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MEDINA with ”In i dimman” won OGAE Second Chance 2022 !

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After KEiiNO‘s victory with the song Monument last year, OGAE Norway hosted the OGAE Second Chance contest this year. Surprise winners were MEDINA with In i dimman on behalf of Sweden of course!

The final results were as follows:

The countries that take part in the OGAE Second Chance contest are those who choose their Eurovision entry through national selection shows. OGAE Fan Clubs members choose their country’s entry.

This year’s participants were as follows:

# Flag Country Song Artist
01 Ukraine Girls Roxolana
02 Croatia Moli za nas Marco Bošnjak
03 Sweden In I Dimman MEDINA
04 Poland Lovesick Kuba Szmajkowski
05 Spain Ay Mamá Rigoberta Bandini
06 Israel Blinded dreamers Eli Huli
07 Ireland I’m loving me Rachel Goode
08 Italy Ciao, ciao La Rappresentante di Lista
09 Serbia Muškarčina Sara Jo
10 Finland Ram pam pam Bess
11 Romania One night Gabriel Basco
12 Czechia Jezinky Guidi
13 Portugal Ainda nos tamos SYRO
14 Flag of Earth.svg OGAE ROW Heartless game Christina Ramos
15 Latvia BAD Bermudu divsturis
16 Germany Anxiety Felicia Lu
17 Iceland Turn this around Daughters of Reykjavik
18 Albania Theje Alban Ramosaj
19 Norway Someone Northkid
20 Australia Dreamer Voyager
21 Estonia Champion Anna Sahlene
22 Malta Boy Denise
23 Slovenia Mim pravil Batista Cadillac
24 North Macedonia Superman Viktor Apostolovski
25 Lithuania Not your mother Lolita Zero
26 Denmark Rave med de hårde drenge Fuld Effekt
27 France La nuit Pauline Pauline Chagne

Below you can watch the performances and the voting procedure.

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Eurovision 2023: Glasgow’s promo video!

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The video promoting Glasgow’s bid to host the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2023 which is going to be held in the United Kingdom was posted on Twitter by the official OVO Hydro stadium account earlier today.

Glasgow and Liverpool are the two remaining cities in the race of hosting with the former being the bookies’ favourite.

Below you can watch the post with the promo video of the Scottish city.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates regarding the host city process of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

Slovenia: RTVSLO considered withdrawing from ESC 2023!

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RTVSLO, the national broadcaster of Slovenia, considered withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Slovenia site Evrovizija.com reported that RTVSLO was considering not to take part in the upcoming 2023 contest in the United Kingdom, before they eventually confirmed participation earlier this week.  The 2007 representative and member of the RTVSLO Programme Council Alenka Gotar posted on her social media that:

Great news! In the spring, RTV’s management and consultants were thinking about not participating in Eurovision anymore! I am glad that this time they took into account the opinion of the Music Commission of the RTV Program Council, of which I am the president, that it is important for Slovenian music and musicians to create new music that is also shown abroad. Thank you also to the entire program board of RTV, left and right councilors who supported us/me! No vote against! Long live the music!

This wasn’t the first time that the broadcaster considered to step out of the contest. Both in 2013 and 2014 there was a debate regarding the withdrawal given the financial difficulties.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates and new around the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Source: Eurovoix

San Marino: Artists show remarkable interest for Una Voce per San Marino!

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As we have already reported in our previous article, this year San Marino is following an almost identical course of action to last year’s selection process for its representative in Eurovision 2023, namely through the Competition titled Una Voce per San Marino. And while the application period for said Competition opened just 10 days ago, 80 singers (from all over the world) have already submitted their applications. 

It is reminded that submissions are accepted until January the 20th (with variations in prices depending on the time of submission) as follows:

  • Applications until September 29 will cost 100 euros
  • Applications from October 1 to January 20 will cost 150 euros
  • Applications from San Marino artists will cost 50 euros, but before December the 3rd

It should also be noted that Una Voce per San Marino 2023 is open to citizens from all over the world, regardless of their country of residence and/or citizenship. Last year’s edition of Una Voce Per San Marino attracted the interest of 585 artists, including Achille Lauro, who eventually represented the country in Turin without, however, making it to the ESC Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmX64N_sXM&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Stay tuned for all the updates about national finals, internal procedures and selections on the path of Eurovision 2023!

Romania: TVR insists on the lawsuit regarding national jury’s vote cancellation!

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Despite the fact the TVR, the national broadcaster of Romania, confirmed the participation of the country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in the United Kingdom, the issue of the lawsuit is still lingering.

In particular, the Administration Council decided that it will contact legal firms in Switzerland to assess TVR’s chances in the dispute with the EBU on the issue of the cancellation of the vote of the country’s national jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for the latest updates regarding Romania and their presence in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Source: Eurovoix

Romania: More than 320,000 € for Eurovision 2022!

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More than 320,000 € TVR spent on Eurovision Song Contest 2o22.

According to Main News the National Broadcaster of Romania spent 1,572,789 lei ( approximately 320,000 € ) for Eurovision 2022 in Turin, Italy. The total budget allocated as per below:

  • Production and broadcast of national selection – 380,567 lei (~78,000 Euro)
  • Eurovision participation fee – 782,860 lei (~160,000 Euro)

The rest of the total budget was spent on accommodation, travel and staging for WRS at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy. The Main News also reported that the financial obligations of TVR towards EBU regarding the debt have been overpassed.

WRS represented Romania with “Llámame” finishing in 18th place with a total of 65 points, bringing the nation back to final after 2017.

https://youtu.be/nPpuwy79sHs

Source: Eurovoix

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Israel: Noa has confirmed her participation in Eurovision 2023!

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It might have taken about a month, but now it’s official! Noa Kirel will represent Israel at Eurovision 2023, as it was officially announced hours ago in a press conference held in Tel Aviv.

Noa Kirel scores for Israel

The superstar of Israel’s pop music scene noted that her fans were one of the main reasons she accepted the offer by the country’s Public Broadcaster to participate in Eurovision 2023.

I think I said everything I had to say about my excitement, the weight on my shoulders and the pride I feel. Thank you for all the love you have given me, the immense support you have provided me with, since I was selected, as well as for the privilege of representing my country (in ESC).

The Israeli Eurovision Committee, consisting of ten experts from KAN radio and Galats, chose Kirel from among 78 renowned artists and gave her the right to be the first one to either refuse or accept said offer. Kirel accepted the offer, after protracted discussions over the past few weeks.

On Monday, Noa revealed in an  interview with  Bequest 12 that she has made specific demands regarding her participation, including being involved in writing and choosing the song, as well as in the direction of the performance at Eurovision stage in May.

 

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Who is Noa Kirel?

Her birth-name was  Noya, but after she was diagnosed with a severe kidney disease when she was three months old, a rabbi suggested her parents to change her name to  Noa, so she could heal and walk. The rabbi also predicted that she would become a dancer. 

In March 2020, she enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and served in a military band. In February 2022, Kirel completed her service in the IDF.

She is Israel’s biggest pop star of recent years, dominating the country’s charts since the release of her #1 hit ‘Killer’ when she was just 14 years old. He was a judge on the X Factor for years, while she stars in dozens of commercials, series and movies, making her one of the most popular celebrities in the country. Noa belongs to Atlantic Records and has released 41 singles.

Listen to her biggest hit below:

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Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV rejects applying for EBU membership!

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1 FL TV, Liechtenstein-based broadcaster,  has confirmed that it is no longer aiming to apply for membership of the European Broadcasting Union.

Managing Director of the Liechtenstein’s broadcaster Sandra Woldt has confirmed that they are no longer have joining the European Broadcasting Union and so competing in Eurovision, as one of their aims. Sandra Woldt said in a statement that:

“We are no longer pursuing this goal, we are concentrating on our reporting in and for Liechtenstein.”

Liechtenstein, along with the Vatican and Kosovo, remain the only internationally recognised states within Europe to have never taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s first attempt dates back to 1976  when Biggi Bachman tried to represent her country with the song “Little Cowboy”, but she could not perform due to lack of a broadcaster.

Since 1FLTV’s formation back in 2008, Eurovision has been a long-term aim for the broadcaster. In 2009 the broadcaster announced it was working towards a debut in the 2010 contest, but was unable to secure the funding needed for an EBU membership.

In 2017 1FLTV stated that they have applied for EBU membership and were currently in the process of complying with all requirements in order for their membership to be granted. The broadcaster had proposed a selection method to select their debut entry, if EBU membership was granted. Their debut was originally expected to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the formation of the principality by the Holy Roman Emperor in 2019. Sadly however due to the death of TV channel founder Peter Kölbel, the project was scrapped.

Source: eurovoix.com

Stefania Liberakakis has landed a new role as a Misfit girl!

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Stefania Liberakakis, Greece’s representative in Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, has landed a role in the fourth Misfit film. The fourth installment in the Misfit series is called “Misfit: The Switch”.

The film’s plot

Stefania takes on the role of Noah, a girl who has only one dream, namely to participate in a major dance competition for schools. To make that happen, she secretly swaps school with her best friend. In doing so, she is labeled as an outsider at that new school where she faces new challenges and obstacles. It remains to be seen whether her dream will indeed come true. Other roles in the film include Bettina Holwerda, Timor Steffens, Anique Dreamon and Duncan Tromp.

 

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“Misfit: The Switch” is directed by Erwin van den Elshof, who also directed the previous three Misfit films and Misfit: The Series, which is available on Netflix. The film is produced by NewBe in co-production with Splendid Film and it will be out in Dutch cinemas from 5 October.

Armenia 2022: Rosa Linn is the most unexpected “winner” of Eurovision!

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Does it matter if Rosa Linn took the 20th place for Armenia in the Eurovision final, collecting only 61 points? Does it matter that her song, “Snap,” did not have any considerable success on streaming platforms before and during ESC? Maybe, it doesn’t. The representative of Armenia seems to be tasting a belated victory, with her song going viral on both Spotify and TikTok!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJ6vfmD_ic&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

The “Snapping” of Chanel

Since June 26, Rosa Linn has taken the first place in streams among all year’s Eurovision entries, forcing Chanel, to retreat to the second place. And its run of success did not cease there; “Snap” has consistently been in first place for three consecutive weeks, having amassed more than 22 million streams to date.

The TikTok’s dynamics

The above success seems to be related to the even greater singer’s success on TikTok. Prior to the Competition, Rosa Linn had, on her personal TikTok account, 5k followers and 85k likes; today her followers amount to 133.2k and her likes to 3.1 mil.

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What is striking is that what seems to attract attention is not the original version of the song, but an alternative version of it at a much faster tempo, which is used as a background sound for the videos posted by the users. Acting on that, Rosa Linn released this particular version of “Snap” on Spotify under the title “SNAP – HIGH AND FAST” .

It is not the first time that TikTok has been used as a springboard by Eurovision artists. The most typical example, perhaps, is Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade”, the winning song of ESC 2019, which, after its delayed success on TikTok, has today exceeded 900 mil. streams, becoming the most successful Eurovision song on Spotify.

Thus, despite the (justified) reactions expressed this year by fans, journalists and correspondents of the ESC, the strategic partnership between the EBU and TikTok (with the latter taking on the role of “Official Entertainment Partner” for Eurovision 2022) does not appear to be an one-off collaboration.

The dominance of Italy in streams

It should be mentioned, for purposes of clarity, that despite “Snap’s” substantial success in recent weeks on Spotify, Armenia’s entry does not overtake in streams other entries in this year’s Eurovision, such as Italy’s “Brividi” (102 mil. streams), Spain’s “SloMo” (40 mil. streams), Sweden’s “Hold me Closer” (33 mil. streams), Ukraine’s “Stefania” (32 mil. streams), and the United Kingdom’s “Space Man” (30 mil. streams) .

What do you think is preferable? To do well in Eurovision or to have your song become a hit?