Spain have decided to go for a national selection to decide their act for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Stockholm, Sweden. Six acts have been announced and one of them is the winner of the 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, María Isabel. Her winning song was called Antes Muerta Que Sencilla.
The six finalists are –
Xuso Jones
Electric Nana
Salvador Beltrán
Barei
Maverick
María Isabel
More news of the televised national final will be announced soon by TVE.
Eneda Tarifa has been chosen to represent Albania at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. She won the 54th Festivali i Këngës in Tirana with her song Përrallë (Fairytale). The song was composed by Olsa Toqi.
There were two semi-finals and 22 songs participated in the final. The voting was by an expert jury that included the 2008 Albanian Eurovision representative, Olta Boka.
The 22 acts and songs competing were –
Sigi Bastri – Engjëll i lirë
Rezarta Smaja & Klodian Kaçani – Dashuri në përjetësi
Dilan Reka – Buzëqesh
Adrian Lulgjuraj – Jeto dhe ëndërro
Erga Halilaj – Monolog
Evans Rama – Flakë
Jozefina Simoni – Një det me ty
Egert Pano – Mos ik
Genc Tukiçi – Sa të dashuroj
Kozma Dushi – Një kafe
Luiz Ejlli – Pa mbarim
Teuta Kurti – Në sytë e mi
Besa Krasniqi – Liroje zemrën
Nilsa Hysi – Asaj
Kristi Popa – Ajo çfarë ndjej
Flaka Krelani – S’je për mu
Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit
Lindi Islami – Për një mrekulli
Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap
Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë
Renis Gjoka – Ato që s’ti them dot
Aslajdon Zaimaj – Merrmë që sot
You can see Eneda performing her winning song below.
Hungary has confirmed the 30 acts participating in the 2016 edition of the national selection for Eurovision – A Dal.
André Vásáry – Why
Anna Patai – Colors
B The First – You Told Me You Loved Me
Bálint Gájer – Speed Bump
Benji – Köteltánc
ByTheWay – Free To Fly
C.E.T. – Free
Egy Másik Zenekar – Kéne közös kép
Fatima Mohamed – Ott leszek
Freddi – Pioneer
Gergő Oláh – Győz a jó
Group’n’Swing – Szeretni fáj
Ív – Love Kills Me
Jázmin Török – Power Of Love
Júlia Horányi – Come Along
Kállay Saunders Band – Who We Are
Karmapolis & Böbe Szécsi – Hold On To
Laci Gáspár – Love And Bass
Maszkura és a Tücsökraj – Kinek sírjam
Misztrál – Reggeli Reggae
Mushu – Uncle Tom
Nika – Beautiful Love
Odett – Stardust
Olivér Berkes – Seven Seas
Parno Graszt – Már nem szédülök
Passed – Driftin’
Petra Veres-Kovács – Singing Peace
Petruska – Trouble In My Mind
Reni Tolvai – Fire
Szilvia Agárdi – It Is Love
The final will be on 27 February with three quarter finals and two semi-finals preceding. Some previous national final acts are taking part again including the group Passed and the 2014 Hungarian representative Kállay Saunders.
Switzerland have revealed the six acts that will participate in the national final on 13 February to see who will represent them at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The individual broadcasters were involved in special round of auditions organised by SRF & RTR (Swiss German and Rumantsch); RTS (Swiss French) and RSI (Swiss Italian).
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This week has seen a lot of activity in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU have confirmed there will be 43 nations competing in the 2016 event in Stockholm. We see the return of Australia, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Ukraine.
Germany confirmed the withdrawal of their offer to Xavier Naidoo to represent them in Sweden.
FYR Macedonia confirm that Kaliopi will once again represent them at Eurovision.
Bosnia-Herzegovina will be represented by Dalal Midhat Talakić, Fuad Backović-Deen and Ana Rucner. Deen represented his country in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Turkey.
In 2016 it is the turn of the Flemish broadcaster, VRT, to select the song for Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. There will be a national selection and the five competing acts have been announced.
The five artists are –
Laura Tesoro
Adil Aarab
Astrid Destuyver
Amaryllis Uitterlinden
Tim Frantzis
More news about the songs and selection will be revealed soon.
