Italy: Amadeus returns as artistic director and presenter of Sanremo 2023 and 2024!

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Italian public broadcaster RAI has just announced that Amadeus, artistic director and presenter of Sanremo from 2020 onwards, will return to these two positions not only in Sanremo 2023 but also 2024!

Amadeus will be the Artistic Director and presenter of the 2023 and 2024 editions of the San Remo Italian Song Festival. This was agreed this morning during a meeting at which Rai CEO Carlo Fuortes, along with Prime Time CEO Stefano Coletta, welcomed Amadeus into a long and cordial conversation. “I am pleased and honored by the proposal of CEO Carlo Fuortes and Prime Time CEO Stefano Coletta. Having received this offer now allows me to work immediately. I look forward to starting,” said Amadeus.

RAI

We expect and hope for success from Italy in the next two years, as it was Amadeus who, as the artistic director, chose Måneskin to compete in Sanremo 2021, leading them to victory in Eurovision 2021, but also Mahmood & Blanco this year, who are already considered one of the biggest favorites to win Eurovision on home soil in Turin!

Source: RAI

San Marino: Una Voce per San Marino to Remain as Eurovision Selection for 2023!

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Una Voce per San Marino will remain as the Sanmarinese Eurovision selection for Eurovision 2023.

After a long journey with over 600 submitted songs and 7 consecutive nights of shows from San Marino, it’s Achille Lauro, fresh off his Sanremo performance, who will represent Eurovision’s smallest country in Turin this May with the song “Stripper”.

During the winner’s press conference, Federico Pedini Amati, the Secretary of State for Tourism, Postal Services, Economic Cooperation and the World Expo of the Republic of San Marino, confirmed that Una Voce per San Marino would also be used to select the nation’s entrant for Eurovision 2023.

“We’re not stopping here. Next year we will be even bigger.”

 

Una Voce per San Marino marked only the second time in history that San Marino chose their Eurovision entry through a national final. The first time was in 2018, when 1in360 was used as the Sanmarinese Eurovision selection. Una Voce per San Marino was held over a week, where new artists competed against each other to progress to the final alongside established artists.

Achille Lauro will perform in the first half of the second semi-final on May 12.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest!

source:Escbubble

Croatia: Listen to the songs of Dora 2022!

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Today is the day that Croatia will publish the songs that are competing in Dora 2022. The publication of the song will happen via the music programm Svijet diskografije and then they will be available in the page of HRT.

The 14 songs that are officialy participanting in this year’s national selection are:

  1. Mila Elegović – “Ljubav“
  2. Mia Negovetić -“Forgive Me (Oprosti)“
  3. Marko Bošnjak – “Moli za nas“
  4. Jessa – “My Next Mistake“
  5. Zdenka Kovačiček – “Stay on the Bright Side“
  6. Tina Vukov – “Hideout“
  7. Roko Vušković – “Malo kasnije“
  8. Bernarda – “Here for Love“
  9. Eric Vidović -“I Found You“
  10. ToMa – “In the Darkness“
  11. Elis Lovrić – “No War“
  12. Ella Orešković -“If You Go Away“
  13. Tia – “Voli me do neba“
  14. Mia Dimšić -“Guilty Pleasure“

Dora 2022

The national final will be held at Marino Cvetković Sports on the 19th of February with Duško Ćurlic, Franka Batelić(Croatia 2018) and Elizabeta Brodic hosting. 

The song that will represent the country in Eurovision 2022 will be decided with:

  • 50% Juries
  • 50% Televoting with either phonecall or SMS

In case of a tie the winner will be the one with the highest rate of the Televoting.

Which song is your favorite among the contestants? Tell us your opinion in the comments below!

 

Cyprus: RIK is still looking for a song and a singer for Turin!

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Konstantinos Hampalis, editor-in-chief of Tv Mania magazine, was invited to Alpha Cyprus’s noon show, “With love Christiana” and made revelations about the participation of the island of Aphrodite in Eurovision 2022.

It was revealed that RIK, unlike other years, has been late in announcing the artist who will represent Cyprus at the upcoming Eurovision, cause first the appropriate song should be found and then the singer.

So far, the Cyprus Radio Foundation has not come up with either the song or the artist who will represent the Island in Turin, however there is a song that has a pontetial, but the search continues.

In addition, the journalist revealed that the singer will come again from the record company Panik Records, while he hinted that the candidate may be a new talent, with a dance song.

Concluding, he confirmed that from 2023 RIK will organize a talent show where anyone can participate and the winner will be the one who will represent Cyprus in Eurovision.

See all his statements in the video below:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Cyprus’s participation in Eurovision.

Finland: Here are the clues for the sixth artist!

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The Finnish national broadcaster has published more clues about the contestants for the national final UMK.  Now it is time to start guessing who will be the sixth contestant in the Finnish national final for Eurovision. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’s official Instagram gave us the following clues:

  • You know him!
  • Known from reality-show
  • He has published his biography

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη UMK22 (@uudenmusiikinkilpailu)

The first estimates speak of the Finnish pop singer Kaija Koo. We will mention for the second time the singer of Sunrise Avenue, Samu Haber since they both seem to meet the conditions!

Yle will announce all the contestants for UMK 2022 on January 12.  After that we will get to know each competing song every day starting from January 13.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more updates regarding Finland’s participation in Eurovision.

Monaco 2023? Country gets a new public broadcaster

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New developments on a potential Monegasque return to Eurovision have emerged.  In 2022, Monte-Carlo Riviera will start operations as the new public broadcaster of the country.  Thanks to this new development, Monaco can apply again for a EBU membership.

Previously, Monaco’s public broadcaster was Téle-Montecarlo.  However, French TF1 bought the channel in 2016 making a return for the small nation a distant possibility.  Téle-Montecarlo was the only Monegasque broadcaster with an EBU membership.

Therefore the brand-new broadcaster can become a EBU member and path the way for a Monaco return to Eurovision.  Nevertheless, this is only the first step towards their participation.  Monte-Carlo Rivera will need to apply for a EBU membership in order to participate in 2023.  This possibility seems likely considering that Monaco allocated 100000 euros on its budget for a 2023 bid.

Monaco in Eurovision

Monaco participated in Eurovision from 1959 until 1979.  During this period they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 with the song Un banc, un arbre, une rue.  They also achieved a second place and three third places in the competition.  In 2004 Monaco returned to Eurovision.  They competed for three years in a row.  Unfortunately, they failed to qualify to the Grand Final.  Monaco participated in 2006 for the last time until now.

Are you excited about a potential Monaco return to Eurovision?

Monaco: Returns in Eurovision 2023!

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A very important news saw the light of day a little while ago. According to Monaco’s largest news site, L’Observateur de Monaco, the Principality is expected to return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023.

Monaco has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in 1959. The country’s only win in the contest came in 1971 when Séverine performed “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”. As a result, Monaco was expected to host the contest in 1972, but declined. As of 2021, Monaco is the only microstate which has won the contest.

The news of Monaco’s return to the Eurovision Song Contest came all of a sudden, as nothing had been heard in the past. The last participation of the state in the competition was in 2006, in Athens. Monaco was represented by Séverine Ferrer with the song “La Coco-Dance”, having been left out of the final. 

According to L’Observateur de Monaco, the country’s annual budget for 2022 refers to a budget of 100,000 euros for the preparation of Monaco’s participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

While it is not yet clear which singer could represent Monaco in 2023, several artists, more or less known, have already represented the colors of the Principality in recent decades.

In any case, this news is very pleasant, as one of the first countries to ever participate in the Eurovision Song Contest is going to return to our favorite competition after 17 years. More details are expected to be known in the near future.

Even more skeptics can see the relevant reference in the preliminary draft budget, on pages 83-84 HERE

Source: L‘Observateur de Monaco