Portugal: Festival da Canção 2022 Final tonight!

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The Festival da Canção 2022 comes to an end tonight, through which Portugal will choose its representative at Eurovision 2022.

The Portuguese national selection will take place on three different nights: two semifinals on March 5th and 7th and the grand final on March 12th.

Finalists

Ten artists are participating in tonight’s final of the Festival da Canção 2022. These artists are:

  1. Pongo & Tristany – Dégrá.dê
  2. SYRO –  Ainda Nos Temos
  3. Milhanas – Corpo de Mulher
  4. Inês Homem de Melo – Fome de Viagem
  5. Aurea – Why
  6. Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
  7. FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
  8. Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
  9. MARO – saudade, saudade
  10. Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

The Portuguese representative at Eurovision 2022 will be chosen by 50% of the will of the Portuguese public and 50% of the preference of the jury.

Presenters of the second semifinal of the Festival da Canção 2022 are Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim.

The Grand Final of the Festival da Canção 2022 will start at 22:00 CET and will last three hours. You can watch it through the RTP website by clicking HERE.

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Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2022 Final tonight!

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Today it’s the final off Söngvakeppnin 2022, the process through which Iceland will choose its participation for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Live from RVK studios, the land of ice and fire will select its representative in Eurovision 2022.

The 5 finalists of the grand final are:

Katla, Stefán Óli and sisters Sigga, Beta and Elín (who had not recorded an English version of their song anyway) chose to sing in Icelandic, as they did in the semifinals.

Reykjavíkurdætur, or Daugthers of Reykjavik, will perform the English version of their song, which also contains lyrics in Icelandic. Therefore, the only entry excusively in English is Amarosis, who were eliminated in the first semi-final but selected by the committee to compete in the final as a wildcard.

The Söngvakeppnin 2022 final will have two rounds of voting. In the first round, the two songs that will be voted on the most by the combination of the vote of the Icelandic viewers and the jury will qualify for the Superfinal. In the Superfinal, the two songs will be put exclusively at the discretion of the public, which will choose the representative of Iceland at Eurovision 2022.

Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be presented by Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson and Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.

The second semifinal of Söngvakeppnin 2022 will start at 20:45 CET and will last two and a half hours. You can watch it through the RÚV website by clicking HERE.

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Sweden: The general rehearsal of the Final Show of Melodifestivalen 2022! (Live)

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The general rehearsal of the Melodifestivalen 2022 Final has just started. EurovisionFun is at Friends Arena, in Stockholm and we are happy to be watching it live on-site. We will be covering this rehearsal siting right in the arena, describing in detail what is happening during the show and all the vibes we get, for you to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are here with us tonight!

This article is being updated in 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 information and images off this general rehearsal for the final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow March 12th, at 20:00 CET, when you watch the actual final show on SVT and SVT Play.

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Armenia: Rosa Linn’s song will be released on March 19!

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AMPTV has just announced that Rosa Linn will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Her song with the official music video will be released on March 19.

Who is Rosa Linn?

Rosa Linn (Rosa Kostandyan) is a 21 years old singer living and working in Vanadzor, whom the American “Flaunt” magazine called the top female music producer in Armenia. Her debut song is a collaboration with the famous singer Kiiara. She is one of the first artists of  Nvak Collective, pronounced (“nuh-vaak”, which means music in Armenian) a US-based record label. Nvak Collective was Co-Founded by the representative of Armenia at Eurovision 2015, American-Armenian singer-songwriter, Tamar Kaprelian and record producer, Alex Salibian.  Her style is characterized as a mix of 80s and 90s alternative indie pop. Her latest single titled “King” counts over 200 thousand views on YouTube and is a representative sample of the sound she stands for.

It should be reminded that “Eurovision” will take place in Turin, Italy, on May 10, 12 and 14. The representative of Armenia will perform in the second half of the first semifinal.

Last year, Armenia did not participate in the contest due to the post-war situation, lack of time and other objective reasons, and in 2020 the Greek-Armenian singer Athena Manoukian was the country’s delegate, but the contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus.

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Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov Plan To Feature A Train In Eurovision Performance!

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Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov would like to bring a real train to the Eurovision stage for their performance in May this year.

During an interview with Moldova’s Pro TV newsite, Moldovan Eurovision 2022 artists Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov revealed the plans for the staging that they want to take to Turin:

“We will bring the real train on stage, there will be a drum, maybe the grandmother will be there, I don’t know. In Turin will be the version recorded in the studio, with backing vocals.”

The music video for their entry “Trenulețul” (The Train) features the band, joined by two folk musicians known as Frații Advahov, travelling on a train from Chisinau to Bucharest.

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Eurovision 2022: Stage Construction to Start on March 15!

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As we previously informed you, Rai unveiled the first designs of the stage for Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

Construction of the stage in the PalaOlimpico, in Turin, is due to start on March 15, almost a full 8 weeks ahead of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. No date for completion has been published at this time.  In the past, the process of stage construction has taken 3-4 weeks.

Last year in 2021 stage construction began on April 11 and was completed by the end of April around three weeks later. 2022 will be one of the earliest start dates for stage construction to start, a factor that could potentially be due to the complex design of the stage for 2022, which included moving LEDs and a water feature.

The concept behind the design is called “The Sun Within” which relies on movements and light of a kinetic sun. The stage is able “to showcase theatrical motion, which is framed by water and will have a lush Italian garden lapping up the rays in front of it”.

 

The creative mind behind the design is Francesca Montinaro, who has also created the stages of Sanremo Music Festival two times (2013 and 2019).

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 on 10th, 12th, and 14th May at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

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Austria: Listen to “Halo” ,DJ LUM!X and Pia Mia’s song for Eurovision 2022!

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Through the show “Wecker am Freitag ” of “Hitradio Ö3” radio station the song “Halo” by DJ LUM!X and Pia Mia came out!

DJ LUM!X has had multiple hits in the past like “The Passenger (LaLaLa)”  and “Thunder”.In 2019 he published the song “Monster” among with Gabry Ponte, which has more than 210 million streams on Spotify and saled more than 400.ooo copies in Germany. Pia Mia is a make up artist and works at the National Theatre of Tirol and writes her own music since the age of sixteen.

“We saw last year that diversity can be very positive in Eurovision Song Contest, so I believe that Austria did a right choice of sending two young artists to compete. In our age, there is a lot less pressure behind our backs, because ,even if something goes wrong, many other doors can open! Therefore, we are much more free and we can focus better on what we really want to deliver and not to deliver as a message. I have always been interested at Eurovision Song Contest. It is the biggest thing you can do in Europe and I really want to participate to it. Of course it is a challenge, but we will work as a team and we will support each other.”

DJ LUM!X

“Halo” is a dance-pop track and Austria wants to make everyone party during its perfomance.

You can watch the video here:

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Greece: “Die Together” is the cover for Spotify Music Friday!

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“Die Together” started its journey for Turin, with great dynamism. The Greek song for Eurovision is now the cover of Spotify Music Friday in Greece, alongside being part of the same list for other countries.

Other than being the cover of Greece’s Spotify Music Friday, “Die Together” is part of the same list in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Czechia, Slovakia, Turkey, Hungary and of course Norway! Spotify Music Friday is the greatest playlist of the music platform and for a song to be part of it, is a great boost for increasing its stream.

The music video of “Die Together” is in YouTube Trends, no.9 in Cyprus and no. 14 in Norway

A great start for Greece’s song.

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Serbia: Konstrakta’s “In corpore sano” remains in Serbian For Eurovision!

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Speaking to Blic yesterday after her triumph in Pesma za Evroviziju ’22!, Konstrakta confirmed that her song “In corpore sano” will remain in Serbian for the Eurovision Song Contest. Specifically, she says in the article that the song will remain in Serbian as when it was translated into English the lyrics no longer matched the rhythm of the song.

Konstrakta went on to add that the Serbian team is working to make sure the international audience understands the message of the song, explaining:

Whether it will be through subtitles, whether on those screens, we have to resolve this issue as we go along.

As for the direction of her performance, she is happy with the concept she presented at Pesma za Evroviziju’22:

We will stick to what has been set, it is quite well thought out and I think it works, there will be a change in the details, we are not going to change the concept. It is in our interest to make it look the best it can possibly be, because that is what our union is all about. There is no need to invent hot water.

You can check Konstrakta’s winning performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po7HDHTBBE0

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Source: Eurovoix – Blic.rs

United Kingdom: Watch the first live perfomance of “Space Man”!

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After the release of “Space Man” earlier today, Sam Ryder performed his song live for the first time. Sam Ryder has been a guest at “The One Show” to perform and promote his entry “Space Man”.

Watch the live perfomance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0vtlnSUtw&feature=emb_title

Who is Sam Ryder?

Sam Ryder is a singer-songwriter from Essex, England, who catapulted to fame thanks to TikTok, where he’s amassed over 12 million followers for his covers of Adele, Sia, Hozier, Marvin Gaye, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury and more. He’s known for his ethereal vocals and his impressive falsetto.

His entry for Eurovision 2022 is already at number 3 on the UK’s YouTube trends! Watch the official video of “Space Man” here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udsMTb2NIak&feature=emb_title

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