Estonia has begun the search for their 2016 Eurovision act with the first semi-final of the Eesti Laul competition. 10 acts competed and five of them qualified for the final by a combination of jury and televoting.
Ukraine held the second semi-final of their 2016 Eurovision national selection campaign. Eight acts competed and three of them made it to the final. The acts and songs –
Arkadij Vojtjuk – Vse V Tobi
ALLOISE – Crown
Japanda – Anime
NeAngely (Nuangels) –Higher
Pur:Pur – We Do Change
Peaks of Kings – Last Hope
Victoria Petryk – Overload
Pringlez – Easy To Love
SunSay – Love Manifest
The three acts to go to the final by a combination of “expert” jury and televoting were –
Italy has announced their representative for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Francesca Michielin was the runner up in the 2016 Sanremo Song Festival with her song Nessun grado di separazione and was announced as the Italian entrant for this year’s Eurovision when the winners of Sanremo 2016, the band Stadio, declined the chance to represent Italy.
Francesca is a 20-year old Italian Singer/songwriter who found fame after winning the Italian X-Factor in 2012. It is not yet been announced whether or not Francesca will entry Eurovision with her Sanremo entry or whether they will choose a new song.
The marathon continues in Lithuania were the sixth episode of the 2016 Eurovizija was held. Eight acts competed and three of them left the competition.
The eight acts performing were –
Valdas Lacko Stay Tonight
Catrinah Be Free
Ištvan Kvik & Ellada Please Don’t Cry
Donny Montell I’ve Been Waiting For This Night
Eglė Jakštytė Let Me Show You
Erica Jennings Leading Me Home
Petunija Tomorrow
Rūta Ščiogolevaitė United
Five acts qualified by a combination of expert jury and televoting. The acts that did it were –
Six more acts competed in the second semi-final of the UMK national selection in Finland. Three acts progressed to the final thanks to online and televoting.
Lighthouse X have won the right to represent Denmark at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm in May. They beat off the challenge of nine other contenders to win the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with their song Soldiers Of Love.
The 10 acts and songs –
Anja Nissen – Never Alone
Bracelet – Breakaway
David Jay – Rays Of Sunlight
Jessica – Break It Good
Kristel Lisberg – Who Needs A Heart
Lighthouse X – Soldiers Of Love
Muri & Mario – To stjerner
Simone – Heart Shaped Hole
Sophia Nohr – Blue Horizon
Veronicas Illusion – The Wrong Kind
Peter Kirby was in Horsens, Denmark on behalf of esccovers.com and we will see his thoughts and photos later in the week.
You can see the winning song by Lighthouse X below.
