The techno rock band Hatari will represent Iceland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with Hatrið Mun Sigra (Hate will prevail) after winning the Söngvakeppnin,
The five finalists –
Hatari won the ticket for Israel and you can see their performance below.
Source: ESC Covers
KEiiNO have won the Melodi Grand Prix with Spirit In The Sky and will represent Norway at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May.
10 songs competed –
In the duels Adrian Jørgensen won against Anna-Lisa Kumoji. KEiiNO beat D’Sound.
Then we had the Gold Final where KEiiNO took the top honours.
You can see KEiiNO perform Spirit In The Sky below.
Source: ESC Covers
The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 final took place with Darude performing three songs. It was decided that Look Away will be the song that Darude will perform for Finland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May.
The three songs –
You can see Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman perform Look Away below.
Source: ESC Covers
Eliot has officially released the song and music video for Wake Up. This is the song that will represent Belgium at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May.
Wake Up is composed by Pierre Dumoulin (the same writer of City Lights by Blanche – 2017 ESC Belgium).
You can see the video clip of Wake Up below.
Source: eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
After all the politics and no solution could be found UA:PBC have decided Ukraine will not take part in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
This is a sad state of affairs. I feel sorry for the Ukrainian public and the singers that took part in the 2019 Vidbir selection. Of course, especially sorry for MARUV. She had a great song and performance and could have been a possible winner particularly with the lacklustre songs (in my opinion) selected so far for the 2019 Eurovision.
Let us hope Ukraine come back with a better approach and less politics in 2020.
Source: ESC Covers
Another busy night of national selections continued –
SWEDEN
The fourth semi-final of the 2019 Melodifestivalen took place in Lidköping.
The two acts direct to the final are –
The two acts to go to the second chance phase are Lisa Ajax and Arvingarna.
The duels for the Andra Chansen have been made –
>Andreas Johnson vs Anna Bergendahl
• Vlad Reiser vs Nano
• Martin Stenmarck vs Lisa Ajax
• Rebecka Karlsson vs Arvingarna
PORTUGAL
The four acts to qualify for the final of the 2019 Festival da Canção are –
GEORGIA
The four finalists for Georgian Idol are –
The artist eliminated this week was Nini Tsnobiladze.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv; eurovoix
Leonora has won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and will therefore represent Denmark at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May.
Leonora’s song is entitled Love Is Forever and is composed by Lise Cabble, Melanie Wehbe and Emil Lei.
You can see Leonora perform her winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv; DR
Jurijus has won the Eurovizijos atranka 2019 with his song Run With The Lions and will represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest in May in Israel.
You can see the winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers; LRT
Joci Pápai returns to the Eurovision Song Contest representing Hungary with the song Az én apám (My father).
Joci won the grand final of the 2019 A Dal national selection.
You can see Joci perform his winning song below.
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MARUV has won the Vidbir national selection and will therefore represent Ukraine at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with the Siren song.
The voting was a combination of expert jury and public voting.
You can see MARUV perform Siren song below.
Source: ESC Covers; UA:PBC; Eurovision.tv