The second show of the Lithuanian national selection has taken place. Eight more acts competed and three were eliminated. The eight acts and songs were –
The three acts to be eliminated by a national and international jury were –
Source: www.eurovision.tv
10 acts have been announced to take part in the German selection, Unser Lied für Stockholm, to find their representative for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden.
The 10 acts and song titles are –
Eurovision veterans Ralph Siegel and John O’Flynn have composed the song for Laura Pinski.
The final will be held on 25 February.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
Austria have announced nine acts that will participate in the national final which will be held on 12 February. The nine confirmed acts are –
ZOË was a popular finalist in the 2015 Wer singt für Österreich? with Quel Filou and had success with her album entitled Debut.
One more act will make it 10 in the final via a wildcard vote to be held on Facebook on 14 January. Anyone can vote on this so check the official ORF Facebook page on that date for details of how to vote https://www.facebook.com/ESCOesterreich/
The wildcard acts in contention are –
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
Lithuania have started the road to Stockholm with the first of their Eurovision national selection shows. Eight acts performed and three were eliminated in the first week.
The acts and songs in the first show –
An expert national and international jury voted in the first phase. The acts that were eliminated were –
The first show was won by Donny Montell, the Lithuanian Eurovision representative in 2012 in Baku where he sang Love Is Blind.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
The 10 acts who will participate in the 2016 EMA national selection in Slovenia have been announced. They include two former Eurovision participants for Slovenia. Regina, who sang Dan najlepših sanj in 1996, returns as well as Nuša Derenda, who gave us Energy in 2001.
Also, in the selection is ManuElla, who progressed far in the Misija Evrovizija competition, to find the competitor for Slovenia for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The eventual winner was Eva Bota.
The 10 acts competing in the 2016 EMA are –
The EMA final will be held on 27 February.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
Spain have decided to go for a national selection to decide their act for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Stockholm, Sweden. Six acts have been announced and one of them is the winner of the 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, María Isabel. Her winning song was called Antes Muerta Que Sencilla.
The six finalists are –
More news of the televised national final will be announced soon by TVE.
Source: TVE; www.eurovision.tv
Eneda Tarifa has been chosen to represent Albania at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. She won the 54th Festivali i Këngës in Tirana with her song Përrallë (Fairytale). The song was composed by Olsa Toqi.
There were two semi-finals and 22 songs participated in the final. The voting was by an expert jury that included the 2008 Albanian Eurovision representative, Olta Boka.
The 22 acts and songs competing were –
You can see Eneda performing her winning song below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnBXUIqZjXQ
Hungary has confirmed the 30 acts participating in the 2016 edition of the national selection for Eurovision – A Dal.
The final will be on 27 February with three quarter finals and two semi-finals preceding. Some previous national final acts are taking part again including the group Passed and the 2014 Hungarian representative Kállay Saunders.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
Switzerland have revealed the six acts that will participate in the national final on 13 February to see who will represent them at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The individual broadcasters were involved in special round of auditions organised by SRF & RTR (Swiss German and Rumantsch); RTS (Swiss French) and RSI (Swiss Italian).
The six finalists are:
Source: www.eurovision.tv; www.esccovers.com
This week has seen a lot of activity in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU have confirmed there will be 43 nations competing in the 2016 event in Stockholm. We see the return of Australia, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Ukraine.
Source: www.eurovision.tv