Ida Andia is looking at the big 5 and their chances at the 2019 Eurovision song contest. Her attention today is on France.
Bilal has an interesting voice and he sends a strong message through his song – Roi (King). I like the mix between English (for understanding better the message) and French. I think he will be on the left side in the Grand Final.
Ida Andia of Romania is looking at the big 5 and their chances in the Grand final of the Eurovision 2019 song contest.
Maybe Michael Rice has a voice BIGGER THAN ours but the song is not great. The chorus of Bigger than us is strong, but I think that the country will be on the right side in the Grand Final. It is not my cup of tea.
Having finished looking at the 35 songs in semi final 1 and 2 and predicting which 10 songs from each semi final will make it to the Grand Final, Ida Andia from Romania now shifted her attention to the big 5 and the host country who are directly in the final and look at their chances to do well.
The first country that I choose from the countries who are pre-qualified in the Grand Final is Israel, the host country.
Kobi has such a strong voice and his song matches perfect with it. I love the title – HOME – Kobi Marimi will perform this song on HOME soil. I love the lyrics too. I think that the country who won last year, will be this year on the left hand side.
Ida Andia from Romania has almost finished her discussion of the 18 songs in the 2019 Eurovision song contest from semi final 2. Today she looks at Albania.
I really appreciate Albania when, like most years, sends a song in their own language, Albanian. Jonida Maliqi has a very strong voice and is a popular artist in her country. She sings Ktheju tokes. I love the song, the instrumental, but unfortunately I do not see her qualifying. The lyrics transmit an important message – the return of those who have gone to other countries. The song is more touching because it is in Albanian, so the population of Albania, no matter where they are currently living, will surely understand the message.
The draw for the two semi-finals of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest was made today – Check it out –
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
John Lundvik took the honours for Sweden with his song Too Late For Love in an excellent production by SVT of the 2019 Melodifestivalen. Entertainment of the highest standard!!
12 songs competed in the final –
There was great entertainment between the songs with Benjamin Ingrosso performing with Felix Sandman to open the show and a great surprise that Charlotte Perreli performed her 1999 winning Eurovision song Take Me To Your Heaven and then Dana International sang Diva, the 1998 winning song for Israel. Together they sang a new composition Diva To Diva.
John Lundvik took the top marks from the International Jury and also the Public vote.
One interesting fact about John Lundvik is that he is one of the composers of the United Kingdom Eurovision song this year, Bigger Than Us, by Michael Rice.
You can see John Lundvik’s winning song for Sweden below and also the hot duet and including their winning ESC songs by Dana and Charlotte.
Source: ESC Covers
Serbia held the first of two semi-finals yesterday of the 2019 Beovizija national selection. Six acts qualified for the final.
Source: eurovoix; ESC Covers
The first semi-final of the 2019 Eesti Laul took place in Estonia with six acts making it through to the final.
The six acts are –
Source: ESC Covers; eurovoix
The draw for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals was today made in Tel Aviv.
First Semi-Final (To be broadcast on 14 May)
First half
Slovenia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Montenegro
Cyprus
Serbia
Finland
Poland
Hungary
Second half
Estonia
Portugal
San Marino
Iceland
Georgia
Australia
Belgium
Ukraine
Greece
Second Semi-Final (To be broadcast on 16 May)
First half
Switzerland
Sweden
Ireland
Austria
Moldova
Latvia
Romania
Denmark
Armenia
Second half
Albania
Azerbaijan
F.Y.R Macedonia
Norway
Russia
Netherlands
Croatia
Lithuania
Malta
Israel, France and Spain will vote in semi-final 1 and United Kingdom, Germany and Italy will vote in semi-final 2.
Source: Eurovision.tv
The 10 finalists for the 2019 Georgian Idol competition have been revealed. The winning act will have the honour of representing Georgia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May.
Amongst the 10 acts is the popular and talented Mariam Kakhelishvili. She represented Georgia at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Mari Dari and she became a cult favourite and was known as “Baby Gaga”.
The 10 acts taking part are –
ESC Covers wishes all contestants the best of luck.
In the meantime let us remind you of Mariam Kakhelishvili and her song from the 2010 Junior Eurovision below and also see a more recent video clip of her singing Golden Slumbers.
Source: GPB; ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FogmrHZkAUM