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Vasil’s response to North Macedonian people

As you all could read here there is a lot of opposition against Vasil’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Vasil came up with his own statement today: “I am a music ambassador, and in music there is no religion, politics, orientation, race or color. I had absolutely no intentions to hurt anybody. Quite the opposite! I am so proud of this project which not only embodies me, but my country and culture – musicians and featured artists in the gallery. I do not apologise for being me. I never will – I didn’t have a choice in that. However, if I hurt ANYBODY in ANY WAY, from the bottom of my heart … I am sorry. Forgive me.”

North Macedonia to withdraw?

A storm came up when the video of the North Macedonian entry “Here I stand” appeared. In the video, the colors of the Bulgarian flag are shown. Vasil, the North Macedonian singer, is a member of the Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia. Many people in North Macedonia objected against Vasil as a participant. A petition was signed already 17.000 times.

Georgia: Tornike Kipiani to sing “You”

Also Georgia has presented its song. Tornike Kipiani will sing “You”. The song was published today. Tornike was chosen to represent Georgia in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest and was supposed to sing “Take me as I am”. We all know that didn’t happen. This year, Tornike will perform in the 2nd semifinal.

Azerbaijan: Efendi to sing “Mata Hari”

photo: Instagram Today, Azerbaijan presented its entry “Mata Hari”. It will be sung by Efendi. It is the 2nd time a song with the title “Mata Hari” is presented at the Eurovision Song Contest. Funny coincidence: the other one, a Norwegian entry, also came on stage in The Netherlands, back in 1976. The singer in

Malta: Destiny to sing “Je me casse”

photo: PBS/Destiny And finally, also Malta publised its entry. The song is called “Je me casse”and will be performed by Destiny. Despite the title, the song is not sung in French but in English. Destiny, who already knows what winning a song contest is as she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,

Iceland: Daði & gagnamagnið to sing “10 years”

It was probably the entry people had the highest expectations for: Daði & gagnamagnið’s Icelandic entry, “10 years”, written and composed by Daði Freyr himself.

Tusse wins Melodifestivalen

Tusse has won Melodifestivalen 2021 and thus will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Voices”. The song is wirtten and composed by Joy and Linnea Debb, Jimmy Thörnfeldt and Anton Wrethov. Tusse was the favourite of both expert jury and televoters. The full result of Melodifestivalen

Swedish Melodifestivalen: Tusse, Eric Saade or….

Tonight is the night for the last national final of this year: Swedish Melodifestivalen comes to an end tonight. Bookmakers say Tusse is the huge favourite to win this thing. But also Eric Saade stands a high chance to do so. Or will it be a surprise winner? We will

Latvia: Samanta Tīna to sing “The moon is rising”

Latvia is one of the last countries to present their entry. Samanta Tīna is going to sing “The moon is rising”, a song written and composed by Samanta herself together with Aminata Savadogo and Oskars Uhaņs.

On her Instagram, Samanta stated: “This song is about powerful and admirable women, about every single woman.

Rafał to represent Poland

It’s Rafał Brzozowski who is going to represent Poland in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. He will sing the song “The ride”, written by Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson and Johan Mauritzson. Rafał is not a newcomer to the Polish music industry. He rose to fame already in 2002