Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs and Robin Bengtsson are the two direct finalists of the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2022!

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A while ago, Melodifestivalen 2022, probably your favourite national selection process of the entire list of participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, started off with its first semi-final show.

The show

Oscar Zia was the host of the night and as we already know, all the shows for the national selection procedure of the Swedish representative for this year’s contest in Turin will take place exclusively in Stockholm. The first semi-final took place at The Avicii Arena, one of Stockholm’s most iconic buildings which is also the largest spherical building in the world.

The first semi-final performers

  • Malou Prytz – “Bananas”

  • Theoz – “Som du vill”

  • Shirley Clamp – “Let There Be Angels”

  • Omar Rudberg – “Moving Like That”

  • Danne Stråhed – “Hallabaloo”

  • Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”

Cornelia Jakobs

  • Robin Bengtsson – “Innocent Love”

The new voting system

There will be two voting rounds. In each round, each viewer gets to vote five times at the most (five hearts). From this year an on, after all seven performances in each semi-final, SVT will announce the artist that received the most overall votes, both through the app and by phone, irrespective of the viewer age-bands.

The remaining six contestants, move on to the second voting round. The voters can then give each of the remaining songs five hearts at the most, same way like the first voting round. At the second voting round, the votes received during the first voting round also count against the total of votes received.

The results of the second voting round are determined by the system of the eight age-bands: 3–9 years old, 10–15years old, 16–29 years old, 30–44 years old, 45–59 years old, 60–74 years old, over 75, as well as the televotes.

All in all, we will have two direct qualifiers, one determined from the first voting round and one from the second voting round and also two qualifiers for the fifth semi-final, also from the second voting round.

The results

First voting round

  • First voting round winner: Cornelia Jakobs with the song “Hold Me Closer“

Second voting round

Due to some technical issues, Oscar informed us that the viewers will not be able to vote from the Melodifestivalen dedicated smartphone app and the winners of both voting rounds will be determined by the televotes, solely.

  • The two qualifiers to the fifth semi-final are: Danne Stråhed with the song “Hallabaloo“ and THEOZ with the song “Som Du Vill“

The verdict

The two direct qualifiers are Cornelia Jakobs with the song “Hold Me Closer” and Robin Bengtsson with the song “Innocent Love” and we will get to see them perform their songs live, on the 12th of March, when the finals will take place at Friends Arena. Starting from 2022, there will not be a winning performance of the two finalists anymore, as the TV time now fills up with the announcement of the results.

Those that qualified to the fifth semi-final, that replaced the second chance show in the new format of Melodifestivalen, were Danne Stråhed with the song “Hallabaloo”  and THEOZ with the song “Som Du Vill“.

Sadly Malou Prytz, Omar Rudberg and Shirley Clamp didn’t manage to qualify to either the fifth semi-final or the finals of Melodifestivalen.

See you next Saturday, after the second-semi final, when you will have the chance to be informed in detail about the results, as soon as they are announced on TV!

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Norway: Results of MGP 2022 Fourth Semi-Final!!

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The fourth semi-final of  Melodi Grand Prix 2022 was broadcast tonight at 19:50 CET. Four artists competed for the one ticket that leads directly to the Grand Final of 19th of February 2022. We also had the chance to enjoy the performance of the pre-qualified entry “Give That Wolf a Banana”  by Subwoolfer. 

The hosts of the show were Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak, Mikkel Niva.

The four artist competed in the fourth semi-final tonight were:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly”
  2. Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  3. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia”
  4. Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Those aforementioned candidates have been divided into two duels, the winners of these will compete for the ticket to the final. The duels are:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  2. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

The betting odds before the show looked as follows:

The winner of the first duel (Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”) was:

Maria Mohn – “Fly”

The winner of the second duel (Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”) was:

Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Later on the show we had the chance to listen live to the automatic finalist Subwoolfer and their entry “Give That Wolf a Banana”

Maria Mohn and Sofie Fjellvang once again performed their entries in this final duel.

Maria Mohn – “Fly” vs Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

After this battle the fourth qualifier of MGP 2022 was Sofie Fjellvang with the song “Made of Glass.

 

The next show is going to be the 1st part of the Last Chance round which is scheduled to take place on 7th of February at 19:50 CET! You can watch MGP 2022 by clicking here.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun, for all the news regarding the Norway’s participation at Eurovision Song Contest 2022!

Estonia: Results of the Semi-Final 2!

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The second semi-final of the Estonian selection Eesti Laul 2022 took place today at 18:30 CET. 20 artists had previously reached the following round and had been drawn into two different semi-finals. The first ten participants performed their songs during the first semi-final this Thursday and only FIVE of them advanced to the Grand Final. You can check out the results of the first semi-final by clicking HERE. The other ten have performed today and only five of them have qualified for the Grand-Final which will take place next Saturday, on February 12, at 18:30 CET as well.

You can watch Eesti Laul here:

  1. Estonian commentary 
  2. Russian commentary

The hosts of the show were Maarja-Liis Ilus and Priit Loog.

The participants

1. Jyrise – “Plaksuta”
2. Maian – “Meeletu”
3. Boamadu – “Mitte kauaks”
4. Evelin Samuel – “Waterfall”
5. Black Velvet – “Sandra”
6. Pur Mudd, Shira – “Golden Shores”
7. Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”
8. Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”
9. Stefan – “Hope”
10. Anna Sahlene – “Champion”

Here are the 5 entries that advanced to the finals:

Stefan – “Hope”

Black Velvet – “Sandra”

Jaagup Tuisk – “Kui vaid”

Anna Sahlene – “Champion”

Minimal Wind ft. Elisabeth Tiffany – “What To Make Of This”

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Sweden: The betting odds, just a few moments before the first Melodifestivalen 2022 semi-final results!

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Melodifestivalen 2022 has already began, with the first semi-final and the new competition and voting format in place, already being aired on SVT and SVT Play. Seven contestants will have to compete against each other tonight, in order to secure one of the direct finalist places, or if not directly qualifying to the finals, claiming their ticket for the fifth semi-final, as their last chance in the hopes of competing at the finals.

Tonight’s contestants

  1. Malou Prytz  - Bananas
  2. THEOZ  - Som du vill
  3. Shirley Clamp   - Let there be Angels 
  4. Omar Rudberg  - Moving Like That
  5. Danne Stråhed  - Hallabaloo
  6. Cornelia Jakobs  - Hold Me Closer
  7. Robin Bengtsson   - Innocent Love 

The odds

The betting odds depend on many factors and as these factors are subject to changes anytime, the odds can still fluctuate, even last minute. Currently there seem to be two clear direct finalists and these are Robin Bengtsson and Cornelia Jakobs.

 

As for the two fifth semi-final’s qualifiers, we might have quite a close combat between some of the artists. Currently, in the third and fourth place of the betting odds we have Theoz and Omar Rudberg.

This will not be a surprise at all, as these two young artists are massive influencers in Sweden and also Omar has had global success last summer in 2021, with him starring at the Netflix hit series “Young Royals“. Sadly, Malou Prytz is unlucky for one more year. Maybe she gets lucky and it happens sometime in the future.

Let’s see what is going to happen, we will get the chance to watch the actual semi final live, on SVT and SVT Play and of course at EurovisionFun you will get the chance to be informed about the results, as soon as they are announced on TV!

Which two of today’s competing artists do you think will be the direct finalists, 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: Eurovision World

Italy: Grand Final of Sanremo 2022 tonight | Who will represent Italy in Turin?

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The 72nd Sanremo Festival is about to come to an end. After four very successful nights in terms of viewership and more, the Festival concludes tonight with its grand final. The winner will have the right to represent Italy in May in Turin. If they don’t want to, RAI has the right to choose any of the other participants, according to its own criteria.

For the results of Quatra Serata check out our article from last night!

The show

On the Ariston scene, Amadeus will not be alone. Each night, as we know, he has different co-hosts by his side. Sabrina Ferilli, one of the most famous actresses of Italian television and Italian cinema, will be next to him on the night of the final. Farilli has been on the stage of Teatro Ariston two more times, in 1996 and 2002.

Fabio Rovazzi and Orietta Berti will also be co-hosting on the fifth night of the 72nd Sanremo Festival, on the special Sanremo cruise outside the stadium.

Tonight’s program

During the final of Sanremo 2022, we will have the opportunity to listen to the songs of all 25 candidates of the Festival for the third time. These artists are:

  1. Achille Lauro & Harlem Gospel Choir “Domenica”
  2. Yuman “Ora e qui”
  3. Noemi “Ti amo non lo so dire”
  4. Gianni Morandi “Apri tutte le porte”
  5. La Rappresentante di Lista “Ciao Ciao”
  6. Michele Bravi “Inverno dei fiori”
  7. Massimo Ranieri “Lettera al di là del Mare”
  8. Mahmood & Blanco “Brividi”
  9. Ana Mena “Duecentomile Ore” 
  10. Rkomi “Insuperabile”
  11. Dargen D’Amico “Dove si balla”
  12. Giusy Ferreri “Miele”
  13. Sangiovanni Farfalle
  14. Giovanni Truppi Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia
  15. Le Vibrazioni Tantissimo
  16. Emma Ogni volta e cosi
  17. Matteo Romano Virale
  18. Iva Zanicchi Voglio amarti
  19. Dittonellapiaga feat Donatella Rettore Chimica
  20. Elisa O forse sei tu
  21. Fabrizio Moro Sei tu
  22. Tananai Sesso occasionale
  23. Irama Ovunque sarai
  24. Aka 7even Perfetta cosi
  25. Highsnob & Hu Abbi cura di te

The ranking so far

After the first four nights, the Mahmood & Blanco duo continues to be in the lead, being the big favorite to win the 72nd Sanremo Festival and represent Italy in Eurovision 2022 in May. In second place is Gianni Morandi, legend of Italian music yet probably this year’s Sanremo surprise so far. The top 3 is completed by Elisa, who from the first place after the second night has now dropped to the third. In any case, this trio is expected to reach the final round that will determine the winner. Nevertheless, as Sanremo’s long history has taught us, no one can rule out the possible entrance of Irama, Sangiovanni, Emma, La Rappresentante di Lista or another surprise entry into the top three after the audience votes.

The voting

There are two rounds of voting tonight. In the first round, only the television audience has the right to vote. The ranking of the audience will be taken into account and will be combined with the scores of the previous nights.

Then, positions 23 -4 will be unveiled. The top three in the ranking, without their exact placing being revealed, will advance to the second round of voting.

In the second round, all previous voting for the top 3 artists from the previous nights and rankings will be canceled. The televote (34%), the journalists (33%) and the demoscopic jury (33%) will vote among the top 3 from scratch, in order to determine the winner.

The winning song of Sanremo 2022 is automatically considered to be Italy’s participation in Eurovision 2022. However, the winner still has the right to refuse and in that case, the Sanremo 2022 organizing committee and RAI will select one of the other artists to represent the country, according to their own criteria.

How to watch Sanremo 2022

You can watch the Sanremo Festival 2022 live on TV, from Rai1, but also from the RaiPlay website at 20:40 CET.

So, those of you who are fans of Italian music and have patience in the Italian shows with many guests, endless sometimes dialogues and any other kind of interference that can make the show end even after 2 in the morning, tune in with us to the great celebration of Italian music, from which great international stars started their careers!

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for the full coverage of the 72nd Sanremo Festival.

Israel: Grand Final of X Factor tonight!

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It’s time for Israel to choose their representative for Eurovision 2022 tonight, as the grand final of the X Factor Israel is taking place.

Inbal Bibi, Michael Ben David, Eli Huli and Sapir Saban will fight to represent Israel at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest this May in Turin.

In the show the day before yesterday, the four finalists performed two songs each, with the voting determining the song with which each of them will claim the ticket for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

The songs

We will listen to four songs in tonight’s grand final. These songs are the following:

  • Inbal Bibi – Marionette
  • Michael Ben David – I.M 
  • Eli Huli – Blinded Dreamers
  • Sapir Saban – Breaking My Own Walls

Method of selection

Tonight’s grand final of X Factor Israel will be held in two rounds. In the first round, the four finalists will perform a cover. The artist who receives the lowest score will be excluded from the continuation of the final.

In the second round, the three remaining artists will perform their entries with which they’re claiming to represent Israel at Eurovision 2022.

The final result will be determined 25% by the jury of the show (Netta Barzilai, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan’ani, Ran Danker, Miri Mesika), 25% by an international jury and 50% by the Israeli viewers.

You can watch the grand final of X Factor Israel through the frequency of Channel 11, by clicking HERE. Tonight’s show starts at 20:30 CET and is expected to last two hours.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Israel at Eurovision 2022.

Sweden: First semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2022 tonight!

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The curtain opens tonight for Melodifestivalen 2022, with the first semifinal of this year’s Swedish national selection. Five semifinals and the grand final will keep us company from today until March 12, when we will officially find out the representative of Sweden in Eurovision 2022.

In tonight’s first semifinal, seven entries claim the two tickets to the final, while two more entries will have the chance to compete in the fifth semifinal on March 5th.

The candidates

  1. Malou Prytz – Bananas
  2. THEOZ – Som du vill
  3. Shirley Clamp – Let There Be Angels
  4. Omar Rudberg – Moving Like That
  5. Danne Stråhed – Hallaballoo
  6. Cornelia Jacobs – Hold Me Closer
  7. Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love

Program

1st Semifinal – February 5
2nd Semifinal – February 12
3rd Semifinal – February 19
4th Semifinal – February 26
5th Semifinal – March 5
Final – March 12

Oscar Zia will be the presenter of all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2022.

Tonight’s first semifinal, like all shows, will be held in Stockholm due to the outbreak of the Omicron mutation in Sweden. The venue for the first semi-final of the Swedish national selection is the Avicii Arena, better known to Eurofans as the Globe Arena that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.

The first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022 will start at 20:00 CET and will last one and a half hour. You can watch it through the SVT frequency by clicking HERE.

Photo source: Annika Berglund / SVT

Norway: Fourth semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 tonight!

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The process of selecting the Norwegian representative for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest continues tonight. Melodi Grand Prix 2022 will keep us company for another Saturday, with another artist getting a ticket for the grand final of February 19th.

Format

Melodi Grand Prix 2022 consists of six shows: four semifinals, a second chance round and the grand final, from which the representative of the Scandinavian country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest will emerge. Four artists participate in each semifinal, with the first of them advancing to the final.

Those eliminated from the semifinals (four from each semi) will take part in the second chance round. Through the public vote, the four first out of those excluded will be selected and will compete for the fifth ticket that leads to the grand final of MGP 2022.

After five shows we will reach the night of the grand final, in which a total of ten artists will participate: the four winners of the semifinals, the winner of the second chance round and the five direct finalists.

The finalists

Five artists have qualified directly for the grand final of MGP 2022:

In the first semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Frode with Black Flowers.

In the second semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Farida με το τραγούδι Dangerous.

In the third semi-final, the ticket to the grand final was won by Oda Gondrosen με το τραγούδι Hammer of Thor.

The fourth semifinal

We will see four artists in tonight’s fourth semifinal:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly”
  2. Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  3. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia”
  4. Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

The four participants have been divided into two duels, from which the two who will duel for a place in the grand final of the Norwegian national team will be determined. The pairs, according to yesterday’s draw, are:

  1. Maria Mohn – “Fly” VS Alexandra Joner – “Hasta la vista”
  2. Kim Wigaard – “La Melodia” VS Sofie Fjellvang – “Made Of Glass”

Guest appearances will be made by direct finalists Subwoolfer who will interpret their entry Give That Wolf a Banana.

Presenters of the evening will be Kåre Magnus Bergh, Annika Momrak and Mikkel Niva.

You can watch the fourth semifinal of MGP 2022 at 19:55 CET through the official website of norwegian public television, by clicking here.

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

Slovenia: EMA 2022 first semi-final tonight!

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One week after the completion of the EMA Fres, the EMA 2022 officially begins, through which Slovenia will choose its representative at Eurovision 2022.

EMA 2022 starts tonight with the first of the two semifinals, from which the first six finalists of the grand final of February 19 will emerge.

Format

We remind you that EMA 2022 will consist of two semifinals and a final. In each semifinal, eight artists and two artists from EMA FREŠ will compete for qualification to the final of the Slovenian national selection. The public vote will select the three finalists and the jury will select the other three. In the final, a five-member committee (50%) and the public (50%) will decide which of the 12 finalists will represent Slovenia in Turin.

The participants

Ten artists will compete tonight in the first semifinal of EMA 2022, with six of them advancing to the grand final of the Slovenian national selection. Tonight’s contestants are:

  1. July Jones – Girls Can Do Anything
  2. David Amaro – Še vedno si lepa
  3. Le Serpentine – Tud teb se lahk zgodi
  4. Bowrain & Brina – Čas je
  5. LUMA – “All in“
  6. Stela Sofia – “Tu in zdaj“
  7. Jonatan Haller – Obzorje
  8. Batista Cadillac – Mim pravil
  9. Zala Smolnikar – V ogledalu
  10. Manouche – Si sama?

The first semifinal of EMA 2022 will start at 20:20 CET . You can watch it on the TV SLO 1 by clicking HERE.

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

Latvia: Supernova semi-final tonight!

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The time has come for Latvia to choose its participant in Eurovision 2022. The semifinal of Supernova 2022, the process of nominating the representative of the Baltic country in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place today.

The participants

Seventeen songs will compete in tonight’s first semifinal of Supernova, ten of which will advance to next Saturday’s grand final.

The final result will be based on the vote of the public and the jury, with the latter having the right to give a wildcard to one of the seven artists who will not qualify, in order to participate in the grand final on February 12.

The participants of tonight’s semifinal are:

  1. Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad“
  2. Miks Dukurs – “First Love“
  3. Linda Rušeniece – “Pay My Own Bills“
  4. Elīna Gluzunova – “Es pabiju tur“
  5. Raum – “Plans“
  6. Patriks Peterson – “Can’t Get You Outta My Head“
  7. Mēs Jūs Mīlam – “Rich Itch“
  8. Katō – “Promises“
  9. Miks Galvanovskis – “I’m Just a Sinner“
  10. Markus Riva – “If You’re Gonna Love Me“
  11. The Coco’nuts – “In and Out of the Dark“
  12. Aminata – “I’m Letting You Go“
  13. Bermudu Divstūris – “Bad“
  14. Beatrise Heislere – “On the Way Home“
  15. Zelma – “How“
  16. Bujāns – “He, She, You & Me“
  17. Inspo – “A Happy Place“

Presenters of Supenova 2022 will be Katie Schönberg and Lauris Reiniks.

The semifinal of Supernova 2022 starts at 20:05 CET and will last two hours. You can watch it through on LTV1, by clicking HERE.

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