The Russian broadcaster has received more applications for their preselection than expected. As a result, the current deadline will now be extended. The previous plan was to air KTO (“Who”) on the 31st of December in order to let the Russian public pick their Eurovision 2014 representative. The new date has not been revealed but the national final is due …
Hungary: A Dal participants announced
The Hungarian public broadcaster MTVA announced the 30 acts chosen to take part in ‘A Dal’ the popular National Final show. The entries were chosen internally by a professional jury: •Elmaradt pillanatok – Gájer Bálint •Morning Light (Reggeli fény) – Marge •This Is My Life (Ez az életem) – Musicfabrik •Break Up – Lil C •Karcolás (Rise Again) – Polyák …
Albania releases names of participants
The Albanian broadcaster RTSH released the names of the 16 participants taking part in Festivali i Këngës 52, the Albanian National Final show. On December 26 & 27 eight songs will be performed each night and unlike a normal Semi Final where some songs are eliminated, all acts will perform on the big Final night scheduled December 28th . Running Order …
Ukraine: The 20 national final participants are revealed
The Ukrainian national broadcaster NTU has announced the line-up for their upcoming national final. The public together with a jury will decide who will represent Ukraine in Copenhagen on the 21st of December. – Victor Romanchenko “At the edge of the abyss” – Anna Khodorovska “If there is love” – Anatoly Shparov “Waiting for you” – NeAngely “Courageous” – Stas Shurins “Why” …
Hungary: Dates for “A Dal” announced
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 …
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: 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 …
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 …