Review of the A Dal 2013 Heat 1 Songs
As we are doing with LATVIA, we at ESC UNITED are featuring another OGAE REST OF THE WORLD country in our ROAD TO MALMO series: HUNGARY! To start things off, we are reviewing the ten songs of Heat 1 in A Dal 2013, the Hungarian National Selection. Six songs will progress to the semi-finals: three via televoting and three via …
Hannah going to Malmo for Slovenia
As previously announced by the Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO, Slovenia would not hold a National Final due to major financial cuts and today they announced that Hannah Mancini will be flying the flag for Slovenia in Malmo. She may not be an unknown face to some ESC fans, in 2011 she took part in the National Final for her country as …
Despina Olympiou for Cyprus
The broadcaster announced that Despina Olympiou will fly the Flag for Cyprus in Malmo. The 37 year old singer was selected internally by CyBC and her song will be in Greek. This song will be truly a song from Cyprus as the singer as well as Andreas Giorgallis (music) and Zenon Zindilis (lyrics) are Cypriot citizens. Unfortunately we don’t have …
Finland has chosen all finalists
Last night the Semi Final/Wild card show took place in Finland and the juries & televoters picked four more songs that would move on the the Final Stage. Great Wide North, Last Panda, Elina Orkoneva, and Lucy Was Driving will once again perform on February 9th, 2013 when Finland picks their entry for Malmo. Four songs already directly qualified previously brining …
San Marino is sending Valentina Monetta AGAIN
Over the past few weeks, many different rumors have been floating around on the Internet on who would represent San Marino in 2013 but not too many thought San Marino would go for the same artist 2 years in a row. Fans may remember Valentina from last year when she represented this tiny nation with the “Social Network Song”. …
The Road to Malmo: Latvia; Interview with Peo Nylén (music publisher representing Dzisema 2013 and Melodifestivalen entries)
Peo Nylén is a music publisher for Scandinavian Songs AB. You may not know his name off-hand but he has been a part numerous Eurovision and National Selection songs in the past twenty years, including Ines “Once in a Lifetime,” Pirates of the Sea “Wolves of the Sea,” and Rollo and King “Never Ever Let You Go.” This year, Peo …