January 16, 2021

Lithuania: these 5 will continue to the next round

Out of 10 songs, 5 were selected to go to the next round in the Lithuanian national selections. Into bold, the songs that will go through: Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė, “Don’t tell me”, 5 pt. Thomukas, “Wish”, 1 pt. Be U, “Love yourself”, 6 pt. Titas & Benas, “No”, 10 pt. Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much”, 8 pt. Donata Virbilaitė, “The way I am”, 4 pt. Twosome, “I love my bear”, 2 pt. Milita Daikerytė, “Shadows”, 7 pt. Aldegunda, “Sit down”, 3 pt. Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again”, 12 pt.

Norwegian results are in

And we have a winner in Norway. There have been two duels: Stina Talling with “Elevate” vs. Beady Belle with “Playing with fire” Jorn with “Faith bloody faith” vs. Blåsemafian feat. Hazel with “Let loose” The final duel was between Stina Talling and Blåsemafian feat. Hazel. Blåsemafian feat. Hazel won it and will sing their “Let loose” in the final.

Pave Maijanen passed away

We received the sad news that Finnish Eurovision participant Pave Maijanen passed away. Maijanen is especially known for his Eurovision song “Yamma yamma”, in which he sang the word “Yamma” no less than 72 times. However, he was also a backing vocal in Eurovision in 1983 and 1993.Paves was a Finnish musician, who has worked as a singer, songwriter, bass player, keyboard player, drummer, guitarist and producer during his long career. As well as his solo career, Pave was a member of several bands. He released his first solo album in 1983. In the 1990s, Pave’s career went into a downfall. When his own solo career was quiet, Maijanen acted as the keyboard player on Dingo’s comeback gigs from 1993 to 1994. At the end of the 1990s, Pave came back to the limelights, when the group “Mestarit Areenalla”, consisting of him, Kirka, Hector and Pepe Willberg sold out at Finnish ice hockey halls and he also organised his own concert at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, becoming the first ever Finnish artist to do so. Pave has also produced music for the television.Pave Maijanen was 70 years old.

Lithuania starts today

Tonight, at 20.00 CET, the Lithuanian semifinals will start. You can watch it here and here. Last year, The Roop was chosen to represent Lithuania. However, Lithuanian tv LRT did not want to give up their national final this year. The Roop has a wildcard for the final. Tonight’s contestants are: Black Spikes ft. Indrė Launikonytė, “Don’t tell me” Thomukas, “Wish” Be U, “Love yourself” Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again” Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much” Donata Virbilaitė, “The way I am” Twosome, “I love my bear” Milita Daikerytė, “Shadows” Aldegunda, “Sit down” Titas & Benas, “No” Voldemars Petersons was a member of the band Kupido. They took part in 2007. As a soloist, Voldemars was involved in the 2019 and 2020 contests. However, he never made it to a 2nd round. Same goes for Donata Virbilaitė, but then in 2018 and 2020. Milita Daikerytė was more successful in 2015, but she had to quit due to health problems. Maybe she has more luck this time. In 2019, we saw Aldegunda reaching the semifinals. We saw Benas Malakauskas (Titas & Benas) doing attempts in 2017 and 2018.

Norway starts today

Today, the first semifinal of Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix will start. It can be seen at 19.50 CET, and you can watch it here. Last year, Ulrikke won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. Norwegian broadcaster NRK however decided that they want a national final with more than one artist and with semifinals. Tonight, these are the participants: Beady Belle with “Playing with fire” Jorn with “Faith bloody faith” Blåsemafian feat. Hazel with “Let loose” Stina Talling with “Elevate” All of the participants are newcomers to Melodi Grand Prix.