The first night of Söngvakeppnin is over and Anita & Væb have qulified themselves for the big final in march! Væb closed the night with their song: “Bíómynd”, and in the middle was Anita with “Stingum af”. She is one of the favorites to win the whole show and go to Eurovision for Iceland
Denmark selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö and its Saba with the song “Sand”. The song is written and composed by Jonas Thander, Melanie Wehbe and Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen. Denmark will perform in the first half of the second semifinal. Here is the full result of the contest: Saba, “Sand”, 37 pts. Basim, “Johnny”, 34 pts. Janus Wiberg, “I need your love”, 29 pts. The other contestants were: Stella, “Sign here” Chu Chu, “The chase (zoom zoom)” RoseeLu, “Real love” Ublu, “Planetary hearts” Aura Dione, “Mirrorball of hope”
The bands both formed with eachother especially for their Eurovision entry. Their song won the superfinal with the help of the televoters! They will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in malmö with ” “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”. They will compete in the second semi final on may 9th.
Tonight Sweden has had it’s third Melodifestivalen heat! The results are in, and Jacqline won the first round of votes, and Cazzi Opeia is the winner of the second round. Klaudy & Gunilla Persson are trough to the last chance round, and will get the chance to go to the final one last time.
It’s Natalia Barbu for Moldova. won the national selection Etapa Națională. Out of 11 songs, “In the middle” was chosen to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the favourite of the jury. Televoters selected Valeria Pasha, but the vote of the jury counted more. The song is written by Khris Richards and Natalia herself and composed by Natalia. She will perform in the 2nd half of the 1st semifinal. Here are the full results: Natalia Barbu, “In the middle”, 22 pts. Valeria Pasha, “Anti-princess”, 22 pts. Iulia Teleucă, “Runaway”, 16 pts. Cătălina Solomac, “Fever”, 14 pts. Viola Julea, “Light up!”, 9 pts. Reghina Alexandrina, “Contrasens”, 9 pts. Nicoleta Sava, “Bravo”, 8 pts. OL, “No time, no space”, 7 pts. Sasha Letty, “DNA”, 6 pts. Y-Limit, “Revolution”, 2 pts. Victor Gulick, “Fever”, 1 pts.
The final of Eurovizija.LT will be held tonight as well. Ten songs were chosen out of the semifinals, and they will compete in the final tonight. The show will be held in the Švyturys arena in Klaipėda. Starting at 20.00 CET, you can watch it here and on YouTube. Here you’ll find the participating songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Hero Aisté 2 Gaudė vėjai Žalvarinis 3 Be careful Pluie de Comètes 4 Luktelk Silvester Belt 5 Kaboom!! VB Gang 6 Time Il Senso 7 Impossible Shower 8 Unlove you starting tomorrow Monika Marija 9 Walk through fire Queens of Roses 10 Simple joy The Roop Justė Kraujelytė (Pluie de Comètes) participated in 2022 (6th) and 2023 (8th).Vidas Bareikis (VB Gang) took part in 2017 (heats) and 2018 (wildcard round).Il Senso was 9th in last year’s final.Monika Marija was 4th in 2018, 2nd in 2019 and 3rd in 2020.Queens of Roses reached the second chance round in 2017 and the heats in 2019.The Roop was supposed to represent Lithuania in 2020 with “On fire” and did so in 2021 with “Discoteque”. They were also 3rd in the 2018 national final.
Denmark will select their song tonight as well. Out of eight songs, a jury (50%) and the televoter (50%), will select the winner. First, they will select three songs for a superfinal and then we know the winner. The show, from DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Below, you’ll find the eight participants. nr Title Artist(s) 1 Sand Saba 2 Sign here Stella 3 The chase (zoom zoom) Chu Chu 4 Johnny Basim 5 Real love RoseeLu 6 Planetary hearts Ublu 7 I need your love Janus Wiberg 8 Mirrorball of hope Aura Dione Basim represented Denmark in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with “Cliché Love Song”. Aura Dione has had several international hits.
The final of Eesti Laul, the Estonian final, will be held tonight. 10 songs will compete: 5 from the semifinal and 5, placed directly in the final. The show will be broadcast at 18:30 CET from the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn. You can watch it here and on YouTube. These are the 10 competing songs: nr. Title Artist(s) 1 Bad boy Brother Apollo 2 Never growing up Carlos Ukareda 3 Hold me now Ewert and the Two Dragons 4 Serotoniin Anet Vaikmaa 5 My friend Ollie 6 Over the moon Daniel Levi 7 Still love Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray 8 Korra veel Peter Põder 9 (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi 5miinust & Puuluup 10 Käte ümber jää Nele-Liis Vaiksoo Carlos Ukareda took part in the 2023 semifinal.Ewert Sundja was 7th in 2004 and took part in this year’s semifinal with Cartoon.Ollie was the 2023 runner up.Daniel Levi was 2nd in 2015 and 9th in 2017.In 2020, Uudo Sepp reached the 10th place.Peter Põder reached the 2022 quarter final.
Etapa Națională 2024, the Moldovan national final, will be held. After an audition round, 11 songs are left to compete. The show starts at 18.00 CET from TRM Studio 1 in Chișinău. You can watch it here, on Facebook and Youtube. Here are the 11 songs: nr Title Artist(s) 1 Bravo Nicoleta Sava 2 Anti-princess Valeria Pasha 3 Contrasens Reghina Alexandrina 4 Light up! Viola Julea 5 No time no space OL 6 DNA Sasha Letty 7 In the middle Natalia Barbu 8 Revolution Y-Limit 9 Fever Cătălina Solomac 10 Fever Victor Gulick 11 Runaway Iulia Teleucă Nicoleta Sava was 7th in 2018.Viola Julea took part in 2022.OL reached a 6th place in 2023.In 2020, Sasha Letty was 14th.Natalia Barbu represented Moldova in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Fight”. In 2011 she was 2nd in the national selection. Y-Limit took part in the 2022 and 2023 audition round.Victor Gulick was 9th in 2023.
Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin tonight. It is, already since 1986, the Icelandic national final. This year, 5 songs compete in each semifinal. Two of them go to the final, along with one wildcard. In the final, the songs can be sung in any language. In the semifinals, they have to be sung in Icelandic. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. Tonight´s contestants are: CeaseTone sings “Ró” Blankiflúr sings “Sjá þig” Anita sings “Stingum af” Sunna Kristinsdóttir sings “Fiðrildi” VÆB sings “Biómynd” None of the artists participated in Söngvakeppnin before.