Armenia: Details about the internal selection, just before the official announcements!

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According to hraparak.am, two singers are in contention to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The outlet revealed them – their names are Rosa Linn and Saro Gevorgyan.

Pursuant to the rumours, Rosa Linn’s song was written by herself, the team of Tamar Kaprelian worked on the arrangement. The singer is signed to Warner Chappell Music and she’s part of Nvak Collective.

Saro’s song was written by Tokionine. The songwriter previously wrote ‘Walking Out’ by Srbuk, ‘Why’ and the JESC 2021 winning song ‘Qami Qami’. His song is reportedly called ‘I’m falling for you’ (or ‘Dance’). It’s techno, reminiscent of The Weeknd songs.

A song was also sent by Athena Manoukian, but she was eliminated in the first stage of the internal selection. Rumours also tell that Gor Sujyan (Dorians), Artem Valter (he revamped Athena’s ‘Chains On You’) and Miriam (she took part in DE 2020) submitted songs but were eliminated later as well.

Who will be the chosen one? Let’s wait for the official announcement!

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Portugal: The results of the second semifinal of Festival da Canção 2022!

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The second semifinal of Festival da Canção 2022, the festival which will decide Portugal’s entry for Eurovision 2022, has just been successfully completed.

Presenters of the evening were Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato, while the members of the jury, who determined 50% of the results, were:

  • Dulce Pontes (Representative of Portugal at Eurovision 1991)
  • Dino D’Santiago (Composer at the Festival da Canção 2020)
  • Surma (Finalist of the Festival da Canção 2019)
  • Teresa Salgueiro (Singer)
  • Pedro Granger (Presenter of the press conference and opening ceremony at Eurovision 2018)
  • Miguel Cadete (Music critic)
  • Tatanka (Lead singer of The Black Mamba, representatives of Portugal at Eurovision 2021)

The candidates

In total, 10 artists claimed the five tickets leading to the final of Festival da Canção 2022. The candidates were the following:

1. Os Azeitonas – Solta a voz e canta

2. Cubita – Uma mensagem tua

3. Inês Homem de Melo – Fome de viagem

4. SYRO – Ainda nos temos

5. Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

6. Milhanas – Corpo de mulher

7. O Vampiro Submarino – Ao lado de mim

8. Jonas – Pontas soltas

9. Blacci – Mar no fim

10. Pongo & Tristany – Dégrá.dê

Results

The five qualifiers were selected 50% by the jury and 50% by the television audience. The exact ranking of the artists by both the jury and the public was not announced at the end of the night. The detailed results will be made public at the end of the festival.

The five artists who qualified for the final of Festival da Canção 2022 are:

  • Milhanas – Corpo de mulher
  • SYRO – Aida nos temos
  • Inês homem de melo – Fome de viagem
  • Pongo e Tristany – Dégrá.dê
  • Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

Combined with the five finalists of Saturday’s first semifinal, the ten overall finalists of Festival da Canção 2022 are:

  • Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
  • Aurea – Why
  • FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
  • Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
  • MARO – saudade, saudade
  • Milhanas – Corpo de mulher
  • SYRO – Aida nos temos
  • Ines homem de melo – Fome de viagem
  • Pongo e Tristany – Dégrá.de
  • Pepperoni Passion – Código 30

See you this Saturday, March 12th, for the grand final of Festival da Canção 2022!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: The international jury that will help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022 just got revealed!

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SVT just revealed the eight countries that will comprise the international jury, by mentioning them in the “Mediehandbok” document sent out to the press earlier today. Those countries will get the chance to vote and help determine the winner of Melodifestivalen 2022, who will finally get a ticket to Turin, in order to represent the country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The eight countries of the international jury

The results of Melodifestivalen 2022 at the final show, get determined 50-50 by the televotes and the votes of the eight countries that will comprise the international jury.

These eight countries of the international jury this year will be:

  • The Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy

The voting age-groups

Starting from last year, the viewers vote in age groups. At the final show there is no longer the possibility to vote by SMS, as the Melodifestivalen production team commented the SMS votes were minimal. One either can vote by phone or with the use of the Melodifestivalen app.

Before being able to vote, one must register their age. The viewers are allocated into the following seven age groups:

  • 3-9 years old, Green group
  • 10-15 years old, Turquoise group
  • 16-29 years old, Blue group
  • 30-44 years old, Purple group
  • 45-59 years old, Pink group
  • 60-74 years old, Red group
  • 75 years old and above, Orange group

Combined voting results

There are eight categories in all, one is the televoting and the rest are the seven age-groups. Each category gives 58 points in total at the finals, distributed to the acts accordingly. Also the change of the number of countries in the international jury, from eleven to eight was implemented so that the number of countries match the number of voting categories of the public. At the end of the voting process, the juries will decide 50% of the votes and the public vote will provide the remaining 50% of the points.

Final Show Running Order

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills“
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power“
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt“
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way”
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe“
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love“
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom“
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin“
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer“
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman“

The Show

Oscar Zia presented all the shows of Melodifestivalen 2022, while due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the shows for the national selection process that will represent Sweden in Turin this year, will be held exclusively in Stockholm!

Melodifestivalen 2022 final show will he held on the 12th of March, when we will get to know who will be selected as a representative for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin!

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:

  • First Semi-Final on the 5th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Second Semi-Final on the 12th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Third Semi-Final on the 19th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Fourth Semi-Final on the 26th of February, at Friends Arena
  • Fifth Semi-Final on the 5th of March, at Friends Arena
  • The Final on the 12th of March, at Friends Arena

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2022!

Switzerland: Is Marius Bear representing the country with the song “Boys Do Cry”?

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The rumours of Marius Bear representing Switzerland in Turin with the song “Boys Do Cry” has been all over internet the last few hours.

Specifically, the Swiss newspaper called “Blick Speulates” publised that Marius Bear with that song has been chosen for Eurovision 2022 and the Swiss eurovision site “Douzepoints.cz” has mentioned that Marius has uploaded a video on instagram working together with Jean-Marc Richard,the Eurovision commentator from French-speaking broadcaster in Switzerland.

As for the song, Marius has already published that his new track would have been out on March and based on rumours, there has been a song with the title “Boys Do Cry” that has been sent to the Swiss broadcaster for Eurovision 2022. Also, the song is rumoured to have a duration of almost 3 minutes and Genius, the site that updates the lyrics of every song, has the song under Eurovision Song Contest 2022 album already.

You can listen to a small part of “Boys Do Cry” below:

Who is Marius Bear?

28-year-old Marius Bear won the Swiss Music Award for Best Talent in 2019. He also released his debut album Not Loud Enough the same year. In 2020, he released the cover of Whitney Houston‘s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody ” after performing it on the TV show I Can See Your Voice. The cover currently has over 3.4 million streams on Spotify. Recently he has released the singles “Evergreen” and “Roses“.

Listen to his latest single:

One day left to see if the rumours are true and Marius is flying to Turin for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

Until then, stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest updates!

Source: ESCXTRA 

Portugal: Second Festival da Canção 2022 Semi-Final tonight!

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The Festival da Canção 2022 continues tonight, through which Portugal will choose its representative at Eurovision 2022.

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

Finalists

Five artists advanced from the first semifinal of the Festival da Canção 2022 the day before yesterday to the grand final on Saturday. The first five finalists are:

Contestants

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

  1. Os Azeitonas – Solta a Voz E Canta
  2. Cubita – Uma Mensagem Tua
  3. Inês Homem de Melo – Fome de Viagem
  4. SYRO –  Ainda Nos Temos
  5. Pepperoni Passion – Código 30
  6. Milhanas – Corpo de Mulher
  7. O Vampiro Submarino – Ao Lado de Mim
  8. Jonas – Pontas Soltas
  9. Blacci – Mar No Fim
  10. Pongo & Tristany – Dégrá.dê

Five artists will qualify for next Saturday’s grand final. The first five finalists will be chosen by50% 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 Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato.

The secondsemifinal of the Festival da Canção 2022 will start at 23:00 and will last for three hours. You can follow it through the RTP website by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Portugal’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Sweden: The running order of the Final show of Melodifestivalen 2022 just got revealed!

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SVT just announced the running order of the contestants that will have to compete with each other next Saturday, March 12, at the finals of Melodifestivalen 2022, claiming a ticket to Turin, at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We remind you that the final show of the Swedish national selection process will take place once more at Friends Arena.

The running order is determined, each year, by the production team of Melodifestivalen, taking into consideration both the competing songs’ musical qualities as well as stage performance and other production considerations and can be seen below:

Final Show Running Order:

  • Klara Hammarström – “Run to the Hills“
  • Theoz – “Som du vill”
  • Anna Bergendahl – “Higher Power“
  • John Lundvik – “Änglavakt“
  • Tone Sekelius – “My Way”
  • Anders Bagge – “Bigger than the Universe“
  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love“
  • Faith Kakembo – “Freedom“
  • Liamoo – “Bluffin“
  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer“
  • Cazzi Opeia – “I Can’t Get Enough”
  • Medina – “In i dimman“

Oscar Zia presents all the shows of Melodifestivalen 2022, while due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the shows for the national selection process that will represent Sweden in Turin this year, will be held exclusively in Stockholm!

Melodifestivalen 2022 final show will he held on the 12th of March, when we will get to know who will be selected as a representative for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin!

The detailed schedule of Melodifestivalen 2022 is described below:

  • First Semi-Final on the 5th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Second Semi-Final on the 12th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Third Semi-Final on the 19th of February, at the Avicii Arena
  • Fourth Semi-Final on the 26th of February, at Friends Arena
  • Fifth Semi-Final on the 5th of March, at Friends Arena
  • The Final on the 12th of March, at Friends Arena

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Sweden’s entry for Eurovision 2022!

Eurovision 2022: Three countries are recording their live-on-tape performance in Belgrade!

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Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro are recording their backup performances for Eurovision Song Contest 2022, today in Belgrade.

After Pesma Za Evroviziju ’22, hosted last night by RTS, the contest’s stage was used for recording the live-on-tape videos for Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

The artists that record their backup performances there, are:

  • Vladana – “Breathe”
  • Andrea – “Circles”
  • Konstrakta – “In Corpore Sano”

What is a live-on-tape video?

In 2021 the 39 participants had to record a backup performance as one of the many safety measures that EBU set in order to ensure that the contest could take place in May, no matter the course of the pandemic.

Each country could rehearse for as long as they wished for the performance of the live-on-tape. However, three performances in the time of an hour were eligible to be part of the tape that EBU would see. The competing countries could choose whichever of the three performances they wanted to use. Live-on-tape performances did not have to be the same as the scheduled performances for Eurovision.

Live-on-tape performances were shown a week after Eurovision 2021, as a way to show all the hard work of the contestants who had to create an extra performance.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy!

Germany: Marvin Dietmann will be the director of “Rockstars”!

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The Australian choreographer Marvin Dietmann, will choreograph Germany’s song “Rockstars” from Malik Harris in Turin. Dietmann rose to fame as the choreographer of the winning performance of Conchita Wurst in Copenhagen in 2014. Last year he directed 7 participations of Eurovision 2021 (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Estonia) while he is already the director of Cyprus and Israel for this year as well.

Friday night, Malik Harris, performed first and won Germany’s national final, Germany 12 Points. Although he was second in the online vote, he managed to convince the public, so that he could have the most points in total.

Listen to “Rockstars”, Malik Hariss’ song for Eurovision 2022:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the German participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy!

Source: esc-kompakt.de

Serbia: Detailed results of Pesma za Evroviziju ’22!

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Last night Pesma za Evroviziju ’22, Serbia’s national final for Eurovision 2022 was completed successfully. After the jury and the public vote were combined, the winner was Konstrakta with the song “In Corpore Sano”.

A few minutes ago, Serbia’s public broadcaster, RTS, published the full results of the semi-finals and the final of Pesma za Evroviziju ’22.

In detail:

First Semi-Final:

We can see that Konstrakta came third in the semi final’s televote. In comparison with her clear win in the final as shown below.

 
DRAW ARTIST SONG JURY TELEVOTE TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 Sanja Bogosavljević “Priđi mi“ 1 499 0 1 13
2 VIS Limunada “Pesma ljubavi“ 0 823 0 0 14
3 Zorja “Zorja“ 10 5,518 12 22 1
4 Bojana Mašković “Dama“ 0 338 0 0 14
5 Boris Subotić “Vrati mi“ 0 1,976 5 5 10
6 Ivona “Znam“ 4 1,072 2 6 9
7 Bane Lalić and MVP “Tu gde je ljubav ne postoji mrak“ 0 901 0 0 14
8 Angellina “Origami” 5 1,693 3 8 7
9 Ana Stanić “Ljubav bez dodira“ 7 650 0 7 8
10 Julija “Brzina“ 0 584 0 0 14
11 Aca Lukas “Oskar“ 6 2,936 6 12 3
12 Konstrakta “In Corpore Sano“ 12 4,750 8 20 2
13 Igor Simić “To nisam ja“ 0 1,056 1 1 12
14 Mia “Blanko“ 0 388 0 0 14
15 Jelena Pajić “Pogledi“ 2 610 0 2 11
16 Biber “Dve godine i šes’ dana“ 8 1,953 4 12 4
17 Marija Mikić “Ljubav me inspiriše“ 3 4,412 7 10 6
18 Lift “Drama“ 0 5,020 10 10 5

 

Second Semi-Final:

 
DRAW ARTIST SONG JURY TELEVOTE TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 Srđan Lazić “Tražim te“ 3 444 0 3 12
2 Julijana Vincan “Istina i laži“ 0 1,904 3 3 11
3 Marko Nikolić “Dođi da te volim“ 0 661 0 0 17
4 Zoe Kida “Bejbi“ 6 2,018 5 11 3
5 Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića “Anđele moj“ 4 1,995 4 8 6
6 Chegi & Braća Bluz Band “Devojko sa plamenom u očima“ 0 3,727 10 10 4
7 Euterpa “Nedostaješ“ 0 1,265 1 1 15
8 Dušan Svilar “Samo ne reci da voliš“ 5 1,252 0 5 10
9 Ivana Vladović and Jovana Stanimirović “Prijaće ti“ 1 551 0 1 16
10 Gift “Haos“ 12 2,178 6 18 2
11 Zejna Murkić “Nema te“ 8 595 0 8 7
12 Sara Jo “Muškarčina“ 10 5,615 12 22 1
13 Marija Mirković “Požuri, požuri“ 2 1,148 0 2 14
14 Rocher Etno Band “Hajde sad nek’ svak’ peva“ 0 1,771 2 2 13
15 Vasco “Znaš li“ 0 899 0 0 17
16 Tijana Dapčević “Ljubi, ljubi doveka“ 7 940 0 7 9
17 Gramophonedzie “Počinjem da ludim“ 0 2,482 8 8 5
18 Naiva “Skidam“ 0 2,338 7 7 8

 

Final:

 
DRAW ARTIST SONG JURY TELEVOTE TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 Naiva “Skidam“ 0 3,204 0 0 15
2 Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića “Anđele moj“ 0 2,829 0 0 15
3 Gift “Haos“ 0 3,208 1 1 13
4 Zejna Murkić “Nema te“ 1 846 0 1 14
5 Tijana Dapčević “Ljubi, ljubi doveka“ 4 1,228 0 4 11
6 LIFT “Drama“ 0 6,947 6 6 7
7 Gramophonedzie “Počinjem da ludim“ 0 2,444 0 0 15
8 Zorja “Zorja“ 8 16,875 8 16 3
9 Aca Lukas “Oskar“ 0 11,018 7 7 5
10 Zoe Kida “Bejbi“ 5 4,030 2 7 6
11 Sara Jo “Muškarčina“ 10 21,253 10 20 2
12 Ana Stanić “Ljubav bez dodira“ 6 1,098 0 6 9
13 Biber “Dve godine i šes’ dana“ 0 3,130 0 0 15
14 Angellina “Origami“ 7 5,273 3 10 4
15 Chegi & Braća Bluz Band “Devojko sa plamenom u očima“ 0 6,145 5 5 10
16 Ivona “Znam“ 3 2,169 0 3 12
17 Marija Mikić “Ljubav me inspiriše“ 2 5,683 4 6 8
18 Konstrakta “In Corpore Sano“ 12 44,459 12 24 1

 

The difference between the winner Konstrakta and runner-up Sara Jo was greater than 20.000 votes showing the clear win of “In Corpe Se”

A few hours ago, through the her official YouTube channel, Konstrakta posted the video clip of her song.

Serbia will perform in the second semi-final and specifically in the first half of the night (songs 1-9).

Cyprus: RIK’s announcement for the Eurovision 2022 song!

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With a relevant trailer, RIK informs us about everything we already know. The song that will represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2022, as well as the artist and the composition team of the participation, will be announced on Wednesday, March 9.

As we have already informed you, the song will be released on Wednesday, March 9, through the show of RIK Ola Ston Aera. What impresses us, admittedly, is what is mentioned on OGAE Greece, for the further release of the song on the various platforms. According to what OGAE Greece broadcasts, the song will be broadcast for the first time on Wednesday at 15.30 cet, through RIK’s show, Ola Ston Aera. It will then be uploaded to Panik’s website and social media on March 10 and released on March 11 on all music platforms.

Practically, the above means, if it is valid, that on Wednesday, March 9, the only way to hear the Cypriot participation is through the RIK show, since the song will be available on music platforms after two days. Of course, it remains to be seen if this will indeed be the time sequence:

  • 9/3: Announcement from All In the Air – RIK1 (16.30)
  • 10/3: PANIK website
  • 11/3: Other music platforms

As we have already informed you, the recording of the song took place a few days ago in Athens, where Andromachi, who will represent Cyprus, entered the studio and completed the recording of the song.

The songwriter Alex Papaconstantinou was also there. The song of Cyprus has strong ethic elements, which as lifeNewscy knows, will be enriched with bouzouki, to have a more “Greek” sound! The lyrics are signed by George Papadopoulos, while the word “Ela” dominates.

The shooting for the video clip of the song took place on Saturday, March 5.

So make an appointment on Wednesday, March 9 for the announcement of the Cypriot participation in Eurovision 2022!