The Hungarian boy band Spoon made it to final four in 2015 A Dal Eurovision selection. Their song was entitled Keep Marching On.
The four member band took part in the 2014 X Faktor season in Hungary. We will now await more new music from this band.
You can see Spoon perform Keep Marching On below.
So, Boggie took the 2015 A Dal title in Budapest on Saturday night. Her song Wars For Nothing won the televote from the top four acts selected by the jury.
The eight acts and songs competing in the final were –
Boggie, Spoon, Ádám Szabó and Zoltán Mujahid impressed the jury the most and they went forward to take the votes totally from the televoting.
The interval act included the 2014 Hungarian Eurovision representative, András Kállay-Saunders, who performed a short medley of hits with the band including Running.
All four final acts were called to the stage where the result was announced. Boggie it was who took the honours with her gentle acoustic ballad Wars For Nothing. You can see Boggie’s performance at the A Dal final below.
Source: www.esccovers.com
Hungary held the final of the 2015 A Dal competition tonight.
Boggie won with Wars For Nothing.
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Onanta Spahiu was a popular contestant in the Festivali i Këngës competition in 2009 and 2010 in Albania. She has since gone on to release several successful songs and compete in the Top Fest show. She has released music videos including the 2012 dance hit, Touch Me.
Now Onanta releases her new song called Te dua (I love). The song was showcased on the Top Fest 12 competition. It is an upbeat pop/rock sound that showcases Onanta’s powerful vocals.
You can see Onanta perform Te dua below.
Source: www.esccovers.com
Elhaida Dani won the Festivali i Këngës in December 2014 and therefore earned the right to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Her song was entitled Diell and this was expected to be the song she would perform at Eurovision.
However, the author of the song has decided to withdraw Diell from the competition. Now Elhaida will sing a new song called I’m Alive composed by Zzap & Chris who are Kosovo-Albanian writers.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
Estonia held the final of the 2015 Eesti Laul yesterday. 10 acts competed –
After a combination of televoting and expert jury three acts were selected for the Superfinal. They were Elina Born & Stig Rästa, Daniel Levi and Elisa Kolk.
Then televoting decided that Elina Born & Stig Rästa would carry the Estonian flag to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with Goodbye To Yesterday. Stig himself was the composer of the song.
You can see the winning act and performance below.
Source: www.esccovers.com; ERR
The third semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen has taken place in Östersund. Two acts automatically qualified for the final and two more went to the Andra Chansen phase.
The seven acts competing were –
The two acts to make it the final are Isa and Jon Henrik Fjällgren. The two acts that get another chance are Kristin Amparo and Andreas Weise.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The second semi-final of the 2015 A Dal took place in Hungary this evening. Eights acts participated and four of them took their place in the grand final to be held on 28 February in Budapest.
The four acts to make it to the final are –
The voting was a combination of expert jury and televoting.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
In the third of three semi-finals in Finland three more acts qualified to the final of the UMK competition. Six acts competed for the place in the final –
Televoting decided that Angelo De Nile, Järjestyshäiriö and Solju will make it to the final to take place on 28 February.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
After several weeks of selection shows Lithuania have finally decided on the winning combination to send to Vienna. They have chosen a duet between Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila. Together they will sing the chosen song This Time.
The international and national jury and televoting decided tonight’s result. The three finalists performed songs that they chose themselves –
The writer of This Time, as well as many fans, liked the idea of Monika and Vaidas performing as a duet.
Then Mia and Monika & Vaidas (as a duet) performed This Time.
The interval act included the Swiss Eurovision representative, Mélanie René, performing her song Time To Shine.
So it will be Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila who will fly the Lithuanian flag in Austria with This Time.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; lrt.lt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MMSy7BgE7Y