The Dora 2021 national selection in Croatia will take place on 13 February.
The running order has been announced and two former Croatian Eurovision acts will open and close the show. Nina Kraljić (2016 ESC – Lighthouse) and Toni Cetinski (1994 ESC – Nek’ ti bude ljubav sva).
The acts and running order for the Dora 2021 –
1. NINA KRALJIĆ – Rijeka
2. ERIC – Reci mi
3. ELLA OREŠKOVIĆ – Come This Way
4. BERNARDA – Colors
5. SANDI CENOV – Kriv
6. ToMa – Ocean Of Love
7. FILIP RUDAN – Blind
8. BETA SUDAR – Ma zamisli
9. CAMBI – Zaljubljen
10. ASHLEY & BOJAN – Share The Love
11. BRIGITA VUCO – Noći pijane
12. MIA NEGOVETIĆ – She’s Like A Dream
13. ALBINA – Tick-Tock
14. TONY CETINSKI & KIKI RAHIMOVSKI – Zapjevaj, sloboda je!
A couple of the acts are already known to ESC fans – Ketil Stokkan represented Norway at the 1986 Eurovision with Romeo and 1990 with Brandenburger Tor. Raylee took part in the Melodi Grand Prix in 2015 with Louder and in 2020 with Wild.
The second semi-final will take place on 23 January. Another automatic finalist will perform their song. It will be Stavangerkameratene with Bardndomsgater.
lkka Johannes Lipsanen (born September 24, 1942), commonly known by his stage name Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist. Still active, Danny’s singing career is one of the longest in Finland, spanning over more than 50 years. He has recorded many evergreen hit songs. And now at the age of 78 he is one of the 7 finalists in the Finnish Eurovision selection. To celebrate this achievement, ESC Covers has decided to highlight around 15 songs Danny has recorded over his long career, most covers – after all this is a website focusing on the covering of songs. The second song of Danny is a solo release, covering the song (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO, originally by British singer Tony Christie. Tony was in the British Eurovision selection in the 70’s with QUEEN OF THE MARDI GRAS. Danny covered the Tony Christie song in Finnish but kept the title as AMARILLO.
Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen (born September 24, 1942), commonly known by his stage name Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist. Still active, Danny’s singing career is one of the longest in Finland, spanning over more than 50 years. He has recorded many evergreen hit songs. And now at the age of 78 he is one of the 7 finalists in the Finnish Eurovision selection. To celebrate this achievement, ESC Covers has decided to highlight around 15 songs Danny has recorded over his long career, most covers – after all this is a website focusing on the covering of songs. We start off today with Danny in duet with Eija Merila covering the song HOW DO YOU DO, originally by Dutch duo Mouth & Macneal. This duo represented the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision song contest with I SEE A STAR. The Finnish title of How do you do is called VAI NIIN VAL NIIN.
KEiiNO (members Alexandra Rotan, Tom Hugo and Fred Buljo) was selected directly for the final of the 2021 Norwegian Eurovision selection. Their song is called MONUMENT. KEiiNO is very much a fan based group and during their 2019 campaign traveled across Europe to perform their 2019 Eurovision entry Spirit in the sky to their fans in various countries. Due to the Corona pandemic, such a tour is not possible this year and so ESC Covers has decided to take them on a virtual tour for the next 2 or so weeks across Europe. Day 1 brings us to PARIS, FRANCE and to probably the most recognized monument or landmark there, the Eiffel tower.
The ESC Covers team of Roy van der Merwe, Ian Fowell and Barry Tsai are arranging this virtual tour.
The long road to the 2021 Eurovision has begun in Lithuania with Heat 1 of the national selection, Pabandom iš naujo! Five acts have qualified for to the semi-finals.
The five acts to qualify are –
Voldemars Petersons –Never Fall For You Again
Titas & Benas – No
Martyna – Thank You Very Much
Milita – Shadows
Be U – Love Yourself
You can see the above acts below with their performances.
Blåsemafian feat. Hazel with the song Let Loose are through to the Melodi Grand Prix final in Norway after winning semi-final 1.
There were two duels –
Stina Talling – Elevate (winner)
Beady Belle – Playing With Fire
and
Jorn – Faith Bloody Faith
Blåsemafian feat. Hazel – Let Loose (winner)
In the Gold Duel final Blåsemafian feat. Hazel beat Stina Talling. Let Loose is composed by Jørgen Lund Karlsen, Sigurd Evensen, Stig Espen Hundsnes, Benjamin Sefring and Caroline Teigen.
The automatic finalists – KEiiNO (Monument) and TIX(Ut Av Mørket) performed their songs during the show.
You can see Blåsemafian feat. Hazel, KEiiNO and TIX perform below.
KEiiNO are automatic finalists in the Melodi Grand Prix 2021 national selection in Norway. Their song Monument has been officially released. KEiiNO and Euro fans will not be disappointed at it is an upbeat and positive party anthem.
Monument is composed by Tom Hugo Hermansen, Fred Buljo, Alexandra Rotan, Alexander Nyborg Olsson and Rüdiger Schramm. The track is available to stream or buy from all good digital stores including Amazon, Spotify and many more.
KEiiNO represented Norway at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with Spirit In The Sky.
You can see the official lyric video for Monument below.
