The second semi-final of the 2017 Melodifestivalen took place in Sweden with seven acts competing and two directly going to the final and two more having a second chance in the Andra Chansen.
The first of two semi-finals took place in Hungary for the 2017 A Dal national selection. Nine acts competed and four of them made it through to the final.
The nine acts that performed –
Chase
David Henderson
Gina Kanizsa
Joci Pápai
Gigi Radics
Viki Singh
Soulwave
Spoon 21
The Couple
The four acts and songs to progress to the final are –
The third question in our series with no right or wrong answers.
In 2009 when Eurovision was in Moscow, they used Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova, who was filmed in image of girls of all the participating countries. Who should Ukraine get for a similar promotion, getting a girl/model to wear beads etc to symbolize each participating country?
The third round of the 2017 A Dal national selection continued in Hungary where six acts qualified for the next round –
Gigi Radics – See It Through Zävodi + Olivér Berkes – #háttérzaj Tóth Gabi – Freddie Shuman – Lotfi Begi – Hosszú idök Joci Pápai – Origo The Couple – Vége van Soulwave – Kalandor
The long national final qualifying process continues in Lithuania where eight acts continued to the next round –
Gytis Ivanauskas – Get Frighten Ieva Zasimauskaitė – You Saved Me E.G.O. – My Story Paula – Let U Go Gražvydas – Paint The Sky Blue Gabrielius Vagelis – Feel Myself Free Fusedmarc – Rain Of Revolution Edgaras Lubys – Could It Be?
The current Eurovision champions , Ukraine, held the first of three semi-finals. Eight acts competed and two lucky qualifiers have made it to the final.
The eight acts –
1. SKAI – All My Love For You
2. Roman Veremeychik & Lumiere – Make It Real
3. Monochromea – Blue Bird
4. Laliko – Sugar Whisper
5. Salto Nazad – O, Mamo!
6. MamaRika – We Are One
7. Tayanna – I Love You
8. Arsen Mirzoyan – Geraldine
The judges included Jamala (2016 winner of ESC for Ukraine) and the 2007 competitor for Ukraine Verka Serduchka (Andriy Danylko).
The two acts to make it to the final were –
Salto Nazad
Tayanna
You can see the performances of the qualifiers below.