January 30, 2021

Tonight, France decided. The winner is Barbara Pravi with the song “Voila”. That’s not a surprise, as she was already the hot favorite to win the contest. Barbara Pravi took part as a composer before, and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as a composer last year. Eight songs were chosen for a superfinal, seven by televoting, one by the expert jury: 21 Juin Le Duo, “Peux-tu me dire?” Ali, “Paris me dit (yala ya helo)” Amui, “Maeva” Andriamad, “Alleluia” Barbara Pravi, “Voilà” Casanova, “Tutti” Céphaz, “On a mangé le soleil” Juliette Moraine, “Pourvu qu’on m’aime” LMK, “Magique” (jury) Philippine, “Bah non” PONY X, “Amour fou” Terence James,  “Je t’emmènerai danse” Barbara Pravi, “Voilà”, 204 pt. Juliette Moraine, “Pourvu qu’on m’aime”, 136 pt PONY X, “Amour fou”, 124 pt Casanova, “Tutti”, 102 pt. Céphaz, “On a mangé le soleil”, 82 pt Amui, “Maeva”, 78 pt LMK, “Magique”, 76 pt 21 Juin Le Duo, “Peux-tu me dire?”, 38 pt

The Lithuanian results are known. Now we know which songs (in bold) are competing in next week’s final, but note that there is one other song in the final: “Discotheque” by The Roop. They received a wildcard for the final because they should represent Lithuania in the 2020 contest. Be U, “Love yourself” Aistė Brokenleg, “Home” Gabrielus Vagelis, “My guy” Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again” Norbertas, “Man in need” Evita Cololo, “Be paslapčių” Titas & Benas, “No” Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much” Milita Daikerytė, “Shadows” Gebrasy, “Where’d you wanna go”

And we have a winner again for Norway! The duels today were: Dinaye, “Own yourself” vs Big Daddy Karsten, “Smile”Emmy, “Witch woods” vs Ole Karsten, “Vi er Norge” Big Daddy Karsten, “Smile” vs Emmy “Witch woods”

Last year, Tom Leeb was chosen by French tv to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, he decided not to take part in the 2021 contest. French tv will select it’s new entrant through a national final, which will be held tonight. It will start at 21:05 CET, and you can watch it here. Tonight’s participants are: 21 Juin Le Duo, “Peux-tu me dire?” Ali, “Paris me dit (yala ya helo)” Amui, “Maeva” Andriamad, “Alleluia” Barbara Pravi, “Voilà” Casanova, “Tutti” Céphaz, “On a mangé le soleil” Juliette Moraine, “Pourvu qu’on m’aime” LMK, “Magique” Philippine, “Bah non” PONY X, “Amour fou” Terence James,  “Je t’emmènerai danse” Barbara Pravi wrote a song for the 2018 national final. It was sung by Noée. Tonight, she will sing a song herself. All the others are Eurovision newcomers.

Tonight, at 20.00 CET, the Lithuanian semifinals will start. After two quarter finals, we will see a semifinal. Tonight, it will be decided who is going to join The Roop in the Lithuanian final. 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: Be U, “Love yourself” Aistė Brokenleg, “Home” Gabrielus Vagelis, “My guy” Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again” Norbertas, “Man in need” Evita Cololo, “Be paslapčių” Titas & Benas, “No” Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much” Milita Daikerytė, “Shadows” Gebrasy, “Where’d you wanna go” Aiste Brokenleg also took part last year, but did not survive the first round. Same goes for Gebrasy, but one year earlier. Gabrielus Vagelis was more succesful: in 2013 and 2020 he reached the semifinals; in 2017 he reached the final and became 5th.  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.  Milita Daikerytė was more successful in 2015, but she had to quit due to health problems. Maybe she has more luck this time. We saw Benas Malakauskas (Titas & Benas) doing attempts in 2017 and 2018.

Today, the third 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: Dinaye, “Own yourself” Big Daddy Karsten, “Smile” Ole Hartz, “Vi er Norge” Emmy, “Witch woods” None of them has any Eurovision or Melodi Grand Prix experience.