Georgia: Listen to “We Need A Love” for Junior Eurovision 2019

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Georgia’s public broadcaster,GPB has released the song with which Giorgi Rostiashvili will compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The winner of the national finale “Ranina” will perform “We Need A Love”, written by Davit Evgenidze.

The video clip of the song was directed by Zaza Orashvili and we see other Ranina participants in it.

Giorgi was selected to represent Georgia through the “Ranina”, which was completed on May 26 at the Freedom Square in Tbilisi.

At the end of 2018, GPB launched the second release of ‘Ranina’. This season included ten episodes-concerts in which the ten nominees had to show their vocal abilities by singing alongside famous Georgian artists and a live orchestra. All the results were decided by a professional jury led by Dato Evgenidze.

https://youtu.be/jiLlNU8Nlrg

Ireland: Listen to its entry for Junior Eurovision 2019

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Anna Kearney won the Irish National Junior Eurovision Eire 2019 and will represent Ireland in Glivice, Poland. She will perform the song “Banshee”, hoping to bring Ireland’s first victory in children’s contest.

Listen to the Irish Junior Eurovision 2019 entry below:

https://youtu.be/JsZ0QBUj2SY

France: With a national final for Eurovision 2020

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In an interview with a local media outlet, France’s Public Channel Entertainment Director Alexandra Redde-Amiel confirmed that France’s next entry will be selected for another year through a national final.

As she stated, while discussions have begun and they have agreed that they are certain of a national final, what is left now is to see if they will follow the same format and name as they did last year. What is important for the channel right now is the country’s participation in the Junior Eurovision event in Poland next November.

[…] We think a lot. We are open to everything, we put all the questions on the table. What is certain is that the show will return. In what form and by what name, it has not yet been decided. […]

(Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of Entertainment,France Televisions)

France has been selecting its representative for the last two years through the national final Eurovision Destination. From the first year, the final has been loved by many friends of the competition, but also by the French public, as it is the most popular show of the night.

The second version of the Eurovision Destination was won by Bilal Hasani with the song “Roi”, which traveled to Israel for the sake of France and finished 16th in the Grand Final.

Australia: Listen to “We will rise” for Junior Eurovision 2019

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Jordan Anthony will represent Australia at Junior Eurovision 2019 with the song “We Will Rise”.

Jordan is 14 years old and comes from Perth, Australia. He participated in the eighth season of the musical competition “The Voice Australia All Stars”, where he won 4th place with the help of Delta Goodrem’s mentor.

Watch  Australia’s participation in Junior Eurovision 2019 below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqoTwF7pNRQ

Spain: Blas Cantó will represent the country at Eurovision 2020

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Without waiting, Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE announced its representative for Eurovision 2020. This is Blas Cantó, who was selected by direct assignment to compete  in May in Rotterdam.

RTVE, after two years in which the Spanish representative emerged through the talent show “Operacion Triunfo”, decided to revise its strategy, hoping to break away from the last rankings.

Thus, for the first time after 2015, Spain chooses its representative in the contest by direct assignment. The announcement of Spanish public television really came out of nowhere, as no one expected it to happen so soon. The song with which it will participate will be announced at a later date.

Blas Cantó is 28 years old and has become known in Spain as a member of boyband Auryn. He is considered one of the most popular artists of his generation and his selection is certainly a pleasant surprise, as Spain has not accustomed us to select artists. It is not the first time it has been associated with the contest, having participated in the Spanish national final for Junior Eurovision in 2004, and in 2011 tried his luck at the national final for regular Eurovision with Auryn. A few days ago he released his new song which you can listen to below:

Eurovision 2020: Who are the possible presenters of the show?

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Although we are still eight months away from the next Eurovision event, more and more information is coming to light about our favorite institution.

This time, the news is about Eurovision’s keynote presenters in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in May.

So, according to the Dutch songfestivalweblog website, the names of the presenters will be officially announced between late November and early December, with discussions expected to start and contract signings slipping within days.

Three people in the presentation?

According to the same website, although it has not been finalized, the number of presenters at the upcoming event will not exceed three, while there are currently 4 names that are the most prominent for the presentation, of which 3 will be selected.

The first name is Dionne Stax, who has just joined the potential of the Dutch channel AVROTROS and seems to have a significant lead in presenting the contest. Another hotly-debated name is Jan Smit, who has been a Eurovision commentator for the Netherlands in 2011, who said he would be honored to present the event. Also, the names of Herman van der Zandt and Winfried Baijens appear to have been put on the wish list, which are part of the NOS potential, one of the three channels that have taken over Eurovision in the Netherlands.

Other names that are rumored but less likely to present the competition and which belong to the country’s public broadcaster staff  are Amber Brantsen and Annechien Steenhuizen (NOS), Rik van de Westelaken, Tim Douwsma, Buddy Vedder and Romy Monteiro (AVRO) Witzier and Lucille Werner (KRO-NCRV), Nadia Moussaïd (VPRO) and Astrid Joosten and Emma Wortelboer (BNNVARA).

At the same time, Tooske Ragas and Nance Coolen do not belong to any television station, but have expressed their desire to present Eurovision 2020.

 Roos Moggré Press Conference Presenter?

Along with the names of the main presenters, the site also mentions the name of Roos Moggré as the presenter of the press conferences after each rehearsal of the missions, after the end of the semifinals and the grand final, and so on, as well has also presented other press conferences on Eurovision. Another name for the presentation of the press conferences is Koos van Plateringen.

Source: songfestivalweblog

Eurovision in Concert 2020: Tickets go on sale on October 11

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It was announced today that on Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10:00 am (CET time) tickets for the Eurovision in Concert 2020 will be launched.

The upcoming Eurovision in Concert 2020 event will take place on 4 April 2020 at 20:00 (local time) on AFAS Live. Tickets cost 45 euros (excluding 4.50 euros for services). For purchase of ticket, you can contact here.

Cornald Maas, Eurovision’s commentator on Dutch television for years, will be presenting the event.

What is Eurovision In Concert?

Eurovision in Concert is the largest music event for Eurovision, featuring artists who will be participating in the Eurovision event of the year. The contest’s journalists and friends travel from all over Europe to the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, every year to live the biggest pre-Eurovision party.

There, artists are required to sing live, and so we have the opportunity to listen for the first time – if not elsewhere – to the artists’ vocal abilities. Every year, several countries declare their presence at the event. For example, in 2019 28 of the 41 participating countries participated!

Junior Eurovision 2019: Listen to Melani García’s “Marte” for Spain

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Recently, Spanish television, RTVE, released the song that will represent the country at the upcoming Junior Eurovision event in the city of Glivice, Poland, this November.

The song is called Morte, which in English is the planet Mars, and refers to climate change and global warming, a key issue for the entire humanity.

You can listen to the song by clicking here.

Melani herself and Pablo Mora also contributed to the song, while Manu Chalud took over the production.

Morte Mars
Ahora

que-es cuando estamos a solas

soy aquello que llamasteis el mar

en el fondo del baúl

 

Perdona

tengo plástico en las olas

y secretos que no puedo contar

ya no tengo el agua azul

Si no quieres ver

que el mundo acabe así

debes defender la vida que hay en mí

 

Tu voz hoy puede volar

Llegar hasta marte

Llevarme al camino de la luz

Lo puedes cambiar

Llegar hasta marte

Llevarme a la luz

Todo puede ser

Como quieras tú

 

Ahora

Cada resto que abandonas

Es un arma que bien puede quitar

Una vida a cara o cruz

 

Funciona

con las mentes que razonan

con la gente que algo quiere cambiar

con la gente como tú

que no quieres ver

que el mundo acabe así

y vas a defender

la vida que hay en mí

 

Tu voz hoy puede volar

Llegar hasta marte

Llevarme a la luz

Lo puedes cambiar

Llegar hasta marte

Llevarme a la luz

 

 

Tu voz hoy puede volar

Llegar hasta marte

Llevarme al camino de la luz

Todo puede ser

Como quieras tú

 Now

what-is when we are alone

I am what you called the sea

at the bottom of the trunk

 

Forgives

I have plastic in the waves

and secrets that I can’t tell

I don’t have blue water anymore

If you don’t want to see

the world ends like this

you must defend the life in me

 

Your voice today can fly

Get to mars

Take me to the path of light

You can change it

Get to mars

Take me to the light

All can be

As you want

 

Now

Every rest you leave

It is a weapon that you can well remove

A life to face or cross

 

Works

with the minds that reason

with people that something wants to change

with people like you

you don’t want to see

the world ends like this

and you will defend

the life in me

 

Your voice today can fly

Get to mars

Take me to the light

You can change it

Get to mars

Take me to the light

 

 

Your voice today can fly

Get to mars

Take me to the path of light

All can be

As you want

Spain in Junior Eurovision

Spain was one of the 16 countries participating in the first Junior Eurovision competition in 2003.

In her short stint in the contest, it won one first, two second and a fourth place. 2006 was her last participation. Nevertheless, the interest of the people in the competition was high despite the absence of the country. In 2019, after 13 whole years, Spanish public television decided to return to the competition.

Antes muerta que sencilla, the song that Maria Isabel won for Spain in 2004, is still considered the most commercial winning song in the history of children’s Eurovision.

https://youtu.be/rY5B5BX5A1g

San Marino: Aly Ryan submitted 7 songs for Eurovision 2020

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The candidate for the German national final in 2019, Aly Ryan, after announcing that she had sent a bid to represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2020, also expressed her interest in another country.

Yesterday through her Twitter account, she revealed that she had sent 7 songs to San Marino public television, SMRTV. However, SMRTV has not yet responded to her emails.

The 23-year-old singer, who is ready to compete at Eurovision, has already submitted 5 songs to claim the Swiss representation in Rotterdam, while she, along with two others, has filed them on San Marino television.

Aly Ryan was a contender in the 2019 German national final Unser Lied für Israel, which, though one of the big favorites to represent the country, was limited to 4th place and missed the opportunity to represent her country in Israel.

 

Estonia: On December 1st the 24 songs of Eesti Laul 2020 to be revealed

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Estonian Public Television,EER, has announced more details about the national final of Eesti Laul, to be held on February 29, 2020. The most important piece of information is that on December 1 we will be able to listen to  all 24 songs that will be claimed the representation of Estonia at Eurovision 2020.

As in 2019, in 2020 twenty-four songs divided into two semifinals out of which only twelve will qualify for the Final.

Submissions have already started (on September 1st) and will end on November 6th. Selected songs and therefore nominees at Eesti Laul 2020 will be announced no later than November 22, and on December 1st we will be able to enjoy them!

All entries must be filed in their final form and not as a demo. The entry fee, if we could allow it, is 50 Euros for each song written in Estonian and 150 Euros when it is written in any other language.

The stage presence that will be used in the Eesti Laul final should be the same as that used on the Eurovision stage, just like Melodifestivalen.

Although not mandatory under the regulations, Estonian Public Television reserves the right to use online voting to select the winner, in addition to sms, telephone voting and, of course, jury voting.

The presenters of the Eesti Laul 2020 will be Karl-Erik Taukar and Tõnis Niinemets, the first being one of the presenters and last year’s Eesti Laul, while the second will be in this position for the first time.

The semifinals will take place on February 13 and 15 in Tartu, while the grand final will be traditionally held at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, where Eurovision 2002 took place. Tickets are already on sale.

Eesti Laul, the Estonian selection method, has been in use since 2009. The winners of this institution have awarded some of its most successful entries in the country – including: Urban Symphony (2009), Kuula (2012), La Forza (2018).

Victor Crone was the winner of Eesti Laul 2019 and Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2019. He performed Storm on Tel Aviv Stage and took 20th place.

Source: EER