Eurovision Awards return this December | Start voting now!

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Last year, more than 70,000 votes were casted in the first Eurovision Awards, organized through the Contest’s Instagram account, with 10 categories in a unique voting exclusively for fans!

You can choose the winners for categories such as “Best Look”, “Most Innovative Staging” by voting in the Second Annual Eurovision Awards.

From Wednesday 30 November to Sunday 4 December, stories will be posted daily on the official Eurovision Instagram account, in which you can vote. The results will be announced during the winter holidays.

Categories for Εurovision Awards 2022:

Most Inovative Staging

  • Rosa Linn – Snap / Armenia
  • We Are Domi – Lights Off / Czech Republic
  • The Rasmus – Jezebel / Finland
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia

Best Vocals 

  • Nadir Rustamli / Azerbaijan
  • Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord / Greece
  • Ochman / Poland
  • Cornelia Jakobs / Sweden

Best Prop

  • Georgia – Miniature Circus
  • San Marino – Mechanical Bull
  • Slovenia – Giant Disco Ball
  • United Kingdom – Space Cage

 Best Non-Qualifier

  • Ronela Hajati – Sekret / Αlbania
  • Mia Dimšić – Guilty Pleasure / Croatia
  • Andromache – Ela / Cyprus
  • Andrea – Circles / North Macedonia

Best Lyrics

  • Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi / Italy
  • Maro – Saudade, Saudade / Portugal
  • Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano / Serbia
  • Kalush Orchestra – Stefania / Romania

Best Look

  • Sheldon Riley / Australia
  • Monika Liu / Lithuania
  • Subwoolfer / Norway
  • Kalush Orchestra / Ukraine

Best Hair

  • Monika Liu / Lithuania
  • WRS / Romania
  • Chanel / Spain
  • Sam Ryder / United Kingdom

Best Music Video

  • LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – Halo / Ausria
  • Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul / Moldova
  • S10 – De Diepte / Netherlands
  • Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN / United Kingdom

Best Choreography

  • Israel
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Spain

Best Moment

  • Sam Ryder consoles Marius Bear
  • Alessandro’s green screen segment
  • Laura Pausini sings Nel Blu de Pinto de Blu
  • Ukraine’s televote results

The nominee shortlists were determined by top Eurovision fan sites and podcasts nominating their favourites across each of the 10 categories throughout November, and now fans will have the final say by casting votes via Instagram.

These were the results of last year’s First Eurovision Awards:

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

Source: eurovision.tv

Evangelia: The song she proposed in Cyprus for Eurovision 2022 has been released!

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As she first revealed to Eurovisionfun and in the interview she gave us, Evangelia released the video clip of the song she had proposed in Cyprus for Eurovision 2022.

The song is called Aphrodite and the references to the island of Aphrodite in Cyprus are clear. It is in the familiar style of Evangelias, with an ethnic and uptempo rhythm.

Evangelia participates with three songs in this year’s ERT selection process as well, although as she told us one of the three is her favorite and the one she believes deserves to be on the stage of the competition.

Enjoy the song:

Do you think Aphrodite would have had better luck than Andromache’s Ela?

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments!

Spotify: Snap has surpassed Alexander Rybak’s Fairytale, becoming the 3rd most-streamed Eurovision song of all times!

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We have already talked about the fascinating story of Rosa Linn’s Snap, which despite its mediocre success in ESC, is doing great on the streaming platforms. As of today, Snap is not only the most popular Eurovision 2022 song on Spotify, but has also managed to become the 3rd most streamed song of ESC, surpassing Alexander Rybak’s Fairytale. 

Snap has managed to muster 218 million streams, a few streams more than the ESC 2009’s winning song, and the former’s run doesn’t seem to be stopping there. The table below illustrates the dynamics of the song, which is now in the 18th position of the Global Spotify Chart, being on said Chart for more than 87 days.

How far do you think Rosa Linn’s Snap can go? Will it manage to become the most-streamed Eurovision song of all times? 

Armenia: New video clip of SNAP released!

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After more than 217 million streams on Spotify and charting in more than 30 countries, Rosa Linn, the Armenian representative at Eurovision 2022, released a “reimagined” video clip for SNAP which you can watch below:

Rosa will also be one of the opening acts for Ed Sheeran during his North America tour:

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)

What do you think about the new music video of SNAP? Tell us in the comments!

Kalush Orchestra received a new trophy by EBU but they don’t know if they will keep it!

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Kalush Orchestra received a new trophy for their victory on the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, since the last one was put up for auction and sold for 900.000$ in order to fund the Ukrainian military. The handmade glass microphone trophy is designed by Swedish artist Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda.

Today, the band received a new trophy. The leader of the group Oleg Psyuk says that he doesn’t know how the band will use it to benefit their country. However, they will firstly allow all Ukrainians to take photographs with it during their tour. This means that probably Kalush Orchestra will not keep their trophy again.

Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision 2022 with the song “Stefania”. The band has stated that they will help their country win again the contest, in order to be held in Ukraine this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fl60ypdLs

 

 

 

Spotify: Snap surpassed Måns Zelmerlöw’s Heroes, continuing its wild run!

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We have already reported the fascinating story of Rosa Linn’s Snap, which despite its mediocre success in ESC, is doing great on the streaming platforms. For two days now, Snap is not only the most popular Eurovision 2022 song on Spotify, but has also managed to become the 7th most streamed song of the Contest, surpassing Måns Zelmerlöw’s Heroes.

Today, Snap has managed to muster 147 million streams, 4,5 million more than the ESC 2015’s winning song, and the former’s run doesn’t seem to be stopping there. The table below illustrates the dynamics of the song, which is now in the 18th position of the Global Spotify Chart, being on said Chart for more than 60 days.

Therefore, and despite the admittedly small loss of momentum on the platform (38,607 less streams compared to the previous week), it is almost certain that the Armenia’s song in ESC 2022, is threatening more popular Eurovision songs on Spotify.

And while the two most popular Eurovision songs (Arcade and Zitti e buoni) are considered a rather unattainable goal, the same cannot be said for Soldi, which has 207 million streams, 60 million more than Snap. By rough calculations, and provided that Rosa Linn’s song won’t lose much of its momentum, Snap is likely to surpass Soldi and become the 3rd most popular Eurovision song within the next two months.

Billboard Hot 100

Two weeks ago Snap managed to be placed in the 97th position on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming only the second Eurovision song in the 21st century (after Arcade) to do so. Unfortunately for Rosa Linn, her song’s run on the Hot 100 didn’t last for more than a week. The entrance into Hot 100, as well as its ranking, is dependent on the number of streams through streaming platforms, sales, and airplay in the US.

Worldwide iTunes Song Chart

Despite maintaining momentum on Spotify, Snap appears to be losing ground on iTunes. And while a week ago the song had reached the 7th position on the Worldwide iTunes Song Charts, today it’s ranked 13th, having a slightly downward trend.

The dynamics of TikTok

Snap’s success seems to be related to the even greater singer’s success on TikTok. Prior to the Competition, Rosa Linn had, on her personal TikTok account, 5k followers and 85k likes. Today, her followers amount to 555k and her likes to 9.5 million!

It is not the first time that TikTok has been used as a springboard by Eurovision artists. The most typical example, perhaps, is Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade”, the winning song of ESC 2019, which, after its delayed success on TikTok, has today exceeded 900 mil. streams, becoming the most successful Eurovision song on Spotify.

Thus, despite the (justified) reactions expressed this year by fans, journalists and correspondents of the ESC, the strategic partnership between the EBU and TikTok (with the latter taking on the role of “Official Entertainment Partner” for Eurovision 2022) does not appear to be an one-off collaboration.

How far do you think Rosa Linn’s Snap can go? Will it manage to overtake Soldi on Spotify or will it run out of gas somewhere along the way?

Eurovisionfun: Join The Team | We’d love to welcome Video Editors!

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Do you want to be involved with the Eurovision Song Contest and its national selections? And do you want to work together with others who share your passion? It is not as difficult to get started as you might think. Eurovisionfun is the biggest community of Eurovision News in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe.
We d love to welcome in our team new Video Editors. The application is only for Video Editors at the moment. The job is voluntarily, but we help you get contacts, working experience and are of course always willing to provide you with a good recommendation.

How to apply

If you want to apply you just have to send an e-mail to the following address, telling us your full name, your country, your age and a small bio, describing yourself. Also, we would like to see some of your work or your videos. Our Journalists will reply to you, as soon as possible.
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Armenia: “Snap” has officially surpassed “Brividi” and is now the most streamed song of Eurovision 2022!

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We can say that it’s something everyone expected and “Snap”, with more than 2 million streams daily, is now the most streamed song of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 on Spotify, surpassing 110 million streams.

“Snap” by Rosa Linn, didn’t manage to be high in the scoreboard on the Grand Final, but it managed to travel and get streams throughout the whole world, having a place in the charts of more than 40 countries (including the USA and the United Kingdom). 110 million streams and counting, Armenia’s song for this year’s contest is now the song with the most streams from Eurovision 2022 and the ninth most streamed song in the contest’s history!

The TikTok’s dynamics

The above success seems to be related to the even greater singer’s success on TikTok. Prior to the Competition, Rosa Linn had, on her personal TikTok account, 5k followers and 85k likes; today her followers amount to 509k and her likes to 9 mil.

@rosalinnmusic

It is not the first time that TikTok has been used as a springboard by Eurovision artists. The most typical example, perhaps, is Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade”, the winning song of ESC 2019, which, after its delayed success on TikTok, has today exceeded 900 mil. streams, becoming the most successful Eurovision song on Spotify.

Thus, despite the (justified) reactions expressed this year by fans, journalists and correspondents of the ESC, the strategic partnership between the EBU and TikTok (with the latter taking on the role of “Official Entertainment Partner” for Eurovision 2022) does not appear to be an one-off collaboration.

Just a “snap” away from the eighth place of every song in the contest!

It’s just a matter of time before “Snap” is on the eighth place of the list with the most streamed songs of the contest, as “Think About Things”, the song that would represent Iceland in the cancelled 2020 contest, has 119 million streams, around 9 million more streams than “Snap”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJ6vfmD_ic

Congratulation to Rosa Linn for her huge commercial success!

Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli wants to represent his country once again!

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Nadir Rustamli, the singer who represented Azerbaijan in Eurovision Song Contest 2022, said that he wants to return to the contest.

The latest representative of Azerbaijan in Eurovision has stated in his personal social media that he would like to represent his country again in the future. These are his words:

” My followers started a social media campaign for a new participation in the contest. I didn’t want to represent my country right away the following year. But if my fans want it and the invitation comes through, I would like to participate again because I don’t want to fail my audience and my listeners”.

Nadir Rustamli represented Azerbaijan in Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with the song “Fade to Black” and ended up in 16th place in the Grand Final with a total of 106 points. On the same time he is the first artist to qualify for the Grand Final while getting zero points from televote in the semi-final.

https://youtu.be/tegPzHEL4ms

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding participation of Azerbaijan in Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in the United Kingdom!

Source: eurovoix.com

Spain: TVE’s participation in the Eurovision cost 680.000 Euros

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After many years, Spain took the 3rd place in the Eurovision song contest 2022 with Chanel and “SloMo”. Since 1995, which was one of the best results for the country, Spain has taken a lot of low positions, but not anymore. Chanel managed to bring Spain back to the foreground. The Spanish broadcaster TVE published the cost of this year’s participation which stands at 600.000€.

The budget of Spanish public television for the Eurovision song contest was significantly increased compared to last year. TVE spent almost 200,000 Euros more, compared to its participation in Eurovision 2021.
Specifically, TVE spent 680,000 Euros in total. Of these 302,150 Euros was the participation fee, the rest were the other expenses like the hotel, tickets, payments and for the stage performance.

Source:Eurovoix