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Israel: Michael Ben David will be present in Turin!

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Israel’s public broadcaster, KAN, has announced that the Israeli delegation will travel to Turin as scheduled to participate in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

According to KAN, the security concerns in Italy raised by the Foreign Ministry strike have been resolved.

In a statement, KAN said:

The company thanks the Shin Bet (Israel Internal Security Agency) for it’s efforts to work for a solution for the security issues despite the difficulty, and we are confident that Michael Ben-David will represent Israel with dignity on the world stage. The operation of the Shin Bet as a substitute for the coordination activities of security officers at the embassy, ​​with a risk that may be posed to Israeli interests abroad in the long run, is a certificate of poverty for decision-makers who failed to end the foreign service crisis, threatening Israel’s ability to cope successfully with challenges in the international arena.

Israel’s Internal Security Agency said that their chief instructed officials to consider various options without the help of the Foreign Ministry because of the strike.

Israel will appear in the second place in the second semi-final on May 12.

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Source: The Jerusalem Post

Eurovision 2022: Watch live the results of our poll tonight!

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Today is the last station of our poll, after the expiration of the deadline for the voting of the Grand Final and the 1500 different votes that we received, the results follow, which will be announced tonight through a live broadcast on the Douze Points channel on Youtube.
The broadcast will take place at 21:00 CET and will be a simulation of a typical Eurovision final. The results will be presented in detail, with each Eurovisionfun author giving his points and after the jury voting the total points of the televoting will be added, determined by you! Therefore, 50% of the result was determined based on your own vote and the remaining 50% by the authors of Eurovisionfun.

You can watch the premiere below:

The running order of the Grand Final emerged after an allocation draw for the Grand Final half of each country, the results of which were announced in the videos of the semi-finals (first and second). Then, the countries were put in order taking into account the same criteria as the organizers of Eurovision (type of each song, etc.). Therefore, the running order of the Grand Final is the following:

  1. Austria
  2. Armenia
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Serbia
  5. Poland
  6. Czech Republic
  7. Netherlands
  8. Albania
  9. Italy
  10. Belgium
  11. Greece
  12. Estonia
  13. Croatia
  14. Cyprus
  15. Portugal
  16. Finland
  17. Lithuania
  18. Ukraine
  19. Azerbaijan
  20. France
  21. Australia
  22. Norway
  23. Sweden
  24. Germany
  25. Spain

Until then you can remember the entries competing in the Grand Final below:

So, tune in to the results of our poll tonight, and check who is our Eurovision 2022 winner!

Eurovision: Listen to the first episode of the official podcast of the contest!

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The first episode of the EBU’s podcast on the Eurovision Song Contest was released today.

Music presenter and reporter Steve Holden will take on the role of presenter! The Eurovision Song Contest Podcast will feature news and interviews with this year’s artists, iconic Eurovision legends and the people responsible for making the contest happen, those behind the lights and on whom the whole institution relies. At the same time, it will offer fans a behind-the-scenes look at Turin and will feature different voices from all over Europe and beyond.

The first episode was released today, while the second will be released on Monday 11 April.

In today’s first episode, guests were fan-favourites KEiiNO (Norway 2019), podcaster Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir and the competition’s executive supervisor Martin Österdahl.

You can listen to the first podcast here.

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Christer Björkman: “Sweden’s victory would make me come back on producing Eurovision”!

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Former Eurovision producer Christer Björkman has admitted that a Swedish victory in next month’s competition will tempt him to return to Europe.

Björkman is currently in the US producing the American Song Contest.

Speaking in an exclusive interview a few days after the second qualifying round of the American Song Contest, Björkman said that if Cornelia Jakobs  succeeds and wins this year’s Eurovision, he will be tempted to return as a producer.

You know what?  This shit is a poison. You can never get rid of it. Once you have it in your body it’s there to stay and you always have to fight it. It’s like an addiction. So would I be tempted? Yes, of course I would be tempted. I love to produce Eurovision. I’ve produced the contest five times and the full show twice so bring it on.

Björkman was a producer for the first time at Eurovision in 2013 , when the competition was hosted in Malmö after Loreen’s victory. He returned in 2016 when the competition was hosted in  Stockholm , Sweden.

Thoughts on Melfest without Christer Björkman

In addition to his Eurovision production experience, Björkman was also in charge of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen for two decades , one of the biggest national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest.

He left from his role as a producer in 2021 , where the competition was held without an audience due to the pandemic.

When he was asked about this year’s Melfest , he said:

I liked the mix of songs. I think it was a brilliant selection when we got to the final. It had a great variety. It had three songs in Swedish which was really good. It was not that they felt that they were there only because they were Swedish. They were actually very, very good. I think they did a really good job. They had some troubles along the way, especially with the voting but that’s technical. Shit happens. That would’ve happened even if I was there so there’s no judgement in that. I think it was good. I love the winner. I really do. I think she’s so good.

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Eurovision 2022: Tickets go on sale on April 7th!

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Shortly after the announcement for the running order of the two semifinals, EBU  announced more information about the purchase of tickets for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest .

Tickets for the nine shows (the three Live Shows, three Jury Finals, and three Family Shows) of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest that is going to be held in Turin, on May 10, 12 and 14 will go on sale Thursday, April 7th

This year ‘s tickets will be pre-sold through TicketOne

Following Måneskin ‘s victory last year , the competition will take place at the PalaOlimpico, with Mika ,  Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan as the presenters .

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OGAE Poll 2022: Results from France!

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The announcements of the OGAE Clubs started today, with OGAE France being the first club revealing their results.

The votes of OGAE France members are as follows:

  • 12 points: Italy
  • 10 points: Sweden
  • 08 points: The Netherlands
  • 07 points: United Kingdom
  • 06 points: Poland
  • 05 points: Spain
  • 04 points: Finland
  • 03 points: Norway
  • 02 points: Austria
  • 01 point: Ukraine

As we can see high results got 3 out of 5 bookmakers’ favourites, while the top favourite, Ukraine, got only one point.

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for all the votes from the OGAE Clubs for the OGAE Poll 2022! 

Spain: Barcelona’s Eurovision Party starts tonight!

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Barcelona will host their first Eurovision Preview Party at Sala Apolo with artists from this year’s contest and guest stars from previous years expected to perform during the event. The event will be hosted by Sharone and Giuseppe di Bella!

The eleven artists who are to compete in Turin and will be present in Barcelona are:

  • Albania – Ronela Hajati
  • Czech Republic – We Are Domi
  • Ireland – Brooke
  • Latvia – Citi Zēni
  • Lithuania – Monika Liu
  • Malta – Emma Muscat
  • Montenegro – Vladana
  • Norway – Subwoolfer
  • Romania – WRS
  • San Marino – Achille Lauro
  • Spain – Chanel

Alongside the eleven artists who will compete in Turin, a number of guest stars from previous years have been announced:

  • Conchita Wurst (Winner of Eurovision 2014 for Austria)
  • Jamala – (Winner of Eurovision 2016 for Ukraine)
  • Marta Roure – (Represented Andorra at Eurovision 2004)
  • Rosa Lopez – (Represented Spain at Eurovision 2002)
  • Senhit – (Represented San Marino at Eurovision 2011, 2020 and 2021)
  • Sunstroke Project – (Represented Moldova at Eurovision 2010 and 2017)
  • The Roop – (Represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2020 and 2021)

 

The livestream of the Barcelona Eurovision Party 2022 will begin tonight at 20:15 CET on betevé. You can find the link to the livestream here.

 

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Greece: Amanda in O.A.C.A. for the 50 days until Eurovision 2022!

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Today the representative of Greece in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord visited the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall of OACA sport complex, on the day of the 201st anniversary of the country’s independence.

The reason for her visit in the venue that hosted the only, until today, Eurovision Song Contest of 2006, was to film her own video (as all the representatives of the 40 nations of this year’s contest have done today) for the 50 days countdown until the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.

Below you can watch the video that was posted on the official account of Eurovision on TikTok

@eurovision Let’s go @Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord! We’re soooo looking forward to seeing you on stage in Turin! 🇬🇷😍🤩 #Eurovision2022 #Eurovision #ESC2022 ♬ original sound – Eurovision

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Eurovision 2022: Mika and Laura Pausini in a duet at the interval act of the Second Semi-Final!

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In Eurovision 2022 not only the participants of the 40 nations will have the chance to shine, but also the three hosts Laura Pausini, Mika and Alessandro Cattelan.

In an interview at the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Mika mentioned that he will not just host.

“I will also perform and I am thinking of a provocative performance. It will be a surprise. Eurovision is not just a show, it is like an Expo but concentrated in a few days.”

According to Wiwibloggs two of the three hosts, Laura Pausini and Mika will perform in a duet at the interval act of the Second Semi-Final, while the third host Alessandro Cattelan will have his own moment at the opening act of the very same Semi-Final.

For years Mika has been asked regarding a potential participation at the Eurovision Song Contest. He has cleared out that he holds the show in high esteem, so this is going to be a special moment for him.

“I don’t know, it never happened. But there are some things about Eurovision that I really liked. In England it has always been a sacred evening, first with the family, then in the pub with too many beers.”

Would you like to see Mika taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest in the coming future? Let us know in the comments below.

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Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli’s entry will be released on March 21!

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Only a few days are left before the official presentation of Azerbaijan’s entry in Eurovision 2022. A few moments ago, Nadir Rustamli released a part of his videoclip as well as a possible title of his entry, “Stay“,  with which he will represent his country in Turin, Italy.

Watch to the teaser below:


Azerbaijan has been drawn to compete in the first half of the second semi-final on May 12.

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