Join Us on Eurovision: February 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

Latvia: Justs won "Supernova 2016" with "Heartbeat"

Justs (© Join Us on Eurovision)

The Latvian national final of "Supernova 2016" took place in the LTV studios in Riga. After two pre-rounds and one Semi-Final it was time for Latvia to decide the representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. In the end it was top favorite Justs who have won the competition with his song "Heartbeat" against second placed band Catalepsia with their song "Damnation". The show was hosted from Ketija Šēnberga and Toms Grēviņš.

This was the full line-up:

Catalepsia - "Damnation"
MyRadiantU - "We Will Be Stars"
Justs - "Heartbeat"
Marta Ritova - "Not From This World"

After all contestants performed their entry the voting lines were open for the public. The winner was chosen only by the audience. Justs will represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with his winning song "Heartbeat".

"Heartbeat" is written by Aminata, who have represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with her selfwritten song "Love Injected". She premiered yesterday her brand new single "Fighter". After the show we talked to Aminata about her Eurovision experiences, working with Justs and about her new single "Fighter". The interview will online next days..

"The main motive in the song is about lost love and pain that it gives. It is like prayer to forget all the bad that happened and start everything from the beginning. Even maybe this prayer could not be heard and just resound in the silence, you can’t move on without saying it out loud." said Justs in our interview some weeks ago about "Heartbeat". After he won yesterday we did a quick interview with Justs , which will be online next days. Stay tuned...

If you missed the Latvian national final of "Supernova 2016", you can watch it here:

Support Justs and his music. Listen to his Eurovision entry "Heartbeat" on Spotify:

For other possibilities check the stores in your country.

As winner of "Supernova 2016" will Justs be honored to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Justs will participate with his song "Heartbeat" in the first half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Stockholm.

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Slovenia: It's ManuElla with "Blue & Red" to Stockholm

The winner of the Slovenian national final of "EMA 2016" is ManuElla with her song "Blue & Red". The national final took place yesterday in Ljubljana and was hosted by Klemen Slakonja. Ten hopefuls were in the battle wo win the ticket to Stockholm, but ManuElla did it.

After all ten candidates performed their entry a expert jury chose two songs for a "Super Final".

Expert Jury:

Raay (from Maraaya)
Darja Švajger
Marlenna (Tomaž from Sestre)

In the "Super Final" it was a battle between ManuElla with "Blue & Red" and Raiven with her song "Črno Bel". The audience decided to gave their votes to ManuElla. She will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.

ManuElla expressed her emotions after she won "EMA 2016"...

Aswinner of "EMA 2016" will ManuElla be honored to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Sweden. ManuElla will participate with "Blue & Red" in the second half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Stockholm.

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Hungary: Freddie won "A Dal 2016" with "Pioneer"

The Hungarian national final of "A Dal 2016" took place yesterday in Budapest. After two voting rounds Freddie has won the competition with the song "Pioneer". He will represent his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.The show was hosted by Csilla Tatár and Levente Harsányi.

After all eight contestants performed their songs, four of them were chosen for the "Super Final":

Freddie
Gergő Oláh
Kállay Saunders Band
Petruska

Already in the first voting round Freddie (Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári) was on #1. In the final voting he got again the most votes and will represent Hungary in Stockholm with "Pioneer".

If you missed the Hungarian national final of "A Dal 2016", you can watch it her:

"A Dal 2016" - Final (Eurovision.tv)

In this video describes Freddie his first emotions after his victory...

Support Freddie and his music. Download his Eurovision entry "Pioneer" on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:

For other possibilities check the stores in your country.

As winner of "A Dal 2016" will Freddie be honored to represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Freddie will participate in the first half of the first Semi-Final on 10th May 2016 in Stockholm.

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Lithuania: Result "Eurovizija 2016" - Show 8

The eighth pre-recorded show of the Lithuanian national selection "Eurovizija 2016" was aired yesteday. In total performed 10 contestants again their possible Eurovision entry and fighted for the votes from the jury and the televotes. At the end two candidates were eliminated and eight lucky candidates got enough votes and make it to the next round.

"Eurovizija 2016" - Show 8

Catrinah – "Be Free"

Ruslanas Kirilkinas – "In My World"

Milda Martinkėnaitė – "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (eleminated)

Erica Jennings – "Leading Me Home"

Saulenė Chlevickaitė – "Strong" (eleminated)

Aistė Pilvelytė – "You Bet"

Valdas Lacko – "Stay Tonight"

Rūta Šciogolevaitė – "United"

Donny Montell – "I've Been Waiting For This Night"

Ieva Zasimauskaitė – "Life (Not That Beautiful)"

Here you can see the result of jury and televotes from the eighth show:

Jury members (national):

Darius Užkuraitis
Ramūnas Zilnys
Nomeda Kazlaus
Justė Arlauskaitė-Jazzu

If you missed the show from Saturday you can watch it here:

"Eurovizija 2016" - Show 8

"Eurovizija 2016" - Show dates:

09.01.2016 - Result - Show 1
16.01.2016 - Result - Show 2
23.01.2016 - Result - Show 3
30.01.2016 - Result - Show 4
06.02.2016 - Result - Show 5
13.02.2016 - Resutl - Show 6
20.02.2016 - Result - Show 7
27.02.2016 - Show 8
05.03.2016 - Show 9
12.03.2015 - Show 10 - National Final

Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with the song "This Time". Monika & Vaidas ended on 18th place in the Eurovision final.

The winner of "Eurovizija 2016" will be honoured to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Sweden. Who will participate in the first half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Stockholm? Stay tuned..

More about 'Eurovizija' you can find here:

Norway: Agnete to Stockholm with "Icebreaker"

The Norwegian national final "Melodi Grand Prix" took place yesterday in Oslo. It was an entertaining show, which was hosted by Silya Nymoen and Kåre Magnus Bergh. After two voting round it was quickly clear that Agnete will win with her "Icebreaker" - and she did!

After the first voting round four candidates were announced one by one to perform again in the so called "Gold Final". The audience gave the most of the votes to Agnete with "Icebreaker".

Here are the final votes:

Agnete - "Icebreaker" (195,728 votes)
Freddy Kalas - "Feel Da Rush" (88,128 votes)
Suite 16 - "Anna Lee" (56,671 votes)
Laila Samuels - "Afterglow" (48,865 votes)

Here you can see Agnete's first reaction after she won the competition:

Support Agnethe and her music. Download her Eurovision entry "Icebreaker" on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:

For other possibilities check the stores in your country.

As winner of "Melodi Grand Prix 2016" Agnete is honored to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Agnete will participate in the second half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Sweden.

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Latvia: Tonight! "Supernova 2016" - Final

It's decission time tonight in Latvia! The audience will decide in the national final of "Supernova 2016" who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. After two pre-rounds, followed by the Semi-Final last Sunday, we'll find out tonight who will win this years competition. The show will be hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and Toms Grēviņš. Aminata, who won last years "Supernova" with "Love Injected", will premiere her brand new single called "Fighter". The winner of "Supernova 2016" will be chosen only by the audience.

"Supernova 2016" - Final

Justs - "Heartbeat"
Catalepsia - "Damnation"
MyRadiantU - "We Will Be Stars"
Marta Ritova - "Not From This World"

The song from Justs is written by Aminata Savadogo. If he will win tonight, Aminata will return to Eurovision in May as songwriter.

With three of tonights finalists we already did interviews:

Justs - "The main motive in 'Heartbeat' is about lost love and pain that it gives."
Catalepsia - "'Damnation' is about that nothing lasts forever and everything fades away sooner or later"
MyRadiantU - "Always remember: This life was given to you and no one should have a right to steal it from you"

You can listen to all the entries on Soundcloud:

"Supernova 2016" (Playlist)

The show starts tonight at 8:25 pm (cet) and can be followed here:

"Supernova 2016" - Show Dates:

30.01.2016 - Announcement Candidates
07.02.2016 - First Heat - Result
14.02.2016 - Second Heat - Result
21.02.2016 - Semi-Final - Result
28.02.2016 - National Final

Jury:

Eve Kerēvica
Guntars Racs
Intars Busulis
Kaspars Roga

Aminata won the first edition of "Supernova" last year with the song "Love Injected". She represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna and "Love Injected" ended on 6th place with 186 points.

The winner of "Supernova 2016" will be honored to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Who will participate in the first half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Stockholm? Stay tuned...

Find out more about "Supernova" here:

Moldova: Lidia Isac to Stockholm with "Falling Stars"

The national final of "O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016" took place yesterday in Modldova. 16 contestants were in the battle, but at the end it was Lidia Isac who have won the competition with her song "Falling Stars".

Lidia Isac already participated last year in the national final of "O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015" with her song "I Can't Breathe". This year she is the lucky winner and will represent Moldova in Sweden.

If you missed the show you can watch it here:

"O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016" (Eurovision.tv)

Last year we already met Lidia Isac in Vienna, where she has been with the guys from Sunstroke Project. They've been there to report about the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Sunstroke Project & Lidia Isac (© Join Us on Eurovision)

We spoke with Lidia Isac about her experiences in Vienna...

"I liked it very much. It was a very different thing to what I did before. Last year I participated in a very important contest – “New Wave Contest”. I thought it’s the biggest contest. But than I came to Vienna and saw that the Eurovision Song Contest is much bigger.. It was a new experience and I think the next stage I will make in my music career will be Eurovision :-) I will participate in the national selection in Moldova again next year. To be in Vienna was a good chance to prepare myself this year for next year :-)" said Lidia.

and continued "It was my warm-up ;-) I checked everything and saw how it worked and what I have to take care.. To meet people, talk to the journalists.."

Welcome back to Eurovision, Lidia! :)

You can read the full interview with Sunstroke Project and Lidia Isac here.

Support Lidia Isac and her music. Download her latest single "I Can't Breathe" on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:

Lidia Isac is honored to represent Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with her song "Falling Stars". She will participate in the first half of the first Semi-Final on 10th May 2016 in Stockholm.

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New Single: Listen to "Fighter" from Aminata

It's one year ago since Aminata won the Latvian national final of "Supernova 2015" with her outstanding song "Love Injected". Very deserved she ended on 6th place in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

After releasing her follow up song "Bridges" she was working on new material and wrote the song for this years top favorite Justs Sirmais. He is one of tonights finalists in "Supernova" with his song "Heartbeat". He has very good chances to win the competition tonight, means that Aminata returns to Eurovision this year as songwriter.

As already announced, Aminata will perform tonight her brand new single "Fighter" and if you don't want to wait till tonight, it's already available on iTunes and Spotify.

"I have great news for you! My new single FIGHTER from upcoming album RED MOON is available on Spotify and other platforms! Enjoy it and tune in to supernova.lsm.lv 21:25 (local time) where I will perform it at ‪#‎ltvsupernova‬ finals! More exciting news coming today evening!" she posted today on Facebook.

Support Aminata and music. Download her new single "Fighter" on iTunesor listen to it on Spotify:

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Finland: Sandhja wins "UMK 2016" with "Sing It Away"

The Finish national final of "UMK 2016" took place yesterday in Helsinki with a line-up of nine competing contestants. Sandhja got the most votes from the jury and televotes for her song "Sing It Away" and won the competition. The show was hosted by Krista Siegfrids (ESC 2013, "Marry Me") and Roope Salminen.

Sandhja won with only six points more in the final votes before second placed Saara Aalto.

"KIITOS!! THANK YOU!! TACK, vi ses i Stockholm! Thank you so much, your votes counted! You made the dream come true!!" she wrote after her victory on Facebook.

Support Sandhja and her music. Listen to her Eurovision entry "Sing It Away" on Spotify:

Sandhja - "Sing It Away" (Spotify)

For other possibilities check the stores in your country.

Sandhja is honered to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. She will participate with her song "Sing It Away" in the first half of the first Semi-Final.

Find out more about Sandhja and follow her:

Sweden: Result "Melodifestivalen 2016" - Semi-Final 4

The fourth Semi-Final of Melodifestivalen 2016 in Gävle brought us yesterday the last two finalists and two more contestants for the second chance show "Andra Chansen". Seven contestants performed their possible Eurovision entry in Gävle, but only two of them got the ticket straigt to the national final, which is scheduled for 13th of March 2015. The show was hosted by Gina Dirawi & Sarah Dawn Finer.

Qualified for the "Melodifestivalen" Final:

Molly Sanden – "Youniverse"
Frans – "If I Were Sorry"

Ticket for 'Andra Chansen' (Second Chance) on 5th of March:

Dolly Style – "Rollercoaster"
Panetoz – "Håll om mig hart"

The journey is over for Eclipse, Martin Stenmarck and Linda Bengtzing.

"Melodifestivalen" - Semi-Final 4 - Line-up
(qualified in bold)

Eclipse – "Runaways"
Dolly Style – "Rollercoaster"
Martin Stenmarck – "Du tar mig tillbaks"
Linda Bengtzing – "Killer girl"
Frans – "If I Were Sorry"
Panetoz – "Håll om mig hart"
Molly Sanden – "Youniverse"

"Melodifestivalen" - Shows 2016

06.02.2016 - Semi-Final 1 - Gothenburg (Result)
13.02.2016 - Semi-Final 2 - Malmö (Result)
20.02.2016 - Semi-Final 3 - Norrköping (Result)
27.02.2016 - Semi-Final 4 - Gävle
05.03.2016 - Andra Chansen - Halmstad
13.03.2016 - Final - Stockholm

Måns Zelmerlöw won the Melodifestivalen 2015 with "Heroes". As top favorit he won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna.

The winner of Melodifestivalen 2016 will participate in the grand final of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest on 14th of May 2016 in the Final - Stockholm

You can find out more about Melodifestivalen here:

Germany: "Ghost" from Jamie-Lee to Stockholm!

Jamie-Lee Kriewitz (© Join Us on Eurovision)

It's already three days ago since the German national final of "Unser Lied für Stockholm" took place in the Brainpool studios in Cologne. It was a very entertaining show with many different music styles. As in previous years the show was hosted by Barbara Schöneberger.

Jamie-Lee Kriewitz won the "Super Final" against second placed Alex Diehl, who have sung his song "Nur ein Lied" about peace in three different languages. Third came the rock band Avantasia with "Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose".

This was the line-up of "ULfS":

Ella Endlich - "Adrenalin"
Joco - "Full Moon"
Gregorian - "Masters Of Chant"
Woods of Birnam - "Lift Me Up (From The Underground)"
Luxuslärm - "Solange Liebe in mir wohnt"
Keøma - "Protected"
Avantasia - "Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose" (#3)
Alex Diehl - "Nur ein Lied" (#2)
Jamie-Lee Kriewitz - "Ghost" (#1)
Laura Pinski - "Under The Sun We Are One"

If you missed the German national final, you can watch it here:

Unser Lied für Stockholm" (Eurovision.tv)

Here you can see her first reaction after her victory in the Brainpool studios in Cologne:

It's not long ago since the only 17 years young Jamie-Lee won the latest season of "The Voice of Germany" with her song "Gost". This song gave her already two victories. Will she be third time lucky in Stockholm?

You shouldn't miss to watch her first performance in the German blind auditions from "The Voice of Germany". She touched with her outstanding version of "The Hanging Tree", which is originally sung by Jennifer Lawrance for the movie "The Hunger Games".

Support Jamie-Lee and her music. Download her Eurovision entry "Ghost" on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:

For other possibilities check the stores in your country.

Find out more about Jamie-Lee and follow her:

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Slovenia: Tonight! "EMA 2016" - Final

In Slovenia it's tonight time to decide in the national final of "EMA 2016" who will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. The show will be hosted by Klemen Slakonja.

"EMA 2016"

Anja Baš – "What If"
Žan Serčič - "Summer Story"
Anja Kotar - "Too Cool"
San Di EGO - "Brez Tebe"
D Base - "Spet Živ"
Regina - "Alive In Every Way"
ManuElla - "Blue And Red"
Raiven - "Črno Bel"
Nuša Derenda - "Tip Top"
Sebastijan Lukovnjak - "Tales Of Tomorrow"

Her you can listen to the entries from "EMA 2016":

With some of tonights finalists we already did interviews in the last days:

The show starts at 08:00 pm (cet) and can be followed here:

"EMA 2016" - Final

Voting:

Round 1 => 100% Jury
The expert jury chose two candidates for a "Super Final"
Round 2 => 100% Audience
After the two finalists performed again it's only the choice of the audience who will win "EMA 2016".

"EMA 2016"

27.02.2016 - National Final

In 2015 won Maraaya the "EMA" final with the song "Here For You". Maraaya ended on 14th place in the Eurovision final with 39 points.

The winner of "EMA 2016" will be honored to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Sweden. Who will participate in the second half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Stockholm?

Read more about 'EMA' here:

Norway: Tonight! "Melodi Grand Prix 2016" - Final

Norway will decide in tonights national final of "Melodi Grand Prix 2016" who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. There are ten contestants in the battle to get the most votes. The show will be hosted by Silya Nymoen and Kåre Magnus Bergh.

"Melodi Grand Prix 2016" - Running order

The Hungry Hearts featuring Lisa Dillan - "Laika"
Stage Dolls - "Into the Fire"
Stine Hole Ulla - "Traces"
Makeda - "Stand Up"
Pegasus - "Anyway"
Freddy Kalas - "Happy Rush"
Laila Samuels - "Afterglow"
Elouiz - "History"
Suite 16 - "Anna Lee"
Agnete - "Icebreaker"

The Norwegian national final of "MGP 2016" starts at 8:55 pm (cet) and can be followed here:

"Melodi Grand Prix 2016" (Eurovision.tv)

Here you can make you own voting:

"Melodi Grand Prix 2016" (Voting)

With some of the musicians we already had interviews in the last days:

Mørland & Debrah Scarlett, who have won "MGP 2015" with "A Monster Like Me", will perform tonight again their entry in Oslo Spectrum. Who knows, maybe both of them are performing their brand new solo singles. Mørland released last week his new single "Skin" and Debrah Scarlett released yesterday her debut single "To Figure".

Voting:

Round 1 - After all contestants performed their possible Eurovision entry four of them will be voted for the second round.
Round 2 - In the so called "Gold Final" the winner will be chosen by the audience.

You can also listen to the entries here:

"Melodi Grand Prix 2016" - Show

27.02.2016 - National Final

Mørland & Debrah Scarlett won MGP 2015 and represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest last May in Vienna with the song "A Monster Like Me". The ended on 8th place in the Grand Final with 102 points.

The winner of "Melodi Grand Prix 2016" will be honored to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Who should participate in the second half of the second Semi-Final on 12th May 2016 in Sweden?

Find out more about 'Melodi Grand Prix' here:

Lithuania: Tonight! "Eurovizija 2016" - Show 8

Tonight it's time for the eigthth pre-recorded show from the Lithuanian national selection "Eurovizija 2016". The show will be aired tonight on LTR. Hosts of the show are Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūtė.