February 19, 2022

Tonight, Krystian Ochman won the Polish national final Tu Bije Serce Europy. Ochman will represent Poland with the song “River”, written and composed by Krystian Ochman, Ashley Hicklin, Adam Wiśniewski and Mikołaj Trybulec. Poland will perform in the 2nd half of the 2nd semifinal. The full result of the national final is: Ochman, “River”, 51% (superfinal) Daria, “Paranoia”, 39% (superfinal) Unmute, “Głośniej niż decybele”, 10% (superfinal) Kuba Szmajkowski, “Lovesick”, 4% Karolina Lizer, “Czysta woda”, 3% Ania Byrcyn, “Dokąd?”, 3% Siostry Szlachta, “Drogowskazy”, 3% Karolina Stanisławczyk & Chika Toro, “Move”, 2% Emilia Dębska (Mila), “All I Need”, 2% Lidia Kopania, “Why Does It Hurt?”, 1%

Subwoolfer wins Melodi Grand Prix and will thus represent Norway in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. The song ” Give that wolf a banana” is written by Keith, Jim and DJ Astronaut. Norway will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. The full result is: Oda Gondrosen, “Hammer of Thor” NorthKid, “Someone” Anna-Lisa Kumoji, “Queen Bees” Farida, “Dangerous” Sofie Fjellvang, “Made of Glass” Frode Vassel, “Black Flowers” Christian Ingebrigtsen, “Wonder of the World” Maria Mohn, “Fly” Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana” Elsie Bay, “Death of Us” The gold final: NorthKid, “Someone” Sofie Fjellvang, “Made of Glass” Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana” Elsie Bay, “Death of Us” The gold duel: NorthKid, “Someone”, , 312,322 votes Subwoolfer, “Give That Wolf a Banana”, 368,106 votes

LPS will represent Slovenia. won the national final EMA with the song “Disko”, written and composed by Filip Vidušin, Žiga Žvižej, Gašper Hlupič, Mark Semeja and Zala Velenšek, Jakob Koroše. Sloveania will perform in the first half of the first semifinal. The full result of EMA is: LPS.  “Disko”, 103 pts. Batista Cadillac,  “Mim pravil”, 90 pts. BQL, “Maj”, 69 pts. Luma.  “All In”, 68 pts. July Jones, “Girls Can Do Anything”, 62 pts. Manouche. “Si sama?”, 53 pts. Gušti feat. Leyre, “Nova romantika”, 38 pts. Hauptman, “Sledim”, 34 pts. Leya Leanne, “Naked”, 28 pts. Stela Sofia, “Tu in zdaj”, 23 pts. Anabel, “Tendency”, 10 pts. David Amaro, “Še vedno si lepa”, 2 pts.

After the semifinal last saturday, there will be a final in Malta tonight with 16 songs. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 16 contestants: 1 Electric indigo Baklava ft. Nicole 2 How special you are Norbert 3 Come around Matt BLXCK 4 Revelación Giada 5 Kaleidoscope Jessika 6 Over you Raquel 7 A lover’s heart Nicole Hammett 8 Look what you’ve done now Miriana Conte 9 Into the fire Nicole Azzopardi 10 Heaven Sarah Bonnici 11 Shame Enya Magri 12 Boy Denise 13 Out of sight Emma Muscat 14 Army Janice Mangion 15 Serenity Mark Anthony Bartolo 16 Ritmu Aidan Cassar 17 Hey little Richard Edwards   Aidan Cassar became 4th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Baklava became 18th in 2009, took part in the 2010 semifinal and became 6th in 2011.Denise took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Enya Magri took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Janice Mangion took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 2nd in 2017 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Jessika Muscattook part in the 2008, 2009, 2010 semifinal, became 15th in 2011, took part in the 2012 semifinal, became 8th in 2014 and represented San Marino in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.Mark Anthony Bartolo took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Matt Blxck took part in X-Factor Malta 2020.Miriana Conte became 16th in 2017, 12th in 2018 and took part in X-Factor Malta 2020 as a member of Chord.Nicole Azzopardi took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Nicole Hammett took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Norbert Bondin became 6th in X-Factor Malta 2019.Raquel took part in X-Factor Malta 2019.Richard Edwards took part in the 2010 semifinals, became 2nd in 2011, 5th in 2012, became 5th in 2013, won in 2014 with the band Firelight and thus represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest, and became 13th in 2017.Sarah Bonicci took part in the X-Factor Malta in 2019.

Also the Slovenian preselection EMA has come to an end. Twelve songs will compete in the final. It will be a 50/50 televote and jury. The show starts at 20.20 CET and you can watch it here. These are the 12 contestants: 1 Tendency Anabel 2 Tu in zdaj? Stela Sofia 3 Si sama? Manouche 4 Naked Leya Leanne 5 Maj BQL 6 Nova romantika Gušti feat. Leyre 7 Girls can do anything July Jones 8 Še vedno si lepa David Amaro 9 Disko LPS 10 Sledim Hauptman 11 All in Luma 12 Mim pravil Batista Cadillac   Anabel stranded in the 2018 semifnial.BQL became 2nd in 2017 and in 2018.

It was a surprise, but Poland will have a national selection tonight. In “Tu bije serce Europy”, ten songs will compete. A jury and televoters (50/50) will select three songs for a superfinal. After this, the televoters will select the winner. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. However, it is not sure whether you can watch it in every country. We keep you updated. The ten songs are: 1 Lovesick Kuba Szmajkowksi 2 Dokąd? Ania Byrcyn 3 Drogowskazy Siostry Szlachta 4 Why does it hurt? Lidia Kopania 5 Move Karolina Stanisławczyk & Chika Toro 6 Czysta woda Karolina Lizer 7 Głośniej niż decybele Unmute 8 All I need Mila 9 River Krystian Ochman 10 Paranoia Daria   Lidia Kopania won the national final in 2009 and thus represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest.