As of today, Fred Medeiros joins us as an editor and he will concentrate on Melodifestivalen which starts this Saturday. He will report jointly for us and for ESC UNITED. During the semi finals he will report from home, but he and camera man Liam will be physically present at Andra chancen and the Stockholm final. We look forward to a lot of news. I have also more or less finished the library index for the SA covers of the Swedish selection songs and should have it 100% finished by Saturday.
Latvia kicked off their Eurovision 2015 season yesterday with the first round of the Supernova selection to decide their song for Vienna. 10 acts competed and four would qualify for the next round. An expert jury would decide on two songs to go forward and televoting another two.
The expert jury were Ieva Kerēvica, Kaspars Roga (from Brainstorm ESC 2000 Latvia), singer Don and Guntars Račs. The 10 acts competing were –
Katrina Cīrule – Bass
Lana Frančeska – Lions
Atis Ieviņš – Catfish
Milenin & Kamilla – Colours Of Love
Antra Stafecka – It’s The Night
Framest – Ziemā
Linda Ķaukule – Save Our Love
MNTHA – Nefelibata
Rihards Saule – Life Lines
ElektroFolk – Sundance
The acts selected by the jury were Antra Stafecka and Framest. Televoting sent MNTHA and ElectroFolk through.
Iceland kicked off their 2015 EurovisionSöngvakeppnin season with their first semi-final show. Six acts performed and three would progress to the final.
The acts and songs were –
Erna Hrönn – Myrkrið hljótt
Hinemoa – Þú leitar líka að mér
Elín Sif – Í kvöld
Friðrik Dór –Í síðasta skipti
Stefanía Svavars – Augnablik
Björn & Friends – Piltur og stúlka
The three acts to progress by televoting process were Friðrik Dór, Björn & Friends and Elín Sif.
