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Germany: Felicia Lu Dropped From German Eurovision Jury

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Felicia Lu has been removed from the German jury having previously shared her favourites songs of this year’s competition.

Eurovision.de has released a statement explaining why Felicia Lu, the singer who competed in the German selections in 2017 and 2022,  has been removed from the German jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022:

Felicia Lu published her favorites from this year’s competition back in March. However, EBU rules state that national jury members are not allowed to nominate their favourites. Felicia Lu signed the corresponding agreement in April. Therefore, the NDR, in consultation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), feels compelled to exclude her from the jury. NDR will announce the replacement shortly.

The four other jurors are:

  • Michelle – Represented Germany in 2001 with “Wer Liebe Leben” where she finished 8th
  • Max Giesinger – Singer-songwriter who has released four studio albums, he was also a juror for Germany in 2018
  • Tokunbo – Award-winning singer-songwriter who has released seventeen studio albums
  • Christian Brost – Head of Music at hr3 radio

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Finland: The results of the third episode of Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan!

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On Saturday, 7 May, the third and final episode of Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan took place, where 13 more entries of this year’s Eurovision 2022 were evaluated by the audience and the panel of judges.

The Finnish preview show is presented by Märta Westerlund and Katri Norrlin. Permanent panel members are Eva Frantz and Mikko Silvennoinen while there are two guest judges each week. In this episode we saw BESS and Robin. The audience and the panel of judges could vote for each entry by choosing a colour. Green when they liked it, yellow when the song left them with neutral feelings and red when they didn’t like it.

The results of the judges:

  1. Spain – 4 positive / Israel – 4 positive
  2. Italy – 3 positive, 1 neutral
  3. Greece – 2 positive, 2 neutral / Montenegro – 2 positive, 2 neutral
  4. Moldova – 2 positive, 2 neutral
  5. Iceland – 2 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negative
  6. Ireland – 1 positive, 2 neutral, 1 negative
  7. Croatia – 1 positive, 1 neutral, 2 negative
  8. France – 3 neutral, 1 negative
  9. Malta – 2 neutral, 2 negative / Romania – 2 neutral, 2 negative
  10. Germany – 4 negative
  1. The winners in the judges’ vote were Spain and the Israel with 4/4 positive votes.
  2. Italy received very good reviews, with three positive votes.
  3. Germany received 4 negative votes from the judges.

The results of the public voting:

  1. Italy – 88% positive, 13% neutral, 0% negative
  2. Moldova – 76% positive, 0% neutral, 24% negative
  3. Spain – 62% positive, 35% neutral, 4% negative
  4. France – 50% positive, 29% neutral, 21% negative
  5. Israel – 40% positive, 32% neutral, 28% negative
  6. Romania – 36% positive, 24% neutral, 40% negative
  7. Ireland – 31% positive, 35% neutral, 35% negative
  8. Greece – 30% positive, 48% neutral, 22% negative
  9. Malta – 24% positive, 32% neutral, 44% negative
  10. Germany – 21% positive, 13% neutral, 67% negative
  11. Iceland – 16% positive, 48% neutral, 36% negative
  12. Montenegro – 13% positive, 46% neutral, 42% negative
  13. Croatia – 4% positive, 33% neutral, 63% negative
  1. The winner of the public vote with 88% was Italy.
  2. Moldova ended up 2nd with 76%.
  3. Denmark finished last in the public vote with 4%

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Eurovision 2022: Jury Show of the First Semi-Final!

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One day before the actual shows the so-called Jury Show happens which isn’t visible to the usual audience (only to those who received press accreditation and to the experts). The Jury Show of the First Semi-Final took place today. Professional jurors have already ranked all 17 acts of today’s show.

Albania

Very sensual and sexual performance with a good camerawork. Ronela is very charismatic and it looked like a worthy opener. The choreography was fierce. Overall, it was a great performance. Let’s see whether juries liked it or not.

Latvia

Amazing and very energetic performance from Citi Zeni. The camerawork is on point and vocally it was perfect. Is it a song that would be appreciated by juries? No clue.

Lithuania

Elegant, minimalistic but impactful performance from Monika Liu. Stunned by this.

Switzerland

Visually – gorgeous, vocally – I wouldn’t really say.

Slovenia

It was fun, although the soloist got lost in the light! Vocally excellent, nothing else to add.

Ukraine

Timofiy improved a LOT. Energetic, impactful and mesmerising performance from Kalush Orchestra. One of the bests, for sure.

A break before Bulgaria

Bulgaria

This staging is exactly what a rock song needs. One of the best vocals.

Netherlands

Very minimalistic and simple staging. S10 was nervous, hopefully she’ll be better for the actual show.

Moldova

It’s indeed fun. Personally enjoyed this one a lot. The audience did it too.

Portugal

Very emotional and atmospheric. The staging is perfection.

Croatia

Such a cute performance from Mia! Amazing camerawork and excellent vocals. Croatian was added to the song (she sung the last chorus in Croatian completely).

Denmark

Great performance, nothing else to say.

There’s a break after Denmark. We see some from Sunday’s Turquoise Carpet.

Austria

Vocally not really great, but it has a very effective staging!

Iceland

Atmospheric performance and a very easy song to listen to. Impressive!

Greece

Massive winner vibes there…

Norway

Such an astounding performance from the wolves from Norway! Enjoyed it a lot.

Armenia

Flawless vocals and fascinating staging.

We see the recap of all 17 songs once all artists finished performing.

Dardust is on the stage playing a drum. Sophie and the giants are on the stage. Tons of pyro as we see Daniel Benassi at the back of the stage at a DJ booth.

A tribute to Raffaella Carra. Laura talks about her and then Fiesta is played!

Afterwards the second recap is on!

Diodato performs his ESC 2020 song – Fai Rumore. In the dark, he sits and plays at his piano and sings. A choir softly sings along in the chorus. Diodato starts off behind the stage and is on the front side with lots of people dancing around him on stage in smoke. Perfection.

Alessandro chats with the JESC 2021 winner – with Maléna. We see a small clip of her JESC victory and of her song. Promo clip for Yerevan is shown as well right after the clip.

Mika has a conversation with Alvan & Ahez and Mahmood&Blanco. 

France

In the beginning it was very shaky, but then everything went very well. Energetic, impressive and outstanding performance from France! WOW!

Italy

Vocally they’ve improved a lot since the second rehearsal. They don’t engage with camera which makes it at some point better. Brilliant performance!

The announcement of the qualifiers right after Italy’s performance!

The qualifiers of the Jury Show were:

  • Latvia
  • Portugal
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Greece
  • Armenia
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Netherlands

P.S these are not the real results.

The actual show will be broadcasted tomorrow.

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Eurovision 2022: See the first results of the Press Poll | Greece at the top!

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Earlier today, a relevant email was sent to all accredited journalists, inviting them to vote for both the semifinals and the winner of the final.
Now that all the countries have had their first two technical rehearsals, it is time for the accredited to vote for the countries that will qualify for the semifinals and the country they consider to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.
Below are the first results of the semifinals and finals of today’s 9/5 at 22:00:
First Semifinal

  

Second Semifinal

  

Grand Final

 

In the vote for the winner, Greece leads, Sweden is second, and the United Kingdom is third! Greece is ranked first among the accredited journalists here in Turin.

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Australia: Sheldon Riley’s interview to EurovisionFun!

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After the second rehearsal, Sheldon Riley  spoke exclusively to EurovisionFun.

Australia’s representative for Eurovision 2022. Talking about his rehearsals, Sheldon said that it is a dream coming true and that everything is bigger and better than he expected.

He said that his rehearsals are going really well, but he is a perfectionist and he wants everything to be perfect so he tries even more and he will make some small changes for the second semi-final so that everything will be as it should.

As for the masks that he wears during his performances, he said that he likes wearing them because they hide some things that he is insecure about, but on the same time there is nothing better than taking them off.

You can watch the entire interview of Sheldon Riley in the video below:

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Portugal: Tatanka will announce Portugal’s 12 points!

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Today RTP revealed who will announce the 12 points for Portugal. The Portugese jury’s results will be announced by Tatanka.

Tatanka the lead singer of The Black Mamba will announce the results of the Portuguese jury at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Tatanka represented Portugal at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest as part of The Black Mamba. They performed “Love Is On My Side” becoming the first act to represent Portugal with a song entirely in English.

Also, Eurovision 2022 spokespersons have been announced for the following countries:
  • Austria – Philipp Hansa
  • Belgium – David Jeanmotte
  • Bulgaria – Janan Dural
  • Croatia – Monika Lelas Halambek
  • Finland – Aksel
  • France – Élodie Gossuin
  • Georgia – Helen Kalandadze
  • Greece – Stefania
  • Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
  • Iceland – Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
  • Ireland – Linda Martin
  • Lithuania – Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  • Montenegro – Zombijana Bones
  • Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
  • Portugal – Tatanka
  • Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  • Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  • Sweden – Dotter
  • Ukraine – Kateryna Pavlenko
  • United Kingdom – AJ Odudu

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Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

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Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

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Finland: Aksel will announce Finland’s 12 points!

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Today YLE revealed who will announce the 12 points for Finland. The Finish jury’s results will be announced by Aksel Kankaaranta.

Aksel Kankaanranta was Finland’s representative for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. He won UMK 2020 with the song “Looking Back”. Aksel went on to compete in the Finnish national selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu once again in 2021 where he finished fifth.

Also, Eurovision 2022 spokespersons have been announced for the following countries:
  • Austria – Philipp Hansa
  • Belgium – David Jeanmotte
  • Bulgaria – Janan Dural
  • Croatia – Monika Lelas Halambek
  • Finland – Aksel
  • France – Élodie Gossuin
  • Georgia – Helen Kalandadze
  • Greece – Stefania
  • Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
  • Iceland – Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir
  • Ireland – Linda Martin
  • Lithuania – Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  • Montenegro – Zombijana Bones
  • Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
  • Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  • Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  • Sweden – Dotter
  • Ukraine – Kateryna Pavlenko
  • United Kingdom – AJ Odudu

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Alexander Rybak mixes Amanda Tenfjord’s “Die Together” with “Fairytale”!

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Alexander Rybak posted a TikTok video, with “Die Together” while on the same time he plays in his violin his song “Fairytale”,  with which he won Eurovision 2009.

@alexrybakofficial @Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord🌟 one of my favorite Eurovision songs!🥰 Who will you vote for?🤓 #eurovision #fairytale #dietogether #alexanderrybak ♬ original sound – Alexander Rybak

Amanda Tenfjord’s support from Norway is really impressive. Watch what an interviewer of their public TV says about her:

Subwoolfer, Norway’s representative for Eurovision 2022, uploaded a video parody of the Greek music video, promoting “Die Together” from their perspective:

@subwoolfer We were born together. We will die together. But not for a few more million years at least. @Eurovision #greece #amandatenfjord #subwoolfer #subcubs #crouchinggreekhiddennorwegian ♬ original sound – Subwoolfer

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North Macedonia: Andrea almost withdrew from the contest in the Turquoise Carpet!

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During the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Andrea seems to have thrown away a small flag of her country, something that made the public broadcaster mad. The public television of North Macedonia considered even the possibility of Andrea’s withdrawal!

You can see that exact moment in the 56:30 minute of the live broadcast of the opening ceremony:

After the ending of the ceremony, MRT made the following announcement:

MRT condemns this behaviour of our representative in Eurovision 2022, Andrea Koevska, who trew away the flag of our country during the photoshooting of yestarday’s opening ceremony. 

The public broadcaster is not responsible for this scandalous behavior of our representative, who showed disrespect for her nation with this move, something that is punishable by the law. MRT is waiting for Andrea’s public apology for this action. We already consider withdrawing the artist from Eurovision so that our channel will not have any further damage. Every possible legal way will be considered for the most severe punishment for this scandal those responsible for our participation in the contest.

However, after a while, through a video, Andrea apologies for her action and highlights that she had no intention of insulting her nation’s flag and that she desires to represent her country with the best way possible.

Below you can watch an exclusive clip of Andrea’s second rehearsal. North Macedonia competes in the second semi final, and performs eleventh in the running order.

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