Greece: ERT revealed the cost of participation in Eurovision 2019
The cost of Greece’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. ERT will pay 326.855 Euros for this year’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Greece: Better Love to be released on 6th of March
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Greece/by Giannis ArgyriouIn a meeting with the Greek eurovision community, ERT’s CEO, mr Ioannis Drosos, revealed that Better Love, the song which Katerine Duska will perform at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, will be released on 6th of March in a special event in the Music Hall of Athens. Read more
Romania: Wiwibloggs explains why they changed their minds regarding Laura Bretan’s “Dear Father”
/2 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Romania/by Giannis ArgyriouIn Romania, things seem to calm down after the unexpected results and the “strange” way Wiwibloggs voted, totally opposed to what they had said earlier in their video, commenting on the entries of Selectia Nationala. Read more
Israel: Prices for the Eurovision 2019 tickets have been revealed
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Israel/by Giannis ArgyriouIsrael’s public broadcaster announced ticket prices for all Eurovision 2019 shows. Prices as it was expected are high, both because of the generally high prices in Israel and because of the small number of tickets to be sold. Read more
Greece: Listen to Natali’s rejected song for Eurovision 2019
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Greece/by Giannis ArgyriouNatali Thanou and her record label, Polymusic, proposed All AGAIN, to ERT in order to be the Greek entry at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. However, ERT has chosed Katerine Duska to represent the country in Tel Aviv. Natali Thanou has released her song, which you can listen below:
RAI’s president: “Sanremo’s voting system should be fixed”
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Italy/by Giannis ArgyriouOne week after the end of the 69th Sanremo Festival and the reactions have not yet stopped, due to the unexpected results and the enormous difference in the results of the audience and the juries. RAI’s president, Marcello Foa, in his statements, seems to take his reactions into account and announces the change of the voting system at the historic Festival. Read more
Greece: ERT announced Katerine Duska for Eurovision 2019
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Greece/by Giannis ArgyriouMoments ago ERT formalized what we had already informed you since January 14th. Katerine Duska will be the Greek representative at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Tel Aviv next May. The song she will perform at EXPO Tel Aviv will be revealed in a later time, probably in March. Read more
Australia: SBS secures five more years of participation at the Eurovision Song Contest
/0 Comments/in Australia, Eurovision 2019/by Giannis ArgyriouSBS with production partner Blink TV have secured Australia’s participation as a competitor at the Eurovision Song Contest for the next five years, until 2023 (at least). Read more
Italy: Matteo Salvini unimpressed by Mahmood
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Italy/by Giannis ArgyriouItalian – Egyptian singer Mahmood won the Sanremo Music Festival on Saturday, but his country’s deputy prime minister is clearly not among his fans, as he “votes” for Ultimo who was the runner up of the historic festival! Read more
Italy: The full results of Sanremo 2019
/0 Comments/in Eurovision 2019, Italy/by Paschalis BarmpoutisThe 69th Festival of Sanremo came to an end last night, as Mahmood reached the first place. The 27-year-old singer will represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.
It’s a victory that few people saw coming. Mahmood was never among the top favorites to win. The announcement of the final result was combined with booing from the audience of Teatro Ariston.
The full results of Sanremo 2019
RAI published earlier today the full results of Sanremo for all the shows.
During the first, second and third show the voting was 40% televoting, 30% demoscopic jury and 30% press jury. During the final night televoting has a power of 50%, while the press jury has a power of 30% and the expert jury a power of 20%.
Ultimo came first, Il Volo came second and Mahmood was third in the final ranking.
Ultimo won the televoting, Il Volo were second, Loredana Berte came third, Arisa fourth and Simone Cristicchi came 5th. Mahmood reached only the 7th place.
The press jury gave maximum points to Loredana Berte, while Mahmood came second and Daniele Silvestri came third. Ultimo finished 6th and Il Volo 13th.
The expert jury gave maximum points to Mahmood, while Daniele Silvestri finished second and Arisa third. Ultimo was 6th in their ranking and Il Volo 21st!
After the last voting among the three top scorers, Ultimo won the televoting, Il Volo came second and Mahmood third. The expert jury and the press jury gave the victory to Mahmood ranking him first.
Here you can see the full results in more detail.
Ultimo’s reaction during the press conference
Ultimo criticized the journalists during the press conference. When Mahmood entered the hall he didn’t clap and stated that he never took part in the festival just to win, since his victory is the love of the audience. He then congratulated the winner (not calling him by his name) and said that he feels bitter with himself.
Il Volo congratulated both the winner and the runner-up.
Do you like the winning song? Would you have prefered Ultimo or Il Volo’s song instead?
