It was a long night tonight, but super Saturday has come to an end with the Portuguese results. Here they are, with the songs getting to the final in bold: The Black Mamba, “Love is on my side” Valéria, “Na mais profunda saudade” Mema., “Clara como água” Nadine, “Cheguei aqui” Miguel Marôco, “Girassol” Fábia Maia, “Dia lindo” Irma, “Livros” Karetus & Romeu Biaros, “Saudade” Sara Afonso, “Contramão” IAN, “Mundo”
It was your choice in the first place. Out of two songs Blas Cantó will sing “Voy a quedarme”. It was chosen with 58% of the votes, while the other song, “Memoria” , received 42% of the votes. The song is written and composed by Blas Cantó, Leroy Sanchez, Daniel Ortega and Dan Hammond.
photo: Instagram It will be TIX to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year’s song will be called “Fallen angel”. Will this song manage to do as well as KEiiNO did in 2019? We have to wait and see. Here are the full results: Attle Pettersen, “World on fire” Raylee, “Hero” Stavangerkameratene, “Who I am” KiiM, “My lonely voice” Blåsemafian feat. Hazel, “Let loose”, 2nd round Emmy, “Witch wood” TIX, “Fallen angel”, 2nd round Kaja Rode, “Feel again” Rein Alexander, “Eyes wide open” IMERIKA, “I can’t escape” KEiiNO, “Monument”, 2nd round Jorn, “Faith bloody faith”, 2nd round 2nd round Blåsemafian feat. Hazel, “Let loose” TIX, “Fallen angel” KEiiNO, “Monument” Jorn, “Faith bloody faith” The gold round was between: KEiiNO, “Monument” TIX, “Fallen angel”
Photo: Stefan Bollmann, wikimedia Commons And here are the results of the Finish national final: Blind Channel has won and will represent country with the song “Dark side”. After an exciting contest Blind Channel got the ticket to Rotterdam, to the Eurovision Song Contest. Although it was not sure until the end, they won with a landslide! The full results of the contest are: Blind Channel, “Dark Side”, 551 pts. Teflon Brothers x Pandora, “I love you”, 180 pts. Ilta, “Kelle mä soitan”, 149 pts. Oskr, “Lie”, 115 pts. Aksel, “Hurt”, 108 pts. Danny, “Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua”, 60 pts. Laura, “Play”, 13 pts.
Also the third heat of Melodifestivalen has it’s results, and here they are: Charlotte Perrelli, “Still young” (final) Emil Assergård, “Om allting skiter sig” Klara Hammarström, “Beat of broken hearts” (andra chancen) Mustasch, “Contagious” Elisa, “Den du är” Alvaro Estrella, “Baila baila” (andra chancen) Tusse, “Voices” (final)
We know the results of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final. The songs and singers getting to the final are in bold: Sissi, “Time” Gram-of-Fun, “Lost in a dance” Kadri Voorand, “Energy” Helen, “Nii kõrgele” REDEL, “Tartu” Rahel, “Sunday night” Uku Haasma, “Kaos” HELEZA, “6” Uku Suviste, “The lucky one” Alabama Watchdog, “Alabama watchdog” Jüri Pootsmann, “Magus melanhoolia” Suured Tüdrukud, “Heaven’s not for that tonight”
In a show called “Destino Eurovision”, Blas Cantó will represent the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of two songs, people could select the song via internet. The show will start at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here. The song titles are: Memoria Voy a quedarme
After five semifinals and a 2nd chance contest, the time is there: Norway will select it’s Eurovision Entry. After tonight, we know who will represent Norway the year after Ulrikke was supposed to do so. The show will start at 19:55 CET and you can watch it here. There are twelve contestants: Attle Pettersen, “World on fire” Raylee, “Hero” Stavangerkameratene, “Who I am” KiiM, “My lonely voice” Blåsemafian feat. Hazel, “Let loose” Emmy, “Witch wood” TIX, “Fallen angel” Kaja Rode, “Feel again” Rein Alexander, “Eyes wide open” IMERIKA, “I can’t escape” KEiiNO, “Monument” Jorn, “Faith bloody faith” Raylee participated in Melodi Grand Prix in 2015 and 2020. Tommy Fredvang (Stavangerkameratene) took part in 2012. Rein Alexander was one of the 2020 finalists. KEiiNO represented Norway in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with “Spirit in the sky” and won the televoting.
One of the few countries having a national final without semifinals is Finland. Seven entries will compete in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), The Finnish national final. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. The songs are: Teflon Brothers x Pandora, “I love you” Aksel, “Hurt” Laura, “Play” Danny, “Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua” Oskr, “Lie” Blind Channel, “Dark Side” Ilta, “Kelle mä soitan” Aksel won UMK last year and will attempt again this year. Laura might be familiar to you as well: this Estonian singer represented her country twice: in 2005 as a member of the group Suntribe, in 2017 in duet with Koit Toome. Danny is also a familiar name in Finnish Eurovision history. No less than 7 (!!) times before he attempted to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest, the first time being in 1966, the last time in 2004. The video contains his 1975 entry “Seikkailija”.
Tonight, Portugal will also start it’s national selection, Festival da Canção. It starts at 22.00 CET, and you can watch it here. Five songs will be selected out of ten, and these are the titles: The Black Mamba, “Love is on my side” Valéria, “Na mais profunda saudade” Mema., “Clara como água” Nadine, “Cheguei aqui” Miguel Marôco, “Girassol” Fábia Maia, “Dia lindo” Irma, “Livros” Karetus & Romeu Biaros, “Saudade” Sara Afonso, “Contramão” IAN, “Mundo” All the artists are new to Festival da Canção.