February 15, 2020

After an exciting night, the grand favorite of the Lithuanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest has won: The Roop. They will sing their song “On fire” in the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. The full result of the final was:  The Roop, “On fire” Moniqué, “Make me human” Monika Marija, “If I leave” Ruta Loop, “We came from the sun” Aistė Pilvelytė, “Unbreakable” Meandi, “DRIP” KaYra, “Alligator” The Backs, “Fully”

After an exciting, but also scandalous, evening Ulrikke Brandstorp has won the Norwegian ticket for the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Exciting because of so many strong songs competing. Scandalous, because the first four finalists were not chosen by televoting, but by a backup jury. Due to technical problems, the audience was not able to vote. From the first round, four songs were chosen: Raylee, “Wild” Didrik & Emil, “Out of air” Magnus Bokn, “Over the sea” Akuvi, “Som du er” Kristin Husøy, “Pray for me” Rein Alexander, “One last time” Tone Damli, “Hurts sometimes” Sondrey, “Take my time” Ulrikke Brandstorp, “Attention” Liza Vassilieva, “I am gay” The second round was won by Kristin and Ulrikke.  Kristin Husøy, “Pray for me”, 2nd Ulrikke Brandstorp, “Attention”, 1st

Iceland has decided, and the finalists will be:  Daði & Gagnamagnið, “Gagnamagnið” Hildur Vala, “Fellibylur” Iva, “Oculis videre” Matti Matt, “Dreyma” Nína, “Ekkó” There is one wildcard added, which was won by Nína. She will also participate in the Icelandic national final.

Three more songs will head to the final in Ukraine, chosen out of eight. The winners are in bold letters:  Moonzoo feat. F.M.F. Sure, “Maze” Fo Sho, “Blck sqr” Elina Ivaschenko, “Get up” Oleksandr Poriadynsky, “Savior” Garna, “Who we are” Khayat, “Call for love” David Axelrod, “Horizon” Tvorchi, “Bonfire”

Results in Sweden are known. They are:  Mariette, “Shout it out” finalist Albin Johnsén, “Livet börjar nu” Drängarna, “Piga og dräng”, andra chancen Amanda Aasa, “Late” Anis don Demina, “Vem är som oss”, andra chancen Faith Kakembo, “Crying rivers” Mohombi, “Winners”, final

In Estonia, the 2nd semifinal has come to an end. The line up for the final is known now. In bold letters, the six songs that made it to the final:  Viinerid, “Kapa kohi-LA” Janet, Hingelid” Uku Suviste, “What love is” Inger, “Only dream” Merilin Mälk, “Miljon sammu” German & Violina, “Heart winder” Jaagup Tuisk, “Beautiful lies” Ziggy Wild, “Lean on me” Uudo Sepp, “I’m Sorry I messed up” Traffic, “Üks kord veel” Shira, “Out in space” Mariliis Jõgeva, “Unistustes”

After three quarter finals and two semifinals, Lithuania will select an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. The show will be hosted by Gabrielė Martirosianaitė, Giedrius Masalskis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė and will start at 20.00 CET. You can watch it here and here. The contestants are: Aistė Pilvelytė, “Unbreakable” Ruta Loop, “We came from the sun” KaYra, “Alligator” Monika Marija, “If I leave” Meandi, “DRIP” The Roop, “On fire” The Backs, “Fully” Moniqué, “Make me human” For Aistė Pilvelytė it’ll be 11th time lucky. Ruta Loop has some Eurovision experience as she was a backing vocal for Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila in 2015. The Backs are last year’s backing vocals when Jurij Veklenko represented Lithuania.  

After five semifinals, Norway will finally decide which song will represent them in Rotterdam 2020. The five winning semifinalists will compete with five songs, chosen by NRK. The final, hosted by Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave and Ronny Brede Aase, starts at 19:50 and can be watched here.  The contestants are:  Raylee, “Wild” Didrik & Emil, “Out of air” Magnus Bokn, “Over the sea” Akuvi, “Som du er” Kristin Husøy, “Pray for me” Rein Alexander, “One last time” Tone Damli, “Hurts sometimes” Sondrey, “Take my time” Ulrikke Brandstorp, “Attention” Liza Vassilieva, “I am gay” Didrik Solli-Tangen represented Norway in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “My heart is yours”. Emil is his brother. Tone Damli ended up in 2nd place behind Alexander Rybak in 2009. Ulrike Brandstorp was present in the 2017 Melodi Grand Prix. From these songs, 4 will be chosen for a second round. Two of them will head to the last round in order to select the Norwegian entry.