Entries by Andreas Papayiannakis

Germany: “Lied für Turin” is expected to take place at the beginning of March!

It looks like ARD has come to a conclusion that they will show the German preliminary round “Lied für Turin” within the first half of March. Counting five placements below the 25th position, in the last six years of the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany has to step things up in the future. The German broadcaster […]

Lithuania: Monika Linkytė and Artūras Aleksiejus-Alekas have withdrawn from the national selection!

Monika Linkytė, that had represented Lithuania in Eurovision 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila, commented to LRT.lt, that she has to withdraw from the national selection, due to a health condition. I have a cold, I am sick and now unfortunately I have to refrain from singing for a while. It is quite unfortunate and sad, but […]

SVT in crisis meetings for Melodifestivalen, after the newly imposed restrictions!

Tens of thousands of spectators who have purchased tickets for the Melodifestivalen tour shows held in February and March of 2022 are in danger of losing the opportunity to watch their favourite artists perform live. It has become clear since the Swedish government and the Public Health Organization, imposed new strict guidelines concerning the pandemic, due to the new […]

Sweden: Running order and semi-final allocation for Melodifestivalen 2022 revealed!

The the running order as well as contestant allocation for the semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2022 was just revealed by SVT! The running order is determined, each year, by the production team of Melodifestivalen, taking into consideration both the competing songs’ musical qualities as well as stage performance and other production considerations and can be read […]

Sweden: Tomorrow semi-final allocation and running order for Melodifestivalen 2022 to be revealed by SVT!

It’s the final countdown! Just a few minutes ago, the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, posted an announcement on their official Twitter account for Melodifestivalen, stating that tomorrow morning at 09:00 Greek time (08:00 CET) the allocation of all contestants to the semi-finals and their running order will finally be revealed! https://twitter.com/SVTmelfest/status/1470414288795877377?s=20 The 28 contestants We […]

The Netherlands: AVROTROS announced participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with alt-pop artist S10!

A few minutes ago, the Dutch national broadcaster AVROTROS announced that Stien den Hollander, known by the stage name S10, will represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with a Dutch song. S10 appeared at a YouTube video, practically announcing her participation at the contest representing The Netherlands, to the masses of eurofans: […]

Sweden: Final line-up of 28 Melodifestivalen 2022 contestants, just announced!

After SVT revealed the first 14 contestants of Melodifestivalen 2022 on Friday November the 26th, today “it’s time to face the music”! The final announcement has been made prematurely (names are leaked in the official Melodifestivalen app) and you can now flick through the list of the full line-up of the 28 contestants of Melodifestivalen […]

Sweden: These are the 14 first contestants of Melodifestivalen 2022!

As promised by the national Swedish broadcaster SVT and the presenter of Melodifestivalen 2022 Oscar Zia by a post on the official Twitter account of Melodifestivalen, the time has come for the 14 first contestants of the Swedish national selection of 2022 to be revealed! The first 14 contestants are the following Anders Bagge Song: […]

Armenia: “Great news soon”, said the head of the delegation!

Armenian head of delegation, David Tserunyan, noted a possible return of the country to the next Eurovision Song Contest and most probably Junior Eurovision too, in 2022, after their withdrawal this year. David Tserunyan, who is also an elected member of the Reference Group, took part in the group’s first meeting with RAI lately. The […]

Sweden: SVT open for Melodifestivalen 2022 submissions, on the 27th of August 2021!

The public broadcaster of Sweden, SVT, called for new submissions for Melodifestivalen 2022, by publishing their latest Instagram post. National and International artists, that are interested in participating in the Swedish national selection show, for Eurovision 2022, are expected to make their submissions, starting from the 27th of August, up until the 17th of September […]