The fourth heat of the 2017 Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka took place in Lithuania and four more acts progressed to the next phase.
The lucky six acts and songs were –
You can see the six songs below.
Source: ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1mHHSGFv9U
The theme and the logo for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine was revealed today. Celebrate Diversity is the message for the contest this year and a unique logo has been designed based on Ukrainian bead necklaces called Namysto.
The Eurovision Executive Supervisor, Jan Ola Sand, explained “The notion of celebrating Diversity builds on last year’s theme of ‘Come Together’ and is at the heart of Eurovision values: it is all inclusive and all about countries around Europe, and beyond, joining together to celebrate both our common ground and our unique differences, as well as some great music.”
Here are photo gallery highlights of the 2017 Belarus Eurovision national selection.
Thank you to Eliana Goncharova – ESC Covers
39 acts auditioned in Moldova and 14 have been selected to advance to the semi-final stage.
The 14 acts are –
Chirtoacă Aurel – Dor de mamă
Boris Covali – Călător
THE ONE – Dance
SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma
Russu Emilia – If Only You
Big Flash Sound – Logic
Sandy C – A Beautiful World
Vozniuc feat. Vio Grecu – Don’t Lie
Diana Brescan – Breath
Marks & Stefanet – Join Us In The Rain
Ethno Republic & Surorile Osoianu – Discover Moldova
Valeria Paşa – Freedom
Cobîlea Constantin – Mama
Irina Kit – Baby, Don’t Cry
The song Join Us In The Rain by Marks & Stefanet is composed by legendary Eurovision composer, Ralph Siegel.
Source: ESC United; ESC Covers
Six more acts have progressed to the next phase of the 2017 Eurovizijos atranka in Lithuania. 13 acts competed and the six to qualify were –
Greta Zazza – Like I Love You
Gytis Ivanauskas – Get Frighten
Fusedmarc – Rain Of Revolution
Vidas Bareikis & Ieva Zasimauskaitė – I Love My Phone
Gražvydas – Paint The Sky Blue
Milda Martinkėnaitė & Saulenė Chlevickaitė – Paperheart
You can see the six acts below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtyjkZPe-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19qpPoko6bM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyB472n7Bo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyL5R7AFlJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBj9P_O5E4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BhPiUIriRE
24 names have been announced for the Ukrainian national selection where the draw will be made for the semi-finals on 20 January. Most of the names are relatively unknown to Eurovision fans yet –
Source: wiwibloggs; ESC Covers
The 2017 A Dal national selection for the Eurovision has kicked off in Hungary with six acts qualifying for the next round –
The six acts and songs are –
Leander Kills – Élet
Roma Soul – Nyitva a ház
Viki Singh – Rain
Spoon 21 – Deák
Dávid Henderson – White Shadows
Benji – Karcok
You can see the two acts with the most points from the first show below.
Source: wiwibloggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu80PStXFA0
After a special online broadcast LeKlein was declared the winner of the public vote and therefore will take her place in the grand final of 2017 Objetivo Eurovisión with five other selected acts by TVE. The final will takes place in February to see who will eventually represent Spain at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
The six finalists are –
Source: www.eurovision.tv
Photos: copyright@eurovision.tv; TVE
Lithuania will begin it’s marathon search for their 2017 Eurovision act on 7 January when over a period of four weeks 51 acts will perform and hope to represent their country in Kiev in May. Two previous Lithuanian Eurovision contestants are taking part – Vilija Mataciunaite (2014) and Sasha Song (2009).
Here are the 51 contestants.
Source: wiwibloggs; ESC Covers
The lucky 16 finalists have been announced for the 2017 Malta Eurovision Song Contest final. A shortlist of 60 songs has been whittled down. Some familiar faces take to the stage once again hoping to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine in May of 2017. They include previous finalists Brooke Borg, Claudia Faniello, Deborah C (this time as part of a duet), Kevin Borg, Klinsmann Coleiro, Maxine Pace, Raquela Dalli Gonzi, Franklin Calleja and Richard Edwards.
Here are the 16 finalists –
Brooke Borg – Unstoppable
Cherton Caruana – Fighting To Survive
Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly
Crosswalk – So Simple
Deborah C & Josef Tabone – Tonight
Franklin Calleja – Follow Me
Jade Vella – Seconds Away
Janice Mangion – Kewkba
Kevin Borg – Follow
Klinsmann Coleiro – Laserlight
Maxine Pace – Bombshell
Miriana Conte – Don’t Look Down
Raquela Dalli Gonzi – Ray Of Light
Rhiannon Micallef – Fearless
Richard Edwards – You
Shauna Vassallo – Crazy Games
The date of the national selection is 18 February 2017.
Source: wiwibloggs