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Austria 2015 Selection, News

Belgium chooses internally Belgium

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The Eurovision 2015 selection season has well and truly begun with Belgian broadcaster RTBF confirming their entrant to next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Belgium have decided to select their entrant internally, and the lucky participant is Loïc Nottet.

Loïc was a finalist in the 2014 Belgian edition of The Voice. The 18-year old singer came second in the final. Although we do not yet know what song he will be singing, or even how the song will be chosen, we wish Loïc all the best in Vienna.

Austria 2015 Selection, Knez; Montenegro 2015, News

Knez will represent Montenegro in Vienna Montenegro

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The local broadcaster, RTCG, announced yesterday at a special press conference that Knez will represent Montenegro at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.

Knez, whose full name is Nenad Knežević, was selected internally by RTCG and the details of how his song will be selected for Eurovision will be revealed at a later date. He said at the press conference “I’ll do my best and invest all my experience and knowledge. At the same time I’m hoping to have a perfect song which will represent Montenegro in the best possible way. Ballads were doing well in the last few years, but I wouldn’t exclude having an up-tempo song with some catchy melody.”

Knez first came to the spotlight in 1992 at the Belgrade Pop Festival and his song Da l’ si ikada mene voljela. He also released his first album, Kao magija in the same year. Knez has since gone to to record several hit albums in his home country and has even released a best of compilation album.

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You can see Knez’s official video of one of his hits, Donna, here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c7UPBiNa44

Source: www.eurovision.tv

Austria 2015 Selection, News

Bulgaria has decided no 2015 participation

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Despite submitting their application to the EBU to participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, BNT (the Bulgarian National Broadcaster) has decided not to enter the contest after all due to lack of funds. This will be the second year that Bulgaria has opted not to participate after missing the 2014 contest, also due to financial reasons.

Bulgaria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 but have had mixed success in the contest. Their best showing was in the 2007 contest in Helsinki, with their entry “Water” by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, which placed 5th in the final. This was however the only year they reached the Finals after missing out on qualifying from the Semi-Finals on all their other performances, although they narrowly missed the Finals in 2008 and 2011 placing 11th in their Semi-Final.

Bulgaria will be missed in the contest, and we hope that they are able to return in 2016.

Just a footnote.

Andy informs me that Bulgaria said no if the EBU publishes the list of participating countries NOW, but after JUNIOR EUROVISION, if the list is not published, Bulgaria may decide to go to Vienna – so it is not a 100% no. Maybe if they do badly at Junior, they will not go to Vienna.

Austria 2015 Selection

More countries confirm, with Montenegro, Latvia and Belarus saying “Yes”

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Several more countries have now announced their participation in Vienna, with Montenegro, Latvia and Belarus all confirming their participation.

The Montenegrin broadcaster, RTCG, confirmed their intention to participate next year, and will most likely choose their act via an internal selection.

The Latvian news was announced by their broadcaster LTV, although details of their selection have not yet been announced.

BTRC, the Belarussian broadcaster announced their participation and currently have teams of people evaluating the format it will use to select their 2015 entry.

Austria 2015 Selection

Azerbaijan confirms for Vienna

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The National Broadcaster of Azerbaijan, Ictimai, has confirmed that Azerbaijan will participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest next year in Vienna, Austria. No details have been announced however as to their selection process.
Azerbaijan will be hoping to improve on their performance following their 22nd placing in the 2014 contest with Dilara Kasimova, which was their lowest placing to date. In 2013 they finished in 2nd place, whilst placing 4th in 2012 and of course winning in 2011 with Running Scared.

Austria 2015 Selection

Russia confirms for 2015

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The Russian broadcaster, Channel One, has confirmed that it will be taking part in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.  The representative will be the winner of The Voice Russia reality show, although no details have been given as to the song which will be sung.

Russia had been rumoured to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest after a Russian MP claimed that Conchita Wurst winning Eurovision was “the end of Europe”.  Russia has even revived the Soviet-era Intervision, with competing nations besides Russia including Central Asia countries and even China.  Intervision will take place this October.

 

Austria 2015 Selection, News

Vienna is chosen!

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Earlier today, the Austrian Broadcaster ORF and the EBU announced that Vienna has been chosen to host the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.  Vienna beat the competition from Innsbruck and Graz, and will host the contest in the Wiener Stadthalle on the 19th, 21st and 23rd May.

 

The Wiener Stadthalle has an overall seating capacity of around 16 000 people, depending on stage design, and should make for a fantastic show.

Austria 2015 Selection

Country Selection for Austria 2015

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FYR Macedonia – 13 November 2014

  • FYR Macedonia has confirmed that they will be selecting their entry to the 2015 ESC at the Skopje Festival on 13 November 2014.
  • MRT, the Macedonian national broadcaster confirmed that 20 songs will complete in the final and will be chosen by a 50-50 split of votes from a public tele vote and an international jury.

Malta – 22 November 2014

  • Malta will be choosing their entry in November 2014, with the Semi-Final taking place on November 21st followed by the Final on the 22nd
  • Song submissions are currently taking place and PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster will select 20 songs in September 2014.
  • These 20 songs will compete in the Semi-Final, where 7 judges (consists of a panel of 6 judges, with televoting acting as the 7th judge) will choose 14 songs to go through to the final.
  • The artist who wins at the Final on the 22nd November will represent Malta in Austria, but PBS may change the winning song

Switzerland – 31 January 2015

  • Switzerland will select their entry to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on the 31st January 2015 in Kreuzlingen.
  • The final will consist of 6 acts trying for the ticket to Austria.  These 6 acts will have been chosen my a selection panel of acts voted for by the public as well as acts provided by the broadcasters SRF and RTR.

Denmark – 7 February 2015

  • The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be held on the 7th February 2015 in Aalborg at The Gigantium.
  • DR, the Danish broadcaster is currently looking for song submissions.  We will keep you updated with more details as they become available.