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The first semi-final of the 2015 Eesti Laul has taken place in Estonia. 10 acts performed and five have qualified for the final.
The acts and songs were –
Karl-Erik Taukar – Päev Korraga
Miina – Kohvitassi Lugu
The Blurry Lane – Exceptional
Liis Lemsalu & Egert Milder – Hold On
Airi Vipulkumar Kansar – Saatuse Laul
Maia Vahtramäe – Üle Vesihalli Taeva
Robin Juhkental & The Big Bangers – Troubles
Elephants From Neptune – Unriddle Me
Elisa Kolk – Superlove
Bluestocking – Kordumatu
The voting was a combination of jury and televoting. The five acts to progress to the final are – Elisa Kolk, Elephants From Neptune, Robin Juhkental & The Big Bangers, Maia Vahtramäe, The Blurry Lane.
The third quarter final has taken place in Hungary of the A Dal competition. 10 acts performed and six more acts qualified for the semi-finals. Five of the acts were chosen by the jury and the sixth act by the televoting.
The 10 acts and songs were –
Barbie – Listen To The Universe
Zoltán Mujahid – Beside You
Proof Of Life – Hol a határ
Boggie – Wars For Nothing
Fool Moon – Back To Right
Ildikó Keresztes – Hazám hazád lehet
Bálint Gájer –That’s How It Goes
Other Planet – Untold Story
Kati Wolf – Ne engedj el
Spoon –Keep Marching On
The five acts chosen by the jury were – Zoltán Mujahid, Boggie, Bálint Gájer, Other Planet and Kati Wolf. The act chosen by the public via televoting was Spoon.
Kati Wolf represented Hungary at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with What About My Dreams.
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.
