Armenia: “Great news soon”, said the head of the delegation!

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Armenian head of delegation, David Tserunyan, noted a possible return of the country to the next Eurovision Song Contest and most probably Junior Eurovision too, in 2022, after their withdrawal this year.

David Tserunyan, who is also an elected member of the Reference Group, took part in the group’s first meeting with RAI lately. The Italian broadcaster, has already started setting up the forecoming contest of 2022.

Publishing the photo from the conference of the Reference Group, Tserunyan expressed his gratitude for his reelection and concluded that soon we will have some wonderful news, sparking hopes for the return of Armenia to the contest.

Armenian prime minister got a vote of confidence, not more than two days ago, which is a first step towards the recovery of the country, after their conflicts with Azerbaijan with regards to Artsakh.

We really hope that Armenia makes a return in 2022, along with other numerous withdrawn countries!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to our favorite contest!

Sweden: SVT open for Melodifestivalen 2022 submissions, on the 27th of August 2021!

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The public broadcaster of Sweden, SVT, called for new submissions for Melodifestivalen 2022, by publishing their latest Instagram post.

MF2022 Call for Submissions

National and International artists, that are interested in participating in the Swedish national selection show, for Eurovision 2022, are expected to make their submissions, starting from the 27th of August, up until the 17th of September 2021, 23:59 CEST, at this link: https://bidrag.melodifestivalen.se/

The 14 entries, out of a total of 28, will be selected, among the competition submissions, by a selection jury, whereas the remaining 14 entries will either be selected by SVT or will get specially invited by the broadcaster.

Melodifestivalen, takes place every year in Sweden in six cities around the country, with the exception of Melodifestivalen 2021 when all 6 shows, 4 semi-final rounds, the second chance round and the final, took place in Stockholm, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A bit more than a month ago, Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, by Tusse with the song Voices.

Watch his performance of Voices at the Eurovision Finals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJRyif6_kk

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for the latest news, related to our favorite contest!

France: Submissions are open for National Final 2022!

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France has raised the bar after achieving their first top 5 result since 2002 with the amazing Barbara Pravi and her song “Voila”. Therefore, the French national TV has announced that they will keep the same concept hoping for a win this time in 2022.

Consequently, from today until the 24th of October, all French citizens are alloud to send their own proposal to a submission window that has been made. There is a set rule though: Every song needs to be in French language or other dialects that has been recognized in the country.

The participant of Eurovision 2022 is going to be selected via a TV show, just like in 2021, with both public and jury voting. You can see more details about the rules, here.

Watch the stand in rehearsal of Voila:

Should we book a flight already for France 2023?

Malta: National Final to be held for Eurovision 2022!

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Despite the fact that X Factor Malta is coming back for another third season in PBS, the public broadcaster of the country, it has been announced that the winner of this year’s edition won’t be the artist for Eurovision 2022. The Chairman of the Valletta Cultural Agency confirmed the news that Malta will change its approach for the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, by saying:

It is fitting to commend the wise decision of the new management of PBS, that with immediate effect, the representative of Malta in the next edition of Eurovision will be selected through a specially staged festival, and not simply select the winner of X Factor Malta.

I am convinced that this news will be received with great satisfaction by all Maltese singers, authors and composers.

Jasof Micalled, Chairman of the Valletta Cultural Agency

By that means, this will be the first year since 2018 that Malta will hold a national final to choose their Eurovision 2022 entry. Their last National Final winner was Christabelle with the song “Taboo” ended up 13th in the second semi final that year.

This year Destiny, the winner of X Factor, represented the country with the song “Je Me Casse” ended up in 7th place in the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbbc2yKnv0M

Is this the right desicion for the country to achieve even better results? Time will tell.

Source: escbubble  

Alessandro Cattelan would be “honoured” to host Eurovision 2022

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 has just ended and speculations about next year’s contest already started to come up.  Fans are wondering which Italian city will host Eurovision in 2022.  And the rumors do not end up there!  Who will host next year contest?  Two names are already circulating: Alessandro Cattelan and Raffaella Carrà.

In June 15, 2021 Alessandro Cattelan gave an interview for La Repubblica where he was asked about these rumors.  His response although vague, will make the fans keep guessing:

“That was an honor. It also made me say that I’ve worked well with Måneskin”.

Alessandro Cattelan about rumors on hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

 

Who is Alessandro Cattelan?

Alessandro Cattelan is an Italian TV personality.  He has hosted TRL Italy and the X Factor Italy.  Moreover, Måneskin competed in the 2017 edition of the X Factor Italy which Cattelan hosted.  Cattelan speaks English fluently and has been rumored to be the host for Sanremo and now Eurovision.

Enjoy Måneskin’s performance for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 of their winning song Zitti E Buoni in the embedded video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVH5dn1cxAQ

Are you excited about the Eurovision Song Contest 2022?  Who do you want to see hosting the contest?

Source: La Repubblica

Greece: Listen to a teaser from Stefania’s “Mucho Calor”!

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Shortly before its official release on June 25, Stefania presents a 30-second teaser of her new single entitled, Mucho Calor. The song will be presented for the first time on the stage of MAD VMA 2021!

You also read about the history of the song in our previous article. Mucho Calor has karmic relation to the contest, since three times in the past it came close to representing either Greece or Cyprus, but the final choice was always different.

Mucho Calor was originally submitted to ERT for Eurovision 2020. Although the song was first in the focus group voting that dream team held that year, SUPERG! RL was finally chosen, as a song that Stefania could better support.

Then the composers of the song suggested it to Sandro, who even recorded it and it was one of the songs that RIK had on the table, for the Cypriot representation at Eurovision 2020. But Sandro wanted a song that would have his personal of touch and so the song did not end there either.

With some changes, Mucho Calor, but also with a different title (Inferno), the song was submitted in 2021 to ERT. In fact, the artistic committee of the Greek public television initially wanted this to be the song with which Stefania would represent Greece in Rotterdam. Finally, considering the scenarios for the stage presentation, but also other factors, such as the voting of the juries, Last Dance was chosen.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Stefania (@stefania_)

We remind you that Mucho Calor is signed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE and will be released on June 25.

What are your first impressions of the song? Tell us in the comments below!

#Eurovisionagain returns for a third season!

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#Eurovisionagain will return once again for a third season this summer!  Starting on Saturday 19 of June at 21 CEST, fans will enjoy with the rewatch parties using the hashtag #Eurovisionagain.

Eurovision Again started last year in March 2020 when the lockdowns due to the Covid-19 epidemic took place.  Fans turned to Twitter using the hashtag #Eurovisionagain as they watched previous editions of the Eurovision Song Contest.  However, that is not all.  The fans raised over £25,000 in the process.  The money was donated to different charities.

How #EurovisionAgain work?

The concept behind Eurovision Again is quite simple.  The fans watch a retro edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at the same time.  The Official Eurovision YouTube Channel will broadcast the chosen edition.  At the same time, fans and viewers tweet and react to their favorites acts and moments from the show using the hashtag.

Moreover, to make things more exciting the edition is not revealed until 15 minutes before the show is due to start.  However, the excitement does not end up there.  After all acts have performed, the fans can vote for the favorites and chose their own winner.

Eurovision Again Third Season Schedule

So here are the dates for the third season of #EurovisionAgain:

  • Saturday 19 June
  • Saturday 17 July
  • Saturday 21 August
  • Saturday 18 September
  • Saturday 16 October
  • Saturday 20 November

You can watch the third season of Eurovision Again every third Saturday of each month.   The organizers have suggested that a special edition of Eurovision Again may take place similar to the Semi-finalist special last year.

 

Are you excited to watch Eurovision Again?  Which Eurovision edition would you like to see broadcasted?

Source: Eurovision.tv  

United Kingdom: BBC wants Jessie J for Eurovision 2022!

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The last place in this year’s contest, with zeros in both the public vote and the juries, seems to have shaken the BBC, which desperately wants a good result in Eurovision 2022. So according to the British press, Jessie J is the artist that the country’s public television wants to represent the United Kingdom, next May in Italy!

They want to put a brake on the bad results in the BBC

The Sun, citing a source from the BBC, states that the processes for Eurovision 2022 have already begun. The BBC has already compiled a list of artists it would like for the next competition. At the top of this list is Jessie J.

The production team is desperate to make a fresh start after this year’s failure and is trying to lure top talent with promises of lucrative record sales and an international exposure.

They are determined to get back in the fight and believe that Jessie would be a perfect choice. She is very successful in Europe.

But Jessie is demanding, so accepting the offer can be more difficult than they think.

Who is Jessie J

Jessie J is 33 years old. She was born and raised in London, where she still lives today. She began her career at the age of 11, appearing in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind. She studied at BRIT Music School before signing with Gut Records. Shortly afterwards he reached a songwriting agreement with Sony / ATV Music Publishing.

She immediately stood out with her first single, and with her next release, Price Tag, she topped the charts in nineteen countries, including the United Kingdom, followed by the release of her debut album, Who You Are in 2011, which reached number two. in the UK.

Many successes followed both at home and abroad, gaining international recognition. In 2012, Jessie J appeared outside Buckingham Palace in June, as well as at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on 12 August.

She coached The Voice UK, The Voice Kids UK, and The Voice Australia. The whole planet bowed to her talent after her appearance on Hunan TV, in the musical reality Singer.

The United Kingdom was represented at Eurovision 2021 by James Newman with the song Embers, occupying the last 26th place in the grand final, receiving absolute zero, both from the audience and the juries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNOynEJ6wc

Would you like to see Jessie J represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2022?

Source: The Sun.

France: Barbara Pravi would not accept victory if Maneskin were canceled!

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An interesting interview was given by the runner-up of this year’s Eurovision, Barbara Pravi, to the Belgian newspaper Sudinfo. Among the things she mentioned, she stated that in no case would she accept the victory in the contest, if the Maneskin were canceled due to the alleged incident with the drugs in the green room.

Following a video that quickly circulated on social media, Damiano, the Maneskin lead singer, was accused of crouching while he was in the green room. What was said was that he was currently using drugs. This question was asked at the press conference following their victory at the Ahoy Arena. As soon as the band returned to Italy, they tested for toxicological substances, which turned out to be negative, so the EBU considered the matter over, after its own research in the area, but also through the cameras that were there.

Of course, if the allegations were substantiated then Maneskin’s victory would automatically be called into question. Barbara Pravi, who was second behind the Italian band, clarified that there was no way to accept such a victory, even if the entry of Italy was canceled.

If they were eliminated, I would never accept first place. The Måneskin were chosen by the public, they are well known and that what they do is very nice, so it is normal in my opinion that they won. I learned about what they were accused of and I was really sorry. The Italians never asked us for anything!

Barbara Pravi

In the interview, Pravi also talks about her experience at Eurovision, her ambitions and her upcoming album, which will be released on August 18. You can read the whole interview here.

Barbara Pravi with Voila took second place with 499 points at Eurovision 2021. This was the first time since 2002 that France was in the top 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unj9WbeLzRU

Source: Sudinfo

Portugal: Salvador Sobral’s New Album and Long-waited Apology.

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It was May of 2017 when Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest for Portugal. The jazz artist managed to collect 758 points, achieving the record the highest score ever, until this point.  Now Sobral has released his brand new album with the title “BPM” (Beats per minute) and gave a heartfelt interview on his musical journey.

The singer confessed that during the Eurovision period he was in really bad health conditions and needed an immediate heart transplant. Throughout his time in Ukraine, he was constantly under close observation by doctors and was on a waiting list for a possible donor. “During rehearsals, my sister was on stage while I stayed in the dressing room”.

Sharing more about his ESC experience he says he was never expecting to participate or even win the contest. He decided to sing “amar pelos dois” to support his sister, ended up winning Festival Eurovisão da Canção and representing Portugal in Eurovision. As a memory of his winning moment, Sobral reflects: “I just thought to myself: Now you must not have a heart attack, that would be humiliating. It’s crazy: I didn’t think about dying, but that it would be a humiliation to die when I just won something.”

After winning, he gave some interviews saying that ESC was his “personal prostitution”. Then he made a few uncomfortable comments for participants of the 2018 edition of the show, including the winner of the 2018 “Toy”. In his latest interview with Reinhard Köchl, Salvador said that he shouldn’t have said those things. “I shouldn’t have done it. I wanted to be funny and come across a little rebellious.” His idea of Eurovision is changed now, he understands the importance of it and the people-connecting idea of it. He closes his interview by saying that he is very grateful for participating and winning the contest.

You can listen to Salvador’s new album BPM and share your opinions with us!

source: Augsburger Allgemeinen