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Slovenia: EMA’s 2022 Final Running Order announced!

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A few minutes ago, Slovenia’s public television, RTV SLO, revealed the line-up for the EMA 2022 Final. On Saturday, February 19, twelve artists will compete to represent the country.

This is the running order in which the twelve artists will perform:

  1. Anabel – “Tendency“
  2. Stela Sofia – “Tu in zdaj“
  3. Manouche – “Si sama?“
  4. Leya Leanne – “Naked“
  5. BQL – “Maj“
  6. Gušti feat. Leyre – “Nova romantika“
  7. July Jones – “Girls Can Do Anything“
  8. David Amaro – “Še vedno si lepa“
  9. LPS – “Disko“
  10. Hauptman – “Sledim“
  11. Luma – “All In“
  12. Batista Cadillac – “Mim pravil“

As a reminder, the EMA 2022 final will take place on February 19, 20:20 CET. A five-member jury (50%) and the public vote (50%) will decide which of the 12 finalists will represent Slovenia in Turin.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Slovenia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: RTV SLO

Serbia: CHEGI & Braća Bluz Bend will replace Goca Tržan at Pesma Za Evroviziju 22!

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A few hours ago, the Serbian broadcaster announced that Goca Tržan will not participate in Pesma Za Evroviziju 22! (Song for Eurovision 22!) for health issues. Her place will be taken by CHEGI with Braća Bluz Bend and the song “Devojko sa plamenom u očima” (The girl with flames in her eyes)!

CHEGI & Braća Bluz Bend have received the right to participate in the national final for the song that will represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest, since they were next on the list according to the selection committee of the Serbian Radio and Television.

You can listen to the song below!

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Source: RTS

Ukraine: Alina Pash’s participation in danger!

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Two days after Ukraine’s choice via Vidbir to send Alina Pash and “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors“, tensions have risen even more after Kalush Orchestra’s complaint yesterday with Alina’s participation reminding us of Maruv and her participation in Turin looking pretty uncertain at the moment.

Ukraine’s public broadcaster, Suspilne published the following article:

The public broadcaster applies to the SBGS (State Border Guard Service) to check the certificate provided by Alina’s team.

In connection with the information received from citizens about the possible forgery of the certificate of crossing the state border with Crimea by Alina Pash, the Public Broadcaster appeals to the SBGS and asks to confirm or deny the fact of forgery of a civil service document.

The public will not sign an agreement on participation in the international Eurovision Song Contest with the winner of the National Selection until the verification and clarification of the facts is completed.

It has to be recalled that the public has already applied to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, but was denied information about crossing the border by the participant, as this information is confidential. The participant’s team provided a certificate, allegedly received by her, which became the basis for the participation of Alina Pash in the National Selection.

You can see Alina’s winning performance below:

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Source: Suspilne

Slovenia: Results of the second semi-final of EMA 2022!

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Slovenia continues searching for a representative for Eurovision 2022! The second semi-final of EMA 2022 was completed a few minutes ago, with six contestants following Batista Cadillac, July Jones, Manouche, David Amaro, Stela Sofia and Luma to the next stage of the grand final.

The presenters of the evening were Melani Mekicar and Bojan Cvjetićanin.

The artists who competed on the second semi-final were:

  1. Mia Guček – “Independiente“
  2. Gušti feat. Leyre – “Nova romantika“
  3. Klara Jazbec – “Vse kar imam“
  4. Vedran Ljubenko – “H2O dieta“
  5. Leya Leanne – “Naked“
  6. LPS – “Disko“
  7. Anabel – “Tendency“
  8. BQL – “Maj“
  9. Hauptman – “Sledim“
  10. Eva Moškon – “Kliki“

The results:

Three qualifiers were selected by a special jury and three were chosen by the audience through a telephone vote.

The artists that made it to the final are:
  • Hauptman
  • Gušti feat. Leyre
  • Anabel
  • Leya Leanne
  • BQL
  • LPS

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Slovenia’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Albania: The Revamp and the Video Clip of “Sekret” will be released in early March!

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Ronela Hajati, the winner of Festivali i Këngës 60, started shooting the video clip of “Sekret” in the south of Albania, with a strong message for the preservation of our natural heritage. The clip of the song is filmed along the Aoos river, in Vyllis. Another part of the filming will take place in Argyrokastro and in Tepeleni.

The video clip, will be published in early March on the official Eurovision Youtube channel and will show some of the most seductive Albanian women, as a postcard for all Eurovision fans.

Until then, you can enjoy some photos from the shoots:

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Source: RTSH 

Austria: The representative to be announced tomorrow!

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Austria’s national broadcaster, ORF, confirmed just a bit ago via its website that the announcement of the artist who will represent the country in Turin will be made tomorrow during the Ö3-Wecker radio show on Hitradio Ö3, which will be broadcast from 5am to 9am (CET).

Ö3-Wecker has been presenting the country’s representative or entry in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since 2017. Because of this, many suspect that the announcement of the representative will be made around 7:40 (CET) as this has been the scheduled flow of the show in previous years, although this is not officially confirmed.

As we have already informed you, there are now only 2 contenders in the chase for the Austrian ticket to Turin.

DJ Lumix, who became famous with his smash hit “Monster” and is gradually becoming one of the most successful artists in terms of online downloads and has more than a billion streams. And the duo Anger, consisting of Julian Angerer and Nora Pider, who are based in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

2021 was the second consecutive year that Austria failed to qualify for the Grand Final. Will one of the two candidates manage to make Austria a contendable force again?

Source: Hitradio Ö3 

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Serbia: Interview with Boris Subotić from Pesma Za Evroviziju 2022!

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After the announcement of his participation in this year’s Serbian national final, Pesma Za Evroviziju 2022, Boris Subotić talks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Konstantinos Thermos.

Boris Subotić is participating in the national final with the song “Vrati mi” (Give me back) and is one of the 36 nominated artists who will compete on 3, 4 and 5 March for the ticket to represent Serbia in Turin in May.

– Boris, it is a great pleasure for us that you accepted our proposal and we thank you for that! First of all we would like to ask you, why Pesma Za Evroviziju? Why Eurovision? And why now? What made you take this decision and is it, perhaps, something you have wanted for a long time?

– Eurovision has been my biggest wish for a long time, so I knew that sooner or later I would apply for the selection of the representative. I waited a long time for this, because I thought I had to grow up enough to be able to take on this project. My main partner, Miloš Marković, suggested that we apply, I agreed and here I am!

– You have participated in several music competitions, including the national final to represent Serbia in Junior Eurovision. Would you say that your previous experience will help you have less stress during the competition?

– Since I was exposed to similar competitions as a child, I think I am ready to meet the pace such a competition requires. As for the stress, I think this time I will have the most!

– We know that you have written “Vrati Mi” yourself. What is the message of your song and what inspired you to write it?

– I want to let the audience find their own meaning and message in the song. The song is a reflection of myself from the first verse to the last. For the first time I am totally presenting myself the way I want to and the way I think I should!

 

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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Boris Subotić (@borisubotic)

– Since your candidacy was officially announced, what was the best comment you have heard about yourself? And correspondingly, has there been anything you’ve heard that you think is wrong or unfair towards you?

– Being a used to exposure, because of my past experiences, I try not to dwell too much on people’s comments. However, I have to admit that I have received a lot of positive feedback, which makes me incredibly happy!

– Do you have any thoughts about your stage presentation in the national final, and if so, could you share something with us?

– I can’t reveal anything at the moment, but the stage presence will definitely follow the song and me as a performer closely!

– Were you a fan of the contest from before? What’s your favorite entry?

– Considering that I am someone who is not overly involved in sports and competitions, I can say that Eurovision is the only contest that I follow closely every year! My favourite song, apart from my country’s entries, is definitely “Don’t come easy” sung by Isaiah in 2017.

 

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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Boris Subotić (@borisubotic)

– Have you listened to any of this year’s already selected songs or any of the songs from the other national finals, and if so, which ones did you like the most?

– Honestly, right now my life is just focused on my performance and song, so I can’t say I’ve listened to or watched anything this year, but as soon as I get some free time I’ll definitely listen to everything!

– Is there anything you would like to share with those who read this interview?

– I would like to invite people to listen to ¨Vrati mi¨ and if they like it, even half as much as I do, to be by my side on this journey!

At this point we would like to thank Boris Subotić once again for the interview and wish him all the best!

 

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

 

Slovenia: Results of the first semi-final of EMA 2022!

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Slovenia continues searching for a representative for Eurovision 2022! The first semi-final of EMA 2022 was completed a few minutes ago, with six contestants advancing to the next stage of the grand final.

The presenters of the evening were Melani Mekicar and Bojan Cvjetićanin.

The artists who competed on the first semi-final were:

  1. July Jones – “Girls Can Do Anything“
  2. David Amaro – “Še vedno si lepa“
  3. Le Serpentine – “Tud teb se lahk zgodi“
  4. Bowrain and Brina – “Čas je“
  5. Luma – “All In“
  6. Stela Sofia – “Tu in zdaj“
  7. Jonatan Haller – “Obzorje“
  8. Batista Cadillac – “Mim pravil“
  9. Zala Smolnikar – “V ogledalu“
  10. Manouche – “Si sama?“

The results:

Three qualifiers were selected by a special jury and three were chosen by the audience through a telephone vote.

The artists that made it to the final are:
  • Batista Cadillac
  • July Jones
  • Manouche
  • David Amaro
  • Stela Sofia
  • Luma

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Ireland: Brooke Scullion will represent the country at Eurovision 2022 with the song “That’s Rich”!

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The Irish national final of, Eurosong 2022, at tonight’s Eurovision Late Late Show Special was broadcast by RTÉ and has just been completed, with Ireland selecting Brooke Scullion and “That’s Rich” as their winning act and therefore their representative at Eurovision 2022 in Turin.

Seven years later than the last time that the Irish entry was selected by a national final, the Irish viewers got the chance to vote their favourite Irish hopeful, that they wished their country got represented by.

Ryan Tubridy was the host of  tonight’s “The Late Late Show Eurosong 2022 Special”, also Marty Whelan was the co-host covering what was going on backstage. Panti Bliss also appeared briefly at the beginning of the show.

The national juries are Caroline Corr, Paul Harrington, Bláthnaid Treacy and Lucia Evans.

A total of six finalists, which had been selected among 320 submissions, competed in the national final, in the hopes of representing the country in Turin.

The performances of the finalists

The six contestants of the national final, appeared in the following order:

  • Patrick O’Sullivan – “One Night, One Kiss, One Promise”

  • Janet Grogan – “Ashes Of Yesterday”

  • Brendan Murray – “Real Love”

  • Miles Graham – “Yeah, We’re Gonna Get Out Of It”

  • Rachel Goode – “I’m Loving Me”

  • Brooke Scullion – “That’s Rich”

The voting system

After the completion of the six performances, Ryan announced that the voting lines are open and all numbers appeared again for the viewers to vote, along with a recap of the songs.

The winner was determined by a combination of jury (international and national) and televoters. In fact, first there was a combination of both the international and the national jury votes and then the aggregate jury votes were combined to the votes of the viewers.

The voting will be Eurovision style, 12 the act getting the highest number of votes, 10 the second highest etc. In case of a tie, the act scoring higher in the public televote will be declared a winner.

At the end of the televised show, the results were announced and they are as seen below.

International Jury vote results

Aggregate Jury results (International and National Jury)

Total results

The winner

Over the last few years, things haven’t really gone their way, for Ireland. Hoping to overturn the situation, tonight they had to vote for their favourite artist and song, that they wished they’d represent Ireland at the contest.

At the end of the show, the results were announced and had determined the winner which is Brooke Scullion with the song “That’s Rich”!

You can watch the winning performance of Brooke below:

What do you think of the representative that secured a ticket to Turin, to represent Ireland at this year’s contest? Let us know in the comments section below!

San Marino: The announcement of the Big Artists to take place on 8 February!

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The nine Big Artists who will compete in Una voce per San Marino will be presented to the public on 8 February.

San Marino RTV has announced that the 9 Big Artists who will compete to represent the country at Eurovision 2022 in Turin will be revealed on 8 February. The press conference will take place at the Westin Palace Hotel in Milan, Italy.

The Big Artists have already qualified directly for the final of Una voce per San Marino, which will take place on 19 February. In the final, they will compete with 9 other artists who will have participated in a round of semi-finals and heats during the previous week.

The grand final will take place at Teatro Nuovo.

This is the first time that San Marino has used Una Voce Per San Marino as a selection process, having previously used various formats such as 1in360, Digital Battle or internal selections. This year the process was opened worldwide and 299 artists and over 500 songs were submitted!

Source:  San Marino RTV