The three man pop/opera group Il Volo have won the 2015 Festival di Sanremo and will represent Italy at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is entitled Grand amore. It is not 100% certain yet if this will be the song they will perform in Vienna or if it will be another song.
The top three acts as decided by jury and televoting were –
Il Volo – Grande amore
Nek – Fatti avanti amore
Malika Ayane – Adesso e qui
You can hear and the official video for Grand amore below.
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 –
Timi Antal – Woke Up This Way
Karmapolis – The Time Is Now
Vera Tóth – Gyémánt
Zoltán Mujahid – Beside You
Spoon – Keep Marching On
Ádám Szabó – Give Me Your Love
Pankastic! – Kicsi a világ, de nagy világ
Boggie – Wars For Nothing
New Level Empire – Homelights
The expert jury voted for Zoltán Mujahid, Ádám Szabó and Boggie. The televoting decided that Spoon would join them in the final.
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 –
This Time
Right Way
Dangerous
The finalists –
Mia
Monika Linkytė
Vaidas Baumila
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.
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 –
Cadem – Fly
Sunday– Feathers
Björn & Friends – Piltur og stúlka
María Ólafsdóttir – Unbroken
Elín Sif – Dance Slow
Friðrik Dór – Once Again
Haukur Heiðar Hauksson – Milljón Augnablik
The expert jury and televoting decided that two songs would make it to the superfinal. They were –
Friðrik Dór – Once Again
María Ólafsdóttir – Unbroken
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).
Erika Selin will perform her song Break Me Up in the 2015 Ireland Eurosong final to be held on 27 February. Erika is from Sweden and her upbeat song is composed by Gustav Eurén, Niclas Arn and Danne Attlerud.
Two of the composers, Niclas and Gustav, wrote Kom for Timoteij in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 2010. Infact, Erika made the original demo version of that song.
Erika has appeared in top talent shows in Sweden – Idols and Talang. She is looking forward to taking part in the Irish final and would be proud to represent Ireland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
You can see the video for Break Me Up below and the song is also available on iTunes and other digital platforms.
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.
Australia will participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. This is a ‘one off’ event as part of the the 60th anniversary celebrations of the contest. It also fits in to the Eurovision theme this year of Building Bridges.
The broadcaster will be SBS and Australia will go straight to the final on 23 May in Vienna and will also be eligible to vote in both of the semi-finals. For many years now there has much much excitement and support from Australia for Eurovision. It will be a great occasion for them to join Europe in this massive event.
It has yet to be decided how Australia will select their song. SBS will provide more information soon.
In 2014 Australia played a significant part in one of the Eurovision semi-final interval act with an Oz theme. Jessica Mauboy performed Sea Of Flags to an excited audience.
Australia’s participation brings the amount of countries taking part to 40 in 2015.
Neringa Šiaudikytė was a recent participant in the 2015 Lithuanian Eurovision selection. Despite leaving the show she is already involved in some exciting new projects.
Last weekend saw the premier of the Back To 90s show at the Macao club in Kaunas in Lithuania. Neringa performed with a group that also included Skaistė Steikūnaitė, Oksana Pikul and Vita Jakutienė. The girls performed retro songs to produce a happy and good feel for all taking part and watching the show. Neringa performed two solo songs. They were Alone and Ain’t Gonna Lie. There was a lot of media attention for this unique concert.
Besides the Back to 90s concert, Neringa is also performing solo concerts with her band. So things are looking great for Neringa and we also await more song releases from her in the near future.
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 Stones – Free Your Mind
Signe – Sweet Girl
Mārtiņš Ruskis & Ginta Krievkalna – Debesis
Ornella – Angel
Rihards Bērziņš – Your Eyes
Euphony – Home
Riga Metro – High Heels
Katrīna Bindere – Run To You
Markus Riva – Take Me Down
Aminata – Love Injected
The four acts to qualify were Rihards Bērziņš and Euphony via the jury and Markus Riva and Aminita by televoting.
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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.
