With the names of the five artists who continue to claim the Greek representation in Eurovision 2022 known, the weight of interest is now focused on their songs, but also in general on the other details of their proposals. Read more
Just an hour ago ERT has published the five names that stood out of the first process for Eurovision 2022 and Lou Is is among them.
Lou Is has been collaborated with many big names in Greece like Giannis Kotsiras, Dimitra Galani, Eleni Vitali, Foivos Delivorias and many others. In 2021 she has decided to make a statements with her sound. Her song “In the Rain” is the first track she has published with her company The Hubsters: songs full of melodies, nice backing vocals, strong chorus and clear instrunment.
Lou Is talked exclusively in our team for her proposal for Eurovision and more gave us more details of her song:
“During the first lockdown, I wrote a song and after many experiments it turned out as a dance, dynamic and very optimistic, even though this wasn’t the subject of the song. Many collaborators of mine have spontaneously told me that this one is ready for Eurovision and that’s how we decided to send it to ERT.
The lyrics and the music are written by me. The production is pop-disco with some instrumental details and the lyrics are narrating a story.
It was a suprise for me to write something so different and outgoing compared to what I used to write”
Lou Is
Could this disco-pop entry be the one that ERT will choose for Greece in May? Stay tuned for all the latest details in Eurovisionfun!
We are one step closer to the artist, who will represent Greece in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. The ERT has published the names of the five artists, who still continue to claim the Greek representation in Turin. It was also announced, as Eurovisionfun has reported months ago, that the Greek representative in Turin will be chosen internally, by the expert committee.
25 artists submitted about 40 songs to ERT, of which the competent committee under Dimitris Papadimitriou selected the five best, performed by an equal number of artists.
So the five lucky ones who still hope to represent Greece in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest are:
The expatriate artist from Norway, with an experienced and strong team, enters the internal selection with a classy, inner ballad. – more HERE.
Nikolas Varthakouris participates in the internal selection with a cinematic song. He also has a strong team behind him, with Fokas Evangelinos standing out. – more HERE.
Three songs have been submitted by the Greek representative at Eurovision 2013. Completely different from Alcohol Is Free and in an insurgent rhythm, as he told us. One song of them is in the final list – more HERE.
Lou is is an expericed artist. Her true name is Louisa Sofianopoulou. She has worked with all the big Greek artists like Giannis Kotsiras, Eleni Vitali, Dimitra Galani and more. Her record label is called The Hubsters.
Joanna Drigo or Ioanna Drigopoulou is a young singer and musician with pop-rock influences. She sings both Greek and English songs. Her record label is Cobalt Eclectic.
The final selection will be made after the committee of ERT first has private meetings with the artists and the groups that frame their proposals. In these meetings each artist will give more information about his/her song, the plans of the stage appearance, the promotion intends to do, etc. The final selection by the ERT’s jury will take into account all the above.
Surprisingly, in the final five, there aren’t names that for many were considered as favorites, proving that the only criterion of ERT is the proposals of the artists and their prospects in the difficult track of Eurovision.
Which artist do you think will be the final choice of ERT and will represent Greece in Eurovision 2022? Tell us in the comments below!
Finnish broadcaster Yle announced the return of UMK to select their Eurovision representative for Turin.
UMK will take place in the city of Turku on February 26, 2022. During the night, the Finnish audience will decide together with an international jury who will succeed Blind Channel.
For next year’s Finnish national final Yle received 312 entries with more than 1000 songwriters taking part in the process. According to the public broadcaster, after the huge success of Blind Channel. However, only seven songs will make it to the final.
The selection process will be very competitive with a variety of acts reveals Ylex head of music Tapio Hakanen.
The artist lineup chosen for this year’s UMK contest is the most extensive ever. The entrants include emerging pop-stars who have been successful on streaming services, promising international export talent, an artist known to all Finns, including an artist who has appeared on a very well known music programme, a long-standing favourite whose career stretches from the 80s to today, and new names who enjoy high praise from the music industry. There was a clear increase in the number of rock band entrants, and we will see explosive rock energy also in the final. Now, viewers can finally experience the excitement of UMK also in a live event.
For the 2022 national selection UMK will return to a live event format. In 2021, due to health concerns the Finnish national final was a televised only event.
Yle will reveal the name of the contestants on wednesday January 12. After that each song will be revealed one every day starting from January 13.
Blind Channel represented Finland in Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song Dark Side ended in sixth place in the final, Finnish best result since their Eurovision victory in 2006. After their success Dark Side became one of the most streamed Finnish songs of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPGxQ4fgVw&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest
Early this morning, the national TV of Georgia announced that the country will be represented by Circus Mircus in Turin the upcoming May.
The official accounts of Eurovision has informed the fans all over the world that they will be the act for the Eurovision 2022 with the upcoming post:
Dear Earthlings,
This is a message from Circus Mircus.
We would like to inform you that according to the decision made by the Georgian Public Broadcaster, at the international song contest Eurovision, Georgia will be represented by Circus Mircus.
You ask, what is Circus Mircus?
It is a movement that brings together dozens of professionals from different fields to create an unprecedented audio-visual experience.
The cornerstone of their philosophy lies in the complete neglect of musical frameworks.
Whoever had the chance to watch a show of Circus Mircus describe their sound as “sonicaly unique”
Could this interesting choice of Georgia change the country’s fortune in Eurovision? What is your prediction for their luck in the contest? Answer us in the comments below!
ABBA has said it is keen to help end the UK’s years of Eurovision hurt and pen a song for the country that came a humiliating last in this year’s contest.
The Swedish group – which comprises of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – said they would be happy to write a song for the UK to use in 2022 if it was for the right artist.
It comes as the group released their first album, Voyage, after almost 40 years. The group have said it will be their last.
Speaking to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Friday, Ulvaeus and Andersson said they would step in to help – if the right act was picked for the job.
They said: “What is the risk? You can’t be worst than last. But it needs to be a really good act [who performs] – like Dua Lipa.”
“What’s the risk? You can’t be worse than last”
ABBA reveal to #BBCBreakfast they want to write a UK Eurovision entry with Dua Lipa. https://t.co/qW0ztDMcb8 pic.twitter.com/85RKzmSgqw
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) November 5, 2021
TaP music will select the UK’s entry for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. The company – which also represents Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld and Lana Del Rey – will work with the BBC. The broadcaster will work with the company to make the selection.
It comes after the UK came bottom place at Eurovision 2021. James Newman failed to score a single point with his song, Embers, earlier this year.
No UK entrant has made the top 10 since Jade Ewen in 2009.
TaP has called on the UK music industry to put forward “experienced live performers” for consideration. The single wil be released commercially after the competition.
Would you like to see ABBA, as the composers of the UK’s entry at Eurovision 2022?
He is for many the big favorite to represent Greece in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. The talented Good Job Nicky commenting on the latest developments that saw the light of day, spoke to Eurovisionfun sending his own message to all recipients.
In the aftermath of the rumors for a national final, but also of the fake news that were released today, Good Job Nicky, has submitted his proposal to ERT with his record label Cobalt, to claim the Greek representation in Eurovision 2022.
I’m not a man of many words, i’m patiently waiting to see if i’ll have the honor to represent Greece. Till then, only God knows ..
Good Job Nicky
Good Job Nicky, as you first read through Eurovisionfun, participates in the ERT’s selection process with a song signed by Hermes Geragidis. Our information states that this is a cinematic ballad that highlights the voice of Nikolas. With Good Job Nicky, we will see in Turin Elias Kokotos and Fokas Evangelinos, both of them members of the Dream Team.
Nikos Varthakouris, now 25, counts millions of views on YouTube and rave reviews for his music and his artistic presence so far. This is a rare sample of pop music, with truly international standards, which may well compete with similar foreign productions.
Would you like to see Good Job Nicky in the contest? Tell us in the comments below!
The video “How To Eurovision – Greece” is back on YouTube, having removed the points for which ERT sent an official protest to the EBU.
First through Eurovisionfun you read about the strange video, which both we and many other fans characterized, the EBU posted on YouTube and the rest of the social media and supposedly honored the Greek presence in the contest.
Specifically, in the original video, apart from a brief review of Greece in Eurovision Song Contest, there was an extensive tribute to the 12 points of Cyprus to Greece, while it was mentioned that in 1998 the Greek entry saved from the last place and the 0 points, thanks to the 12 points of Cyprus. As if that were not enough, the video even included the mocking of the Greek participation that year by the audience.
Of course, in similar videos from other countries, we did not see anything like that, because of course it is not only Greece and Cyprus that, for well-known reasons, exchange high scores every year. Denmark does the same with Iceland, but so do the other Nordic countries, as do Poland and Ukraine, Estonia and Latvia, Belarus and Russia, as well as the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
After the dynamic intervention of ERT, which made it understandable to those involved that the issue would go to extremes as it was a matter of dignity, the problematic points were removed from social media, and then the video was completely downloaded from YouTube.
As of yesterday afternoon, the video is again on YouTube, without the audience’s mocking, with a clearly shorter and more diplomatic reference to the 12 points of Cyprus, while the saxophonist’s “out of tune” solo in Anixi of Sofia Vossou no longer exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2E0tEpVPuE
Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Eurovision Song Contest!
RAI has made available the rules for the 72nd edition of the Sanremo Festival. The Italian broadcaster will continue using their prestigious music festival to select their Eurovision entry.
The 2022 Sanremo festival takes place from February 1 to February 5 2022. According to the 2022 rules some major changes will take place in the selection procedure.
This is what you should pay attention to watch the Sanremo festival like a pro:
The 24 acts (and record labels) who are interested in representing Italy in Eurovision will have to sign a special form. As it has happened in the previous Italian selections, the winner of Sanremo 2022 will be the first on the list to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. If the winner refused the invitation the organizing committee will pick the Italian representative according to their own criteria from the candidates that have expressed their interest to represent Italy.
Italy has used Sanremo as their national final for Eurovision since its return to the contest in 2011 (with the only exception being 2014).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVH5dn1cxAQ&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest
Are you excited about Sanremo 2022? Who should represent Italy for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022?
Source: RAI
It seems that RIK is preparing a big surprise for the Eurovision 2022. Eurovisionfun presents to you exclusively everything that RIK has been planning lately in relation to its participation and it is definitely news that will make you excited!
What has been said and is known so far, is that RIK wants in its next entry to have a strong Cypriot element, in the team that will represent the country in Turin.
The head of the press of the Cypriot delegation, Andreas Anastasiou, in the interview he gave to the show of Melina Karageorgiou on RIK, Europhoria, stated that 2022 will be a year where the Cypriot talent will be displayed in the competition. As people from RIK told us, this means that the country would be represented by Cypriots at Eurovision 2022, without clarifying whether this concerns the artist or only the creators.
RIK follows the same selection method used in recent years. At first they choose the song and then having the song and a complete proposal, they seek to find the artist.
For Eurovision 2022 and according to our exclusive and secure information, RIK plans to be represented by a song signed by George Michael.
George Michael or Georgios Kyriakos Panagiotou as his real name is, was born and raised in London, but having a Cypriot father, as his name testifies. He was involved in music from a very young age, while he gained worldwide recognition initially as a member of Wham and later as a solo artist. He is considered one of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s, while counting dozens of hits.
The successful songwriter passed away in 2016, but has left a large legacy of anecdotal pieces. One of these songs that did not manage to be released, wants the RIK team to ensure that it will be the next Cypriot participation in the contest.
Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.
Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη George Michael (@georgemofficial)
As we are informed from the environment of a well-known Greek singer, RIK has already contacted him, proposing him to represent Cyprus in Eurovision 2022 with the song of George Michael.
The artist in question reserved his answer, expecting of course to listen to the proposed song first. From his environment, however, there are some serious reservations.
The basic and most expected reservation of course is whether a song by George Michael, which as a songwriter was successful in the 80s and 90s mainly, can musically meet the requirements of the competition in 2022. In addition, there is a fear that because it is a George Michael’s song, which is no longer alive, is considered by some to be emotional blackmail. Finally, although of course we are talking about a very big name in world music history, there are concerns of repeating the story with Bonnie Tyler, where her name alone was not enough to bring enough points to the UK in 2013, occupying the 19th place.
For all the above reasons, the artist’s team will give its final answer to RIK, as soon as it has the song in its hands and it will be possible to evaluate all the data.
Of course all of the above will make sense once the securing of George Michael’s song by the company that manages the copyright is completed. In case the above perspective fails, then RIK will look for another song, always aiming to be represented by a Cypriot composer.
What do you think about RIK’s plans for Eurovision 2022? Tell us in the comments below!
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