February 6, 2021

Photo: Instagram It’s definitely not a surprise: The Roop has won the Lithuanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. They will go to Rotterdam with their song “Discoteque”. The full results of the contest were: The Roop, “Discoteque” 24 pt. Gebrasy, “Where’d you wanna go”, 20 pt. Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again”, 15 pt. Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much”, 13 pt. Evita Cololo, “Be paslapčių”, 12 pt. Titas & Benas, “No”, 12 pt. It is the second time The Roop is chosen to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, last year their song “On fire” could not participate, due to the cancellation of the contest. We can now add The Roop at the long row of 2020 participants who get a second chance.

And here  are the results of the first Melodifestivalen semifinal. Two songs will go directly to the final, while two others will take part in ‘Andra Chancen’ and get a second chance: Kadiatou, “One touch” Lillasyster, “Pretender” (andra chancen) Jessica Andersson, “Horizon” Paul rey, “The missing piece” (andra chancen) Arvingarna, “Tänker inter alls gå hem” (final) Nathalie Brydolf, “Fingerprints” Danny Saucedo, “Dandi dansa” (final)

And we have a winner in Norway! The duels were: Marianne Petha & Mikkel Gaup, “Pages” vs  Landeveiens Helter, “Alt det der” Kiim, “My lonely voice” vs  Royane, “Circus” The final was: Marianne Petha & Mikkel Gaup, “Pages” vs  Kiim, “My lonely voice” So the winner is Kimm with the song “My lonely voice”. Kiim will join the other 7 songs in the final.

After several semifinals, it is time for the final now in Lithuania. Huge favorite to win this thing tonight is The Roop. They got a wildcard for the final because they won the contest last year. Due to the corona virus they couldn’t represent Lithuania in the international contest. A pity, because they were one of the favorites to even win the ESC! The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here and here. Tonight’s contestants are: Evita Cololo, “Be paslapčių” Gebrasy, “Where’d you wanna go” Martyna Jezepčikaitė, “Thank you very much” The Roop, “Discoteque” Titas & Benas, “No” Voldemars Petersons, “Never fall for you again” 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.  We saw Benas Malakauskas (Titas & Benas) doing attempts in 2017 and 2018. As we said, The Roop won the 2020 national final. But also in 2018, they took part.  

Tonight, the popular Melodifestivalen will start! Different from other years is that all the semifinals and the final will be in one place, due to the corona virus. The contest starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. The contestants are: Kadiatou, “One touch” Lillasyster, “Pretender” Jessica Andersson, “Horizon” Paul rey, “The missing piece” Arvingarna, “Tänker inter alls gå hem” Nathalie Brydolf, “Fingerprints” Danny Saucedo, “Dandi dansa” Two of them already have Eurovision Experience. Arvingarna represented Sweden in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Eloïse”. Jessica Andersson was a member of Fame, who came out for their country in 2003 with “Give me your love”.Besides, Arvingarna could be found in Melodifestivalen 1994, 2002 and 2019. Jessica Andersson was involved in the 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015 and 2018 contest.Paul Rey became 6th in last year’s Melodifestivalen final. Danny Saucedo became 3rd in 2009 as a member of the group E.M.D. As a solosinger he became 2nd in 2011 and 2012. In 2011 he rose to fame by being the favorite and kissing the other favorite Eric Saade.

Today, the fourth 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: Kiim, “My lonely voice” Landeveiens Helter, “Alt det der” Marianne Petha & Mikkel Gaup, “Pages” Royane, “Circus” Rune Rudberg of Landeveiens Helter has been in Melodi Grand Prix in 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001 and 2017. However, he never made it further than a 5th place. Group member Lars Erik Blokkhus was a member of the group Plumbo who took part in 2012. He also was a member of Staysman & Lazz who were 3rd in 2015. 

He was chosen out of 100 candidates in an internal selection: Jendrik Sigwart. Today it was announced that he’s the one, representing Germany in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. photo: NDR On february 25 the german broadcaster will announce the song Jendrik is going to sing. Jendrik is not a wellknown name yet to the German audience, although he played in several musicals during his study. He plays the ukulele, which he will do in Eurovision too, and he made some music videos on Instagram and Tik Tok.