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2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden: The qualifiers from the Andra Chanson heat of 2018 Melodifestivalen

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The Andra Chanson (second chance) round took place in Sweden for the 2018 Melodifestivalen and the final four acts took their place for the grand final in Stockholm for next Saturday 10 March.

Fours sets of duels decided who would get the winning tickets to the final –

  • Margaret – In My Cabana
  • Moncho – Cubra Libra

WINNER: MARGARET

  • Renaida – All The Feels
  • Olivia Eliasson – Never Learn

WINNER: RENAIDA

  • Felix Sandman – Every Single Day
  • Mimi Werner – Song Burning

WINNER: FELIX SANDMAN

  • Sigrid Bernson  – Patrick Swayze
  • Mendez – Everyday

WINNER: MENDEZ

Source: ESC Covers

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Round Up: 2018 Eurovision national selection semi-finals – 24 February

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Here is a round up of the activity in the Eurovision national selection semi-finals for Saturday 24 February.

LITHUANIA –

The following three acts made it to the final –

  • Jurgis Brūzga
  • The Roop
  • Kotryna Juodzevičiūte

SWEDEN –

The following two acts made it to the final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen –

  • Mariette
  • Rolandz

and the two acts for the second chance next week are –

  • Felix Sandman 
  • Olivia Eliasson

Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Roundup: Eurovision national selection semi-finals – 17 February 2018

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Here is an update of the latest qualifiers in the various national selection semi-finals held on Saturday 17 February 2018.

SWEDEN –

From the third semi-final held in Malmö direct to the final go –

  • Martin Almgren – A Bitter Lullaby 
  • Jessica Andersson – Party Voice 

and another chance via Andra Chansen

  • Moncho – Cuba Libre 
  • Mendez – Everyday 

SLOVENIA –

The 2018 EMA selection began and the following acts made it to the final –

  • Proper
  • Lara Kadis
  • BQL
  • Lea Sirk
  • Indigo
  • Ina Shai
  • Marina Martensson
  • Nuška Drašček

LITHUANIA –

The sixth heat of the 2018 Eurovizija took place in Vilnius and the following acts qualified –

  • Ieva Zasimauskaitė
  • Monika Marija
  • Saulės Kliošas
  • The Roop
  • Marija
  • Gabrielius Vagelis

HUNGARY –

The 2018 ADal national selection continued in Hungary and the following acts qualified –

  • AWS
  • yesyes
  • Király Viktor
  • Horváth Tamás

ESTONIA –

The 2018 Eesti Laul continued in Estonia with the following acts making it through –

  • Nika
  • Frankie Animal
  • Karl Kristjan & Karl Killing feat. Wateva
  • Evestus
  • Eliis Pärna & Gerli Padar

ICELAND –

The following acts made it to the final of the 2018 Söngvakeppnin –

  • Aron Hannes 
  • Attan 
  • Dagur Sigurðarson 

UKRAINE –

The following acts qualified to the final –

  • Mélovin
  • Tayanna
  • Kadnay

LATVIA –

The 2018 Supernova selection continued in Latvia with the following two acts qualifying –

  • Laura Rizzotto
  • Lauris Valters

It was also confirmed that Markus Riva will go the final also because of a technical problem he had in his semi-final.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Romania: Fourth semi-final of 2018 Selecţia Naţională – three more acts qualify

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The fourth semi-final of the 2018 Selecția Națională took place in Turda in Romania with three more acts making it to the final.

  • Claudia Andas – The One
  • Feli – Bună De Iubit
  • TIRI – Deşert De Sentimente

You can see the three lucky qualifiers below.

Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision national selections – Qualifiers latest round up

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On Saturday evening we had several qualifying rounds from various countries. Here is a short round up of the acts that made it to the next phase –

SWEDEN

The second semi-final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen took place in Gothenburg.

The two acts to go directly to the final are –

  • Samir & Viktor
  • Liamoo

The two acts who have a second chance are –

  • Mimi Werner
  • Margaret

HUNGARY

The 2018 A Dal continued with the following acts qualifying –

  • Dánielfy Gergely
  • Heincz Gábor BIGA
  • Süle Zsolt
  • Leander Kills

ICELAND

The 2018 Söngvakeppnin began and the following three acts made it to the final –

  • Ari Ólafsson 
  • Fókus 
  • Heimilistónar

LITHUANIA

The fifth show of the 2018 Eurovizija took place in Lithuania and the following made it through –

  • Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė
  • Jurgis Brūzga
  • Twosome
  • Godo
  • Paula
  • Silvija Pankūnaitė & GeraiGerai

LATVIA

The 2018 Supernova competition continued and the following made it to the final –

  • MADARA
  • Ritvars

ESTONIA

The 2018 Eesti Laul began and these acts made it through –

  • Vajé 
  • Iiris & Agoh
  • Stig Rasta
  • Sibyl Vane 
  • Elina Nechayeva

UKRAINE 

The first semi-final kicked off in Ukraine and the three acts below made it to the final –

  • LAUD
  • VILNA
  • The Erised

Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers

2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine: HD Live Stream of Ukrainian National Selection from STB Channel begins Saturday 10 February

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The Ukrainian Eurovision National selection commences on Saturday 10 February.

The first LIVE show (1st semi-final) will start at 6pm (CET) time on  STB and UA:Pershiy TV Channels.

STB also will show LIVE stream in their official page in FACEBOOK with the tag #EuroSTB2018.

The users of social medias will get the possibilities to watch everything from the stage of the Ukrainian selection for the first time in history.

Live Stream will be in HD WITHOUT ADVERTISING.

    • You will see also backstage, how audiences and fans will support semi-finalists , interviews with the judges, with National Selection Team, with the special guests and of course with the participants! Everything will available only for Facebook users on the official page of STB Channel.
      Ukrainian National Selection consists of 3 parts: 2 semi-finals (on 10 and 17 February) and Grand Final (on 24 February).
      Only 3 participants will qualify to the Grand Final from each semi-final.
      Participants:
      1st semi-final: CONSTANTINE, LAUD, Sergei Babkin, KAZKA, The VIO, Kozak System, Vilna , PUR :PUR, The Erised.
      2nd semifinal: INGRET, MELOVIN, TAYANNA, JULINOZA, KADNAY, Yurcash, Mountaine Breeze, ILLARIA, DILEMMA.The judges are JAMALA (Eurovision 2016 winner), Andrew Danilko (Verka Serdyuchka, 2007 silver winner), Eugeniy Filatov.
      The host is Sergei Pritula.
      The musical producer is Ruslan Kvinta.

    • Russian version:Уже в эту субботу, 10 февраля, стартует Национальный отбор на Евровидение-2018. Прямые эфиры начнутся в 19:00 одновременно на телеканалах СТБ и UA:ПЕРШИЙ.

      Параллельно с телеэфиром СТБ запустит живую трансляцию на своей официальной странице в Facebook под хештегом #EuroSTB2018. Впервые пользователи соцсетей получат возможность почувствовать себя в эпицентре главного события года, в режиме реального времени наблюдая за всем, что происходит на площадке Нацотбора.

    Трансляция будет идти в HD качестве без перерывов на рекламу. Что происходит за кулисами и на сцене во время рекламной паузы, как поддерживают артистов зрители и фанаты, интервью судей, членов команды Нацотбора, гостей прямого эфира и, конечно же, самих полуфиналистов – все это пользователи Facebook смогут увидеть, присоединившись к трансляции на официальной странице СТБ. Начало – в 19:00.

    Напомним, всего запланировано 2 полуфинала (10 и 17 февраля) и финал (24 февраля), во время которого определится имя представителя от Украины.

    В первом полуфинале выступят: СONSTANTINE, Сергей Бабкин, LAUD (Влад Таращук), KAZKA, The ВЙО, KOZAK SYSTEM, VILNA (Ирина Василенко), PUR:PUR и The Erised.

    Во втором полуфинале за право представлять Украину на Евровидении будут бороться: INGRET, MELOVIN, JULINOZA (Юлия Запорожец), TAYANNA, KADNAY, Yurcash, Mountaine Breeze, ILLARIA и DILEMMA.

    Из каждого полуфинала в финал пройдут всего три участника.

    Телевизионная съемка Национального отбора проходит по адресу пр-т Победы, 37 (Дворец культуры КПИ). Билеты можно приобрести на сайте СТБ.

    Члены жюри Национального отбора-2018: Джамала, Андрей Данилко и Евгений Филатов (The Maneken).
    Ведущий: Сергей Притула.
    Музыкальный продюсер Нацотбора-2018: Руслан Квинта.

  • Sources: ESCCOVERS, Eliana Goncharova, Ian Fowell, STB, UA:Pershiy