February 3, 2022

The first semifinal of Eesti Laul has arrived. The show can be watched live here at 18.30 CET. These are the participants: Elysa, “Fire” (Jury choice) Helen, “Vaata minu pole” Andrei Zevakin feat. Grete Paia, “Mis nüüd saab” (Jury choice) Alabama Watchdog, “Move on” Merilin Mälk, “Little girl” Stig Rästa, “Interstellar” (Jury choice) Triin Niitoja and Frans Tikerpuu, “Laululind” Kaia-Liisa Kesler, “Vaikus” Elina Nechayeva, “Remedy” (Televote) Ott Lepland, “Aovalguses” (Jury choice) The finalists are in bold letters. Helen took part in the 2021 semifinal.Andrei Zevakin became 4th in 2021.Grete Paia became 2nd in 2013, 7th in 2016 and reached the semifinal in 2019.Alabama Watchdog took part in the 2021 semifnial.Merilin Mälk took part in the 2020 semifinal.Stig Rästa represented Estonia in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest together with Elina Born. In 2018 he became 2nd in Eesti Laul.Triin Niitoja became 5th in 2015.Elina Nechayeva represented Estonia in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.Ott Lepland represented Estonia in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

X-Factor Israel is the Israeli national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. So far, four finalists are left in the competition. What has to happen now, is that for all of them a song has to be chosen. The show starts at 20.15 CET. The show can be watched online via the Reshet Webstream or the Kan Webstream. We keep you updated about this. The songs and artists are, with the number of points in parentheses: Michael Ben David sings “Don’t” (17 pts) and “I.M.” (83 pts) Eli Hulli sings “Blind dreamers” (67 pts.) and “Nostalgia” (33 pts.) Inbal Bibi sings “ZaZa” (47 pts) and “Marionette” (53 pts) Sapir Saban sings “Breaking my own walls” (69 pts.) and “Head up” (31 pts.)

Tonight, the festival of San Remo continues. The winner of the contest can be the Italian representant in the Eurovision Song Contest. That means, if he, she or they want it. All the participants had to inform Italian television (RAI) already about their wish to participate…. or not. The show starts at 20.40 CET and you can watch it here. The third evening the 25 artists will perform their own song in the competition, voted by the opinion poll jury, named for the occasion Demoscopica 1000 (50%), and by the public at home via televoting (50%). At the end of the voting, a provisional ranking of the 25 artists in the competition will be drawn up, which will then be added to the provisional ranking of the first two evenings.