After a long selection process next week will see the final of the 2017 Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka national selection in Lithuania.
The semi-final took place last night and six acts are now through to the grand final –
Paula – Let U Go
Aistė Pilvelytė – I’m Like A Wolf
Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė – Love Shadow
Fusedmarc – Rain Of Revolution
Gabrielius Vagelis – Feel Myself Free
Greta Zazza – Like I Love You
Source: ESC Covers
The second semi-final of the 2017 Festival da Canção took place in Portugal and four more acts made it to the final –
Celina Da Piedade – Primavera
Jorge Benvinda – Gente Bestial
Pedro Gonçalves – Don’t Walk Away
Lena d’Agua – Nunca Me Fui Embora
You can listen to the four qualifiers below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
Thank you to Andy and ESCKaz for this very comprehensive article over the three hosts.
The hosts for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest have been announced today as Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk, and Timur Miroshnychenko. The appointment marks the first time in the history of the contest that the event will be hosted by three men; all of whom are familiar faces on Ukrainian television and come with a wealth of experience.
Video introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aMjgvwuU_Y
Oleksandr and Volodymyr will take the role of stage hosts and will welcome the international audience during each of the three shows in May. They will also introduce upcoming acts, guide viewers through the show, and take on the important role of revealing the results. Timur will oversee proceedings from the Green Room, where the artists sit after their performances and await the exciting results of the competition. From there he will capture the emotion and tension of the event for the viewers at home.
Oleksandr Skichko has become a household name in Ukraine through his hosting of popular TV shows such as Wake Up, Star Way and Sing Like A Star. He began his career in entertainment aged 15, and also went on to appear as a semi-finalist on Ukraine’s Got Talent where he won the hearts of millions of Ukrainians with his parody act.
Volodymyr Ostapchuk has enjoyed extensive experience of live shows through his involvement in the entertainment programme Morning with Ukraine, as well as presenting Shopping Goddess and Style Icon. He has had roles as a professional voice artist, including voicing the character of Hans in the Ukrainian version of Disney’s animation Frozen.
Timur Miroshnychenko is a life long fan of the Eurovision Song Contest and has hosted numerous Ukrainian national selections, and both editions of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that have taken place in Kyiv (2009, 2013). He has also provided Ukrainian commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest, Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Dance Contest, and Eurovision Young Musicians. More recently Timur hosted the Semi-Final Allocation Draw which took place in January in Kyiv. In total he has worked on 30 Eurovision projects in his twelve years of working in television. Outside of Eurovision, Timur has presented the live youth talk show Studio 5, as well as the educational programme How Is It Made?
Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, said; “We are thrilled at the prospect of having three hosts for this year’s contest. This will be the first time that Eurovision has had three male hosts in its sixty-two year history, and Olexandr, Volodymyr, and Timur have a proven track record of combining humour, improvisation, and professionalism in their routines. I’m confident that they will provide much entertainment for viewers in May”.
Stuart Barlow, Show Producer of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, explained; “We did not set out looking for three young men but after being so impressed by them in the castings, we started to develop the idea of having these amazing young guys working together. They have a great chemistry, and its great because it has not been done before at Eurovision”.
Pavlo Hrytsak, Deputy of General Director of the UA: PBC added; “Ukraine is the first country to have three male hosts. Timur doesn’t need an introduction. Both the Ukrainian and European public know him well. Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk are professional hosts who have conducted thousands of live shows and events. So I am totally sure that the Eurovision shows are going to be unexpected, interesting and memorable”.
The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Kyiv Ukraine with Semi-Finals on 9th and 11th May and the Grand Final on 13th May. 2017 will mark the second time that Ukraine has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest.
Everything about Eurovision Song Contest 2017: http://esckaz.com/2017/event.htm
It was Heat 8 in Lithuania for the 2017 Eurovizijos dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka national selection.
Four acts made it through to the semi-final –
You can see the four acts perform their entries below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The first semi-final of the 2017 Söngvakeppnin national selection took place in Iceland with six acts competing and three acts making it directly to the final.
The there acts and songs to the final are –
You can see the three finalists perform their entries below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
The fourth semi-final of the 2017 Melodifestivalen took place in Skellefteå with two more acts making it directly to the final –
The following two acts will take part in the Andra Chansen show next weekend –
Source: www.eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
The semi-final of the 2017 O melodie pentru Europa national selection took place in Moldova and eight acts advanced to the final to be held tomorrow night.
The eight acts and songs –
Source: www.eurovision.tv
I have now listened to the 7 songs, the one minute we are allowed
Here are my first impressions
7th place
ALICE – RUNNING WITH LIONS
Unless she is running on stage with some lions, this will make no impression
6th place
JON HENRIK FJALLGREN featuring ANINIA – EN VARLD FULL AV STRIDER
Not bad and it is sung in Swedish, but I feel the two singers do not compliment each other well enough
5th place
LOREEN – STATEMENTS
Sorry I cannot make statements like WOW or FANTASTIC – this is fairly average
4th place
AXEL SCHYLSTROM – NAR INGEN SER
Another song in Swedish – will scrap through to Second chance
3rd place
SARA VARGA & JUHA MULARIS – DU FAR INTE ANDRA PA MIG
These two do compliment each other. It is also another song in Swedish. It is quite good
2nd place
LES GORDONS – BOUND TO FALL
This is really nice and I hope it goes direct to the final
1st place
WIKTORIA – AS I LAY ME DOWN
Not the most easy title but such a catchy little pop song. This is my pick to win this semi final
After Claudia Faniello‘s successful win for Malta with Breathlessly, the full public voting results of the 2017 Malta Eurovision Song Contest final have been released by the broadcaster PBS.
You will see it was a straight race between Claudia and the song performed in the Maltese language by Janice Mangion, Kewkba. The acts between third and fifth place received votes in the thousands but from sixth to last place the votes were in the hundreds.
You can see a short version of Claudia singing Breathlessly on the popular entertainment show Xarabank below and also Janice singing Kewkba at the Malta Eurovision final.
Source: PBS; wiwibloggs
It is welcome back to Portugal for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest and the first semi-final of the 2017 Festival da Canção took place yesterday in Portugal and four acts made it through to the final. Voting was a combination of jury and televoting.
The four acts to make it to the final are –
You can see the four qualifiers below –
Source: www.eurovision.tv