Ukraine: Vidbir 2022 Final tonight!

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Ukraine will choose its representative at Eurovision 2022 tonight. For another year, the state of Eastern Europe will select the artist and the song that will represent it in this year’s Contest through a national final.

Artists

Eight artists are taking part in the Vidbir 2022 final, with the big winner getting a ticket to Turin.

The contestants are:

  1. Cloudless – “All be Alright“
  2. Michael Soul – “Demons“
  3. Our Atlantic – “Moya Lyubov“
  4. Barleben – “Hear My Words”
  5. Roxolana – “GIRLZZΖZ“
  6. Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania“
  7. Wellboy – “Νozzy Bossy“
  8. Alina Pash – “Tini zabutih predkiv/Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”

The final result will be judged by 50% by the preference of Ukrainian viewers and by 50% by the preference of the jury consisting of Tina Karol, Yaroslav Lodygin and Jamala.

Presenters of Vidbir 2022 will be Timur Miroshnychenko and Masha Efrosinina.

The grand final of Vidbir 2022 will start at 17:30 CET and will last four hours. You can watch it on the frequency of UA:PBC, by clicking HERE.

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

Israel: “I.M” by Michael Ben David to undergo revamp

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It was announced today that the song of this year’s israeli representative Michael Ben David, “I.M”, will be revamped.

Michael Ben David won the X Factor Israel and was therefore selected as Israel’s representative at Eurovision 2022 with the song I.M just last week. Today, it was announced that the version with which he won the X Factor will not be the final one.

Micheal said in an interview that I.M as it is now was produced within a very limited period time-wise and that his team, now that they have three months ahead of them, will do everything they can to improve the song.

We do not know the details of the upcoming changes at this time.

We remind you that Israel will compete in the first half of the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

https://youtu.be/nqu3-CHeOWM

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Sweden: The general rehearsal of the Second Melodifestivalen 2022 Semi-Final! (Live)

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The general rehearsal of the Second Melodifestivalen 2022 Semi-Final has just started. We are happy to be watching it live, at the SVT online press centre. We will be covering this rehearsal, describing in detail what is happening during the show, for you to follow the entire process.

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 semi-final rehearsal, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow February 12, at 20:00 CET, when you watch the actual semi-final show on SVT and SVT Play.

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Sweden: Watch clips from the first rehearsals of the second Melodifestivalen 2022 semi-final!

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As usual, a few hours before each Melodifestivalen semi-final, SVT published the rehearsal clips of all seven competing artists of the second semi-final of February the 12th.

A while ago, the first 30 second rehearsal clips of the upcoming semi-final got published! You can watch the published clips, by clicking on the song title links below:

The competing songs of the second semi-final:

1. LIAMOO – “Bluffin” 

2. Niello & Lisa Ajax – “Tror du att jag bryr mig”

3. Samira Manners – “I Want To Be Loved” 

4. Alvaro Estella - “Suave“ 

5. Browsing Collection - “Face in the Crowd” 

6. John Lundvik – “Änglavakt” 

7. Tone Sekelius – “My Way” 

The lyrics of the songs were published on Tuesday February 8th, which you can read in more detail, in our corresponding article.

The process

Two songs will directly qualify to the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2022, which will take place on the 12th of March. The songs that will place third and fourth will have to compete again, at the fifth semi-final, held on the 5th of March. There will be four semi-finals in total.

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 finals 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!

Australia: Listen to Andrew Lambrou’s new song for Australia Decides 2022!

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A few hours ago, another song of the national selection process of Australia “Australia Decides 2022″, was released. As Andrew Lambrou has been teasing us for quite a while already, his song called “Electrify” was to be released this Friday 11 February.

The song is already out on YouTube and you can listen to it below:

  • Andrew Lambrou – Electrify

Who is Andrew Lambrou

Andrew Lambrou is 23 years old, lives and works in Sydney. He writes and performs his own songs, starting at the age of five.

At the age of just 17 years old, he impressed all four judges of  XFactor Australia, and he advanced to the next stage quite easily. He received amazing feedback by the XFactor judges and global megastars – Danii Minogue, James Blunt, Chris Isaak, Guy Sebastian – Andrew got through the first phase with four YESes, after he’d performed “Chains” by Nick Jonas.

At the second phase, the one of five seat challenge, the coach of the boys under 25, Chris Isaak, had to choose just five of the guys to move on to the next phase. Andrew sang “Ain’t nobody” by Chaka Khan secured his place at the Top 5.

It’s worth noting that Andrew Lambrou was already well known, long before he took part in the XFactor Australia, as he was used to uploading videos of him doing song covers of massive worldwide hits, on his YouTube Channel.

Sadly, when he reached the phase of Super Home Visits, he was not lucky enough to advance to the Top 3 and take part in the live shows. This was due to him being too young and not experienced enough, at the same time. However, music industry moguls such as Simon Cowell commented on him really positively.

Do you wish to know more about Andrew? You can get to know him better at his extensive and exclusive interview for EurovisionFun, by clicking HERE!

Already known song titles

Mid of January, in a previous article we had reported that the first song titles for Australia Decides 2022 had been revealed, as some candidates had announced the title of their songs that will compete to represent Australia in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Some of the song titles already revealed prior to the release of the actual song are:

  • Seann Miley Moore – My Body
  • Sheldon Riley – Not the Same
  • G-Nat!on –  Bite Me

Known acts competing at Australia Decides 2022

Eleven acts will compete to be the next Australian Eurovision representative.  The participants for the next Australia Decides are:

  1. Isaiah Firebrace, Evie Irie – When I’m With You
  2. Jaguar Jonze – LITTLE FIRES
  3. Paulini – We Are One
  4. Andrew Lambrou – Electrify
  5. Sheldon Riley –  Not the Same
  6. G-Nat!on –  Bite Me
  7. Sean Miley Moore – My Body
  8. Voyager Australia – Dreamer
  9. Charley – I Suck At Being Lonely
  10. Jude York – I Won’t Need to Dream
  11. Erica Padilla 

The process

The eleven acts will compete at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Center on February 26 to represent Australia at Eurovision 2022. Australian broadcaster SBS decided to use Australia Decides as their national final after the success of  their national final.

Radio producer and presenter Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey will present the Australian national final.  Moreover, Creasey will be the SBS Eurovision commentator in May 2022.

Montaigne won the most recent edition of Australia Decides with the song “Don’t break me”.  Unfortunately her entry could not participate in Eurovision due to the cancellation of the competition in 2020.

She represented Australia in 2021 with “Technicolour”. You can watch her 2021 performance in the video embedded below:

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding the Australia Decides and the Australian entry for Eurovision 2022!
Source: SBS

Ukraine: The running order of Vidbir 2022!

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A few hours ago, the ukrainian broadcaster released the running order of Vidbir 2022, the ukrainian national final for Eurovision 2022.

The running order is as follows:

  1. Cloudless – “All be Alright“
  2. Michael Soul – “Demons“
  3. Our Atlantic – “Moya Lyubov“
  4. Barleben – “Hear My Words”
  5. Roxolana – “GIRLZZΖZ“
  6. Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania“
  7. Wellboy – “Νozzy Bossy“
  8. Alina Pash – “Tini zabutih predkiv/Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”

We remind you that Vidbir 2022 will be held on February 12th at 18:00 CET and will be televised on the channel UA public TV (UA: First). The result will be judged 50% by the television audience and 50% by the jury.

Frends Pro TV LLC will produce the final of the national selection, while they will also be the ones to create a Live on Tape video of the winner for screening in case it is needed in Turin.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all news regarding Ukraine’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

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Eurovision 2022: Postcard Filming Continues in Umbria!

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A few days ago, the shooting of postcards for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest 2022 began, with Perugia being revealed as the first location.

Rai continues to turn postcards with the motto of the competition “The Sound of Beauty”, highlighting the beauty of Italy.

Eurofestival reveals that postage filming continued in the Umbria area. According to information, both Marmore Falls and the city of Terni will be presented. The choice of the two locations in Umbria, represents the claim that defines Umbria as the “green heart of Italy”.

The postcards are shown before the start of each performance at the Eurovision Song Contest with each nation having a different postcard. The postcard is used traditionally to promote the host country of that year’s contest or show the artist who is due to perform next.

In 2021 the postcard displayed all the artists in a small house in a unique place in the Netherlands. The artists filmed their presence in front of them and then placed it on a house that was full of objects related to them.

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

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news  on the way to Turin!

Source: Eurofestivalnews

 

Romania: The 20 finalists advancing to the semifinal of Selecția Națională 2022!

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The online voting for the first part of the Selecția Națională 2022 semifinal has officially been complete.

The public had the right to choose their favorite entry to qualify for the semifinal. Only 5 participants were selected from the online voting, while the other 15 were selected by a jury consisting of: Alexandra Ungureanu, Ozana Barabancea, Randi, Cristian Faur and Adrian Romcescu.

The finalists

The 20 finalists are the following:

  • Alex Parker & Erik Frank & Bastien – All This Love
  • Aldo Blaga – Embers
  • Andra Oproiu – Younique
  • Andrei Petruş – Take me
  • ARIS – Do Svidaniya
  • Cezar Ouatu – For everyone
  • Claudia, Minodora, Diana – România mea
  • Dora Gaitanovici – Ana
  • Eliza G – The other half of me
  • E-an-na – Malere
  • Eugenia Nicolae – Doina
  • Gabriel Basco – One night
  • Kyrie Mendél – Hurricane
  • Mălina – Prisoner
  • MOISE – Guilty
  • Oana Tabultoc – Utopia
  • Petra – Ireligios
  • VANU – Never give up
  • Vizi Imre – Sparrow
  • WRS – Llamame

Out of the above, the 5 ones chosen by the televote are the following:

  • Vizi Imre – Sparrow
  • Oana Tabultoc – Utopia
  • Mălina – Prisoner
  • E-an-na – Malere
  • Andra Oproiu – Younique

The second part of the semifinal will be held on Saturday, February 12th and will be televised. The jury will select ten songs to advance to the final.

In the final, which will take place on March 5th, the winner and Romania’s representative in Turin will be determined by a combination of public and jury voting.

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

Latvia: Miks Dukurs has earned a spot in the final of Supernova 2022!

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Latvian broadcaster LTV has announced that Miks Dukurs has qualified as a wildcard and will compete in the Supernova 2022 final, following an evaluation by the organization which found out that the artist’s performance in the semifinal was affected by technical issues.

Members of the Supernova and LTV jury evaluated the recording of Miks’s appearance and found that the technical fault in question had a significant effect on the sound quality.

Miks Dukurs became the eleventh finalist in Superonova 2022 and will be competing with the other ten artists for the ticket to Eurovision 2022:

  1. Raum – “Plans“
  2. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  3. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  4. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  5. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  6. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  7. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  8. Inspo – “A Happy Place“
  9. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  10. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  11. Miks Dukurs –“First Love“

LTV also announced that The Roop and Uku Suviste will perform in the final of the latvian selection. The selection of both last year’s representatives of Lithuania and Estonia to perform at the Supernova final has been made symbolically, as on Saturday the other two Baltic countries, Lithuania and Estonia, are also choosing their representative in addition to Latvia.

The heads of the Latvian broadcaster have also clarified that the viewers will have the right to vote for the songs of their choice as many times as they want. We remind you that the final result will be determined 50% by the Latvian viewers and 50% by the jury that will be composed of native and non-native professionals of the music industry.

The grand final of Supernova 2022 will be held on Saturday at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through the frequency of LTV1, by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Latvian participation in Eurovision 2022!

Germany: The participants and songs of “Germany 12 Points” have been revealed!

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Germany‘s national broadcaster, NDR, has just revealed the artists and songs that will compete in Germany 12 Points, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2022.

A panel of experts selected the 6 best proposals from 944 submitted songs, to compete in the final. This panel consists of executives from Bayern3, Antenne Brandenburg, Bremen 4, HR 3, MDR Jump, NDR 2, SR 1, SWR 3 and WDR 2. All of them belong to the regional broadcasting network of the German radio and television. The panel also includes Alexandra Wolfslast, head of the German delegation in the competition.

The entries of Germany 12 Points are as follows :

You can listen to each song by clicking on the title

  1. Eros Atomus – Alive
  2. Felicia Lu – Anxiety
  3. Emily Roberts – Soap
  4. Maël & Jonas – I Swear To God
  5. Nico Suave & Team Liebe – Hallo Welt
  6. Malik Harris – Rockstars

The winner of Germany 12 Points, who will go on to represent the country in Turin, will be decided exclusively by the public, through an online voting, commencing on February 28, and on the night of the final (Friday, March 4) , via SMS and telephone.

The final, where the candidates will perform their songs live, will be presented by Barbara Schöneberger.

Germany finished in 25th place last year, with Jendrik performing the song “I Don’t Feel Hate“. The German participation received 3 points from the juries and zero from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0VEAfLV4E

Source: Eurovision.de

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