Latvia have begun the search for their act for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 10 acts competed in the first round of the Supernova national selection. Four acts progressed to the next phase.
The 10 acts were –
Paula Dukure – Look In The Mirror
ElektroFolk – Miracle Drums
Rūta Dūduma – Being A Friend
Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis – We Are The Light
Sabīne Berezina – My Inspiration
Edvards Grieze – New Day
Marta Grigale – Choices
Catalepsia – Damnation
Samanta Tīna – We Live For Love
Justs – Heartbeat
Voting was a combination of jury and televoting. The four acts to qualify were –
Following the earlier report by my colleague, Fred Medeiros, about the first songs in the 2016 Melodifestivalen in Sweden I can confirm the following results.
Lithuania continued the long trail to Stockholm with the fifth show of their national selection – Eurovizija. 10 acts competed and eight more went through to the next round.
The 10 acts competing were –
Baiba Mayday
Berta Timinskaitė Stars In A Rainbow
Ieva Zasimauskaitė Life (Not That Beautiful)
Neringa ŠiaudikytėNever Knew Love
4 Roses Butterfly
Ruslanas Kirilkinas In My World
Aistė Pilvelytė You Bet
Saulenė Chlevickaitė Strong
Milda Martinkėnaitė If Tomorrow Never Comes
E.G.O. Long Way From Home
The voting was a combination of expert jury and televoting.
Hungary held the third and final quarter final of the 2016 A Dal national selection. 10 acts competed and six of them have made it through to the semi-finals.
The 10 acts were –
Nika – Emlékkép
B the First – You Told Me That You Loved Me
Ív – Love Kills Me
Bálint Gájer – Speed Bump
Parno Graszt – Már nem szédülök
Viki Singh – Katonák
Juli Horányi – Come Along
Petruska – Trouble In My Mind
Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth – Seven Seas
Szilvia Agárdi – It Is Love
Five acts went straight through via the expert jury and one more act qualified by televoting.
The results were decided by televoting and three acts went forward to the final. The three acts that did not make it have a chance still through the wildcard entry.
Ukraine are back for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Last night the first semi-final was held with nine acts performing and three progressing to the final.
Anastasia Prykhodko represented Russia at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with Mamo. The results were decided by a combination of expert jury and televoting. The jury were Konstantin Meladze (producer and composer), Ruslana (winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine) and Andrdei Danilko (also known as Verka Seduchka – 2007 ESC Ukraine).
The three acts that qualified for the final were –
Spain held their national selection, Objetivo Eurovisión, with six finalists taking part. A combination of televoting, international jury and studio artists jury (including Loreen ESC Sweden winner 2012) and Edurne (ESC Spain 2015).
The six acts and songs –
Maverick – Un mundo más feliz
Barei –Say Yay!
Xuso Jones – Victorious
Salvador Beltran – Días de alegría
Maria Isabel – La vida sólo es una
Electric Nana – Now
Maria Isabel was the winner of the 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Antes muerta que sencilla.
The winning act that will represent Spain in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will be Barei and her song Say Yay!
The BBC has announced that they will be holding a National Final on the 26th February 2016. Eurovision: You Decide, will be the first National Final show that the BBC have had in 6 years. The show will be hosted by television personality Mel Giedroyc, who Eurovision fans will remember as one of the British commentators from last year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
Eurovision: You Decide will feature 6 contestants vying to represent the UK at Eurovision. These 6 acts were chosen through 3 different methods. Firstly, the OGAE UK fan club shortlisted entries submitted from the public to the BBC. Secondly, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) ran a song-writing competition amongst its members. Finally former MD of record company RCA and founder of Innocent Records, Hugh Goldsmith acted as Music Consultant to the BBC overseeing communication with established record labels, publishers, managers, writers and producers encouraging high-level music industry involvement.
Eurovision: You Decide will be broadcast live on Friday the 26th February on BBC Four. Good luck UK!
