Rotterdam 2020

Today, SMRTV, the Sammarinese broadcasting corporation, announced their contestant for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam: it’s gonna be Senhit, formerly known as Senit. This Italian singer with Eritrean roots is going to represent San Marino for the second time. She did the same job in 2011. The song will be chosen via a battle. Two songs, “Freaky!” and “Obsessed”. From tomorrow, 7 march, until 8 march, 23:59 CET, you can vote for them. You can cast your vote here.

This morning it has been announced that Leslie Roy is ging to represent Ireland in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Leslie Roy is known for toe international hits in 2008: “I’m gone ,  I’m wrong” and “Unbeautiful “. Her Eurovision song is called “The story of my life” and will be presented later this morning.  Update: this is the song!

It was already known for two months that Jeangu Macrooy will represent hostcountry The Netherlands in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. However, the song has just been published today. The title of the song is “Grow”. The song is about growing up and realizing there is no manual for life, and the second part talks about a more optimistic view of life. 

Switzerland officially announced their contestant today: Gjon’s Tears. It is the stage name of Gjon Muharremaj, a Swiss singer of Kosovar roots. The song he is going to sing is in French and it is called “Répondez-moi”. The song is written and composed by Alize and Xavier Michel, Jeroen Swinnen and Gjon himself. Switzerland will perform in the second semifinal.

Photo: instagram Eden Alene will sing the song “Feker libi” in Rotterdam at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The song is chosen out of four in a national final that was held tonight. “Feker libi” is written and composed by Doron Medalie, who wrote, among others, “Toy” for Netta. The other composer, Idan Raichel, is a very popular artist in Israel. With his Idan Raichel Project, he performed during last years Eurovision Song Contest as an interval act during the Grand Final, Eden herself was already chosen in an earlier stage through the show “Hakokhav Haba L’Eurovision”. The full result of the contest is: Roots, 205 pts. Feker libi, 282 pts. Rakata, 139 pts.  Savior in the sound, 94 pts.  

Photo: Ronen Ackerman, mako.co.il Israel will select it’s song tonight. It’s already a month ago that the Israeli juries and audience selected Eden Alene to represent their country in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, but tonight they will make a choice out of four songs. The show starts at 20.30 CET and you can watch it here.  The results will be decided by a jury (60%) and televoting (40%). The songs are: 1.Savior in the sound 2.Roots 3.Rakata 4.Feker libi

Today, the Georgian song for the Eurovision Song Contest is published. On december 31 of last year, Tornike Kipiani was chosen to represent the country in the contest by winning Georgian Idol. The song was to be presented later… and that is now. The song is called “Take me as I am”. The song is written and composed by Tornike himself.

photo: Instagram Just confirmed on their Facebook and Instagram accounts: the Little Big Band will represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest. The Little Big Band is a Russian rave band. They released three albums and numerous singles since their start in 2013. The band has it’s own label, Little Big Family.More news is likely to follow soon.

Serbia has chosen! Hurricane is the candidate heading to Rotterdam in may to represent her country. The song, written by Sanja Vučić and Kosana Stojić and composed by Nemanja Antonić, is called “Hasta la vista”. This is the full result: Hurricane, “Hasta la vista”, 24 pts. Naiva, “Baš baš”, 15 pts. Igor Simić, “Ples za rastanak”, 14 pts. Andrija Jo, “Uvek”, 11 pts. Ana Milenković, “Tajna”, 11  pts. Marko Marković, “Kolači”, 11 pts. Neda Ukraden, “Bomba”, 9 pts. Bane Mojićević, “Cvet sa Prokletija”, 8 pts. Milan Bujaković feat. Olivera Popović, “Niti”, 6 pts. Thea Devy, “Sudnij dan”, 4 pts. LIFT, “Samo mi kaži”, 2  pts. EJO, “Trag”, 0 pts.