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Finland: Interview with Cyan Kicks | The right time for Eurovision and “Hurricane”! (Video)

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Following their selection for this year’s national final in Finland, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022, Cyan Kicks talk exclusively to EurovisionFun, Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Cyan Kicks are among the seven finalists in Finland‘s national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try to represent their country with the song “Hurricane”.

We had been thinking about participating in UMK for four years but we never felt confident about it. This year we felt stronger since we have already released several songs. We have long wanted to write a song that would push us far as a band and as individuals and that’s how Hurricane came about. It happened completely naturally. We are very proud of it.

Regarding the stage presentation of the song in the national final, they state that:

We can’t say much. All we can say is that something very special and magical is going to happen that you are definitely not expecting. Something you don’t expect to see from a rock band. It will be a surprise!

Even though they like all the songs from UMK 2022, they like more the ones by Bess and Isaac Sene.

Their favourite Finnish entry is that of Lordi (2006), while from the competition in general they single out Loreen (Sweden 2012) and ABBA (Sweden 1974).

Just before the end of the interview, Cyan Kicks shared with us an acapella part of their participation.

Watch the full exclusive interview of Cyan Kicks in the video below:

Listen to “Hurricane”, Cyan Kicks‘ participation in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022!

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

Serbia: It is official, Hurricane are back for Eurovision 2021!

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Through Eurovision.tv, Serbian public broadcaster announced that Hurricane, the popular women’s band that would represent the country in this year’s canceled contest, will have another chance to impress Europe and Australia, as it will once again be the representatives of Serbia in Eurovision!

The news comes as no surprise, as of November 24th, both the band’s manager and local media have reported that Hurricane has been re-selected as Serbia’s representative in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

The song to be performed in Rotterdam will be selected through a special television night by the audience at a later time. Hurricane are the 21st artists of Eurovision 2020, who will participate in Eurovision 2021.

Let’s remember Hasta La Vista the song with which they would represent Serbia in this year’s competition:

Serbia: Hurricane confirmed for Eurovision 2021!

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The manager of Hurricane, as well as the editor-in-chief of the Serbian public television entertainment program Olivera Kovačević, confirmed what the domestic media had been reporting since the summer. The popular women’s band will represent Serbia at Eurovision 2021, having one more chance to be on the stage of the contest, after the cancellation of this year’s Eurovision.

It was not specified how the song with which Hurricane will compete in Eurovision 2021, although Olivera Kovačević left open the possibility of a national final for it.

Hurricane will represent Serbia next year if Eurovision takes place as announced. The song with which they will participate will be selected separately. They will not compete with this year’s song, but we will specifically choose the song with which they will be presented in the Eurovision 2021 song contest.

Hurricane would participate in Eurovision 2020 with the song Hasta La Vista:

Hurricane are the 21st representatives of this year’s contest that are officially confirmed for Eurovision 2021!

Source: Ogae Serbia

Serbia: Hurricane with experienced vocal team in Rotterdam

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Following their victory at Beovizija 2020, the Hurricane, from Serbia, became representatives of their country.

After their victory, they said that they would change everything on their Eurovision stage appearance and that they would be alone on stage.

Today, Serbian public television has revealed the names of three singers who will support Hurricane vocally, interpreting “Hasta la Vista”.

These are:

-Olga Popović: In 2012 she participated in the vocals of Željko Joksimović, while last year she also supported the Serbian representative, Nevena Ivanović.
-Mladen Lukić: In 2018,he represented Serbia as part of Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, while he was also on the Nevena Ivanović vocals.
-Leontina Vukomanović: She is a songwriter and vocal teacher. She was part of the Serbia-Montenegro team in 2005 as well as the Serbia team in 2015. Lastly, she has created Serbia’s Junior Eurovision entries in 2015 and 2016.

Source/Photo: RTS/Eurovision.Tv

Serbia: The detailed results of Beovizija 2020

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The grand finale of the Beovizija 2020, the 10th edition of this institution to choose the national entry for Eurovision song contest, was completed yesterday.

The Hurricane was given the anchor, with their song “Hasta La Vista” lifting the Serbian flag at this year’s Rotterdam contest.

Today, the nation’s largest public broadcaster, RTS, has released the detailed results of this year’s event.

The detailed results of the first semifinal:

DRAW ARTIST SONG TELEVOTE JURY TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 EJO “Trag” 1569 6 3 9 6
2 Milica Mišić “Kiša” 1325 4 5 9 7
3 Ivan Kurtić & Mistik Cello “Sabajle” 1147 2 1 3 10
4 Thea Devy “Sudnji dan” 1541 5 8 13 5
5 Karizma “Ona me zna” 963 0 0 0 12
6 Andrija Jo “Oči meduze” 5611 12 4 16 3
7 Sanja Bogosavljević “Ne puštam” 940 0 7 7 8
8 Marko Marković “Kolači” 3066 10 10 20 1
9 Srđan Lazić “Duša i telo” 1217 3 2 5 9
10 Neda Ukraden “Bomba” 1848 7 6 13 4
11 Bilja & Amvon duo “Raj” 999 1 0 1 11
12 Igor Simić “Ples za rastanak” 2939 8 12 20 2

 

The details results of the second semifinal:

DRAW ARTIST SONG TELEVOTE JURY TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 LIFT “Samo mi kaži” 3116 10 6 16 2
2 Bane Mojićević “Cvet sa Prokletija” 2359 7 3 10 6
3 Balkubano “Svadba velika” 949 1 0 1 11
4 Bojana Mašković “Kao muzika” 1932 4 2 6 8
5 Naiva “Baš, baš” 2255 6 8 14 4
6 Rocher Etno Band “Samo ti umeš to” 1154 3 0 3 10
7 Lazar Živanović “Puklo je nebo” 787 0 1 1 12
8 Ivana Jordan “Vila” 866 0 7 7 7
9 Nenad Ćeranić “Veruj u sebe” 1017 2 4 6 9
10 Hurricane “Hasta la vista” 7230 12 12 24 1
11 Ana Milenković “Tajna” 2545 8 5 13 5
12 Milan Bujaković & Olivera Popović “Niti” 2246 5 10 15 3

The detailed results of the final:

DRAW ARTIST SONG TELEVOTE JURY TOTAL PLACE
VOTES POINTS
1 Milan Bujaković & Olivera Popović “Niti” 2544 1 5 6 9
2 Hurricane “Hasta la vista” 19781 12 12 24 1
3 Neda Ukraden “Bomba” 2965 2 7 9 7
4 Andrija Jo “Oči meduze” 13582 10 1 11 4
5 Igor Simić “Ples za rastanak” 3923 4 10 14 3
6 Thea Devy “Sudnji dan” 2153 0 4 4 10
7 EJO “Trag” 2070 0 0 0 12
8 LIFT “Samo mi kaži” 3454 3 0 3 11
9 Ana Milenković “Tajna” 5710 8 3 11 5
10 Naiva “Baš, baš” 4825 7 8 15 2
11 Marko Marković “Kolači” 4506 5 6 11 6
12 Bane Mojićević “Cvet sa Prokletija” 4650 6 2 8 8

 

Serbia: With Hurricane and “Hasta La Vista” in Rotterdam

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The grand final of Beovizija 2020, the 10th edition of this institution to choose the country’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, was completed shortly before.

The show started at 21:00CET time and took place at RTS Studio 8 in Belgrade. Dragana Kosjerina, Jovan Radomir, Kristina Radenković and Stefan Popovi were presenters of the evening.

At tonight’s final we saw the 12 finalists compete for a Rotterdam ticket:

-Milan Bujaković feat Olivera Popović – “Niti”
-Hurricane – “Hasta la Vista”
-Neda Ukraine – “Bomb”
-Andrija Jo – “The Mediator”
-Igor Simic – “Ples za rastanak”
-Thea Devy – “Sudnji dan”
-EJO – “Trag”
-LIFT– “Samo mi kaži”
-Ana Milenković – “Tajna”
-Naiva – “Baš baš”
-Marko Marković – “Kolači”
-Bane Mojićević – “Cvet sa Prokletija”

The result

The result was judged by a 50/50 vote by the television audience and the five-member jury. Hurricane won the finale with  “Hasta La Vista” song.

Serbia will appear in the first half of the second semifinal on May 14th.