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The Mamas

© Arkland, Wikimedia Commons About Quick Facts MembersAshley HaynesLoulou LamotteDina Yonas Manna Founded2019 Nationality🇸🇪 Swedish🇺🇸 American National SelectionMelodifestivalen 2020Melodifestivalen 2021 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongMove (2020, cancelled) Biography The Mamas are a Swedish-American music group with soul / gospel style. The Mamas were formed in 2019 by Paris Renita (choral singer originally from the US with Swedish career) as a quartet after John Lundvik asked her to find singers with good voices who could support him in his contributions. The other singers are Ash (Ashley) Haynes (born 19 January 1987 in Washington DC), Loulou Lamotte (born 16 April 1981 in Malmö) and Dinah Yonas Manna (born 5 September 1981 in Stockholm). Previously, Lamotte has performed in Melodifestivalen as a backing vocal for Behrang Miri 2013 and Yonas Manna backed Jonas Gardell in 2018. Loulou Lamotte competed in Idol 2008 and Paris in the Baltic Song Contest in 1995. The group supported John Lundvik in Melodifestivalen 2019 and the Eurovision Song Contest in the same year. After the Eurovision Song Contest, Paris left the group and they went on as a trio. They were chosen to represent Sweden in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Move”, but due to the cancellation of the contest that didn’t happen. In september of the same year, their debut album “Tomorrow is waiting” was released. The Mamas released several singles and a christmas album. The latter contained even two hits: “A christmas night to remember” and “Shine a light”. SVT chose not to place The Mamas directly for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, they participated in Melodifestivalen again. This time, they reached a 4th place with the song “In the middle”. In november of the same year, The Mamas released a new album: “Won’t let the sun go down”. Entries Move Country🇸🇪 Sweden Year2020 LanguageEnglish LyricsHerman GardafveMelanie WehbePatrik Jean MusicHerman GardafveMelanie WehbePatrik Jean Backings– Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/7EpSBDPlZn4

Hurricane

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts Group membersSanja VučićIvana NikolićKsenija Knežević Founded2017 Nationality🇷🇸 Serbian National SelectionBeovizija 2020 In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongLoco Loco (2021)Hasta la Vista (2020) Biography Hurricane, also known as Hurricane Girls, is a Serbian R&B-pop girl group founded by Zoran Milinković in November 2017. It consists of three members: Sanja Vučić , Ivana Nikolic and Ksenija Knežević. The girls sing mostly in English; so far they have only released two songs in their native language Serbian. Hurricane aims to become recognized globally; they have collaborated with Hollywood producer Stephen Belafonte. They released a total of 18 singles so far. In 2020 they were supposed to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen due to the corona crisis. One year later, they were asked again by Serbian television to represent their country. For that cause, they had a song called “Loco loco”. In may 2022 it was announced that Hurricane with the Eurovision line up was going to stop. A search for new members was announced. The members are:Sanja Vučić – lead vocalVucic is from a musical family. She has contributed in ethno and jazz bands as well as in church choirs. She was a member of the ZAA band for five years; she represented Serbia at the in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.Ivana Nikolić – standard vocalNikolić is known to the world of modern dance and music. She first appeared on stage in the Belgrade arena with Yugoslav stars in the ’90s. She collaborated with Jala Brat on his single “Young and Crazy”.Ksenija Knežević – Standard VocalKnežević also comes from a musical family: her father is the popular Montenegrin singer Knez. She competed at children’s festivals as a youngster, and at Beovizija with her song “Magi” when she was a high school student. She was part of Sevdah Baby before joining Hurricane. Entries Loco Loco Country🇷🇸 Serbia Year2021 LanguageSerbian LyricsSanja Vučić MusicNemanja AntonićDarko Dimitrov BackingsJelena PajićOlga Popović-VulovićMladen Lukić Results Semi Points: 124Position: 8Running order: 9 Results Finals Points: 102Position: 15Running order: 8 https://youtu.be/Q1lkpIqf7a4 Hasta la vista Country🇷🇸 Serbia Year2020 LanguageSerbian LyricsKosana StojićSanja Vučić MusicNemanja Antonić Backings– Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/7fqZevYLUMs

Daði & Gagnamagnið

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts Group membersDaði Freyr PéturssonÁrný Fjóla ÁsmundsdóttirSigrún Birna PétursdóttirHulda Kristín KolbrúnardóttirStefán HannessonJóhann Sigurður Jóhannsson Established2017 Nationality🇮🇸 Icelandic National SelectionSöngvakeppnin 2017, 2020 In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) Song10 years (2021)Think about things (2020) Biography Daði Freyr Pétursson (born in 1992) is an Icelandic musician living in Berlin, Germany. Daði was born in Reykjavík but grew up in Denmark until the age of nine, when his family moved to Iceland. He began his musical career with the Orchestra of Few. Later he joined a band called RetRoBot. They released one album, “Blackout”, a year later.In 2014, Daði Freyr moved to Berlin where he began recording. He started playing under the name Mixophrygian and a year later he released the album “Forever”.In 2017, Daði participated in Söngvakeppnin, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Hvað með það?” (“Is This Love?”), which he performed with his wife Árnýja Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir and the band Gagnamagnið. They reached the secont place. Daði Freyr and his band Gagnamagnið were chosen to represent Iceland in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Think about things”. Unfortunately, due to the corona crisis, that didn’t happen. Daði was asked to do the job again in 2021 and wrote the song “10 years” for the occasion. Unfortunately, due to a corona infection of one of the band members, they couldn’t perform live on stage during the contest. However, a video of one of the rehearsals was shown, so they could participate anyway. Iceland became 4th. Entries 10 years Country Iceland Year2021 LanguageEnglish Lyrics and musicDaði Freyr Backings– Results Semi Points: 288Position: 2Running order: 8 Results Finals Points: 378Position: 4Running order: 12 https://youtu.be/YSMhu-PrLME Think about things Country🇮🇸 Iceland Year2020 LanguageEnglish Lyrics and musicDaði Freyr Backings– Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/1HU7ocv3S2o

Go_A

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersKateryna PavlenkoTaras ShevchenkoIhor DidenchukIvan Grigoryak Founded2012 Nationality🇺🇦 Ukrainian National SelectionEvrobachenye 2020 In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam2020 Rotterdam (Cancelled) SongShum (2021)Solovey (2020) Biography Go_A (Ukrainian Gov_Ey) is a Ukrainian electro-folk band that combines Ukrainian authentic vocals, modern dance beats, African drums and powerful guitar drive. The group was founded by Taras Shevchenko. Go_A musicians come from different parts of Ukraine: Kateryna Pavlenko is from Nizhyn, Taras Shevchenko from Kiev, Igor Didenchuk from Lutsk and Ivan Grigoryak from Bukovina. All but Igor had played hard rock before. Kateryna Pavlenko also worked as a veteran choir director, while Taras Shevchenko had been in a rap group, Igor Didenchuk plays more than 30 instruments. Their first song “Kolyada”, was presented on social media in December 2012, soon after aired by one of the bigger radio stations. In November 2016, the debut album of the band “#Idynazvuk”, was released. In the same year, Go_A won the competition The Best Track in Ukraine. Their song “Vesnyanka” reached the #1 spot in the charts of radio station 10-Dance. The band was nominated for the Kiss FM Opening of the Year title. In early 2017, Go_A recorded the Christmas single “Shchedryy vechir” in collaboration with Katya Chilly. Go_A music hit the Top 10 in the iTunes Dance chart in Slovakia in the spring of 2019. In 2020, they were supposed to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Solovey”. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the contest, it didn’t happen. They were invited by Ukrainian tv to represent their country in 2021 and presented the song “Shum”. They reached a 2nd place in the final. After the Eurovision Song Contest, the band began actively touring Ukraine and European countries, giving concerts, in particular in Poland and Belgium. However, due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, they couldn’t continue their European tour. In the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, Ihor Didenchuk represented Ukraine as a member of Kalush Orchestra and won the contest. Entries Shum Country Ukraine Year2021 LanguageUkrainian LyricsKateryna Pavlenko ComposersKateryna PavlenkoTaras ShevchenkoIhor Didenchuk DancersDmitriy SharipovVania Yurkiv Results Semi Points: 364Position: 5Running order: 19 Results Finals Points: 267Position: 2Running order: 15 https://youtu.be/lqvzDkgok_g Solovey Country Ukraine Year2021 LanguageUkrainian LyricsKateryna Pavlenko ComposersKateryna PavlenkoTaras Shevchenko Backing Vocals– Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/zNetXPSld50

The Roop

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts MembersVaidotas ValiukevičiusRobertas BaranauskasMantas Banišauskas Established2014 Nationality🇱🇹 Lituanian National SelectionPabandom iš naujo 2021Pabandom iš naujo 2020Eurovizios Atrankas 2018 In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongDiscoteque (2021)On fire (2020) Biography The Roop is a Lithuanian band from Vilnius, existing of three musicians. The band started in 2014. All band members had their musical careers before, and Vaidotas was a wellknown tv-show host in Lithuania. In november 2014, their debut single “Be mine” was released. A year later, their first album “To whom it may concern was released”, first as a download, a few months later as a CD. A second album followed in 2017, called “Ghosts”. In 2018, The Roop took part in Eurovizios Atrankas, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They became 3rd and released an EP with their entry “Yes, I do” on it. Two years later they won Pabandom iš naujo, the 2020 national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. They were chosen to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “On fire”. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen, due to the cancellation of the contest. The Roop had been offered a place in the final of the 2021 Lithuanian national final, which they easily won with the song “Discoteque”. The group managed to organize a hype around the colour yellow in their country. They became 8th in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song “Disqoteque” was awarded the M.A.M.A. Award for best song and best video of 2021. The follow up for their Eurovision song was the song “Ohmygodable”. In 2022, the group received a prize for best video for that song. Their latest hit is “Love is all we got”. Entries Discoteque Country🇱🇹 Lithuania Year2021 LanguageEnglish Lyrics & MusicVaidotas ValiukevičiusRobertas BaranauskasMantas BanišauskasLaisvūnas ČernovasKalle LindrothIlkka Wirtanen BackingsAlgirdas Ciūnys DancersMarijanas StaniulėnasMiglė Praniauskaitė Results Semi Points: 203Position: 4Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: 220Position: 8Running order: 18 https://youtu.be/JNweec5olYw On fire Country Lithuania Year2020 LanguageEnglish LyricsVaidotas ValiukevičiusMusicVaidotas ValiukevičiusRobertas BaranauskasMantas Banišauskas Backings– Results Semi Points:Position:Running order: Results Finals Points:Position:Running order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxPm-Wz8qpY

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Fyr og flamme

The Mamas

Hurricane

Daði & Gagnamagnið

Go_A

The Roop