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.
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.
Five acts took to the stage in the sixth show in Lithuania. The acts performed two songs (one of which was a duet). After a combination of local jury, international jury and televoting three finalists were announced –
The songs and acts in the first round –
Mia – Feel My Love
Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila – This Time
Edgaras Lubys – Not Perfect
Jurgis Brūzga – The Right Way
The songs and acts in the second round –
Mia – Flying
Monika Linkytė – Dangerous
Vaidas Baumila – Take My Love
Edgaras Lubys – No More Tears
Jurgis Brūzga – Sound Of Colours
The three finalists are Mia, Monika Linkytė, Vaidas Baumila. The next phase will decide what song will be performed in the grand final by all three artists.
