United Kingdom: BBC and TaP reject Years & Years in favour of Sam Ryder!

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It has been reported in the British media that the band  Years & Years  were rejected by the BBC and TaP Music for Eurovision 2022, in favor of Sam Ryder .

The Mail on Sunday reports that Olly Alexander , now the sole permanent member of the popular electro-pop project Years & Years, proposed himself to represent the United Kingdom in Turin, but was unable to do so due to his contract with Polydor and the requirement for the selected artist to be a member of TaP Music.

The Mail article says, the only reassuring thing is that Olly has been told that he has a good chance of being selected if he puts his name forward next year if the rules change.

Olly made some tweets for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, so he’s clearly a fan and would certainly be a popular and credible choice for the 2023 contest if he were to be selected successfully.

Sam Ryder was selected in February to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2022 with “Space Man” .

The United Kingdom finished second in the grand final this year with 466 points. Making it the country’s highest score in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Azerbaijan: Announcement for the cancellation of of its jury vote!

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An official announcement was recently made by the state television in Azerbaijan, on the issue of the cancellation of the rating of its jury. Azerbaijan was one of the six countries in the second semi-final where the EBU canceled the jury scores in both the semi-final and the final.

The Azerbaijan Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company deems the events happening during the final stage of the Eurovision-2022 Song Contest and the decisions made afterwards as inadmissible.

We hereby notify that we sent the names of the countries voted by the Azerbaijani jury to the organizers of the contest. According to the list, 12 points were awarded to Ukraine. In response, the organizers of the contest, without giving any reasons, urged the representatives of the Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company to announce other results at the end of the final show. We categorically rejected this request. An official letter of inquiry was immediately sent to the organizers, and we said that we would announce the voices of our jury but not the results sent by them during the live broadcast, and divulge this issue. Subsequently, we were notified that there was some “strangeness” in the voices of six countries, including Azerbaijan, during Thursday’s semi-finals. It is noticeable that we have not been notified about this “strangeness” from Thursday to the end of the final on Saturday, and no “evidence” has been provided so far.

Despite the fact that the representative of the Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company was ready to announce the results of the jury voting in Azerbaijan during the broadcast, the organizers of the contest did not contact to Baku but announced their results on our behalf explaining it with technical malfunctions. Though, we did not have any malfunction preventing from announcing the votes. We underline once again that we have not entitled the organizers to announce the votes on behalf of the Public Television.

We are waiting for an official response to this issue and going to take the next steps depending on it. We hope that this issue will be settled soon with triumph of justice.

We are following the issue with interest and will inform you of any developments.

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San Marino: Achille Lauro doesn’t rule out a Eurovision return!

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San Marino‘s representative for Eurovision 2022, Achille Lauro , stated that he does not rule out a future return to the competition.

The singer, through his personal Instagram account, sent wishes yesterday afternoon to those who competed in the Grand Final and thanked those close to him for their support. He also said in his message that “he does not rule out his return [to the competition]”.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη ACHILLE LAURO® (@achilleidol)

Achille represented the nation with his song “Stripper”. He failed to qualify for the Grand Final, finishing in 14th position with 50 points in the second semi-final.

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Eurovision 2022: Check the detailed results of the two semi-finals!

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The 66th Eurovision Song Contest belongs to the past with the big winner being Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine! EBU has released the detailed results of the semi-finals as well as the grand-final and this is how the semi-final qualifiers were selected:

First Semi-Final’s Full Results:

  1. Ukraine – 337 Points
  2. The Netherlands – 221 Points
  3. Greece – 211 Points
  4. Portugal – 208 Points
  5. Armenia – 187 Points
  6. Norway – 177 Points
  7. Lithuania – 159 Points
  8. Moldova – 154 Points
  9. Switzerland – 118 Points
  10. Iceland – 103 Points
  11. Croatia – 75 Points
  12. Albania – 58 Points
  13. Denmark – 55 Points
  14. Latvia – 55 Points
  15. Austria – 42 Points
  16. Bulgaria – 29 Points
  17. Slovenia – 15 Points

First Semi-Final’s Jury Results:

  1. Greece – 151 Points
  2. Netherlands – 141 Points
  3. Ukraine – 135 Points
  4. Portugal – 121 Points
  5. Switzerland – 107 Points
  6. Armenia – 82 Points
  7. Norway – 73 Points
  8. Iceland – 64 Points
  9. Lithuania – 56 Points
  10. Croatia – 42 Points
  11. Latvia – 39 Points
  12. Denmark – 35 Points
  13. Moldova – 19 Points
  14. Albania – 12 Points
  15. Bulgaria – 11 Points
  16. Slovenia – 7 Points
  17. Austria – 6 Points

First Semi-Final’s Televoting Results:

  1. Ukraine – 202 Points
  2. Moldova – 135 Points
  3. Armenia – 105 Points
  4. Norway – 104 Points
  5. Lithuania – 103 Points
  6. Portugal – 87 Points
  7. The Netherlands – 79 Points
  8. Greece – 60 Points
  9. Albania – 46 Points
  10. Iceland – 39 Points
  11. Austria – 36 Points
  12. Croatia – 33 Points
  13. Denmark – 20 Points
  14. Bulgaria – 18 Points
  15. Latvia – 16 Points
  16. Switzerland – 11 Points
  17. Slovenia – 8 Points

Second Semi-Final’s Full Results:

  1. Sweden – 396 Points
  2. Australia – 243 Points
  3. Serbia – 237 Points
  4. Czech Republic – 227 Points
  5. Estonia – 209 Points
  6. Poland – 198 Points
  7. Finland – 162 Points
  8. Belgium – 151 Points
  9. Romania – 118 Points
  10. Azerbaijan – 96 Points
  11. North Macedonia – 76 Points
  12. Cyprus – 63 Points
  13. Israel – 61 Points
  14. San Marino – 50 Points
  15. Ireland – 47 Points
  16. Malta – 47 Points
  17. Montenegro – 33 Points
  18. Georgia – 22 Points

Second Semi-Final’s Jury Results:

  1. Sweden – 222 Points
  2. Australia – 169 Points
  3. Estonia – 113 Points
  4. Belgium – 105 Points
  5. Czech Republic – 102 Points
  6. Azerbaijan – 96 Points
  7. Poland – 84 Points
  8. Finland – 63 Points
  9. Serbia – 63 Points
  10. North Macedonia – 56 Points
  11. Israel – 34 Points
  12. Malta – 27 Points
  13. San Marino – 21 Points
  14. Romania – 18 Points
  15. Georgia – 13 Points
  16. Ireland – 12 Points
  17. Montenegro – 11 Points
  18. Cyprus – 9 Points

Second Semi-Final’s Televoting Results:

  1. Serbia – 174 Points
  2. Sweden – 174 Points
  3. Czech Republic – 125 Points
  4. Poland – 114 Points
  5. Romania – 100 Points
  6. Finland – 99 Points
  7. Estonia – 96 Points
  8. Australia – 74 Points
  9. Cyprus – 54 Points
  10. Belgium – 46 Points
  11. Ireland – 35 Points
  12. San Marino – 29 Points
  13. Israel – 27 Points
  14. Montenegro – 22 Points
  15. North Macedonia – 20 Points
  16. Malta – 20 Points
  17. Georgia – 9 Points
  18. Azerbaijan – 0 Points

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Kalush Orchestra: “Save Mariupol, Save Ukraine and Help Azovstal”

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With a statement about the salvation of Ukraine, Mariupol and those trapped in the Azovstal factory, the only point of Mariupol not controlled by the Russians, the Kalush Orchestra, the big favorite for the victory in the  Eurovision Song Contest, finished their performance.

After performing their song Stefania, the Kalush Orchestra addressed the millions of viewers who watched them saying:

Save Mariupol, save Ukraine, help Azovstal!

The Kalush Orchestra are first on the betting table by a very large margin from the other entries, currently having a 60% chance of being the winners of the competition.

The contest continues and in a few hours we will know if they will manage to bring the third victory of Ukraine in the competition!

Eurovision 2022: See the results of Press Poll just before the grand final!

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As we informed you in our article, Press Poll 2022 has begun. After all countries have had all technical rehearsals, it is now time for the accredited to vote for the country that believes she will be the winner of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Below are the results of the final of today’s 14/5 at 20:30:

In the vote for the winner, UK leads, Sweden is second, and Spain is third!

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Eurovision 2022: The Family Show Of The Grand Final! (Updated)

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The big day is finally here and the Grand Final is taking place at the PalaOlimpico. The family show of the final has just started! It is addressed, as the title says, to families. Αll entries will once again perform their song, with the show being used more as a warm-up, a final rehearsal for minor corrections before the TV show, tonight!

We are at the press center and will bring you live everything that happens here in real time. We remind you that the jury rehearsal took place yesterday, with 50% of the total score having already been judged. Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for the family show.

The show

The program begins with a large group of people singing “Give peace a chance“! Then we see Mika and Alessandro Cattelan on stage and Laura Pausini songs are performed accompanied by a percussion group.

The parade of countries follows!

Then the presenters of the night appear  and give us all the details about the night that will follow and the voting process.

Czech Republic

We are Domi and “Lights off“  opens the grand final with an energetic performance. We can tell that the singer is  holding back a bit so she can be 100% on point for the final show today! Apart from that, the stage looks great and they can bring a decent result on the final today!

Romania

WRS is bringing the heat on the Eurovision stage this year! For many it came as a surprise that he advanced to the final but he delivers a great performance on stage with not as much differences from what we saw on the 2nd semi-final!

Portugal

Third act for today is MARO with an atmospheric perfomance! Vocally is great and she receives a big applause from the audience in the middle of the song!

Finland

After the soft and calm performance of Portugal, The Rasmus are rocking the stage with a great show! We don’t any differences from the semi final and Lauri delivers good vocals for one more time! The arena seems to love “Jezebel” as they sing a long and they received big applause!

Switzerland

Next up on the stage is Marius Bear with an emotional performance. He delivers great vocals but is hard for him to surprise the audience and have a good result on the grand final!

France

A song that the press center and the crowd on the arena  love and may have a great chance have a good results on tonight show! The staging is beautiful, the vocals on point and France can be the surprise of Grand Final!

Norway

From evocative and mysterious France we go to a party rhythm. Also a participation that can stand out both due to appearance and due to dancing.

Armenia

After the party song of the wolves of Norway we continue with a snap! Armenia delivers good vocals and she really seems to enjoy her performance! The arena claps along the whole song but the running order might be a hard place for her to shine on tonight’s show.

BREAK

Mika and “Laura” show us some shots from the semifinals. Then the presenters are in the green room and talking to us about the plants that surround it.

Italy

The Italian duo are doing an amazing job and they seem like they are back for another great result for Ιtaly! The vocals were improved and the arena went crazy!

Spain

One of the fan favourite to win the show is coming to the stage to bring the party back! Chanel did not gave the energy we know she can deliver and we are sure that tonight can be a great night for Spain after many years!

The Netherland

S10 managed to impress the audience with another captivating performance! She was great vocally but will this be enough after Spain and before Ukraine performances?

Ukraine

The booking favourite to win this year edition is making a great rehearsal with good energy and the receive a big applause from the audience inside the arena!

Germany

One of the calmest entries of this year is undoubtedly that of Germany, with Malik Harris being excellent vocally, but with a weak song. For another year, Germany seems to be heading for the bottom of the standings. Another “bell” for the leaders of the German radio and television, the most powerful in the Old Continent.

Lithuania

Lithuania’s turn to take the stage, with Monika appearing in a different dress compared to the semifinals. It will be difficult, however, to see the maintenance of this dress in the evening show as well. A song with an atmospheric character that is unlikely to be supported by the average Lithuanian viewer. Particularly probable is the end of the last ten of this year’s competition.

Azerbaijan

Next on stage comes the clipped Nadir, who once again is to the point vocally. His voice led him so far and his voice will lead him until two in the evening and the announcement of the final results. Most likely to end up in the top ten.

Belgium

One of the qualifiers-surprises of this year’s competition is Belgium, which many expected to be left out of the final. Nevertheless, Belgium is here, it will compete in the grand final and most likely end up in places 16-25. Moderate response from spectators inside the stadium.

There is a break between Belgium and Greece with Mika and Laura Pausini promoting the official Eurovision 2022 CD and at the same time snapshots from the two semifinals are shown.

Greece

The last rehearsal of Greece before the grand final tonight is next. Amanda once again gives her best, more focused than ever on her goal. Everything went perfectly, with the audience singing with her at the peak of the song in the finale. No special differences compared to the previous days and with the audience adoring Amanda.

Iceland

Greece is followed by one of the surprises of this year’s final, Iceland. A country ballad, which, however, is dug by its presence between our country and Moldova. Their presence is almost certain between 18 and 25.

Moldova

The whole stage on foot for Moldova, which is one of the biggest winners of recent days. A participation that has stood out due to its diversity and its ethnic elements that are so much missing from the grand final. Their impact on the public at night is certain, it remains to be seen what the opinion of the juries will be.

Sweden

The series now has one of the big favorites of this year’s competition, Sweden. Cornelia Jakobs once again raises the crowds at PalaOlimpico, being determined to bring the best possible result for Sweden. Once again in the finale of the song she brings out a crown, which did not exist until yesterday in her appearances.

Australia

Sheldon performs “Not the same” perfectly once again. First male ballad in a series that follows, but the overall result was breath-taking!

 

The presenters are in the green room and talking to various representatives.

United Kingdom

Probably the best male voice of the year. Another favorite for this year with an epic setting on stage and a performance that is simply riveting, especially towards the end of the song with the guitar. A very warm reaction from the audience. This song will probably do very well, especially on the juries.

Poland

Third consecutive male ballad and another very good interpretation. Will all three ballads go equally well?

Serbia

Konstrakta may be one of the biggest surprises from this edition of Eurovision! She delivers a great performance and she will definitely be high on the televote on tonight’s show!

Estonia

Last act from the final is Stefan with “Hope”! He seems to enjoy his time on the stage and the audience love the performance!

The three presenters tell us how we can vote for our favorite songs and see the tab with the phones.

Voting begins!

First recap of the songs.

Interval Act

We are now ready for the interval act of the final. The Maneskin (to be precise their replacements) appear on stage and perform their new song, supermodel (in this rehearsal we only hear the music). Alessandro Cattelan then invites them to the stage where he asks them about their experiences after their victory and then they perform their new song from the movie Elvis that will be released in June.

Laura Pausini then introduces Gigliola Cinquetti, winner of the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.

Last but not least, Mika makes an appearance on the stage to perform his greatest hits!

Then countdown to closing telephone lines! 

Voting begins with the juries. Then the televoting points are added.

 

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Eurovision 2022: Jury Show of the Grand Final!

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The Jury Show of the Grand Final took place today. Twenty-five finalists performed their song once again in front of the experts and audience.

One of the hosts – Laura Pausini opened the show. Right after her performance we witnessed the famous flag parade where all twenty-five acts showed up with their flags when their country’s name was announced.

Here’s the review of all performances:

Czech Republic

Excellent vocals, confident performance. A very jury-friendly song, so juries should’ve definitely paid attention to this. In terms of results, this is probably gonna get a similar result to Cyprus 2021, could be 2-3 places higher or even lower.

Romania

WRS was very happy with his qualification and you definitely could see it, he was happier than ever. The crowd sang the song at the same time with him. Unfortunately, he is performing under statistically the worst slot, so I doubt this will be high enough tomorrow. Not sure juries liked this or not either.

Portugal

Juries should DEFINITELY like this one. So soothing, professional, just wow.

Finland

There were issues vocally as per usual, but it looks effective. Knowing juries pay attention to the vocals, I don’t think juries have ranked this one high, although many jurors could have received nostalgic vibes from the performance and from them as a very famous band.

Switzerland

Marius added some vocal changes and was much better this time. Should definitely come top 10 with the jury voting, even though the televise is gonna rank this one down.

France

Visually excellent, however vocally – lowkey not good. This one is definitely relying on the televoting.

Norway

Professional and slick performance from Norwegian wolves. On other hand, this should be loved by juries since they appreciate quality production, on other hand, this is not ‘jury bait’. Somewhere in the middle with jury voting and relying more on televoting.

Armenia

Rosa was a little bit nervous, but overall a strong vocal performance. Unlike Finland, France and maybe Norway this should be appreciated by professional juries.

Italy

Vocally on the same level as Finland. Atmospheric, the beginning looked fascinating. The outfits were completely different from the rehearsals. As a song, it’s jury bait, but I don’t think it’ll be liked by juries that much.

Spain

First winner vibes here. Nothing else to say.

Netherlands

A very emotional performance from S10, absolutely magnificent. First candidate for jury top 5 maybe?

Ukraine

Their best performance BY FAR. HAS to do well.

Germany

Very emotional, personally enjoyed it a lot. Impressive, but juries won’t go for a rap song.

Lithuania

Excellent! Juries have to have this in their top 10!

Azerbaijan

Everything was on point. Juries should like this one!

Belgium

Jeremy delivered a great performance, even though visually it’s kitschy.

Greece

The jury winner so far. Touching performance, the vocals were astounding! Has to come top 5 overall. Good job, Ellada!

Iceland

This one stands out a lot in the lineup. After so many vocal challenging songs in a row, this feels like something we exactly needed to hear. Probably won’t do that well.

Moldova

FUN!!! However, juries definitely won’t like this one!

Sweden

Professional and slick. Remember, how bookies underestimated Moldova before the rehearsals and how high Sweden was in the odds. Well, it was kind of boring to watch that performance after Moldova. Nevertheless, juries will go crazy about this one. Top 3 contender.

Australia

Sheldon delivered an amazing performance. Kind of worse vocally compared to his other performance but a lock top 10 with juries.

United Kingdom

An obvious jury winner.

Poland

Ochman’s one of the best vocalists of this year’s Eurovision. Only for his vocals alone he should be in the top 10!

Serbia

Winner vibes, but I don’t think juries will support it as much as tele.

Estonia

Everything is on point! Excellent closer.

Prediction of the Jury Voting

Winner: United Kingdom

Top 3: Greece, Australia

Top 5: Sweden, Spain

6-10: Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland

11-15: Portugal, Belgium, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Norway

16-20: Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Serbia, France,

21-25: Moldova, Iceland, Finland, Romania, Germany.

Eurovision 2022: See the results of the fifth day of Press Poll!

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As we informed you in our article, Press Poll 2022 has begun. After all countries have had their three technical rehearsals, it is now time for the accredited to vote for the countries that will advance to the two semifinals, as well as the country that believes she will be the winner of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Below are the results of the semifinals and finals of today’s 13/5 at 21:00:
First Semifinal

Second Semifinal

Grand Final

In the vote for the winner, UK leads, Sweden is second, and Greece is third!

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Source: Ogae International

Spain: RTVE has offered to Host Eurovision 2023 if Ukraine wins!

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According to El Confidencial, Spanish broadcaster RTVE is considering a bid with the European Broadcasting Union for a bid to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in the event that Ukraine wins tomorrow’s Grand Final. Ukraine is currently the big favorite to win the competition, but it is very likely that it will not be allowed to host due to the current situation in the country.

The news agency reports that RTVE will meet with the European Broadcasting Union today to discuss the offer. Spain last hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 and is currently the country with the largest gap between its last victory and today.

The city of Stockholm in Sweden has stated its willingness to host, while SVT has not yet commented on the matter. The Icelandic media also reported that RÚV is positive about the possibility of hosting the 2023 competition. There are also rumors that the United Kingdom and Germany want to host the competition.

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Source: El Confidencial