Spain: Barcelona’s Eurovision Party starts tonight!

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Barcelona will host their first Eurovision Preview Party at Sala Apolo with artists from this year’s contest and guest stars from previous years expected to perform during the event. The event will be hosted by Sharone and Giuseppe di Bella!

The eleven artists who are to compete in Turin and will be present in Barcelona are:

  • Albania – Ronela Hajati
  • Czech Republic – We Are Domi
  • Ireland – Brooke
  • Latvia – Citi Zēni
  • Lithuania – Monika Liu
  • Malta – Emma Muscat
  • Montenegro – Vladana
  • Norway – Subwoolfer
  • Romania – WRS
  • San Marino – Achille Lauro
  • Spain – Chanel

Alongside the eleven artists who will compete in Turin, a number of guest stars from previous years have been announced:

  • Conchita Wurst (Winner of Eurovision 2014 for Austria)
  • Jamala – (Winner of Eurovision 2016 for Ukraine)
  • Marta Roure – (Represented Andorra at Eurovision 2004)
  • Rosa Lopez – (Represented Spain at Eurovision 2002)
  • Senhit – (Represented San Marino at Eurovision 2011, 2020 and 2021)
  • Sunstroke Project – (Represented Moldova at Eurovision 2010 and 2017)
  • The Roop – (Represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2020 and 2021)

 

The livestream of the Barcelona Eurovision Party 2022 will begin tonight at 20:15 CET on betevé. You can find the link to the livestream here.

 

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North Macedonia: Preparations for Eurovision 2022 started!

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Today the public broadcaster MRT announced the team that works on Andrea’s performance for Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

The Creative Director for North Macedonia’s performance in Eurovision 2022 will be Biljana Pasharikovska.

Specifically Andrea said:

This is a very personal matter and we decided that those who know me better should better be part of it. Biljana is a person that not only makes me feel the stage like home, but also supports me and gives me stability. I will not reveal many things about my staging, rather than it is based on my original expression and the movements support it.

She also announced that Ana Petanovska and Renata Kralevska will be her backing vocals in Turin. The two artists are experienced solo singers that have performed in many festivals and concerts in North Macedonia.

The clothes that Andrea will wear in Tyrin will be designed by  Caci Pakovska. Caci is the same designer that designed Andrea’s clothes for the music video

She understands me perfectly and she knows exactly what I want without me saying a single word. She surely is experienced, I believe Caci is the best choice for this performance in front of the whole Europe and the world in general.

As of today, Andrea’s song “Circles” is available in Spotify.

North Macedonia will compete in the second half of the second semi-final in May 12.

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Source: Eurovoix

Bulgaria: Eurovisionfun met ‘Intelligent Music Project” in Thessaloniki!

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We spent a beautiful afternoon with the Intelligent Music Project, who visited Thessaloniki as part of the promotion regarding their participation at Eurovision 2022.

The meeting took place at the Onoma Hotel. The Intelligent Music Project, after giving an interview to Rock Radio 104.7 returned to the hotel where, following their meeting with members of the Bulgarian community of the city, they had plenty of time to talk to us.

The rock band, which this year represents Bulgaria with their song Intention, is on a big European tour in view of their participation at 66th Eurovision Song Contest. On Tuesday, they also shot their live on tape video, where they focused the previous days with the result, according to them, justifying the team. They are looking forward to being on the Eurovision stage, as they believe that live is their strong point, something that they believe the viewers will also appreciate.

The Intelligent Music Project spoke with the warmest words about Amanda, but also about her song, since as they characteristically said, she has one of the most beautiful songs of this year’s competition.

Of course we could not leave without hearing them singing Intention live, but also performing their own version of My Number One.

 

Who are Intelligent Music Project?

Intelligent Music Project is a ‘supergroup’, consisting of local and international stars, which was formed in 2011 by Dr. Milen Vrabevski, an important figure in the Bulgarian industry. Dr. Vrabevski is known for his charity and business activities. He is the producer, composer and lyricist of the band!

With a combination of melancholic, but also hard rock sound and thoughtful lyrics containing topical messages, especially for the youth, the songs of Intelligent Music Project always make a sensation.

Throughout the years of the band’s existence, some of the biggest names in the world rock music scene have contributed to Intelligent Music Project. With its current line-up, the band’s main vocalist is Ronnie Romero, Bisser Ivanov, Slavin Slavchev (winner of Bulgaria’s X-Factor), Ivo Stefanov, Dimiter Sirakov and drummer Stoyan Yankoulov, who represented Bulgaria in 2007 and 2013 with Elitsa.

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Greece: Amanda in O.A.C.A. for the 50 days until Eurovision 2022!

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Today the representative of Greece in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord visited the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall of OACA sport complex, on the day of the 201st anniversary of the country’s independence.

The reason for her visit in the venue that hosted the only, until today, Eurovision Song Contest of 2006, was to film her own video (as all the representatives of the 40 nations of this year’s contest have done today) for the 50 days countdown until the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.

Below you can watch the video that was posted on the official account of Eurovision on TikTok

@eurovision Let’s go @Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord! We’re soooo looking forward to seeing you on stage in Turin! 🇬🇷😍🤩 #Eurovision2022 #Eurovision #ESC2022 ♬ original sound – Eurovision

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Greece: Will we see Good Job Nicky at Eurovision 2023?

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It was for many the favorite to represent Greece in this year’s Eurovision song contest. Good Job Nicky, although he failed to get the coveted ticket to Turin with the song Heaven Is Sin, and while earlier in his statements he was negative in a new attempt to be on the Eurovision stage, he seems to be thinking about it…

Shortly after ERT announced that Amanda Georgiadi would represent Greece at Eurovision 2022, Good Job Nicky in an interview with Eleni Menegaki had stated that he would probably not be interested in a new participation.

However, in a conversation he had with Eurovisionfun and after our encouragement to try in the future, Good Job Nicky, although laconic, now seems to leave several chances in another attempt:

Eurovisionfun: We hope you try it again because you deserve the Eurovision opportunity too!

Good Job Nicky: I guess we’ll see…

Eurovisionfun: We want it!

Good Job Nicky: I appreciate it unimaginably, really!

Good Job Nicky expressed his warmest comments for our representative Amanda Georgiadi, saying that the opportunity now belongs to her, while he also supports her!

I’m rooting for Amanda! Above all, it is important for our country to do well. Let’s tear up!

Amanda responded to Good Job Nicky’s statements with a tweet, while she told us that he is an amazing artist:

Listen to Heaven Is Sin, which was the proposal of Good Job Nicky and Cobalt Music for Eurovision 2022:

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Armenia: “Snap” was originally submitted for Eurovision 2019!

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Rosa Linn has revealed that she first submitted the song she will represent Armenia with in Turin for Eurovision 2019.

The representative of Armenia for Eurovision 2022 revealed that her song “Snap” was originally submitted to compete in the 2019 contest. Through a video in her TikTok account, Rosa Linn unveiled her journey as an artist and with the song she will compete in the contest in Turin in May.

@rosalinnmusic I still can’t believe it 😭 #fypシ #originalsong #eurovision #newmusic #songwriter #armenia ♬ SNAP – Rosa Linn

Speaking about her song, when it was released, she said:

I think we’ve all been at a snapping point, where it felt like there’s no way out and that the entire world is just crumbling down around you. You start questioning everything, including yourself. I have been there. And what I realized was that I had the strength to shape my reality – it just took getting out of my own way and finding inner peace. It’s all about self-love and accepting that you are enough. Writing “Snap” was a form of therapy for me and I hope that it can be that for others who are also going through hard times.

Watch Armenia’s song for Eurovision 2022, “Snap” by Rosa Linn:

Armenia returns Eurovision Song Contest 2022, having withdrawn from the contest in 2021. The public broadcaster decided to return with an internal selection, like in 2019. In their last appearance in the contest, Srbuk ended up 16th in the second semi-final with “Walking Out“, leaving Armenia out of the final for the second year in a row. Athena Manoukian would represent Armenia in 2020 with “Chains on You” in the later cancelled contest.

Source: eurovoix.com

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United Kingdom: Watch Sam Ryder’s live performance at The Nikolaos Tsitiridis Show!

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For the needs of Live On Tape Video was Sam Ryder in Sofia the past days and took the opportunity to appear on the most popular talk show on Bulgarian television, perfoming his song ‘Space Man‘. At The Nikolaos Tsitiridis Show, a show that is presented by the Greek origin Nikolaos Tsitiridis and is the longest running late night TV show on Bulgaria, Sam Ryder was invited. The popular British artist, who has brought the United Kingdom after so many years high in the odds, sang his song ‘Space Man’ live, with which he will represent United Kingdom at this year’s Eurovision in Turin.

 

Sam Ryder will travel in several European countries before traveling to Turin in May for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision 2022: Artists to film their Postcard Appearances from their Countries!

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The artists of Eurovision 2022 will once again film their appearances in the postcards remotely.

Social media posts have started to show the artists of Eurovision 2022 remotely filming their appearances for their postcards in front of green screens from their home country.

A few days ago, we saw photos from this year’s entry of Serbia, in which they seem to film their postcard in front of a green screen.

 

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The same happened in 2021, when the postcard featured all of the artists presented in a tiny house in a unique place in The Netherlands. The artists recorded in front of a green screen in their home countries and were then superimposed onto a tiny house that was filled with items related to them.

While in 2015 or 2018, the artists taking part that year would travel to the host nation to film them selfs taking part in local activities or seeing local sites.

Due to the still ongoing effects of the pandemic, it is likely the decision was made to avoid unnecessary travel and film the artists in their home nation.

The postcards of 2022 will be following the slogan of the contest “the Sound of Beauty”, with Rai filming in beautiful locations across whole Italy. Still, we don’t know further details about the way the artists will be featured in this years postcards.

Locations known to feature in the postcards so far include:

  • Terni & the Marmore falls in Umbria
  • Civita di Bagnoregio in Lazio
  • Perugia
  • Naples
  • Venice

The postcards appear before the start of each entry in the competition, with each country having its own video. It is traditionally used to promote the host country of that year’s competition but also to present the singer or band that is going to participate.

The Eurovision Song Contest returns to Italy this year following Måneskin’s victory at the 2021 contest with their song “Zitti e Buoni”. The 2022 contest will be hosted in Turin on 10th, 12th, and 14th May at the PalaOlimpico.

Below you can see the postcard of Italy, the winner of Eurovision 2021, in Rotterdam.

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Spain: “SloMo was actually meant for Jennifer Lopez”!

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It may sound like it was written in Seville, Madrid or Barcelona, but in fact this year’s Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was created in Velsen-Noord, a small town in the north of the Netherlands. Dutch producer Arjen Thonen reveals that he actually composed Chanel’s SloMo for Jennifer Lopez, but when the Latin star didn’t respond, the song found its way to Turin.

Even those who don’t know the story behind SloMo are likely to think of Jennifer Lopez when watching the video clip. Chanel Terrero‘s dance moves, energy and upbeat vibe seem to be quite similar to various songs that JLo has released from time to time.

Beeld uit de videoclip van SloMo, de Spaanse inzending voor het Eurovisie Songfestival. Zangeres Chanel zingt het lied dat is gemaakt door de Nederlandse producer Arjen Thonen.

Thonen, with more than ten years of experience in the music industry, composed a remix for the Black Eyed Peas‘ Pump It, which led to the development of a friendly relationship between himself and the band’s drummer Keith Harris, who is also a producer.

Harris knew that Jennifer Lopez was looking for some new material and asked Thonen to submit a proposal.

“I was in the studio in the middle of the summer and by the end of the day I was kind of having a song that wasn’t exactly in Jennifer Lopez’s style. Then, I spontaneously kept going all night and that’s how SloMo came out.”

The song, in lyrics by Canadian singer Maggie Szabo, was sent via Keith Harris to the US, but there was no reaction from JLo’s team. The song was “left on the shelf”, while Thonen focused on other productions.

“Keith suddenly sent me an email saying that they were looking for a Jennifer-Lopez-like song in Spain to compete at Benidorm Fest. Of course he’s American, so he added: “In case you don’t know about the competition, it’s the biggest music event in Europe. I would do it.””

Producer Arjen Thonen, die het nummer SloMo van zangeres Chanel maakte.

The song was accepted, with new Spanish lyrics, and so Thonen watched the Benidorm Fest final on 29 January, where of course he was thrilled to see Chanel with SloMo officially becoming Spain’s representative for Turin.

SloMo has already surpassed 6 million streams on Spotify and is doing quite well with the bookmakers respectively as it is currently standing in eighth place.

“I am very happy that this song ended up being part of such a beautiful event”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3eiW6E0ldc&feature=emb_imp_woyt

Will the JLo team regret seeing Chanel in Turin? Will JLo herself ever learn the story behind this song?

Source: AD

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Portugal: Maro with a different stage performance in Eurovision 2022!

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Portugal’s representative for Eurovision 2022 Maro, stated that there will be some changes in her appearance for the contest in May.

Speaking on the official podcast of Festival da Canção, Maro promised some changes in her performance of the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

Maro said she would have a “slightly different” appearance at Eurovision in May than the one we saw at the Festival da Canção, however, it is unlikely we will see a drastic change. Maria Ferreira, who is a member of the Portuguese delegation, also said that RTP was open to changes regarding the stage presence for the competition.

Maro was selected to represent Portugal using Festival da Canção. In the Grand Final, she received a maximum of 12 points from both the jury and the public and finished 10 points ahead of the second-placed act.

Who is Maro ?

The singer and composer Maro, was born on October 30, 1994, despite her young age, she wrote her first song at the age of 11. She knows how to play piano, guitar and bass. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston and in 2018 she released her first album.

Portugal will compete in the second half of the first semi-final.

Listen to Portugal’s participation below:

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

Source: eurovoix

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