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Eurovision national selection news round up

Eurovision news round up: Saturday 9 February – national selections

10 February 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Here is a news round up of a busy night again for Eurovision national selections and qualifiers.

SWEDEN

The second semi-final of the 2019 Melodifestivalen took place in Malmö and the two acts direct to the final are –

Malou – I Do Me

Hanna Ferm & LIAMOO – Hold You

The two acts for the second chance phase are Andreas Johnson and Vlad Reiser.

HUNGARY

Four acts progressed in the 2019 A Dal

Acoustic Planet – Nyári zápor
Bence Vavra – Szótlanság
Petruska – Help Me Out Of Here
The Middletonz – Roses

ICELAND

The first semi-final of the 2019 Söngvakeppnin took place and two acts qualified –

Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra
Hera Björk – Eitt andartak

LITHUANIA

The following acts qualified for the next phase of the 2019 Eurovizijos Nacionaline Atranka –

Jurgis Brūzga – CTRL ALT DELETE
Justina Budaitė-Junà – Strength of A Woman
Henry & Tommy Modric – Neverpart
Monika Marija – Light On

ISRAEL

The four acts that will compete in the final of HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion 2019 are –

Maya Buskila
Ketreyah
Shefita
Kobi Merimi

GEORGIA

The following acts are still in the running in Georgian Idol –

Liza Kalandadze
Nini Tsnobiladze
Giorgi Pruidze
Giorgi Nakashidze
Oto Nemsadze
Tamar Lachkhepiani

Ikako Aleksidze was the latest act to depart the competition.

Source: Eurovision.tv; eurovoix; ESC Covers

D-Moll/Heaven

D-Moll will represent Montenegro with ‘Heaven’ at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

10 February 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

The group D-Moll have won the Montevizija 2019 with Heaven and will therefore represent Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Five acts took to the stage in the capital, Podgorica.

D-Moll – Heaven

Andrea Demirović – Ja sam ti san

Monika Knezović – Nepogrješivo

Ivana Popović-Martinović – Nevinost

Nina Petković – Uzmi ili ostavi

D-Moll and Ivana Popović-Martinović made it to the super final and the public finally decided that D-Moll would be the winners.

You can see D-Moll perform their winning song below.

Source: ESC Covers

Kate Miller-Heidke/Zero Gravity

Kate Miller-Heidke will sing ‘Zero Gravity’ for Australia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

9 February 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Kate Miller-Heidke has won the very first Eurovision – Australia Decides competition and will represent them at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv with Zero Gravity.

10 songs competed in the final –

1. Ella Hooper – Data Dust

2. Electric Fields – 2000 And Whatever

3. Mark Vincent – This Is Not The End

4. Aydan – Dust

5. Courtney Act – Fight For Love

6. Leea Nanos – Set Me Free

7. Sheppard – On My Way

8. Alfie Arcuri – To Myself

9. Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity

10. Tania Doko – Piece Of Me

Kate was declared the winner and you can see her winning performance below.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RmThfoBB_E

Michael Rice/Bigger Than Us

Michael Rice to represent United Kingdom with ‘Bigger Than Us’

9 February 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Michael Rice has won the Eurovision: You Decide competition and will represent United Kingdom at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel with his song Bigger Than Us.

ESC Covers was at the event held in Manchester. As we arrived there were some Palestinian protestors outside the tv studios.

The show proved to be very entertaining. It was hosted by Måns Zelmerlöw and Mel Giedroyc. There was a medley of some successful United Kingdom songs by Måns with some help from The Fizz (1981 UK ESC winners) and Katrina (1997 UK ESC winner). Netta was also on hand to perform her winning song, Toy, for Israel in 2018.

There were three songs and six artists. Each song was sung twice by two different acts in a different style. The panel of judges (Rylan Clark-Neal, Mollie King and Marvin Humes) selected the three acts to go forward to final where the public would have the final say of who goes to Tel Aviv to represent the United Kingdom.

The songs –

Sweet Lies – Kerrie-Anne did an uptempo dance/soul version. Anisa did a very soulful ballad version. Kerrie-Anne was voted through to the final.

Freaks – Jordan Clarke did a very catchy pop version. The girl group MAID did a slightly quirky beat version. Jordan Clarke was voted through to the final.

Bigger Than Us – Holly Tandy performed a country/pop upbeat version. Michael Rice did a power ballad version. Michael Rice went to the final.

After the televoting it was declared that Michael Rice would fly the UK flag in Israel in May. Bigger Than Us is composed by Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik and Jonas Thander.

You can see Michael perform his winning song below.

Source: ESC Covers

Darude

Darude to represent Finland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

29 January 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Darude has been chosen to represent Finland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May. He is a top DJ dance artist and has had many hits.

The entry for Darude will be selected from a national final with three songs on 2 March.

The biggest hit worldwide by Darude was Sandstorm, originally released in 1999. Check out the video below.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

It is expected that vocalist here with The Giant Leap will help Darude with his Eurovision song.

PÆNDA

PÆNDA to represent Austria with ‘Limits’ at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

29 January 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

PÆNDA {copyright: facebook.com/paendamusic}

PÆNDA has been selected internally by the broadcaster ORF to represent Austria at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

The song for PÆNDA is entitled Limits. The song will be launched in the coming weeks.

Let us take a look at one of PÆNDA’s hit video clips from 2018 called Paper-thin.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

Lake Malawi/Friend Of A Friend

Lake Malawi will sing ‘Friend Of A Friend’ for Czech Republic at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

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Lake Malawi have been chosen to represent Czech Republic at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Friend Of A Friend. It is a summery track with a nice groove.

The Czech national selection was decided by public voting via the official Eurovision app and an international jury.

Lake Malawi are an indie pop type group Albert Černý (lead vocal, guitar), Jeroným Šubrt (bass and keys), Antonín Hrabal (drums) and Pavel Palát (drums).

You can see a video for Friend Of A Friend below.

Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv

2019 Eurovision Song Contest

2019 Eurovision Song Contest semi-final draw made

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The draw for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals was today made in Tel Aviv.

First Semi-Final (To be broadcast on 14 May)

First half
Slovenia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Montenegro
Cyprus
Serbia
Finland
Poland
Hungary

Second half
Estonia
Portugal
San Marino
Iceland
Georgia
Australia
Belgium
Ukraine
Greece

Second Semi-Final (To be broadcast on 16 May)

First half
Switzerland
Sweden
Ireland
Austria
Moldova
Latvia
Romania
Denmark
Armenia

Second half
Albania
Azerbaijan
F.Y.R Macedonia
Norway
Russia
Netherlands
Croatia
Lithuania
Malta

Israel, France and Spain will vote in semi-final 1 and United Kingdom, Germany and Italy will vote in semi-final 2.

Source: Eurovision.tv

Bilal Hassani/Roi

Bilal Hassani to represent France at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Roi’

27 January 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Bilal Hassani has won Destination Eurovision and will represent France at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with his song Roi (King).

Eight acts were in the final –

Chimène Badi – Lá-haut
Silván Areg – Allez leur dire
The Divaz – La Voix d’Aretha
Emmanuel Moire – La Promesse
Doutson – Sois Un Bon Fils
Seemone – Tous Les Deux
Bilal Hassani – Roi
Aysat – Comme Une Grande

Bilal struggled to impress in the International Voting phase but he took the top score with the Televoting public and won the competition.

You can see Bilal perform Roi below.

Source: ESC Covers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCJRigN2DmI

Michela Pace

Michela Pace wins the X Factor and will represent Malta at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

27 January 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

Michela Pace has won X Factor Malta and will therefore represent her country at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel in May.

Four acts were in the final tonight – Michela Pace, Nicole Frendo, Owen Leuellen and Petra. The show had three rounds. Firstly all the acts did a solo song and for second song they all did a duet. Petra sang with the Overs judge, Ray Mercieca. Owen sang with the Boys mentor, Ira Losco. Nicole duetted with Matthew James Borg (Maltese singer/songwriter). Michela performed with the famous Maltese tenor and opera singer, Joseph Calleja.

After the first those first two songs the voting was halted and it was announced that Petra would be eliminated.

The remaining three acts – Michela, Nicole and Owen then each performed a song in Maltese. The voting was halted again and it was declared that Nicole would be next to be eliminated.

This now meant there would be a straight sing-off between Michela and Owen.

The final vote decided that Michela had won and will take the ticket to Tel Aviv for Malta. She has also won a record deal also.

Michela has really captured the hearts of the public over the last few months and she has showcased her beautiful and soulful vocals with a sweetness and charm all of her own. She is from the Maltese island of Gozo.

The song that she will sing in Israel will be selected at a future date.

Let us look at Michela’s performances tonight on the X Factor Malta. Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler), Inti Djamant (The Tramps), Perfect (Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli) and Shallow (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper).

Source: TVM/Freemantle; Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers

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