In mid-February the annoucement was made by ITV that Nadir Rustamli (Rüstəmli in Azerbaijani), the recent winner of the Voice of Azerbaijan or Səs Azərbaycan, would represent them in Turin this upcoming May. At that time, the broadcaster had received over 300 song submissions for Rustamli to perform live on the Eurovision stage, and shortlisted a total of six for …
Due to the current events and war within Ukraine, Eurovision fans have begun to wonder if the country would be able to participate in Eurovision this coming May. Concerns increased greatly when it was announced that the members of the band had joined the war effort as lead singer Oleh Psiuk created a 20 person volunteer group to distribute medicine …
Turin, 15 March 2022 A quick update concerning Italy’s entry: The annual host country draw took place this morning, during which it was decided that Italy would perform in 9th position during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022, set to take place on 14 May. Ever since 2013, the running order of the show has been decided by the producers …
Stockholm, 12 March 2022 Heja Sverige!!! It is time! Time to wrap up this NF season! Time to get cracking on which entries may or may not qualify and which of the 40 participating countries will take home the Crystal Microphone in May. But first, we wrap up Sweden. Twenty-eight acts have battled each other for six weeks, vying the …
Stockholm, 12 March 2022 Heja Europe! 2022’s NF season finally concludes tonight with Sweden, Iceland and Portugal picking their entrant for Turin. This also means we owe you one last round of reviews, and boy is it a big one. In this artcle, our Editor team will delve deeply into their biggest assignment yet: Sweden’s direct finalists. Eight acts, all …
London, 10 March 2022 Following Belgium’s reveal this morning, it was time for the UK to unveil their entry. British broadcaster BBC have chosen Sam Ryder as their entrant, who will sing the song “SPACE MAN” (styled all in uppercase) at Eurovision 2022. Ryder became well known after the 2020 lockdown when he started doing music covers on TikTok. The …
Brussels, 10 March 2022 He was the first artist to be announced for the 2022 contest, back when we didn’t even have a host city. Now, a few days before the delegation meeting, Belgium’s Jérémie Makiese is finally ready to release his Eurovision song. He will perform “Miss You” in Turin. The song can be listened to below: The song …
Lisbon, 7 March 2022 It’s there. Your annual appointment with Portugal’s fashion bonanza doubling as a music festival. It is time to cover, to critique to savour the couture and colour locale of Festival da Canção. Tonight saw the second semifinal of the Portuguese selection take place, with the 10 last National Final songs taking the stage for the first time. …
Stockholm, 7 March 2022 A quick update on Sweden: SVT have released the running order for the upcoming finale of Melodifestivalen. Sweden were the first country to implement a producer-decided running order in their national final, which (like many Melodifestivalen concepts) eventually made its way into Eurovision proper as well. These running orders officially are designed to make the contest …
Lisbon, 5 March 2022 It’s there. Your annual appointment with Portugal’s fashion bonanza doubling as a music festival. It is time to cover, to critique to savour the couture and colour locale of Festival da Canção. The Portugese music festival will hold its semifinals tonight and on Monday, with a line-up of 10 songs each. Tonight the following songs competed: …
