Laura Rizzotto has won the 2018 Supernova national selection with her song Funny Girl and will represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May
You can see Laura perform her winning song below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Here is an update of the latest qualifiers in the various national selection semi-finals held on Saturday 17 February 2018.
SWEDEN –
From the third semi-final held in Malmö direct to the final go –
and another chance via Andra Chansen
SLOVENIA –
The 2018 EMA selection began and the following acts made it to the final –
LITHUANIA –
The sixth heat of the 2018 Eurovizija took place in Vilnius and the following acts qualified –
HUNGARY –
The 2018 ADal national selection continued in Hungary and the following acts qualified –
ESTONIA –
The 2018 Eesti Laul continued in Estonia with the following acts making it through –
ICELAND –
The following acts made it to the final of the 2018 Söngvakeppnin –
UKRAINE –
The following acts qualified to the final –
LATVIA –
The 2018 Supernova selection continued in Latvia with the following two acts qualifying –
It was also confirmed that Markus Riva will go the final also because of a technical problem he had in his semi-final.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv
The talented songwriting sisters Ylva and Linda Persson from Sweden are having much success with songs featured in several 2018 national selections around Europe.
Let us take a look at the songs and performers –
Monika Urlik – Momentum with music, lyrics and production by Ylva & Linda featuring in the Poland final.
Anna Timofei – Endlessly with music and lyrics and production by Ylva & Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Georgios Kalpakidis in the Moldova final.
Doinița Gherman – Dance In Flames with music and lyrics and production by Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson also in the Moldova final.
Elena Hasna – Revival by Ylva & Linda did the music, lyrics, production and mix with Dan Attlerud also contributing to the lyrics. This song was in the Romanian semi-finals.
Anastasiya Malashkevich – World On Fire by Ylva & Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson (Tracks of Sweden) is in the final of the Belarus selection.
Evgeniy Dolich – Holding You with music and production, lyrics and mix by Ylva and Linda Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Demetris Ioakim featured in the Belarus semi-final.
Liene Greifāne – Walk The Talk by Ylva and Linda and with Liene was featured in the Supernova selection in Latvia.
Source: ESC Covers
On Saturday evening we had several qualifying rounds from various countries. Here is a short round up of the acts that made it to the next phase –
SWEDEN
The second semi-final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen took place in Gothenburg.
The two acts to go directly to the final are –
The two acts who have a second chance are –
HUNGARY
The 2018 A Dal continued with the following acts qualifying –
ICELAND
The 2018 Söngvakeppnin began and the following three acts made it to the final –
LITHUANIA
The fifth show of the 2018 Eurovizija took place in Lithuania and the following made it through –
LATVIA
The 2018 Supernova competition continued and the following made it to the final –
ESTONIA
The 2018 Eesti Laul began and these acts made it through –
UKRAINE
The first semi-final kicked off in Ukraine and the three acts below made it to the final –
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
The 2018 Supernova national selection began in Latvia with seven acts participating –
The two acts who qualified were –
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Karina Khvoynitskaya is a young and talented singer originally from Latvia but currently based in Russia. She has just released a very good single entitled Dura so stazhem (Stupid fool). It is a very catchy electro dance song with a strong production and a powerful chorus.
Dura so stazhem is available to purchase via most digital outlets such as Google Play, Apple Music, iTunes, Deezer and Spotify.
I am sure a lot of Eurovision fans will like this song and, who knows, maybe we will see Karina on the Eurovision stage in the future.
You can see the official video for Dura so stazhem below.
Source: ESC Covers
Sonja Bishop is currently taking part in the 2017 Makfest festival in FYR Macedonia, where she is representing Finland. The song she is performing is entitled The Land Of My Song. The track has just been officially released on most digital outlets such as iTunes, Spotify, etc.
The Land Of My Song is composed by Staffan Stavert and Lars Johansson and is published via Sweden Songs.
Sonja has participated in the Finland Eurovision national selection on a couple of occasions – 2004 Should I Run, Should I Hide and in 2011 This Is My Life. She has also taken part in the Latvian Eurovision selection with Amber and the song Later in 2006.
Sonja has had big success in Latvia where she was nominated in 2007 for Best Pop Album.
You can hear The Land Of My Song below.
Source: ESC Covers
https://soundcloud.com/sweden-songs/the-land-of-my-song-sonja-bishop-makfest-2017
Latvia will be represented by ALL I KNOW from My radiant you
We got this press release
Slavko Kalezić from Montenegro is this year’s winner of the Barbara Dex Award. The singer got the most votes. The prize is awarded each year to the worst dressed artist at the Eurovision Song Contest. Triana Park from Latvia and Martina Bárta from Czech Republic came in second and third place. The Belgian website songfestival.be hands out the award this year and received thousands of votes.
Slavko didn’t win the 62th Eurovision Song Contest with his song Space, but he still gets to take home a prize. The singer gets an award for his rather remarkable outfit, one we will probably not be seeing on the red carpet anytime soon … The men’s high-knot pony tail helped to get a lot of votes.
Latvia and Czech Republic came in second and third place. According to the voters, these artists were dressed the worst on stage during the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
The top 3:
Votes from all over Europe
The Barbara Dex Award is a very popular prize among the Eurovision fans. The Belgian website Songfestival.be, who hands out the award since this year, received thousands of votes from all over Europe, and Australia.
The Barbara Dex Award is named after the Belgian Eurovision contestant in 1993. She wore a dress she designed herself, a creation that caught the eye of a lot of critics. Sadly not because it was so beautiful …