Spain: Eurovision 2022 Participation Costing Over €600,000!

Based on budget data from RTVE, ESCPlus reports that Spain’s Eurovision participation cost more than €600,000.

According to the RTVE Transparency portal, the total cost of the participation is €637,984.18.

ESCPlus adds that almost half of the budget consists of broadcasting fees, but other costs are related to artistic expenses, rental of items and costumes, labels and graphics but also transport.

Spain is represented by Chanel this year and is one of the big favorites, that could win the night of the grand final.

Below you can see a short clip from the rehearsal of Spain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpd68vC_Go

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

Portugal: Tatanka will announce Portugal’s 12 points!

Today RTP revealed who will announce the 12 points for Portugal. The Portugese jury’s results will be announced by Tatanka.

Tatanka the lead singer of The Black Mamba will announce the results of the Portuguese jury at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Tatanka represented Portugal at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest as part of The Black Mamba. They performed “Love Is On My Side” becoming the first act to represent Portugal with a song entirely in English.

Also, Eurovision 2022 spokespersons have been announced for the following countries:
  • Austria – Philipp Hansa
  • Belgium – David Jeanmotte
  • Bulgaria – Janan Dural
  • Croatia – Monika Lelas Halambek
  • Finland – Aksel
  • France – Élodie Gossuin
  • Georgia – Helen Kalandadze
  • Greece – Stefania
  • Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
  • Iceland – Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
  • Ireland – Linda Martin
  • Lithuania – Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  • Montenegro – Zombijana Bones
  • Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
  • Portugal – Tatanka
  • Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  • Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  • Sweden – Dotter
  • Ukraine – Kateryna Pavlenko
  • United Kingdom – AJ Odudu

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

Sourceeurovoix.com

Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

Read more

Finland: Aksel will announce Finland’s 12 points!

Today YLE revealed who will announce the 12 points for Finland. The Finish jury’s results will be announced by Aksel Kankaaranta.

Aksel Kankaanranta was Finland’s representative for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. He won UMK 2020 with the song “Looking Back”. Aksel went on to compete in the Finnish national selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu once again in 2021 where he finished fifth.

Also, Eurovision 2022 spokespersons have been announced for the following countries:
  • Austria – Philipp Hansa
  • Belgium – David Jeanmotte
  • Bulgaria – Janan Dural
  • Croatia – Monika Lelas Halambek
  • Finland – Aksel
  • France – Élodie Gossuin
  • Georgia – Helen Kalandadze
  • Greece – Stefania
  • Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
  • Iceland – Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
  • Ireland – Linda Martin
  • Lithuania – Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  • Montenegro – Zombijana Bones
  • Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
  • Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  • Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  • Sweden – Dotter
  • Ukraine – Kateryna Pavlenko
  • United Kingdom – AJ Odudu

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

Source: eurovoix.com

Alexander Rybak mixes Amanda Tenfjord’s “Die Together” with “Fairytale”!

Alexander Rybak posted a TikTok video, with “Die Together” while on the same time he plays in his violin his song “Fairytale”,  with which he won Eurovision 2009.

@alexrybakofficial @Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord🌟 one of my favorite Eurovision songs!🥰 Who will you vote for?🤓 #eurovision #fairytale #dietogether #alexanderrybak ♬ original sound – Alexander Rybak

Amanda Tenfjord’s support from Norway is really impressive. Watch what an interviewer of their public TV says about her:

Subwoolfer, Norway’s representative for Eurovision 2022, uploaded a video parody of the Greek music video, promoting “Die Together” from their perspective:

@subwoolfer We were born together. We will die together. But not for a few more million years at least. @Eurovision #greece #amandatenfjord #subwoolfer #subcubs #crouchinggreekhiddennorwegian ♬ original sound – Subwoolfer

Watch all the interviews of the Turquoise Carpet HERE.

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

North Macedonia: Andrea almost withdrew from the contest in the Turquoise Carpet!

During the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Andrea seems to have thrown away a small flag of her country, something that made the public broadcaster mad. The public television of North Macedonia considered even the possibility of Andrea’s withdrawal!

You can see that exact moment in the 56:30 minute of the live broadcast of the opening ceremony:

After the ending of the ceremony, MRT made the following announcement:

MRT condemns this behaviour of our representative in Eurovision 2022, Andrea Koevska, who trew away the flag of our country during the photoshooting of yestarday’s opening ceremony. 

The public broadcaster is not responsible for this scandalous behavior of our representative, who showed disrespect for her nation with this move, something that is punishable by the law. MRT is waiting for Andrea’s public apology for this action. We already consider withdrawing the artist from Eurovision so that our channel will not have any further damage. Every possible legal way will be considered for the most severe punishment for this scandal those responsible for our participation in the contest.

However, after a while, through a video, Andrea apologies for her action and highlights that she had no intention of insulting her nation’s flag and that she desires to represent her country with the best way possible.

Below you can watch an exclusive clip of Andrea’s second rehearsal. North Macedonia competes in the second semi final, and performs eleventh in the running order.

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

Iceland: Sweden with Cornelia Jakobs Wins Alla leið 2022!

The Icelandic Eurovision preview show Alla leið, with overall victory going to Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden.

The Icelandic Eurovision preview show came to its conclusion last night with four jurors reviewing the songs from the Big Five competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The winner of last nights show was Mahmood & Blanco from Italy, while Germany finished last.

The results of show five were as follows:

  • United Kingdom – Sam Ryder – Space Man – 10, 12, 12, 7 – 41 points
  • France – Alven & Ahez – Fulenn – 7, 6, 6, 10 – 29 points
  • Italy – Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi – 12, 12, 8, 12 – 44 points
  • Spain – Chanel – Slo Mo – 8, 10, 10, 8 – 36 points
  • Germany – Malik Harris – Rockstars – 4, 3, 5, 5, – 17 points

After five shows, the overall results are as follows:

  • Sweden – Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer – 12, 12, 12, 12 – 48 points
  • Netherlands – S10 – De diepte – 10+12+8+12 – 42 points
  • Norway – Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf a Banana – 10, 10, 12, 10 – 42 points
  • Ukraine – Kalush Orchestra – Stefania – 10+10+10+10 – 40 points
  • Portugal – MARO – saudade, saudade – 8, 10, 10, 7 – 35 points
  • Iceland – Systur – Með hækkandi sól – 7, 8, 8, 10 – 35 points
  • Australia – Sheldon Riley – Not The Same – 10, 8, 8, 8 – 34 points
  • Belgium – Jérémie Makiese – Miss You – 7, 12, 2, 12 – 33 points
  • Poland – Ochman – River – 10, 6, 10, 6 – 32 points
  • Greece – Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together – 7, 7, 10, 7 – 31 points
  • Switzerland – Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry – 8+10+6+6 – 30 points
  • Serbia – Konstrakta – In corpore sano – 8, 10, 5, 6, – 29 points
  • Czech Republic – We Are Domi – Lights Off – 8, 7, 6, 8 – 29 points
  • Lithuania – Monika Liu – Sentimentai – 10+7+7+4 – 28 points
  • Israel – Michael Ben David – I.M – 7, 6, 7, 8, – 28 points
  • Moldova – Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov – Trenulețul – 7+6+7+7 – 27 points
  • Estonia – Stefan – Hope – 8, 5, 12, 1 – 26 points
  • Finland – The Rasmus – Jezebel – 5, 6, 5, 10 – 26 points
  • Albania – Ronela Hajati – Sekret – 8+6+4+8 – 26 points
  • Cyprus – Andromache – Ela – 7, 7, 7, 5 – 26 points
  • Armenia – Rosa Linn – Snap – 7, 8, 4, 6 – 25 points
  • Romania – WRS – Llámame – 6, 5, 8, 6 – 25 points
  • Austria – LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – Halo – 7, 7, 6, 4 – 24 points
  • Malta – Emma Muscat – I Am What I Am – 6, 7, 6, 5 – 24 points
  • Azerbaijan – Nadir Rustamli – Fade to Black – 4, 6, 5, 7 – 22 points
  • Montenegro – Vladana – Breathe – 4, 10, 1, 6 – 21 points
  • Denmark – Reddi – The Show – 5, 8, 5, 3 – 21 points
  • Georgia – Circus Mircus – Lock Me In – 1, 3, 12, 3 – 19 points
  • North Macedonia – Andrea – Circles – 3, 8, 3, 5 – 19 points
  • San Marino – Achille Lauro – Stripper – 4, 1, 6, 7 – 18 points
  • Croatia – Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure – 4, 4, 4, 5 – 17 points
  • Ireland – Brooke – That’s Rich – 4, 3, 8, 3 – 16 points
  • Slovenia – LPS – Disko – 1+4+2+3 – 10 points
  • Bulgaria – Intelligent Music Project – Intention – 1+3+3+3 – 10 points
  • Latvia – Citi Zēni – Eat Your Salad – 4+1+1+2 – 8 points

Follow us on all social media, so you won’t miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

On Facebook

On Twitter

On Instagram

On TikTok

On YouTube

On Spotify

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Eurovision 2022!

 

Norway: “Die Together” in second place at Adresse Torino!

Alvan and Ahez  from France were revealed as the winners of the Norwegian show  Adresse Torino The top three was formed by France , Greece and Sweden . At the bottom of the ranking was Croatia with 15 of the possible 96 points. Ukraine won the last episode of Adrese Torino with a total of 79 points.

The overall results:

  1. France – 86 points
  2. Greece – 83 points
  3. Sweden – 82 points
  4. Ukraine / Austria – 79 points
  5. Italy – 76 points
  6. Australia – 75 points
  7. Spain – 73 points
  8. Albania / Lithuania – 71 points
  9. Czech Republic – 70 points
  10. Israel – 69 points
  11. Netherlands – 63 points
  12. Portugal – 62 points
  13. Moldova – 61 points
  14. Cyprus – 58 points
  15. Latvia – 55 points
  16. United Kingdom / Ireland – 54 points
  17. Estonia / Finland – 52 points
  18. Romania / Belgium – 51 points
  19. Armenia – 47 points
  20. Poland / Malta – 46 points
  21. Iceland / Serbia – 44 points
  22. Slovenia – 40 points
  23. Azerbaijan – 39 points
  24. Northern Macedonia – 38 points
  25. Montenegro – 36 points
  26. Germany – 34 points
  27. San Marino / Switzerland – 29 points
  28. Denmark – 28 points
  29. Agriculture – 27 points
  30. Bulgaria – 16 points
  31. Croatia – 15 points

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!

Source: eurovoix

 

Netherlands: S10’s interview at EurovisionFun!

After the second rehearsal,  S10 spoke exclusively to EurovisionFun camera and Apostolis Matamis at Museum Reali in Turin!

The representative of The Netherlands in Eurovision 2022 stated that she is very happy from the very first rehearsal, which saw that the whole plan of her team for the competition is seen on stage.

She also said that the second rehearsal was more stressful because the journalists were watching, but nevertheless it went very well and that she does not intend to change her stage presence for the semifinal.

The message of her song is inspired by when she was younger and had some mental health problems. He stressed that while she has been writing songs since she was a teenager and has not mentioned these problems, while with “De Diepte” she finally did.

You can watch the full S10 rehearsal in the video below:

Follow us on all social media, so you won’t miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

On Facebook

On Twitter

On Instagram

On TikTok

On YouTube

On Spotify

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Eurovision 2022!

 

 

Montenegro: Vladana speaks openly about the problems of this year’s contest!

Montenegro’s representative expressed her dissatisfaction about this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Vladana, competeing with the Balkan country with the song “Breathe”, gave an interview in a Spanish website and talked about the many problems she had to face during the rehearsals.

At first, she said that she didn’t want the EBU to select that exact part of her rehearsal to give out for the second rehersal clip. She wanted to keep the structure on her dress a secret until the night of the semi-final. She calls it a “Halo” that reacts to sound either from her voice or music, offering us a magnificentresult.

You can watch the exclusive rehearsal clip of Montenegro that EBU released below:

In the same interview she gave out some more information about the sun-shaped structure in the center of the stage. That structure was supposed to change depending on the needs of each participant. Of course this was impossible to happen as… the sun is really heavy. Thus it was decided that it will stay still. As Vladana said, no country was informed about this decision in time, it was something they learned a few days before arriving in Turin.

I have to be honest, I am very disappointed with some things about Eurovision this year. Everyone had told me that Eurovision was perfection in production but… it’s not like that. I don’t know if it is because it is Italy and Italians are very improvisers, leaving everything to the last minute… And look what has happened! Two days before we arrived in Turin we received an email that the Sun was no longer working.

The Montenegrin representative went on to reveal that only about 5% of what the public broadcaster asked were fullfilled from the Italian organizers, as for the graphics, the shots and the lighting, a last minute solution had to be found.

The many problems of this year’s contest seem to have no end as the begining of the contest is only some days apart. Montenegro will compete in the second semi-final on May 12.

 eurovision-spain.com

Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss a moment of what will happen in Turin:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding Eurovision 2022!