The line up of the Portuguese final Festival da Canção is complete. In bold the five finalists of tonights heat: Da Chick, “I got music” Tainá, “Jasmim” Ariana, “Mundo melhor” EU.CLIDES, “VOLTE-FACE” Joana Alegre, “Joana do mar” Pedro Gonçalves, “Não vou ficar” Ana Tereza, “Com uma abraço” Carolina Deslandes, “Por um Triz” Graciela, “A vida sem acontecer” NEEV, “Dancing in the stars”
Melodifestivalen results are in! That does not mean that the Melodifestivalen line up is complete now, as there will be a second chance contest, but for tonight these are the results: Tess Merkel, “Good life” Lovad, “Allting är precis likadant” Efraim Leo, “Best of me” (andra chancen) The Mamas, “In the middle” (final) Sannex, “All inclusive” Clara Klingenström, “Behöver inte dig idag” (andra chancen) Eric Saade, “Every minute” (final)
It is known: Ana Soklič will sing “Amen” in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. She won EMA2020, last year’s Slovenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest that got cancelled. Now she was chosen by RTVSLO to represent Slovenia. The song is written and composed by, a.o. Charlie Mason, who also co-wrote “Rise like a phoenix”. The other composers are Žiga Pirnat and Ana Soklić herself. A funny coincidence: also the Austrian entry is called “Amen”. You can listen to it here:
Tonight, the popular Melodifestivalen will have it’s third semifnial! Different from other years is that all the semifinals and the final will be in one place, due to the corona virus.
Tonight is the night for Slovenia: Ana Soklič will reveal her song for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in a show called EMA 2021. It will be broadcast at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here. In other years, EMA was the national final in which the Slovenian entry for the contest was chosen. This year, it will be different. One of the main reasons is that Slovenian TV-station RTVSLO decided to select Ana Soklič for the contest. She was supposed to represent her country in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Another important reason is that this year, it’s 60 years ago that for the first time, a Slovenian entry joined the Eurovision stage. By then, Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia. Ljiljana Petrović, a Serbian singer, won the Yugoslav preselection on behalve of RTV Ljubljana. The famous Slovenian composer Jože Privšek composed the entry “Neke davne zvezde”. EMA 2021 will be a tribute to 60 years of Slovenia in Eurovision.
Tonight, Portugal will continue 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: Da Chick, “I got music” Tainá, “Jasmim” Ariana, “Mundo melhor” EU.CLIDES, “VOLTE-FACE” Joana Alegre, “Joana do mar” Pedro Gonçalves, “Não vou ficar” Ana Tereza, “Com uma abraço” Carolina Deslandes, “Por um Triz” Graciela, “A vida sem acontecer” NEEV, “Dancing in the stars” Pedro Gonçalves reached the final of Festival da Canção in 2017. The other artists never took part before in the contest.