Earlier this evening Serbian broadcaster RTS held their national final Odbrojavanje za beč to choose their entry for Vienna.
A combination of jury and Public vote choose Bojana Stamenov as their winner singing the song Ceo svet je moj which was written by the composer of their 2007 entry Molitva, Vladimir Graić.
We welcome Serbia back to the Eurovision Song Contest after missing the 2014 contest in Copenhagen. What do you think of their energy?
The second semi-final of the Finnish Eurovision selection, UMK, took place yesterday. Six acts competed and three made it to final.
The six acts and songs were –
Televoting decided what three acts would make it to the final. They were Shava, Opera Skaala and Jouni Aslak.
The third and last semi-final will take place on 21 February with the final one week later on 28 February.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The second semi-final of the 2015 Eesti Laul took place in Tallinn last night. 10 acts competed and five progressed to the grand final.
The five acts to make it to the final are –
The voting was a combination of jury and televoting.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The second semi-final of the 2015 Melodifestivalen took place in Malmö last night. Two more acts qualified for the final and two acts have a second hope through the Andra Chansen show.
Sanna Nielsen, who represented Sweden at the Eurovision in Copenhagen in 2014 with Undo, and Robin Paulsson, a comedian, were the presenters.
The seven acts and songs were –
The two acts to qualify directly to final via televoting were Mariette and Magnus Carlsson. Also, Linus Svenning and Samir & Viktor go to the Andra Chansen phase.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
After three quarter finals of the A Dal in Hungary the first semi-final took place. Nine acts competed and four progressed to the final to take place on 28 February.
The nine acts and songs were –
The expert jury voted for Zoltán Mujahid, Ádám Szabó and Boggie. The televoting decided that Spoon would join them in the final.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The waiting is almost over. Tonight in the first of two ‘finals’ the actual song to go to Vienna for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest would be decided.
The three finalists each performed the final three songs –
The finalists –
After a combination of local jury, international jury and televoting the winning song is This Time composed by Vytautas Bikus and Monika Liubinaitė.
The final to decide which act will represent Lithuania in Vienna is on 21 February.
Source: www.esccovers.com, LRT.LT
María Ólafsdóttir was victorious in the Söngvakeppnin grand final and will represent Iceland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Unbroken. Tonight María performed the song that in the semi-final was sung in the Icelandic language Lítil Skref.
Seven songs battled it out this evening. The acts and songs were –
The expert jury and televoting decided that two songs would make it to the superfinal. They were –
After televoting only María Ólafsdóttir was declared the winner with Unbroken. The song was composed by the band StopWaitGo (who also wrote the runner up song).
You can see María perform Unbroken below.
Finland began their process of selecting their Eurovision act and singer for Vienna last weekend. Six acts competed in the UMK and three made it through to the final.
The three to make it the final were –
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The second round of the 2015 Supernova competition has taken place in Latvia. 10 more acts participated and a combination of televoting and expert jury decided what four songs would make it to the next phase.
The 10 songs and acts were –
The four acts to qualify were Rihards Bērziņš and Euphony via the jury and Markus Riva and Aminita by televoting.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
As only one song has won the Melodifestivalen crown coming from the first semi-final since the 2002 format change, Loreen’s Europhia, these songs will need to work very hard to get that Eurovision ticket this year. These are my thoughts and the results of last night’s show.
Molly Pettersson Hammar – “I’ll Be Fine” – Eliminated (6th Place)
Molly’s song starts out promising with a diva in red and a wind machine but her screeching through parts of the song made parts of her performance painful. A bit of practice could make this song much better. I imagine it would translate well into Afrikaans.
Daniel Gildenlöw – “Pappa” (Dad) – Eliminated (7th Place)
A sad song about his father but it feels a bit devoid of any emotion and like a bloke wander in from the street and found himself in the middle of the Swedish selection process.
Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd – “One By One” – Eliminated (5th Place)
A very typical Eurovision entry with the combination of different music styles, ballad and classical. The main issue with this entry is that the singers’ voices don’t complement each other. The girl is flat in several places.
Dolly Style – “Hello Hi” – Advances to second chance
A very saccharin sweet child-like number with three wannabe children presenters that is annoyingly catchy. You can’t get it out of your head sort of songs.
Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone – “Det rår vi inte för” (We don’t control it) – Advances to second chance
A boy band style singer with a Swedish rapper doesn’t sound like a good idea but it works. The song needs a stronger chorus to make it stand out more though.
Jessica Andersson – “Can’t Hurt Me Now” – Advances direct to the final
A gorgeous golden gown with a wind machine sets the stage for this lovely ballad. It’s a lovely song but I feel Jessica needs to sell it with more emotion. A previous Eurovision participant with the duo “Fame” in 2003 placing 5th, this is Jessica Andersson’s 4th solo attempt and her first directly qualifying song. Easily translates into Afrikaans.
Eric Saade – “Sting” – Advances direct to the final
A very lavish production number by the white cladded dance machine known as Eric Saade was clearly the favourite of the evening before a single note was sung. Also a previous Eurovision participant who came 3rd in 2011 with “Popular”, did his fans justice by delivering a very up-to-date number.
What do you think of the results?