Lithuania: Result "Eurovizija 2016" Show 3

The third pre-recorded show of the Lithuanian national selection "Eurovizija 2016" was aired yesterday. In total performed 12 contestants (four more as in previous shows) their possible Eurovision entry and fighted for the votes from the jury and the televotes. At the end two candidates were eliminated and ten lucky candidates got enough votes and make it to the next round. 

"Eurovizija 2016" - Result Show 3

1. Ieva Zasimauskaitė – "Life (Not That Beautiful)"
2. Baiba – "Mayday"
3. Evelina Jocytė – "When It Sings" (eliminated)
4. E.G.O – "Long Way From Home"
5. Berta Timinskaitė – "Stars in a Rainbow"
6. Deividas Žygas – "Survivors" (eliminated)
7. Neringa Šiaudikytė – "Never Knew Love"
8. 4 Roses – "Butterfly"
9. Saulenė Chlevickaitė – "Strong"
10. Milda Martinkėnaitė – "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
11. Ruslanas Kirilkinas – "In My World"
12. Aistė Pilvelytė – "You Bet"

Jury members (national):

• Darius Užkuraitis
• Ramūnas Zilnys
• Nomeda Kazlaus
• Laima Lapkauskaitė

Jury member (international):

• Vanessa Lancaster, 
• Dave Holmes 
• Dennis Ingoldsby
• Peteris Froidentaleris

If you missed the show yesterday you can watch it here:

• "Eurovizija 2016" - Show 3

"Eurovizija 2016" - Qualifiers

• Ieva Zasimauskaitė – "Life (Not That Beautiful)" (Show 3)
• Baiba – "Mayday" (Show 3)
• E.G.O – "Long Way From Home" (Show 3)
• Berta Timinskaitė – "Stars in a Rainbow" (Show 3)
• Neringa Šiaudikytė – "Never Knew Love" (Show 3)
• 4 Roses – "Butterfly" (Show 3)
• Saulenė Chlevickaitė – "Strong" (Show 3)
• Milda Martinkėnaitė – "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Show 3)
• Ruslanas Kirilkinas – "In My World" (Show 3)
• Aistė Pilvelytė – "You Bet" (Show 3)
• Rūta Šciogolevaitė – "United" (Show 2)
• Ištvan and Ellada – "Please Don’t Cry" (Show 2)
• Catrinah – "Be Free" (Show 2)
• Valdas Lacko – "Stay Tonight" (Show 2)
• Eglė Jakštytė – "Leisk Dar Būti" (Show 2)
• Donny Montell – "I've Been Waiting For This Night"  (Show 1)
• Erica Jennings – "Leading Me Home" (Show 1)
• Petunija – "Tomorrow" (Show 1)
• Behind the Moon – "Did It All" (Show 1)
• Alice Way – "Hero" (Show 1)

Winner of the evening was Aistė Pilvelytė with "You Bet" - watch her performance here:

"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 
• 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:

• Eurovision Lithuania (Homepage)
• LRT (Homepage Broadcaster)

Hungary: Result "A Dal 2016" - First Heat

The first heat of the Hungarian national selection "A Dal 2016" took place yesterday. 10 competing contestants were in the battle to get a ticket to one of the Semi-Finals. Six of them will go on in the competition. Five were chosen by the jury and one last candidate was chosen by the televotes.

"A Dal 2016" - First Heat

(Qualifiers in bold)

1. Benji – "Kötéltánc"
2. ByTheWay – "Free To Fly"
3. Egy Másik Zenekar – "Kéne közös kép"
4. Fatima Mohamed – "Ott leszek"
5. Freddie (Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári) – "Pioneer"
6. Jázmin Török – "Power Of Love"
7. Mushu – "Uncle Tom"
8. Odett – "Stardust"
9. Petra Veres-Kovács – "Singing Peace"
10. Reni Tolvai – "Fire"

The green ones were chosen by the jury.
The yellow were chosen as last qualified contestant by the televotes.

"A Dal 2016" - Show dates:

• 23.01.2016 - First Heat
• 30.01.2016 - Second Heat
• 06.02.2016 - Third Heat
• 13.02.2016 - Semi-Final 1
• 20.02.2016 - Semi-Final 2
• 27.02.2016 - National Final

Jury:

• Pierrot
• Zséda 
• Károly Freinreisz 
• Miklós Both

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

The winner of "A Dal 2016" will be honoured to 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:

• A Dal (Facebook)
• A Dal (Homepage)

Malta: Tonight! "MESC 2016" - Red Carpet Show & National Final

Tonight it's time for Malta to find out who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Yesterday decided a five members jury and the audience who will perform tonight again in the final of "MESC 2016" in the MCC in Valletta. Host of the show will be again Ben Camille. After the victory from one of the artists it's possible that the song will be changed.

"MESC 2016" - National Final

1. Deborah C - "All Around the World"
2. Franklin - "Little Love"
3. Daniel Testa - "Under the Sun"
4. Brooke - "Golden"
5. Raquel - "Flashing Lights"
6. Christabelle - "Kingdom"
7. Corazon - "Falling Glass"
8. Dominic - "Fire Burn"
9. Jessika - "The Flame"
10. Jasmine - "Alive"
11. Laurence Gray - "You’re Beautiful"
12. Maxine - "Young Love"
13. Ira Losco - "Chameleon (Invincible)"
14. Kimberley - "Lighthouse"

Tonights show will be opened by Destiny, who have won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with her song "Not My Soul". She will also perform some cover songs as interval. Amber will also return to the stage with her dance group Southville Dancers. You will her her Eurovision entry "Warrior" in a new version followed by her new single "What They Say".

At 6:45 will be the yearly Red Carpet Show. The Red Carpet Show will be hostet by Daniel Chircop and Rodney Gauci. You can follow the show live from the La Valette Hall in the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta via this link:

• "Red Carpet Show" - Live stream

The yearly Red Carpet Show will precede the event.  The Red Carpet will be held at the La Valette Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta at 18:45 CET.  The Red Carpet Show will be hosted by TV presenters Daniel Chircop and Rodney Gauci.

The show starts at 8:45 pm (cet) and can be followed here:

• "MESC 2016" - National Final - live stream 
• "MESC 2016" - National Final (Eurovision.tv)

"MESC 2016" - Show dates

• 22.01.2016 - Semi-Final
• 23.01.2016 - National Final

Amber represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song "Warrior", but failed to qualify to the Eurovision final.

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..

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE CONTESTANTS, MAY THE BEST ARTIST WIN!

More about MESC you can find here:

• MESC (Homepage)
• Eurovision Song Malta (Facebook)
• MESC (Twitter)
• PBS Malta (Youtube)

Lithuania: Tonight! "Eurovizija 2016" - Show 3

Lithuanian journey to find their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm in May goes on. The third pre-recorded show will be aired tonight on LTR. The show will be hosted by Andrius Rožickas and Gerūta Griniūtė. Show starts at 8:00 pm (cet) and these are the songs for tonights show...

Eurovizija 2016" - Show 3

1. Ieva Zasimauskaitė – "Life (Not That Beautiful)"
2. Baiba – "Mayday"
3. Evelina Jocytė – "When It Sings"
4. E.G.O – "Long Way From Home"
5. Berta Timinskaitė – "Stars in a Rainbow"
6. Deividas Žygas – "Survivors"
7. Neringa Šiaudikytė – "Never Knew Love"
8. 4 Roses – "Butterfly"
9. Saulenė Chlevickaitė – "Strong"
10. Milda Martinkėnaitė – "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
11. Ruslanas Kirilkinas – "In My World"
12. Aistė Pilvelytė – "You Bet"

You can follow the show here:

• LRT Televizija
• LRT Lituancia

Here you can see already the result from the jury votes. 

Result Jury votes (© Eurodiena.lt)

Jury members (national):

• Darius Užkuraitis
• Ramūnas Zilnys
• Nomeda Kazlaus
• Laima Lapkauskaitė

Jury member (international):

• Vanessa Lancaster, 
• Dave Holmsas, 
• Dennis Inglesby
• Peteris Froidentaleris

"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 
• 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:

• Eurovision Lithuania (Homepage)
• LRT (Homepage Broadcaster)

Belarus: Ivan wins "Eurofest 2016" with "Help You Fly"

The national final "Eurofest 2016" took place yesterday in the capital of Belarus, in Minsk. 10 competing musicians were in the battle to win the competition.

After the voting Ivan, also known as Alexander Ivanov, was announced as winner of the competition with his entry "Help You Fly". Here you can see the performance from yesterdays national final.

The show was hosted by Teo, who represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song "Cheesecake", and his wife Olga Ryzhikova. Both opened the show with a duet song.

In case you missed the show yesterday, you can watch it here:

• "Eurofest 2016" - National Final (Eurovision.tv)

Ivan will participate in one of the Semi-Finals on 10th or 12th May 2016 in Stockholm. Will his song make it to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016?

Find out more about Ivan and follow him here:

• Ivan (Twitter)
• Ivan (VK)

Malta: Result Semi-Final "MESC 2016"

Ben Camille (Host)

The semi-final of the Maltese national selection "MESC 2016" took place yesterday in the MCC in Valletta. 20 songs were performed by 19 artists. At the end made it 14 songs out of them to the national final, which takes place tonight.

"MESC 2016" - Semi-Final - Result
(qualifiers in bold)

1. Ira Losco - "Chameleon (Invincible)"
2. Corazon - "Falling Glass"
3. Stefan Galea - "Light Up My Life" (eliminated)
4. Domenique - "Empty Hearted" (eliminated)
5. Dario - "I Love You" (eliminated)
6. Daniel Testa - "Under the Sun"
7. Jessika - "The Flame"
8. Jasmine - "Alive"
9. Raquel - "Flashing Lights"
10. Brooke - "Golden"
11. Kimberley - "Lighthouse"
12. Sarah Crystal - "Right Here With You" (eliminated)
13. Danica Muscat - "Frontline" (eliminated)
14. Christabelle - "Kingdom"
15. Franklin - "Little Love"
16. Dominic - "Fire Burn"
17. Ira Losco - "That’s Why I Love You" (eliminated)
18. Lawrence Gray - "You’re Beautiful"
19. Maxine - "Young Love"
20. Deborah C - "All Around the World"

It was an entertaining show with mixed music styles, hosted by Ben Camille. Amber, who represented Malta 2015 in Vienna with "Warrior", opened the evening with her Eurovision entry. Till the announcement of the qualified songs we have seen The Crowns and The New Victorians as interval acts.

The voting was made by a five members jury and as 6th member were the televotes. Jury members were Nick Clark-Lowes, Viara Ankova, Sabrija Vulic, Luke Fisher and Quinton Scerri (Jury Chairman).

"MESC 2016" - Show dates

• 22.01.2016 - Semi-Final
• 23.01.2016 - National Final

Amber represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song "Warrior", but failed to qualify to the Eurovision final.

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..

More about MESC you can find here:

• MESC (Homepage)
• Eurovision Song Malta (Facebook)
• MESC (Twitter)
• PBS Malta (Youtube)

Hungary: Tonight! "A Dal 2016" - First Heat

The Hungarian national selection "A Dal 2016" starts tonight. In total there are 30 contestants in the run. In the first three shows five acts will be selected by the jury. After that the audience can vote for a 6th act.

"A Dal 2016" - First Heat

1. Benji – "Kötéltánc"
2. ByTheWay – "Free To Fly"
3. Egy Másik Zenekar – "Kéne közös kép"
4. Fatima Mohamed – "Ott leszek"
5. Freddie (Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári) – "Pioneer"
6. Jázmin Török – "Power Of Love"
7. Mushu – "Uncle Tom"
8. Odett – "Stardust"
9. Petra Veres-Kovács – "Singing Peace"
10. Reni Tolvai – "Fire"

The first show of "A Dal 2016" starts tonight at 7:40 pm and can be followed here:

• "A Dal 2016" - First Heat - Live stream

"A Dal 2016" - Show dates:

• 23.01.2016 - First Heat
• 30.01.2016 - Second Heat
• 06.02.2016 - Third Heat
• 13.02.2016 - Semi-Final 1
• 20.02.2016 - Semi-Final 2
• 27.02.2016 - National Final

Jury:

• Pierrot
• Zséda 
• Károly Freinreisz 
• Miklós Both

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

The winner of "A Dal 2016" will be honoured to 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:

• A Dal (Facebook)
• A Dal (Homepage)

Malta: Tonight! "MESC 2016" - Semi-Final

The first show of the Maltese national selection "MESC 2016" takes place tonight live from the Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC) in Valletta. 20 songs will be performed from 19 contestants (Ira Losco performes two songs). Only 14 will get a ticket to the national final tomorrow. Amber, who represented Malta 2015 in Vienna with "Warrior", will open the show with her Eurovision entry. Ben Camille will host the show.  Interval acts tonight are The Crowns and The New Victorians.

"MESC 2016" - Running order
(click the song title to listen the entry)

1. Ira Losco - "Chameleon (Invincible)"
2. Corazon - "Falling Glass"
3. Stefan Galea - "Light Up My Life"
4. Domenique - "Empty Hearted"
5. Dario - "I Love You"
6. Daniel Testa - "Under the Sun"
7. Jessika - "The Flame"
8. Jasmine - "Alive"
9. Raquel - "Flashing Lights"
10. Brooke - "Golden"
11. Kimberley - "Lighthouse"
12. Sarah Crystal - "Right Here With You"
13. Danica Muscat - "Frontline"
14. Christabelle - "Kingdom"
15. Franklin - "Little Love"
16. Dominic - "Fire Burn"
17. Ira Losco - "That’s Why I Love You"
18. Laurence Gray - "You’re Beautiful"
19. Maxine - "Young Love"
20. Deborah C - "All Around the World"

14 songs will be performed again on 23rd January in the Maltese national final.

The show starts at 9 pm (cet) and can be followed here:

• "MESC 2016" - Semi-Final - live stream 

"MESC 2016" - Show dates

• 22.01.2016 - Semi-Final
• 23.01.2016 - National Final

Amber represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna with her song "Warrior", but failed to qualify to the Eurovision final.

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..

More about MESC you can find here:

• MESC (Homepage)
• Eurovision Song Malta (Facebook)
• MESC (Twitter)
• PBS Malta (Youtube)

Belarus: Tonight! "Eurofest 2016" - National final

Tonight it's time for Belarus to find their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in the national final of "Eurosong 2016". 10 contestants are in the battle to get the ticket to Stockholm. The show will be hosted by Teo, who represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song "Cheesecake", and his wife Olga Ryzhikova. Both will perform a new duet song as interval act.

Teo & Olga Ryzhikova (© Dimitriy Rudenk)

"Eurofest 2016" - Starting order

1. Aleksander Ivanov - "How To Fly"
2. Alexej Gross - "Flame"
3. Anastasia Malashkevich - "Pray For Love"
4. Kirill Ermakov - "Running To The Sun"
5. Valeria Sadovskaya – "Not Alone"
6. Radiowolna - "Don’t Get Crazy"
7. Navi - "This Land"
8. The Em - "Turn Around"
9. Sasha Sakharik - "Glory Night"
10. Napoli - "My Universe"

You can listen to all the entries here:

• "Eurofest 2016" - Audios

The show starts tonight at 8pm (cet) and can be followed via live stream:

• "Eurofest 2016" live stream (Eurovision.tv)

Before the performance their will be shown postcards from each contestant. You can watch it already here:

• "Eurofest 2016" - Postcards

The winner will be chosen by the audience via televote and sms. 

Uzari & Maimuna won "Eurofest 2015" with the song "Time", but they failed to qualify to the Eurovision final in Vienna.

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? Find it out tonight!

Good luck to all the contestants and may the best song win!

Find out more about "Eurofest 2016" here:

• TVR - Eurofest 2016 (Homepage)
• Eurofest (Twitter)

Spain: Full versions of "Objetivo Eurovisión" online

Spain will return this year to a national selection to find the best contestant for representing the country in Stockholm at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Six hopefuls are in the battle to win the national final of "Objetivo Eurovision" on 1st February 2016. Now you can listen to the full versions of the songs...

"Objetivo Eurovisión"
(click the song title to listen the full version)

• Barei - "Say Yay!"
• Electric Nana - "Now"
• Maria Isabel - "La vida sólo es una (There's Only One Life)"
• Maverick - "Un mundo más feliz (A Happier World)"
• Salvador Beltran - "Días de alegría (Days Of Joy)"
• Xuso Jones - "Victorious"

"Objetivo Eurovisión"

• 01.02.2016 - National Final

Voting

• 50 % SMS voting from the audience
• 50 % Jury voting (national and international)

Edurne was chosen internally last year 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 "Objetivo Eurovisión" will be honoured to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Who should participate in the Grand Final on 14th May 2016 in Sweden?

More about Eurovision Spain:

• TVE Eurovision (Homepage)
• TVE Eurovision (Twitter)