Poland: Artists for the national final revealed!

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Despite our initial information, Poland’s public broadcaster, TVP, announced a few minutes ago that they are going to host a national final, in order to decide upon the Polish representative for Turin.

The 10 artists that are going to compete are:

  1. Ania Byrcyn – “Dokąd“
  2. Daria – “Paranoia“
  3. Emilia Dębska (Mila) – “All I Need”
  4. Karolina Lizer – “Czysta Woda”
  5. Karolina Stanisławczyk & Toro Chica – “Move”
  6. Krystian Ochman – “River”
  7. Kuba Szmajkowski – “Lovesick“
  8. Lidia Kopania – “Why Does It Hurt?”
  9. Siostry Szlachta – “Drogowskazy”
  10. Unmute – “Głośniej Niż Decybele“

The competition will take place on the third Saturday of February (Saturday February 19) in the Polish broadcaster’s studio, while its not known yet what the name of the national final will be.

Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for everything new regarding Poland’s participations in Eurovision 2022!

Πηγή/Φωτογραφία: eurowizja.org

 

Norway: Interview with Vilde form Melodi Grand Prix 2022 (video)

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After the announcement of the competitors for Norways national final, Melodi Grand Prix 2022, Vilde talks exclusively  to Eurovisionfun and Stella Gialetzi.

Obviously excited for her song, says that she is grateful for the messages that fans send her, after the releasement of her song and that she is ready to stand on the Eurovision stage.

“Titans” was chosen between three songs that she had prepared, says Vilde.

I had three songs, two of which, were leaded on a debate. “Titan” and a powerful ballad, which will be my next single.

From this year’s competitors, she highlights the participations of Maria Mohn, Eline Noela and  Elsie Bay while also giving out some hints on her MGP 2022 performance.

On stage, I will have four dancers, my choreographer is very good. I will wear a green dress which is very interesting. There are a lot of  surprises, mainly in the last chorus. I focus on the song, the vocals, the performance and the message of the song.

With the song “Titans“, Vilde, she wants to pass a message about the fears and the feelings that women experience throughout their lives. She hopes that her song will be an hymn that will make every listener understand that together they can find the power they need.

Lastly, asked about our representative this year, Amanda Tenfjord, also coming from Norway, Vilde  said:

Of course I know her, I listen to her song this past year. Here in Norway everybody knows everyone. I was surprised with Greece’s choice and I find it really interesting. We have worked together with Amanda’s producer, Bjørn, with my band and I look forward to their song, I believe it will be really powerful.

Watch the whole of the exclusive interview of Vilde in the following video:

Listen to “Titans“, Vilde’s song for MGP 2022:

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Serbia: 36 participants for national final revealed!

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After a one year break, Serbia has announced that they are to hold a national final for Eurovision 2022. The new show will be called ‘Song for Eurovision ‘22’ and will feature 36 competing songs across three live broadcasts.

  • Song for Eurovision ‘22 – Semi-Final 1: Thursday 3 March
  • Song for Eurovision ‘22 – Semi-Final 2: Friday 4 March
  • Song for Eurovision ‘22 – Grand Final: Saturday 5 March.

Out of over 150 songs the following compositions were selected by a special comittee to compete:

Song for Eurovision ‘22: Participants

1. Naiva – Skidam (I Take Off)

Music: Zoran Babović Babonja

Lyrics: Jelena Živanović (Jelena Zana)

2. Biber – Dve godine i šes’ dana (Two Years and Six Days)

Music: Rastko Aksentijević

Lyrics: Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga

3. Marija Mirković – Požuri, požuri (Hurry, Hurry)

Music: Marija Mirković

Lyrics: Alka Vuica

4. Gift – Haos (Chaos)

Music: Gift

Lyrics: Jovan Matić

5. Boris Subotić – Vrati mi (Give Me Back)

Music: Boris Subotić

Lyrics: Boris Subotić

6. Marko Nikolić – Dođi da te volim (Come, So That I Can Love You)

Music: Marko Nikolić

Lyrics: Nada Bučević

7. Vasco – Znaš li (Do You Know)

Music: Vasilije Čolan Vasco, Ivan Franović, Marko Kon

Lyrics: Vasilije Čolan, Marko Kon, Anđela Vujović Angellina

8. Bane Lalić i MVP – Tu gde je ljubav tu ne postoji mrak (Where There Is Love, These Is No Darkness)

Music: Bane Lalić

Lyrics: Bane Lalić

9. Ivana Vladović i Jovana Stanimirović – Prijaće ti (It’ll Be Good For You)

Music: Ivan Ilić i Nikola Bulatović

Lyrics: Ivan Ilić i Nikola Bulatović

10. Marija Mikić – Ljubav me inspiriše (Love Inspires Me)

Music: Vuxa

Lyrics: Miladin Bogosavljević

11. Julija – Brižna (Caring)

Music: Nenad Ćeranić

Lyrics: Nenad Ćeranić

12. Angellina – Origami

Music: Ognjen Jovanov, Marko Kon, Angellina

Lyrics: Ognjen Jovanov, Marko Kon, Angellina

13. Vis limunada – Pesma ljubavi (The Song of Love)

Music: Miodrag Ninić

Lyrics: Miodrag Ninić

14. Aleksandar Vuksanović Aca Lukas – Oskar

Music: Saša Nikolić

Lyrics: Mira Mijatović

15. Igor Simić – Nisam ja (It Wasn’t Me)

Music: Darko Dimitrov

Lyrics: Vladimir Danilović

16. Goca Tražan – Fitilj (Fuse)

Music: Dušan Bačić

Lyrics: Dušan Bačić

17. Sanja Bogosavljević – Priđi mi (Approach Me)

Music: Ilija Antović

Lyrics: Ilija Antović

18. Dušan Svilar – Samo ne reci da voliš (Just Don’t Say You Love)

Music: Rastko Aksentijević

Lyrics: Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga

19. Srđan Lazić – Tražim te (Searching For You)

Music: Srđan Lazić

Lyrics: Srđan Lazić

20. Julijana Vincan – Istina i laži (Truth and Lies)

Music: Linda Cristina Persson, Ylva Cristina Persson

Lyrics: Vildana Husibegović

21. Jelena Pajić – Pogledi (Looks)

Music: Marijo Pajić

Lyrics: Đorđe Miljenović

22. Bojana Mašković – Dama (Lady)

Music: Dušan Krsmanović i Alen Duš

Lyrics: Alen Duš

23. Zoe kida (Ana Radonjić) – Bejbi (Baby)

Music: Zoe kida ( Ana Radonjić)

Lyrics: Zoe kida ( Ana Radonjić)

24. Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića – Anđele moj (My Angel)

Music: Aleksandar Sofronijević, Nikola Labović, Mirna Kosanin

Lyrics: Mirna Kosanin

25. Sara Jo – Muškarčina/Zabranjeno voće (Manly Man/Forbidden Fruit)

Music: Slobodan Veljković Coby

Lyrics: Slobodan Veljković Coby

26. Mia – Blanko (Blank)

Music: Aleksandra Milutinović

Lyrics: Aleksandra Milutinović

27. Zejna Murkić – Nema te (You Are Gone)

Music: Vlado Maraš

Lyrics: Sanja Perić

28. Gramophonedzie – Počinjem da ludim (I’m Going Mad)

Music: Marko Milićević

Lyrics: Milana Popović

29. Stefan Zdravković (Princ od Vranje) – Ljubi svog čoveka (Kiss Your Guy)

Music: Leontina Vukomanović

Lyrics: Leontina Vukomanović

30. Zorja Pajić – Zorja

Music: Zorja Pajić, Lazar Pajić

Lyrics: Zorja Pajić

31. Lift – Drama

Music: Milan SevdahBABY Stanković, LIFT

Lyrics: Milan SevdahBABY Stanković, LIFT

32. Konstrakta – Corpore Sano

Music: Ana Đurić i Milovan Bošković

Lyrics: Ana Đurić

33. Ivona Pantelić – Znam (I Know)

Music: Ivona Pantelić

Lyrics: Ivona Pantelić

34. Rocher Etno Band – Hajde sad nek svak peva (Let Everybody Sing)

Music: Miodrag Klisarić

Lyrics: Miodrag Klisarić

35. Ana Stanić – Put bez povratka (One Way Road)

Music: Vojislav Dragović

Lyrics: Ana Stanić

36. Euterpa – Nedostaješ (Missing)

Music: Boris Krstajić

Lyrics: Vladimir Danilović

Among the composers we see Darko Dimitrov, the famous musician from North Macedonia who has signed many Eurovision entries from the ex-Yugo countries, as well the Montenegrin entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Leontina Vukomanovic is also well known, as she co-wrote Lane Moje, with Zeljko Zoksimovic in 2004, the song tha represented Serbia-Montenegro in the contest that was held in Istanbul

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun because more information will be released in the coming weeks!

Source: eurovision.tv

 

Finland: Listen to the second song of UMK 2022!

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The finnish broadcaster YLE has just released the second song competing in the finnish national final, UMK, for Eurovision 2022.

The song is called Ram pam pam by artist BESS and you can listen to it here:

We remind you that the artists competing for the finnish representation are the following seven. In parentheses are the dates on which their songs will be released:

  • Cyan Kicks (13 January)
  • BESS (14 January)
  • The Rasmus (17 January)
  • Younghearted (18 January)
  • Olivera (19 January)
  • Tommi Läntinen (20 January)
  • Isaac Sene (21 January)

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 26 February, 20:00 CET and will be broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and Yle radio channels.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding UMK and the finnish representative for Eurovision 2022!

Serbia: The contestants for the national final to be announced tomorrow!

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A few minutes ago, the official Eurovision page and Serbia’s page for Eurovision, on social media, announced that tomorrow at 12:00, Central European Time, the 36 artists and songs competing to be Serbia’s representative for 2022, will be revealed. What is more the dates of the semifinals and the final will be announced as well

Around 150 composers who meet the conditions of the competition, reached for the music department of Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS. The channel chose the 36 best songs to compete for a ticket for Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

It seems that: Sara Jo, Angelina, Goca Tržan, Igor Simić and Dušan Svilar have submitted songs. It is widely speculated that there are more singers famous in Serbia, but their names are not yet known

We remind that the winners of the Serbian national final Beovizija were the explosive Hurricane with the song Hasta La Vista. Serbia’s representatives for 2021 were again Hurricane with the song Loco Loco, and got 15th place in the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1lkpIqf7a4

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

 

 

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2022 is rescheduled!

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The newly imposed restrictions due to the rapidly spreading SARS-COV2, in several countries throughout the globe, have led to many events either getting cancelled or postponed.

This is exactly what has happened to Söngvakeppnin 2022, the national selection process of Iceland for Eurovision 2022.

In specific, the songs were initially planned to be released on January the 29th, the two Semi-Finals to be held on 19 and 26 of February, respectively and the Final to be held on March the 5th.

The decision

However, RUV, the public broadcaster of the country, has taken into account the decision of the health national authorities to actually postpone all the events held in the Country, consequently, Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be postponed as well, for a whole week.

The thoughts behind the rescheduling

The national final got postponed, aiming for it to be implemented in the most optimal way, also hoping to run this large-scale show at full capacity, by ensuring the safety of contestants, spectators and employees at the same time.

Iceland’s head of delegation, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, said it would be better to postpone the national final even further, in order to increase the chances of it being held without any restrictions.

Unfortunately, this cannot be done, as the deadline for submitting Eurovision entries is set for March the 13th.

The detailed schedule of  Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be the following:

  • 5th of February – Announcement of artists and release of competing songs of Söngvakeppnin 2022
  • 26th of February – First Semi-Final
  • 5th of March – Second Semi-Final
  • 11th of March – Family Show (Jury Rehearsal)
  • 12th of March – Grand Final

10 songs will compete at Söngvakeppnin 2022, while the artists, composers and songs will be revealed at the RUV show called Lögin í Söngvakeppninn.

The songs have already been recorded and all the artists have already started rehearsing for their semi finals. The pre-sale of the tickets for the shows will also be announced soon.

Artists from Iceland have shown major interest in submitting their proposals for the Icelandic Eurovision 2022 entry, leading to a total of 160 song submissions, breaking a record of submissions for Iceland throughout the years. The songs have been judged by an expert committee, that decided which of those entries will eventually take part in the national final of the country.

In 2021, Iceland was represented by Daði og Gagnamagnið with their song “10 years” and managed to be ranked 4th. You can listen to the song below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORDK1XQToAY

Ukraine: Vidbr 2022 on February 12!

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Vidbr 2022 is going to be held on February 12, as it was officialy confirmed a few minutes ago.

The leaders of UA:PBC have decided that the Grand Final of Vidbr 2022 will take place on Saturday, February 12, confirming the information of the previous days.

Τhe production of the show will be undertaken by the company Friends Production. This company is one of the largest of its kind in Ukraine, with a number of television hits standing out in its record.

Among other things, Friends Production had fully undertaken the preparation of the participations of Ukraine and Moldova in Eurovision 2012. In Baku, Ukraine had taken the 15th place with Gaitana and “Be My Guest“, while Moldova came 10th with Pasha Parfeny and “Lăutar“.

Friends Production will also prepare the Ukrainian live-on-tape, in case needed in Turin.

8 to 10 artists are expected to take part in Vidbr 2022, The winner of Vidbr 2022 will represent Ukraine in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. A few days ago, 16 names came to light about their possible participation in the Ukrainian national final. Those were:

  • Alina Pash
  • ROXOLANA – Girlzzzz
  • Cloudless
  • Michael Soul
  • IDXO – CBY 
  • Sophy Ivy – Casino
  • Sofia Shanti
  • Nazar Ya
  • Uliana Royce
  • Wellboy
  • Laura Marti
  • Eria – 
  • Tonka
  • Sowa
  • hurtom
  • GORIM!

Until now, none of these names has been confirmed. It remains to be seen whether the names that were released on January 6 are correct and how many of them will take part in Vidbr 2022. What has been confirmed today is that the participants will be announced by January 24 at the latest.

Source: Suspilne

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

 

Portugal: Festival Da Canção 2022 songs to be released on the 21st of January!

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A few minutes ago, the official Instagram account of Festival Da Canção announced that the songs that will compete this year for the representation of Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, will be released this Friday, January the 21st!

The 20 composers that will take part in this year’s  Festival Da Canção are the following:
  • Agir
  • Aurea
  • Blacci
  • Cubita
  • DJ Marfox
  • Fábia Rebordão
  • Fado Bicha
  • FF
  • Joana Espadinha
  • Kumpania Algazarra
  • Maro
  • Norton
  • Os Azeitonas
  • Pedro Marques
  • Pepperoni Passion
  • PZ
  • Syro
  • The Mister Driver
  • Tiago Nogueira (Os Quatro e Meia)
  • Valas

We remind you that ten songs will compete in each of the two semi finals, out of a total of 20. In the Final show we will have 5 qualifiers of each semi final, leading to a total of 10 competing songs. The winning act will get the chance to represent Portugal in Turin!

The detailed schedule of Festival Da Canção 2022 is described below:

  • First Semi on the 5th of March
  • Second Semi on the 7th of March
  • The Grand Final on the 12th of March

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Festival Da Canção and the Portuguese participation at Eurovision 2022!

Italy: It’s official | Sanremo 2022 will have an audience!

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Very pleasant and interesting news have just been brought to light by the host country of this year’s competition, Italy. As announced by the Italian authorities, the events at Teatro Ariston are considered the same as with any other theatrical show and thus the sale of tickets for the upcoming Sanremo festival is possible. This practically means that Sanremo 2022 will take place in the presence of the public, and of course with the provided security measures against the pandemic.

Preparations for Sanremo 2022 are progressing smoothly, with rehearsals already underway, the puzzle of the guests being completed slowly and any other pending issues being resolved. An important issue was whether the presence of the public would be possible at this year’s festival. Until now, italian law had banned music/concerts at Teatro Ariston. From January 12, however, these shows are equated with the other theatrical performances, which allow the presence of an audience. Hence RAI, without wasting any time, announced that from January 14, the online ticket sale will be possible.

A prerequisite for entering Teatro Ariston on the nights of the festival, however, apart from securing a ticket, will be having a super green pass, as it is called in Italy. This certificate is available only to those who have completed their vaccination against COVID-19 and less than six months have passed since then. That is, in case there is a longer period of six months from the completion of the vaccination, then the repeated dose is required for the renewal of the super green pass.

Although it is still too early, the measures taken by RAI for Sanremo, but also in general for all indoor spaces, means of transport, cafés, restaurants, etc., are very likely to apply during the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Those who wish to buy a ticket for Sanremo 2022 can do so, from 14/01, by clicking here.

Sanremo 2022 will take place from 1 to 5 February.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Sanremo 2022 and the italian representative for Eurovision 2022!

Germany: “Lied für Turin” is expected to take place at the beginning of March!

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It looks like ARD has come to a conclusion that they will show the German preliminary round “Lied für Turin” within the first half of March.

Counting five placements below the 25th position, in the last six years of the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany has to step things up in the future. The German broadcaster has received harsh criticism, therefore, all the parties involved with Eurovision are now carefully planning their next steps towards Turin.

As announced two months ago by the Bavarian station Bayern3, that belongs to the wider network of ARD, “Lied für Turin” format returns. The Bavarian state radio invited all interested parties to submit their proposed entries, that could represent Germany at Eurovision 2022 by the 30th of November.

The Selection

According to Bayern3, the submitted songs will be examined by a relevant committee, which will then select the five entries that will compete in the grand final of “Lied für Turin”. This committee consists of executives of Bayern3, Antenne Brandenburg, Bremen 4, HR 3, MDR Jump, NDR 2, SR 1, SWR 3 and WDR 2, members of the German broadcasting network.

The big winner of the German national final will represent Germany in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

The information about the date of the German national final comes from a newly added job listing that came up yesterday, which shows that they are in search of an assistant receptionist for the beginning of March at the venue where “Lied für Turin” will take place in Berlin. However, ARD has not confirmed the exact date of the show so far.

Last year, Germany came 25th, with Jendrik performing his song “I Don’t Feel Hate”. The German entry received only 3 points from the jury voting and none from the televoting.

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

Πηγή: ESCKompakt