Amanda: “The process in Norway is very scary”!

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Amanda gave an interview to Marte Stokkstad, a Norwegian public television presenter and commentator of the contest. Among those asked was why she participates with Greece and not with Norway.

Amanda’s answer was clear and was not the one that was mistakenly conveyed on social media:

Wanting to cross-reference the above, we asked Amanda to listen to the audio clip in question and we convey to you literally what was finally said in this interview:

I participated for Greece because I am Greek…The process in Norway is very scary , with all these semifinals, duels. The song is exposed for 5 weeks and this is scary for me!

This was Amanda’s answer to the question why she never participated in the MGP and not why she considers it a circus, as it was falsely said!

Update:

Some minutes after our article published, Eurovision Norway asks apologies for the false and the misunderstanding

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Greek entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest!

Denmark: Listen to the entries of DMGP 2022!

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Danish public television, DR, has revealed the finalists of DMGP 2022, the Danish national final for Eurovision 2022.

The eight candidates for DMGP 2022 are :

  1. Morten Fillipsen – Happy Go Lucky
  2. Fuld Effekt – Rave Med De Hårde Drenge
  3. Patrick Dorgan – Vinden Suser Ind
  4. REDDI – The Show
  5. Der Var Engang – En skønne dag
  6. Confessions – Hallelujah
  7. Josie Elinor & Jack Warren – Let Me Go
  8. Juncker – Kommet for at blive

All the competing songs are set to be released later today on DR’s website and are already available on streaming services.

Danish Public Television (DR) will host DMGP 2022 on Saturday 5 March at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Henrig, with 8 finalists. Presenters of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be Tina Müller and Martin Brygmann for the second consecutive year.

This will be the sixth edition of the competition to be held at Herning and the third to be held at Jyske Bank Boxen. For the first time in two years, live audiences will be able to watch the competition and tickets are already on sale.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news regarding Denmark’s participation in the Eurovision 2022.

Sweden: Listen to the song snippets of the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2022!

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As usual, a couple of days before each Melodifestivalen semi-final, SVT publishes snippets of all seven competing songs of the semi-final. A while ago, the song snippets of the second semi-final got released.

The Swedish national selection process moves on to the second semi final the upcoming Saturday, February the 12th! The second semi final of the national selection process of Sweden, will take place at The Avicii Arena in Stockholm, which is the largest hemispherical building in the world.

The competing songs of the second semi-final:

1. LIAMOO – “Bluffin” LISTEN HERE

 

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

 

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

 

4. Alvaro Estella - “Suave“ LISTEN HERE

 

5. Browsing Collection - “Face in the Crowd” LISTEN HERE

 

6. John Lundvik – “Änglavakt” LISTEN HERE

 

7. Tone Sekelius – “My Way” LISTEN HERE

 

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

Which two of the above artists do you think will be the direct qualifiers to the finals, on the 12th of March?

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2022 and the Swedish entry for Eurovision 2022!

Source/Photo: SVT

Australia: Listen to the newly released song of Charley, 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 Charley tweeted from her Twitter account, her song is already out on YouTube and you can listen to it below:

  • Charley – I Suck At Being Lonely

Who is Charley

Emerging as a new addition to Australia’s growing pop music community, Gold Coast born / Sydney-based musician Charley is someone that encapsulates the talent and prowess of the genre’s arena-selling stars with the forward-thinking creativity of its limitless next generation.

As a songwriter, she’s someone that puts 100% of herself into everything she writes, and after showing one side of that through her debut single ‘Hard For Me’ – a song that “embraces female sexuality and unapologetic love” – and her second single ‘Arizona’, which introduces a more personal edge to Charley’s music, a song born from the anxiety that has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember.

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
  • Andrew Lambrou – Electrify
  • 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

Australia: Interview with Sheldon Riley | From The Voice Australia to pouring his heart out on Australia Decides 2022!

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After being chosen for this year’s national final, Australia Decides 2022, Sheldon Riley speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Sheldon is one of the finalists for Australia’s national final for Eurovision 2022 and will try to represent his country with the song “Not the Same”

I’m a big fan of Eurovision from when I was a kid and i always wanted to be part of it, and the national final is the first step to represent my country. It’s the right time. i wrote this song a few years ago. The lyrics reflect how I evolved and reached the point I am right now. It was not written for Eurovision from the beginning, it was a personal song I always wanted to sing. When the submissions on SBS were open, I felt that it was right to submit the song and I didn’t want to make any changes.  

Known for his spectacular appearances, Sheldon talked about his thoughts on his appearance in the national final:

It will be something big, if you have seen me in the past, I draw inspiration from James Bond. It will be cinematic and pretty dark. Music and staging will mix together perfectly. I am excited about my performance.

Sheldon can’t wait for the competition while he want to listen the other competing songs. He considers himself to be his greater enemy.

Eurovision is a childhood dream, as well as him taking part in The Voice Australia, he wants to not only take part in a competition but the presentation of a song in total using the creativity that comes from him.

His favorite Australian contestant is Dami Im (2016). While from the competition in general, the participants that stand out for him are Barbara Pravi (France 2021) and Conchita Wurst (Austria 2014)

I wanted to start singing thanks to Amy Winehouse, I wanted to start writing music thanks to Adele and I wanted to start presenting something on stage like Lady Gaga. With my participations on The Voice Australia and America’s Got Talent I wanted to offer myself to the world. I am already known in Europe, America and Asia.

“Not the Same” will be available on February 15.

Watch the whole exclusive interview of Sheldon Riley in the following video:

Romania: Online voting for Selecţia Naţională 2022 semifinal has started!

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Voting for the first part of the semifinals of the Romanian selection for the Eurovision 2022 Song Contest has just begun.

From 19:00 (CET) the public can vote for their favorite songs competing in the Selecţia Naţională 2022. You can vote for 24 hours HERE.

Once the vote is closed, the five entries that received the most votes will make a place in Saturday’s televised semifinal.

A jury has already voted on the 45 songs currently competing in the Selecţia Naţională 2022. The 15 entrants who received the highest critical votes but were not in the top 5 will also compete in the semifinals.

We remind you that the songs claiming to represent Romania are the following:

  • Alex Parker & Erik Frank & Bastien – “Best of me”
  • Aldo Blaga – “Embers”
  • Alexa – “Hoodies and cold nights”
  • Alina Amon – “Without you”
  • Ana Lazăr – “Youngster”
  • Andra Oproiu – “Younique”
  • Andrea Stocchino – “Avere paura” (To be afraid)
  • Andrei Petruş – “Take me”
  • ARIS – “Do Svidaniya” (Goodbye)
  • Ayona Iordănescu – “Let me come to you”
  • Bogdan Dumitraş – “Sign”
  • Carmen Trandafir – “Măşti” (Masks)
  • Cezar Ouatu – “For everyone”
  • Ciro De Luca – “Imperdonabile” (Unforgivable)
  • Claudia, Minodora, Diana – “România mea” (My Romania)
  • Dan Helciug – “241”
  • Dora Gaitanovici – “Ana”
  • E-an-na – “Malere”
  • Eliza G – “The other half of me”
  • Eugenia Nicolae – “Doina”
  • Forţele de muncă – “Hai afară, frate!” (Come out brother!)
  • Gabriel Basco – “One night”
  • Giulia-Georgia Beiliciu – “Find your way”
  • Ivelin Trakiyski – “Neverending”
  • Jessie – “Regret”
  • Kyrie Mendél – “Hurricane”
  • Letiţia Moisescu – “Mirunica”
  • Leyah – “I’ll be fine”
  • Mălina – “Prisoner”
  • Miryam – “Top of the rainbow”
  • MOISE – “Guilty”
  • Oana Tabultoc – “Utopia”
  • Olivia Miheţ – “Fragile”
  • Othello – “You’re worthy”
  • Outflow – “Running in circles”
  • Petra – “Ireligios” (Irreligious)
  • Popa Roberta-Maria – “Indigo”
  • Romeo Zaharia – “Until the fight is over”
  • Silvia Costache – “Save me”
  • Sophia – “Beautiful lies”
  • Stelian – “Remember”
  • VANU – “Never give up”
  • Vizi Imre – “Sparrow”
  • WRS – “Llámame” (Call me)

The second part of the semifinal will be held this Saturday, February 12 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!

Portugal: The running order of the Festival da Canção 2022 semi-finals!

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Portuguese broadcaster RTP has just revealed the official running order of the two semifinals of Festival da Canção 2022.

The festival consists of two semifinals of 10 songs each and the grand final. Five entries from each semifinal will advance to the grand final, from which the Portuguese representative in May in Turin will be decided.

The running order

First semifinal

  1. Os Quatro E Meia – Amanhã
  2. TheMisterDriver – CaliSun
  3. Diana Castro – Ginger Ale
  4. FF – Bom Esperar Alguém
  5. Norton – Hope
  6. Aurea – Why
  7. Kumpania Algazarra – A Minha Praia
  8. MARO – saudade, saudade
  9. Valas & Os Astronautas – Odisseia
  10. Fado Bicha – Povo Pequenino

Second semifinal

  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

Program

The program of the festival is as follows:

  • 1st semifinal – March 5
  • 2nd semifinal – March 7
  • Final: March 12

We remind you that Portugal has already been drawn to compete in the second half of the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

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

France: National final candidates to be revealed on February 16th!

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After a long period of silence, Alexandra Redde-Amiel announced today that the candidates for french national final Eurovision France: C’est vous qui décidez 2022 will be revealed on Wednesday, February 16th!

https://twitter.com/AlexRedde/status/1491362019056177154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1491362019056177154%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2022%2F02%2FCEB3CEB1CEBBCEBBCEAFCEB1-CF83CF84CEB9CF82-16-CF86CEB5CEB2CF81CEBFCF85CEB1CF81CEAFCEBFCF85-CEB1CF80CEBFCEBACEB1CEBBCF8DCF80CF84CEBFCEBD%2F

France came very close to the victory in 2021 with Barbara Pravi and Voilà. The artist finished in second place with 499 points.

https://youtu.be/Unj9WbeLzRU

Are there any artists you’d particularly like to see in the French national final? Tell us in the comments!

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

Estonia: Eesti Laul final to be held with audience!

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Yesterday, Estonia’s national broadcaster, confirmed that the final of Eesti Laul 2022 will be held with audience.

After the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Estonia’s government decided to grant a special permit for the organizers of the final of Eesti Laul, to allow an audience of 3.000 people in Saku Suurhall, because it is an important national and cultural event. With the, as of now, protection measures for the pandemic, up to 1.000 people are allowed to be in the indoors stage. In the presence of a sovereign public interest, events with a greater number of audience can take place, if the people can disperse in the venue. Saku Suurhall’s capacity is 6.000 seats.

The artists and the running order of the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2022 are:
  1. Elina Nechayeva – “Remedy”
  2. Andrei Zevakin feat. Grete Paia – “Mis nüüd saab”
  3. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
  4. Elysa – “Fire”
  5. Ott Lepland – “Aovalguses”
  6. Stig Rästa – “Interstellar”
  7. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
  8. Stefan – “Hope”
  9. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”
  10. Black Velvet – “Sandra”

The Grand Final will take place on Saturday, February 12 in Saku Great Hall. The hosts of the final will be Maarja-Liis Ilus, Priit Loog and Jüri Pootsmann. There will be two voting rounds. The first round will decide the artists that will qualify for the Super Final, with 50% jury voting and 50% televoting. In the second round, the Estonian representative will be decided solely on televoting

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

Source: Escbubble

Cyprus: Andromachi To Represent the Nation at Eurovision 2022?

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Greek singer Andromachi is rumored to have been chosen as the nation’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Lately, the scenarios for the successor of Elena Tsagrinou, are on fire, as more and more names were on the table for the representation of the island in this year’s Eurovision, but it seems that the final decision has been made.

In contrast to other years, RIK has been late in announcing the artist who will represent it at the upcoming Eurovision, as it was first looking for the right song and later the singer, who will perform it.

According to the Cypriot radio show “Good Morning Show”, the name of the singer that will represent Cyprus ends with “machi”. This information comes after the denial of the rumor that appointed Ivi Adamou as Cyprus’ representative. CyBC has yet to state when an announcement will be made regarding the nations entry.

Specifically, the journalist stated that the song is ready and the signatures have fallen. According to him, the representative of the island of Aphrodite, for this year will be Andromachi Dimitropoulou.

See the full report in the video below:

This year, Marvin Dietmann and Dan Shipton will be the artistic team behind the Cypriot participation for Eurovision 2022.

Who is Andromachi?

Andromachi Dimitropoulou, simply known as Andromachi, was born in 1994 in Manheim, Germany. She rose to fame in 2015, when she participated in the Greek version of The Voice. Even if she just made it to the live shows, she immediately became a huge star in Greece. Among her singles, the most remarkable ones are “Na Soun Psema”.

 

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the news regarding the participation of Cyprus in Eurovision 2022!