March 5, 2022

After two days of semifinals, Pesma za Evroviziju ’22, the Serbian national final, comes to an end. 18 songs will compete for the ticket to Turin. The show starts at 21.05 CET and you can watch it on Youtube. The contestants are: 1 Skidam Naiva 2 Anđele moj Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića 3 Haos Gift 4 Nema te Zejna Murkić 5 Ljubi svog čoveka Tijana Dapčević 6 Drama Lift 7 Pošinjem da ludim Gramophonedzie 8 Zorja Zorja 9 Oskar Aca Lukas 10 Bejbi Zoe Kida 11 Muškarčina (Zabranjeno voće) Sara Jo 12 Put bez povratka Ana Stanić 13 Dve godine i šes’ dana Biber 14 Origami Angellina 15 Devojko sa plamenom u očima Chegi & Braća Bluz Band 16 Znam Ivona 17 Ljubav me inspiriše Marija Mikić 18 In corpore sano Konstrakta   Naiva was the runner up in the 2020 preselection.Zoe Kida became 8th in the 2008 national selection.Tijana Dapčević represented North-Macedonia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. She also took part in the preselection in Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.Lift was 11th in 2020.Biber was 4th in 2018.    

The French national final is called “C’est vous qui décidez” (It’s you who decides). Twelve songs will compete, 6 songs will enter a superfinal. The show starts at 21.05 CET and you can watch it here.  These are the contestants: * Fulenn Alvan & Ahez * Ma famille Cyprien Zeni * Téléphone Elia * La tempête Elliott * Paris mon amour Hélène In Paris * Madame Joan * Navigateure Joanna * Chut Julia * Les chansons d’amour Marius * Nuit Pauline Pauline Chagne * Il est où? Saam * Seule SOA Joanna participated in the 2014 national selection.

Tonight will be the night of the Romanian preselection Selecția Națională 2022. The show will start at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here or on Youtube. Ten songs will compete and a jury will make the final decision. There will also be televoting, but it doesn’t count in the final results. The 10 contestants are: 1 Take me Andrei Petruş 2 All this love Alex Parker & Bastien 3 One night Gabriel Basco 4 Never give up Vanu 5 Ireligios Petra 6 Guilty Møise 7 România mea Cream, Minodora & Diana Bucşă 8 Hurricane Kyrie Mendél 9 Ana Dora Gaitanovici 10 Llámame WRS Dora Gaitanovici became 6th in the 2018 national selection.

Tonight, the first episode of Festival da Canção 2022, the Portuguese national selection, will take place. The show will start at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. The contestants are: Os Quatro & Meia, “Amanhã” TheMisterDriver, “Calisun” Diana Castro, “Ginger ale” FF, “Como é bom esperar alguém” Norton, “Hope” Aurea, “Why?” Kumpania Algazarra, “A minha praia” Maro, “Saudade, saudade” Valas & Os Astronautas, “Odisseia” Fado Bicha, “Povo pequenino”

Tonight, the second semifinal of the Icelandic national selection, Söngvakeppnin, will be aired. The show will be on at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. 5 songs will compete, two will head to the final. After the show, a wildcard will be given to one of the songs from the two semifinals. The songs are: Hanna Mia & The Astrotourists, “Séns með þér” Katla, “Þaðan af” Markéta Irglová, “Mögulegt” Reykjavikurdætur, “Tökum af stað” Suncity & Sanna, “Hækkum í botn” The winners are in bold letters. The wildcard goes to Amorosis, participants in the first semifinal. None of the participants has taken part before.

The Swedish national selection Melodifestivalen will continue tonight with it’s semifinal, the heat that was previously called ‘andra chancen’.  The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. From two groups, two songs each will be chosen to be added to the final. Group 1: Tone Sekelius, “My way” Alvaro Estrella, “Suave” Danne Stråhed, “Hallabaloo” Anna Bergendahl, “Higher power” Group 2: Theoz, “Som du vill” Lisa Miskovsky, “Best to come” Lillasyster, “Till our days are over” Cazzi Opeia, “I can’t get enough” The four winners are in bold letters.