Azerbaijan: Aisel claims to represent the country in Malmö!

In our previous article, we mentioned that Azerbaijan will choose its participation for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with an internal selection, through the “Live Auditions” process.

As is known, the submission process turned out to be successful enough, as İTV announced that 214 entries were submitted in total with 16 artists qualifying for the final stage. According to the national broadcaster, the process is still in full swing, with the Live Auditions underway.

Among the final contestants, there is a old acquaintance of the contest which is Aisel, who represnted the country at Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon, with the song “X My Heart“.

Aisel who had failed to qualify for the Grand Final, finishing 11th at the First Semi-Final, stated that she was not satisfied with her participation back in 2018, returns to pay off the score.

The sixteen artists from the “Live Auditions“ are:

  • Emy Lia
  • Tofiq Hacıyev & Camal Qurbanov
  • Aisel
  • Rilaya
  • Mari
  • İlkin Dövlətov & Mila Miles & Etibar Əsədli
  • Sabina Beyli
  • Lexa
  • Edgar Ravinov
  • Əmrah Musayev
  • Alesker
  • Rahib Mirzəyev & Tofiq Yadigar
  • Səbinə Quluzadə
  • Qorqud
  • Fahree

Finally, among the jury members are Aysel Teymurzadə (Azerbaijan 2009) and Eldar Qasımov & Nigar Camal (Azerbaijan 2011).

Although, it has not been made completely clear the closed selection process that is being condected, it appears from the reel that the national broadcaster post in its social media. İTV aims to test the vocal and the performance skills of every candidate. The candidate who has the best song and can deliver both conditions, will be the one to represent the country to Malmö.

This year, Azerbaijan failed to qualify for the Grand Final for the second time in its short history in Eurovision Song Contest. The sibling duo TuralTuranX with their song “Tell Me More” managed to finish second to last in their Semi-Final.

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Italy: Marco Mengoni releases French version of “Due Vite”!

After giving Italy another Top 5 result and releasing an album that still gets numerous streams daily, Marco Mengoni never stops, and he is now offering us a different version of his Eurovision song, “Due Vite”, with which he got fourth place in the Contest.

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Netherlands: This is the complete line-up of Eurostars for Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2023 in Amsterdam!

Het Grote Songfestivalfeest was a concert that took place in 2019, in order to promote Eurovision 2020 planned to take place in the Netherlands. After two years without it and one cancellation in 2021 due to the COVID-19 measurments in the Netherlands, the concert came back in 2022, and after last year’s triumph, is ready to come back for yet another year

There will be numerous winners and past participants of the contest, including Μåns Zelmerlöw (Sweden 2015), Ruslana (Ukraine 2004), Eleni Foureira (Cyprus 2018) and Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden 2022).

The concert’s official Instagram account, announced every once in a while a new artist that were going to take part and that proccess ended some days ago. In the end, these are the artists that are going to perform in the contest in alphabetical order and the songs that they will sing:

  • Alika – “Bridges” (Estonia 2023, 8th Place)
  • Bobbysocks – “La det Swinge” (Norway 1985, 1st Place)
  • Charlotte Perrelli – “Take Me to Your Heaven” & “Hero” (Sweden 1999, 1st Place & 18th Place)
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer” (Sweden 2022, 4th Place)
  • Edsilia Rombley – “Hemel en Aarde” & “On Top of The World” (Netherlands 1998, 4th Place & 2007, Didn’t qualify)
  • Eleni Foureira – “Fuego” (Cyprus 2018, 2nd Place)
  • Ell & Nikki  “Running Scared” (Azerbaijan 2011, 1st Place)
  • Emmelie de Forest – “Only Teardrops” (Denmark 2013, 1st Place)
  • Gali Atari  “Hallelujah” (Israel 1979, 1st Place)
  • Johnny Logan – “What’s Another Year” & “Hold Me Now” (Ireland 1980 & 1987, 1st Place)
  • KEiiNO – “Spirit in the Sky” (Norway 2019, 6th Place)
  • Käärijä  “Cha Cha Cha” (Finland 2023, 2nd Place)
  • Linda Wagenmakers – “No Goodbyes” (Netherlands 2000, 13th Place)
  • Luca Hänni – “She Got Me” (Switzerland 2019, 4th Place)
  • Μåns Zelmerlöw – “Heroes” (Sweden 2015, 1st Place)
  • Rosa Linn – “Snap” (Armenia 2022, 20th Place)
  • Ruslana – “Wild Dances” (Ukraine 2004, 1η Θέσηst Place)
  • Ruth Jacott – “Vrede” (Netherlands 1993, 6th Place)
  • Serhat – “Say Na Na Na” (San Marino  2019, 19th Place)
  • Stefania – “Last Dance” (Greece 2021, 10th Place)
  • The Roop – “Discoteque” (Lithuania 2021, 8th Place)
  • Verka Serduchka – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” (Ukraine 2007, 2nd Place)
  • WRS – “Llámame” (Romania 2022, 18th Place)

The great concert, is a co-production of the public broadcaster AVROTROS and PILOTSTUDIO and it’s going to take place in November 16th in Ziggo Dome arena of Amsterdam. It will also be broadcasted some time later by the Dutch public Television.

The hosts of the show will once again be Edsilia Rombley (Netherlands 1998 and 2007, Eurovision 2021 host).

But keep your eyes open, beacuse we think that the Dutch producers might announce some more artists in the near future!

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Netherlands: “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence becomes the first Eurovision song to reach One Billion streams on Spotify!

A few hours ago, Duncan Laurence broke a new record, and even managed to reach milestone that no other contestant has reached!

Specifically, for some time now, “Arcade”, the winning entry of the Netherlands in Eurovision 2019, is the only song of the competition that has gathered more than one billion streams on the Spotify platform.

Of course, “Arcade” is also the Eurovision song with the most streams, while Rosa Linn’s “Snap” is the runner-up, which has received just under 750 million streams.

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Austria: The selection process for Eurovision 2024 begins! | Conchita Wurst among interested artists?

The search for the next representative for Eurovision 2024 has officially begun for Austria, with a former winner of the contest reacting to the call for artists!

Austria’s selection process has begun for Eurovision 2024, with experts looking for artists to potentially represent the country in Sweden. Peter Schreiber, working with ORF in the search for a representative, posted on his instagram a few days ago, aiming to encourage artists to participate in the selection.

Among those who responded to Peter Schreiber’s invitation was Conchita Wurst, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The singer reacted to the post and even commented that she will send a message to Peter Schreiber. However, it is still too early to know whether Conchita is really interested in returning to the contest.

In recent years, the internal selections of ORF, brought Austria a variety of results, icluding the win of Conchita Wurst back in 2014:

2017 – Nathan Trent – “Running On Air” – 16th place in the final

2018 – Cesar Sampson – “Nobody But You” – 3rd place in the final

2019 – PÆNDA – “Limits” – 17th place in the semi-final

2021 – Vincent Bueno – “Amen” – 12th place in the semi-final

2022 – LUM!X ft. Pia Maria –“Halo” – 15th place in the semi-final

2023 – Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar?” – 15th place in the final

Teya & Salena represented Austria at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Who The Hell is Edgar” and finished 15th in the Grand Final, bringing their country to the Final after three consecutive non-qualifications:

https://youtu.be/8uk64V9h0Ko

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Spain: Ruth Lorenzo expresses her frustration on a participation on Benidorm Fest 2024!

Despite her strong interest, Ruth Lorenzo has decided not to take part in Benidorm Fest 2024. The singer who represented Spain at Eurovision 2014 has revealed that she was considering taking part in the next RTVE national final, but this year’s rules will prevent her from doing so.

Through her social media accounts, the singer explained that she wanted to participate with her song “Woman”, one of the tracks of her latest EP. In order to be able to compete, she decided to remove it from her album, before its release on April 14.

However there was a change in plans. Ruth Lorenzo said:

“I was informed, unofficially, that this year at Benidorm Fest they were going to accept 100% songs in English.

Being the most important song of this EP, with the most important message and with a sound that marks a before and after in my career, I wanted to give you the gift of presenting it at Benidorm Fest trying to return to Eurovision after ten years. Unfortunately, “Woman” was not chosen to compete at the Festival.”

The track is set to be released on September 1st, and she considers it very important to her now that she is in a new phase of her life where she is 100% free after overcoming her problems with her previous record company.

“I am now establishing myself, as an independent label for future work”

Benidorm Fest rules allow song lyrics to be mainly in Spanish and/or another official language, however, lyrics in other languages are acceptable as long as they do not exceed 40% of the total lyrics.

The previous winner of Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representative at Eurovision 2023, was Blanca Paloma with the song “EaEa” and placed 17th in the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/Vw6qPWhjevk

Source: eldiario.es


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Eurovision 2024: Netta predicts the host city wrong for yet another time!

A few hours ago, Malmö was crowned the host city of Eurovision Song Contest 2024, through the social media accounts of the contest

The final decision was made between four cities, alongside Stockholm and Gothenburg, both of them previous host cities.

Of course, the winner of Eurovision 2018, Netta, couldn’t miss on commenting on the selection of the city. We could say that it’s now become a tradition for Netta to predict (wrong) the host city of the next contest. Netta’s previous predictions are:

  • For 2019 she predicted Jerusalem, but in the the host city was Tel Aviv
  • For 2021 she predicted Amsterdam , but in the the host city was Rotterdam
  • For 2022 she predicted Rome, but in the the host city was Turin
  • For 2023 she predicted Manchester but in the the host city was Liverpool

Just some time after the announcement of Malmö as the host city, a short video that shows Netta, moments after her performance on the Grand Final, predicting the host city of Eurovision 2024, was posted on Twitter.

As we can all guess, Netta of course didn’t predict Malmö. Instead she put her bet on Stockholm.

As we can see, Netta predicted the host city wrong for the fifth time in a row. Will she be able to turn the tables next year?


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Loreen wins two ESC Radio Awards 2023

The ESC Radio Awards 2023 has taken place.  From June 12-18, 2023 viewers, fans and followers had the opportunity to vote in the four different categories.

Loreen came out as the biggest winner of the awards, winning the “Best Song Award”, the most important category of the awards.  Käärijä from Finland and Marco Mengoni from Italy finished in second and third place respectively.  This increases the number of times Sweden has won this category to four.

These are the results of the ESC Radio Awards:

Best Song

Best Female Artist

 

Best Male Artist

Best Group

Source: ESC Radio

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Sweden: Eurovisionfun will be in Stockholm at Allsång på Skansen!

In the summer of 2023, Allsång på Skansen is back like every year and is held at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.

Eurovisionfun of course will be there, accredited! This year the concert is taken over by Pernilla Wahlgren who will lead all the shows and will present this year’s guests, invites the crowd to sing with many surprises on stage.

The story behind Allsång på Skansen

Sven Lilja started the Allsång på Skansen tradition as early as 1935 and was the Allsång leader until 1950. Since 1979, Allsång på Skansen has also been a given feature on swedish television during the summers. Pernilla Wahlgren will be the seventh person to lead Allsång på Skansen since the program began to be televised. Previous presenters are Bosse Larsson (1979-1993), Lasse Berghagen (1994-2003), Anders Lundin (2004-2010), Måns Zelmerlöw (2011-2013), Petra Marklund (2014-2015), Sanna Nielsen (2016-2022) .

Who is Pernilla Wahlgren?

Pernilla Wahlgren is a Swedish singer and actress. She has participated in Melodifestivalen five times in total, with her 1985 entry titled “Piccadilly Circus” being very popular and successful. She has acted in several plays and films, playing roles including Esmeralda in the Academy Award-winning Fanny and Alexander. She has twice received the Guldmasken award for her work in theater.

Participating Artists

In the first day on the 27th of June, the audience can sing along with, among others, Laleh, two-times-Eurovision-winner Loreen and Mando Diao. The summer then offers guests (which include many Melodifestivalen stars who are joining the line-up) such as Zara Larsson, Hooja, Carola, Måns Zelmerlöw, Panetoz, Kiana, Oscar Zia, Nordman, Tomas Stenström, Admira Thunderpussy, Victor Leksell, Helen Sjöholm & Tommy Körberg and Darin.

Allsång på Skansen premieres June 27 at 8 p.m CET. and runs every Tuesday until August 15. Allsång på Skansen is also broadcast live on SVT and SVT Play and you can watch it here.

Allsång på Skansen 2023 Full Schedule

June 27th

  • Mando Diao
  • Laleh
  • Loreen
  • Lasse Stefanz
  • Louisiana Avenue

July 4th

  • Zara Larsson
  • Sven-Ingvar’s
  • Hooja
  • Jackie Mere

July 11th

  • Måns Zelmerlöw
  • Panetoz
  • Olivia Lobato
  • Erika and Cecilia
  • Malena Ernman and Rickard Söderberg

July 18th

  • Carola
  • Hanna Hedlund
  • Lucianoz
  • Lova

July 25th

  • Big
  • Kiana
  • Lancelot
  • Tomas Stenström

August 1st

  • Oscar Zia
  • Stefan Sundström
  • Admira Thunderpussy
  • Johar and Josefin

August 8th

  • Darin
  • Nordman
  • Naod

August 15th

  • Victor Leksell
  • Helen Sjöholm & Tommy Körberg
  • David Ritschard

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Eurovision 2023 Finland: Käärijä’s Tallinn concert featured a voodoo doll and claims about Loreen!

As Käärijä progresses with his Northern European tour after his Eurovision success,lots of peculiar happenings surround his concerts.The singer’s performance in Tallinn’s Flex Fest some days ago was a huge success and the audience was left in awe.

At some point during the concert,the singer reportedly asked the audience if they had watched Eurovision and what they thought about Loreen winning the contest.The infamous question was followed by a deathly silence,with a couple of people among the audience booing the singer.It is said that Käärijä’s satisfaction with the audience’s response was more than evident.

Later on,a fan threw a voodoo doll to the singer that was dressed just like him,with the audience going mad and dancing to the rhythm of “Cha cha cha” in the end of the concert.

Käärijä represented Finland in this year’s Eurovision with his song “Cha cha cha”,which won him the 1st place in the televote and the 2nd place overall.

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