Alfred & Amaia have won the Eurovision selection on Operación Triunfo with their song Tu Canción (Your song) and will represent Spain at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal in May.
Nine songs were performed in the final (5 solo, 3 duets and 1 group song).
There was a super final with the top 3 songs performed again and it turned out like this –
Alfred & Amaia – Tu Canción – 43%
Aitana – Arde – 31%
Aitana & Ana Guerra – Lo malo – 26%
You can see the winning song by Alfred & Amaia below.
After speculation of various different acts being linked it has now been confirmed that Ryan O’Shaughnessy will represent Ireland at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. His song is called Together and it will be a ballad.
Ryan is a songwriter and had much praise for his audition on Britain’s Got Talent in 2012. He performed his self penned song No Name.
Together will be released shortly but in the meantime check out Ryan’s official video of his song Supermodel.
After much speculation it has finally been confirmed by the broadcaster, Channel One, that Julia Samoylova will represent Russia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal in May.
In 2017 Julia was not able to represent Russia in Ukraine because of political problems. She had already released her song Flame Is Burning but was unable to take part.
Now Julia will have that chance to represent Russia in Portugal. Her new song will be officially released in the coming weeks.
In the meantime check out Flame Is Burning again below.
Madame Monsieur have won the grand final of the 2018 Destination Eurovision selection with their song Mercy and therefore will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May.
The eight acts and songs that competed in the final were –
Louka – Mamma Mia
Igit– Lisboa Jerusalem
Emmy Liyanna – OK ou KO
Madame Monsieur – Mercy
Lisandro Cuxi – Eva
Max Cinnamon – Ailleurs
Nassi– Rêves de gamin
Malo’ – Ciao
The voting was a combination of jury and televoting.
You can see Madame Monsieur perform their winning song below.
The six Eurovision candidates of 2017-18 Operación Triunfo (copyright: TVE}
The five finalists are now known for the Eurovision selection part of Operación Triunfo in Spain. The lucky finalists are Amaia, Miriam, Alfred, Aitana and Ana Guerra.
There will be nine songs which will be five individual songs by the finalists plus three duets (including a duet including wildcard act, Agoney). One other song is a group song for the five finalists together called Camina, which has already been performed on the OT Christmas Gala show by all of the participants but will be adapted for the five finalists.
Here are the nine acts and songs –
Alfred – Que Nos Sigan Las Luces
Aitana – Arde
Amaia – Al Cantar
Ana Guerra – El Remedio
Miriam – Lejos De Tu Piel
Alfred & Amaia – Tu Canción
Aitana & Ana Guerra – Chico Malo
Miriam & Agoney – Magia
Alfred, Aitana, Amaia, Ana Guerra & Miriam – Camina
The show will take place on 29 January to start the process of who will represent Spain at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in neighbouring Portugal.
You can see the full OT participants version of Camina below.
The local broadcaster, GPB, have announced that the band Iriao will represent Georgia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May.
Iriao are known as being a jazz type band with ethnic influences. There are seven members in the band so, unfortunately, one of them will not be on the stage in Lisbon.
You can see a video clip of Iriao performing below. The song for Eurovision will be confirmed in the near future.
Jessica Mauboy has been selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal. The much respected artist and former Australian Idol runner up was announced by the broadcaster SBS.
Jessica has had many hits in Australia including Burn, Pop A Bottle (Fill Me Up),Never Be The Same and Can I Get A Moment? She is also an actress and recently appeared in the popular series The Secret Daughter.
Jessica has already been on the Eurovision stage as an interval act in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest which eventually paved the way for Australia to take part in the contest.
You can see Jessica’s most recent hit video, Fallin’, below.
