Estonia had their first Semi Final tonight and selected 5 songs which will perform again on March 2nd to select the next Estonian entry. The qualifiers are: Winny Puhh – Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti Teele & Tuuli & Ula – Ring The Alarm Grete Paia – Päästke noored hinged Elina Born – Enough Kõrsikud – Suuda öelda ei …
Melodifestivalen Semi Final 3: Two surprising acts qualify
The third Semi Final of Melodifestivalen just concluded and according to reactions online and in the hall, the two qualifiers were unexpected. The two songs directly qualified for the Final shows are: State of Drama – Falling Ravaillacz – En riktig javla schlager The big favorites Janet Leon & Amanda Fondell are already eliminated while Martin Rolinski & Caroline af Ugglas move on to …
Latvia: ESC UNITED voters like Samanta Tina the best
The Latvian National Final is tonight and if it were up to the ESCUNITED readers, Samanta Tina would become the next Latvian representative. 35% of the votes went to “I need a hero” securing Samanta a healthy lead over Grupa PeR’s “Here we go” which received 17% of the votes, so a significant difference there. The only other song that …
Natalia Kelly is going to Malmo for Austria
Natalia Kelly’s song “Shine” won the Austrian National Final tonight receiving the televotes 1st place and 2nd from the juries. Natalia was the favorite going into tonight’s show and she delivered. Congratulations to Natalia and her team. The Song [vsw id=”XKpqQplDVP0″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] What are your thoughts? Do you like that song or did Austria made the …
ESC UNITED readers want to see Natalia Kelly to represent Austria
The poll results are in and a clear majority wants to see “Shine” by Natalia Kelly. The song received 42% leaving the competition in the dust. Austria is going to choose their song fuer Malmo tonight and after last year’s failure to qualify there will be a bit more pressure on this year representative. The Bandaloop finished 2nd receiving 27% of …
Greece – Vote for who you think should go to Malmo
The Greek National Final is only a few days away and ESC UNITED would like to see who your favorites are. This year there are only four acts in the running and Greece wants to return to the Top 10 again after missing it for the first time in 8 years. The poll will close Sunday night and the results …
Cascada’s “Glorious” Night – Germany has chosen
After an exciting and unpredictable vote between the radio votes, televote and Juries the fan favorite “Cascada” is flying the flag for Germany this May in Malmo. Good luck to Germany, here is the video for you, let us know what you think. Thumbs up or thumbs down? [vsw id=”Y77A9-hQAp0″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Cyprus – Despina Olympiou’s song “An Me Thimase” released
Despina’s ballad “An Me Thimase” was reavealed by the broadcaster today. The singer, who is quite known in Greece and Cyprus and the entry has been composed by Andreas Giorgallis and penned by Xenon Zindilis. [vsw id=”gSvv7ie0Hio” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Let us know what you think, the ESC UNITED community is already talking among themselves and you can …
Hannah (Slovenia 2013) released “Straight into love”
Slovenia made their song for Malmo available online. Let us know what you think, thumbs up or thumbs down? To listen to the song click HERE. You can also watch the YouTube clip [vsw id=”O_6s44-lBKk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Moldova announced the 24 Finalists
Singers and songwriters had to apply separately in the first round of the national selection. This was done to find the best singer and song for the International audience. This is a unique and somewhat controversial approach but nevertheless the 24 Finalists have been chosen. Now these Finalists can choose between the 60 songs selected by a professional jury. …