Last year Romania was not part of Eurovision 2016 even although a song was chosen – they had not paid their debt to the EBU and so was prevented from taking part in 2016. Now they are back and have their national selection tonight. We hope for a great song.
In 1998 Koit Toome sang for Estonia at the Eurovision song contest with “Mere lapsed” or the English version “Children of the sea”.
In 2017 he will again represent Estonia at the Eurovision song contest with, this time in duet with Laura and the song is called “Verona”.
He has surely grown up a lot.
FO&O
Lisa Ajax
Boris René
Anton Hagman
are the 4 artists that qualified to the final of SVT Melodifestivalen last night and will go to the final.
Loreen missed out and some had expected it, while it came as a shock to others.
The running order in the final will be
01. Ace Wilder
02. Boris René
03. Lisa Ajax
04. Robin Bengtsson
05. Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia
06. Anton Hagman
07. Mariette
08. FO&O
09. Nano
10. Wiktoria
11. Benjamin Ingrosso
12. Owe Thörnqvist
Artist and Song Announcement by Tallinn Eurettefriend (Designed by Carolina Añazgo Leo):
“Hello, my sweeties! I’m Tallinn Eurettefriend and as you can see, I’m Eurovision Land’s expert in baking sweets… along with my love for sweets and sharing them with others. I’m always living with my own philosophy called “a little sweetness can solve the sourness of the situation!” and that’s truth for me, since I have a sweet vision for things around me and maybe, I can return to the Eurovision Final in Kyiv and reach top of the scoreboard and even a sweet victory!
And tonight is Eesti Laul. Is the most sweetest National final you’ll ever seen with your own eyes, and heard with your ears (In my opinion). So, I’m doing my best to add some sweetness to everyfriend around town. And while and my friends are enjoying the show, I made pies, cookies, cupcakes and lollipops to enjoy the show! Oh my Song Contest! Maybe the winner will have a sweet tune and I love that music with 12 point sprinkles on top!”- By Tallinn Eurettefriend
Eesti Laul 18:30 CET
Official Link: http://otse.err.ee/k/etv
Estonia page at ESCKAZ: http://www.esckaz.com/2017/est.htm
Artist thoughts (And Song Announcement) by Amsterdam Eurettefriend (Designed by Carolina Añazgo Leo):
“I’m Amsterdam Eurettefriend and I’m sharing my opinions of how my country chose O’G3NE as Eurostars. I love to talk about it all day… that I can even tell their lives connected to the Eurovision Events:
Where do I start? Oh, I can remember! Lisa, Amy and Shelley were my Eurostars in Junior Eurovision 10 years ago, they grew so fast! So fast as my love of doing videos for my videoblog and I’m always figure it out what topic should I make next (Like how Eurofriend fans should be called, or how some countries win by surprise).
Now that they’re returning to a Eurovision event, I’m making sure that my country can reach top 10 or be in the Esc final and do well! And speaking of the Song contest, many friends are choosing their Eurostars and speaking of how they feel about it! Right now, I’m feeling happy. And I can’t wait for my girls to sing again on stage and they’re ready to share the song with all of us via livestreaming. Do you agree with my country’s stars and song?”- By Amsterdam Eurettefriend
Official Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovaafBTQo0
The Netherlands page at ESCKAZ: http://www.esckaz.com/2017/net.htm
Here is MY FRIEND by JACQUES HOUDEK, the 2017 Eurovision entry for Croatia
‘Lights and Shadows’ is the name of the song which O’G3NE trio will represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. It is power ballad – a style that girls are most famous for. The song has been written by Rick Vol – father of sisters, and Rory de Kievit – boyfriend of Shelley.
It seems Rory is part of a band himself.
The song will be presented tomorrow at 11:30 CET in online-stream on Youtube and Facebook. Presentation will be hosted by Jan Smit and Cornald Maas. First live performance will take place at 22:30 CET in Late Night program on RTL.
Watch Aron Hannes back stage during semi final 1 in Iceland
https://www.facebook.com/aronhannes/videos/668577916646823/