Tomorrow it's time for the five candidates to present their possible Eurovision entry. Broadcaster VRT revealed already the song titles of the potential Eurovision entries. Below you can listen to the song snippets.
All contestants will perform their song next Sunday, 10th January 2016. The will get feedback from Beverly Jo Scott and Tom Helsen, experts for this evening.
"Eurosong 2016" - Show dates:
03.01.2016 - Cover Songs
10.01.2016 - Premiere potential ESC entry
17.01.2016 - National Final
Voting will be a combination of jury votes (50%) and 50% from the audience.
The winner of "Eurosong 2016" will be honoured to represent Belgium 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..
DR, Danish broadcaster, announced yesterday that the acts and potential ESC entries will be revealed on 28th of January 2016. At the same time it will be possible to listen to the entries on the official DR site. 928 song were submitted for this year national selection "Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016". Internal chose a jury 10 musicians and songs for the national final, which will take place on 13th February 2016 in Horsens.
"Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016" - Show Date
13.02.2016 - National Final (Horsens)
Anti Social Media represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with the song "The Way We Are", but they failed to qualify to the Eurovision final by ending only 13th place in the Semi-Final. They released a new single called "Fire Exit" last year in September.
The winner of "Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015" will be honoured to represent Denmark at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest in May in Stockholm. Denmark will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in Stockholm. Who should represent Denmark in Sweden?
Pamela Ramljak was part of the girls group Feminnem and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me" (#14). The girls returned to Eurovision in 2010 for Croatia with the song "Lako je sve". Pamela released her brand new single "Vikend" some weeks ago. It's a real party song and you shouldn't miss to listen it.
Pamela Ramljak - "Vikend" (Official Video)
"Vikend" (Lyrics)
kao ruž na usne osmijeh stavit ću
i ko da muško sam
nered za sobom pravit ću
muzika glasno nek zasvira
jer ja kad spremam se
susjede redom nerviram
noćas smo tu da slavimo
štiklama grad zapalimo
i vikend sada može doći
neću u samoći
valjda tebe čekat ja
ajmo živo jen dva tri
daj rundu natoči
za društvo nazdravi da duže
žive koji se s nama druže
hajde i ti s nama nemoj biti sama
noć nas vani zove
sutra smo ko nove
otkači sve budale koje te ludom prave
ustani samo pleši
sutra brige riješi
In November 2015 she performed spontaneously at the Eurovision Club Germany in Colonge, as Bojana Stamenov (Serbian ESC representative 2015) cancelled two days before the event. Pamela did it very well and it was a lot of fun seeing her performing some Eurovision classics. Here you can see some of the videos:
PBS, Maltese broadcaster, got 153 songs in total for the national selection "Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (MESC)". 20 songs are chosen for the Semi-Final on 22nd January 2016 in the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. Only 14 songs will make it to the national final, which will take place in the same venue only one day later.
Some of the musicians are known from previous years. One of them is Ira Losco, who represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "7th Wonder". Her song ended on 2nd place in the Eurovision final, very close behind the winner - Marie N ("I Wanna") - by missing only six points.
"MESC 2016" - Show dates:
22.01.2016 - Semi-Final
23.01.2016 - National Final
Amberrepresented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song "Warrior", but failed to qualify to the Eurovision final. Some days ago she released her brand new song called "What The Say".
The winner of "MESC 2016" will be honoured to represent Malta 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..
Aminatarepresented Latvia at the Eurovsion Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with the song "Love Injected". At the end she came 4th place in the Eurovision final. A new song called "Bridges" released Aminata in October on soundcloud. For the "New Years Show" in Latvian TV LTV1 she made a new arrangement of "Love Injected" with a orchestra. Here you can see her performance..
Aminata - "Love Injected"
(Orchestra Version Live @ New Years Show, Latvia)
Aminata released last December the second edition of Remixes from her Eurovision entry "Love Injected". You shouldn't miss to listen the club and dance mixes. She is still working on her album, which is expected to be released soon..
Support Aminata and her Music. Download her Eurovision entry on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify.
On 19th December 2015 there was a live audition to shorten the list of 47 potential candidates for the Moldovan national selection "O Melodie Pentru Europa". At the end 24 of them got a ticket to participate in one of two Semi-Finals on 23rd and 25th February 2016.
Litesound already represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "We Are The Heroes". This year they collaborate with Katherine. There are other well known candidates from last years selection - Diana Brescan, Doinita Gherman, Lidia Isac and DoReDos..
"O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016" - Show dates:
07.12.2015 - Deadline song submission (5 pm)
10.12.2015 - Jury song selection
19.12.2015 - Live auditions; 24 songs will be selected
The winner of "O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016" will be honoured to represent Moldova in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in Sockholm. Who will represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden? Stay tuned..
All contestants will perform their song next Sunday, 10th January 2016. The will get feedback from Beverly Jo Scott and Tom helsen, experts for this evening.
What have you missed in the first show? - All contestants performed a cover version of a former Eurovision entry. Together the performed "Heroes", the ESC winning song 2015 from Måns Zelmerlöw.
Here you can see the videos from their solo performances:
One of the experts was Alexander Rybak, Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with "Fairytale". He performed a Eurovision Medley. If you missed the show you can watch it here:
Voting will be a combination of jury votes (50%) and 50% from the audience.
The winner of "Eurosong 2016" will be honoured to represent Belgium 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..
The band Highway will represent Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Montenegrian broadcaster chose them internally. Originally the band was a trio (Petar Tošić, Luka Vojvodić, and Marko Pešić), but since some weeks they have a fourth member. Bojan Jovovic was together with Marko Pešić a band member of No Name. The band represented 2005 Serbia and Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Zauvijek moja". They ended on 7th place in the Eurovison final with 137 points. Do you remember their song?
No Name - "Zauvijek moja" (Eurovision Performance)
Some days ago Highway confirmed that they will sing in English in Stockholm. The song presentation is planed till end of February 2016.
The winner of "Eurofest 2016" will be honoured to represent Belarus 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..
Sergey Lazarev was chosen internally to represent his country this year at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm in May. His Eurovision entry is not known yet. It's clear that he will perform his song in English.
"Dear friends! I am really happy and honored to represent my country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016! I am looking forward to this exciting experience and I hope you will all love my song as much as I do. Wish me luck! Thank you." wrote Sergey on his instagram about his participation.
In 2005 started Sergey his solo career and released his first solo album "Don't Be Fake". One year later he recieved the "Best New Act"-award on Russian tv channel MUZ TV. In the following years he released some other solo albums and recieved awards as "Best Male Singler" and MTV "Artist of the Year".
Sergey already wanted to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Flyer". He ended on 4th place, while Dima Bilan won with "Believe" and represent Russia in that year. Do you remember his entry?
Support Sergey Lazarev and his music. Download his latest release on iTunes or listen to it on Spotify:
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Sergey Lazarev will perform in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th of May 2016 in Stockholm. Will he make it to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016?
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