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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Lithuania: 28 candidates for "Eurovizija 2016"

The long way for the Lithuanian national selection "Eurovizija 2016" starts next Saturday, 9th January 2016. As in the last years the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT decided 9 shows to select their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The shows will be hosted by Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūte. In total there are 28 musicians in the battle to win the ticket for Sweden.

"Eurovizija 2016" - Candidates

4 Roses
Aistė Pilvelytė
Alice Way
Baiba Skurstenė-Serdiukė
Behind The Moon
Berta Timinskaitė
Catrinah
Deividas Žygas
Donatas Montvydas
E.G.O.
Eglė Jakštytė
Elena Jurgaitytė
Erica Jennings
Gabrielė Grigolaitytė-Vasha
HIT
Ieva Zasimauskaitė
Ištvan Kvik
Jurgis Brūzga
Lawreigna
Milda Martinkėnaitė
Neringa Šiaudikytė
Petunija
Ruslanas Kirilkinas
Rūta Ščiogolevaitė
Saulenė Chlevickaitė
Ugnė Smile
Valdas Lacko
Vlad Kalugin

One of the candidates is Donatas Montvydas, better known under his international stage name Donny Montell. He represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with the song "Love Is Blind". Do you remember his Eurovision entry?

"Eurovizija 2016" - Show dates:

09.01.2016 - Show 1
16.01.2016 - Show 2
23.01.2016 - Show 3
30.01.2016 - Show 4
06.02.2016 - Show 5
13.02.2016 - Show 6
20.02.2016 - Show 7 - Elemination Round
27.02.2016 - Show 8 - National Final
05.03.2016 - Show 9 - Support Concert

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 one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in Stockholm? Stay tuned..

More about 'Eurovizija' you can find here:

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Georgia: GPB confirmed Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz

GPB (Georgian Public Broadcaster) has chosen internally the representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016.

The Young Georgian Lolitaz are known as indie rock band. Band members are Gia Iashvili (Vocals, Bass), Nick Dvitashvili (Guitar, Keyboard) and Dima Ogenesian (Drums).

For composers it's possible to send songs to the Georgian broadcaster till 8th January 2016. Internally they will chose five songs. Those five songs will be presented to the audience. The winning song will be selected by the audience and a expert jury.

Support the Young Georgian Lolitas and their music. Download their album "Lemonjuice" on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:

Find out more about Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitas here:

Iceland: RUV announced 12 candidates and songs for "Söngvakeppnin 2016"

RUV, broadcaster from Iceland, announced the 12 finalists and their songs for "Söngvakeppnin 2016". The national selection includes two Semi-Finals and the national final, which wil be on 20th February 2016.

"Söngvakeppnin 2016" - Candidates:

Sigga Eyrún - "Kreisí" (Crazy)
Helgi Valur Ásgeirsson - "Óvær" (Uneasy)
Erna Mist & Magnús Thorlacius - "Ótöluðorð" (Unspoken words)
Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir & Hjörtur Traustason - "Hugurminner" (My mind is)
Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir & Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson - "Spring yfirheiminn" (All over the world)
Alda Dís Arnardóttir - "Augnablik" (One Moment)
Karlotta Sigurðardóttir - "Óstöðvandi" (Unstoppable)
Ingólfur Þórarinsson - "Fátækurnámsmaður" (A broke student)
Elísabet Ormslev - "Á ný" (Again)
Greta Salome Stefánsdóttir - "Raddirnar" (The Voices)
Sigríður Eir Zophoniasardóttir & Jóhanna Vala Höskuldsdóttir - "Égséþig" (I see you)
Pálmi Gunnarsson - "Égleiðiþigheim" (I lead you home)

Read the official announcement here:

Þessi keppa um að komast í Eurovision

In each Semi-Final six acts will perform to get one of three tickets to the final. All songs must be performed in Icelandic. In total seven acts (one of them will be a "Wildcard" chosen by a jury) will fight for the ticket to Stockholm in the national final on 20th of February 2016.

"Söngvakeppnin 2016" - Show dates:

06.02.2016 - Semi-Final 1
13.02.2016 - Semi-Final 2
20.02.2016 - National Final

Maria Olafs represented Iceland at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest this year in Vienna with the song "Unbroken", but she faidl to qualiy to the Eurovision final.

Maria Olafs - "Unbroken" (Eurovision performance)

The winner of "Söngvakeppnin 2016" will compete in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in the Globen Arena in Stockholm. Who do you want to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016?

Find out more about 'Söngvakeppnin' here:

Hungary: Full versions of "A Dal 2016" entries online

Hungary will select their artist for Stockholm with the national selection "A Dal 2016". 30 contestants are in the battle to get the ticket to represent Hungary at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Sweden. Now you can listen to all the entries.

"A Dal 2016" - Audio

Full list of audio files you can also find here:

"A Dal 2016" - Audio Files

Some of the artists are already known from former national selections. Ív, Bálint Gájer, Passed, Reni Tolvai and András Kállay-Saunders, who represented Hungary in Copenhagen 2014 with the song "Running". Now he is back with the Kállay Saunders Band and the song "Who We Are".

"A Dal 2016" - Show dates:

23.01.2016 - Pre-Round 1
30.01.2016 - Pre-Round 2
06.02.2016 - Pre-Round 3
13.02.2016 - Semi-Final 1
20.02.2016 - Semi-Final 2
27.02.2016 - National Final

Jury:

Pierrot
Zséda
Károly Freinreisz and
Miklós Both

Boggie won "A Dal 2015" with her song "Wars For Nothing". She ended on 20th place with only 19 points.

Hungary will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th of 12th of May 2016 in Stockholm. Who should represent Hungary at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden?

Read more about "A Dal 2016" here:

New Video: Watch "What They Say" from Amber

Amber represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song "Warrior". In the last months worked Amber on new material and changed her style. Now she is back with her promising follow up single "What They Say".

Amber - "What They Say" (Official Video)

"What The Say" (Lyrics)

got no time for gossip

no time for silly flings

I’m too busy working, tryna chase this dream

sometimes it's blurry

where I am meant to be

can’t see a damn thing, it gets a little much for me

I got no time time to find find got to live my life life got to keep on going i won’t stop till I’m I’m on top x2

they can say, what they wanna say

eh yeah eh its my life anyway x 2

eh eh eh eh what they wanna say

eh eh eh eh It’s my life anyway x2

just looking for a reason

for our self being

tryna find the purpose, tryna find our niche

at times it gets lonely

when your stuck in a crowd

feels like I’m suffocating ,someone help me out

I got no time time to find find got to live my life life got to keep on going i won’t stop till I’m I’m on top x2

they can say, what they wanna say

eh yeah eh its my life anyway x 2

eh eh eh eh what they wanna say

eh eh eh eh It’s my life anyway x2

you’ve got just one life, well thats what people think

you got to do it right, don’t let them kill your dreams

they can say, what they wanna say

eh yeah eh its my life anyway x 2

eh eh eh eh what they wanna say

eh eh eh eh It’s my life anyway x2

I got no time time to find find got to live my life life got to keep on going i won’t stop till I’m I’m on top x2

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

Amber works at the moment on her first studio album with the award winning singer and songwriter Muxu and with Elton Zarb. Stay tuned...

Find out more about Amber and follow her:

Spain: TVE announced six candidates for national selection 2016

TVE, Spanish broadcaster, announced some days ago six contestants for their national selection 2016. The winner will be chosen in a public tv show.

These are the hopefuls:

Barei
Electric Nana
Maria Isabel
Maverick
Salva Beltran
Xuso Jones

Read the official announcement here:

Xuso Jones, Salvador Beltrán, Maverick, María Isabel, Electric Nana y Barei son los aspirantes a Eurovisión 2016

One of them is Maria Isabel, who won the "Junio Eurovision Song Contest 2004" with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla". Do you remember her entry?

Maria Isabel - "Antes muerta que sencilla"

Edurne was chosen internally to represent Spain in Vienna at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with "Amanecer". Her entry ended on a dissapointing 20th place in the Eurovision final.

The winner of the Spanish national selection will perform on 14th of May 2016 in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm.

More about Eurovision Spain:

Eurovision Radio International: Tonight! Interview with Dana

Radio International - The ultimate Eurovision Experienceis. A brand new year and also a brand new National Final Season to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - the Team of Radio International would like to invite you to this week's and the first edition of the show in 2016 with music, interviews, fun and lots of Eurovision Song Contest stuff. Join in this Wednesday 6th January 2016 from 8 - 11pm (cet) for the show.

Interview with Eurovision Winner DANA (Ireland 1970)
Eurovision Spotlight: National Final Season 2016 with Ross Bennett
Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann
Eurovision News, Quiz
Your music requests
New Music Releases by Eurovision artists as broadcast time permits

For further details visit the Radio International website here:

Eurovision Radio International

Join Radio International on Wednesday, 6th of January 2016 from 8:00 - 11 pm (cet), via the website or on FM. Radio International is available live via www.radiointernational.tv and on FM 106.8, Digital Cabel Channel 781 in parts of the Netherlands and via www.livestream.com/radint. In addition, you can pick up Radio International on Malta's Galaxy 105 every Monday from 1:00 - 4:59 pm (cet) hours CET and in Belgium on eurovisiOradio.eu every Sunday evening from 7:00 - 10:59 pm (cet) and again on Tuesday evenings from 8:00 - 11:00 pm (cet). Should you not be able to listen live, the show will appear in the Programme’s Show Archive a few hours after it’s airing on the radio.

Follow those links and be always up to date about Eurovision Radio International:

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Slovenia: "EMA" final on 27th of February 2016!

RTVSLO, Slovenian broadcaster, announced today ten acts for their national selection "EMA 2016". The national final of "EMA 2016" will be on 27th of February 2016.

In total ten contestants will perform their possible Eurovision entry. These are the hopefuls:

Anja Baš
Anja Kotar
D Base
ManuElla
Nuša Derenda
Raiven
Regina
SAN Di EGO
Sebastijan Lukovnjak
Žan Serčič

The contestants were chosen by an expert jury:

Alenka Godec (singer)
Gaber Radojevič (music producer)
Jernej Vene (music editor at Val 202)
Aleksander Radić (Head of Slovenian Delegation)

Read the official announcement here:

Deset izbrancev, ki se bodo borili za zmago na Emi 2016!

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 represent Slovenia in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 at the Eurovision Song Contest. Who do you want to represent Slovenia in Stockholm?

Read more about 'EMA' here:

Germany: "Unser Lied für Stockholm" on 25th of February!

NDR, German broadcaster, announced today how they will find the contestant for Stockholm. In November 2015 they confirmed that Xavier Naidoo was chosen internally to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest. Only some days later he was withdrawn after the media shit storm about his nomination.

In the last weeks a lot of rumours were in the internet about the new concept and especially the possible acts for the German national selection.

Today confirmed NDR that the German national final will be on 25th of February 2016 in Cologne. The show will be titled "Unser Lied für Stockholm" (Our song for Stockholm).

Read the official announcement here:

Termin für den deutschen ESC-Vorentscheid steht fest

The performing acts will be announced very soon. Stay tuned...

2015 won Andreas Kümmert the national selection, but on stage he said "NO" to Eurovision and gave his ticket for Vienna to second placed Ann Sophie. Her song "Black Smoke" ended on last place in the Eurovision final with dissapointing zero points.

The winner of "Unser Lied für Stockholm" will represent Germany in the Grand Final of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest on 14th of May 2016 in Stockholm. Who will represent Germany in Sweden?

Read more about Eurovision Germany here:

Eurovision.de (Facebook)
Eurovision.de (Homepage)
Eurovision.de (Twitter)

Eurovision in Concert 2016: Tickets on sale now!

This years Eurovision in Concert will take place on 9th of April 2016 in Amsterdam. It's the biggest promotion event for the Eurovision Song Contest participants before the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will take place in May in Stockholm. A lot of acts are using this event a chance to meet other contestants, to promote their songs and of course, to feel the special Eurovision atmosphere.

"Eurovision in Concert 2016" - Confirmed acts:

Minus One (Cyprus)

In the next weeks a lot of more Eurovision 2016 contestants will be announced.. In 2014 a record of 25 Eurovision joined the sold out event in Amsterdam. Will they top this in 2016?

Ticket sale starts yesterday and here you can buy yours: