Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät will represent Finland with Aina munpitää. The song is only 1 minute and 25 seconds long and is performed by the punk rock band with learning disabilities including autism and Down syndrome. They are also known as PKN.
The acts taking part in the UMK final were –
Shava – Ostarilla
Satin Circus – Crossroads
Solju – Hold Your Colours
Järjestyshäiriö – Särkyneiden sydänten kulmilla
Norlan El Misionario – No Voy A Ilorar Por Ti
Opera Skaala – Heart of Light
Jouni Aslak – Lions and Lambs
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät –Aina mun pitää
Angelo De Nile – All For Victory
You can see the PKN perform their winning song below –
Eduard Romanyuta won the 2015 O Melodie Pentru Europa final in Moldova. He will carry the Moldovan flag with his song I Want Your Love to Vienna. Eduard is from Ukraine.
After two semi-finals 16 songs competed in the final –
Miss M – Lonely Stranger
Irina Kitoroagă – I’m Gonna Get You
Eduard Romanyuta – I Want Your Love
Dana Markitan – Love Me
Diana Brescan – Up And Down
Doinita Gherman – Inima Fierbinte
DoReDos – Maricica
Stela Boţan & The Cadence of Heart – Save Me
Mihaela Andrei – About Love
Lidia Isac – I Can’t Breathe
Glam Girls – Magia
Sunstroke Project & Dj Michael Ra – Day After Day
Julia Sandu – Fire
Serj Kuzenkoff – Danu Năzdrăvanu
Marcel Roşca – Feelings Will Never Leave
Valeria Paşa – I Can Change All My Life
The voting was a combination of expert jury and televoting.
You can see Eduard perform I Want Your Love below.
The group Passed were one of the finalists at the 2015 A Dal in Hungary. In th quarter-finals and semi-finals they scored the top points from the expert jury. The song Mesmerize is a big hit right now in Hungary.
Passed will soon release an EP of new songs and are set for more success with their unique and quirky sounds. You can read more about their new release here as soon as it will be released.
You can see the unique video of Mesmerize below which has a VHS video effect.
Zoltán Mujahid was one of the final four at the 2015 A Dal competition in Hungary. His melodic pop sound and strong stage performance excited the public and the jury. His song is called Beside You.
Another popular contestant at the 2015 A Dal was Bálint Gájer. His big band and swing style excited the audience and viewing public. His song was called That’s How It Goes.
Bálint was a former contestant of The Voice of Hungary.
You can see Bálint perform That’s How It Goes below.
So, Boggie took the 2015 A Dal title in Budapest on Saturday night. Her song Wars For Nothing won the televote from the top four acts selected by the jury.
The eight acts and songs competing in the final were –
Bálint Gájer – That’s How It Goes
Boggie – Wars For Nothing
Spoon –Keep Marching On
Kati Wolf – Ne engedj el
Ádám Szabó –Give Me Your Love
Passed – Mesmerize
Ív – Fire
Zoltán Mujahid – Beside You
Boggie, Spoon, Ádám Szabó and Zoltán Mujahid impressed the jury the most and they went forward to take the votes totally from the televoting.
The interval act included the 2014 Hungarian Eurovision representative, András Kállay-Saunders, who performed a short medley of hits with the band including Running.
All four final acts were called to the stage where the result was announced. Boggie it was who took the honours with her gentle acoustic ballad Wars For Nothing. You can see Boggie’s performance at the A Dal final below.
After a few days break, we continue with the announcement of songs. This time is it ARMENIA and their 2010 song APRICOT STONE sung by Eva Rivas. CANDY BENSON is doing the Afrikaans cover.
