“Around The Continent” is a series of posts where we will give you all the main news of the week.
In an interview with Executive producer Sietse Bakker given by Dutch broadcaster NOS, he mentioned that the staging of Eurovision 2021 may be changed. The main change will be the area surrounding the stage. Usually, this area contains 2000 fans that are waving their flags.
However, following the Covid-19 pandemic it won’t be permitted.
Instead, the floor of the arena will be the green room itself where the artists and delegations present during the show. Therefore, the space between different delegations can be larger.
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The national broadcaster has received 229 songs. The list of songs was narrowed down to 6 songs.
The titles of the 6 songs are:
- Mata Hari (uptempo)
- Ratata (uptempo)
- When I’m gone (ballad)
- Manifesto (uptempo)
- Breathing You (ballad)
- Owe You Pretty (uptempo)
The song will be released in the second week of March 2021.
Victoria’s song for Eurovision 2021 will be chosen from her upcoming EP “A Little Dramatic”.
The list of potential songs for Eurovision 2021 includes 6 songs:
- Imaginary Friend
- Ugly Cry
- Dive Into Unknown
- Phantom Pain
- The Funeral Song
- Growing Up Is Getting Old
The songs will be released starting on February 14th
Tonight at 21:00 CET, Croatia will hold “Dora 2021″ – the national selection for Eurovision 2021.
At the moment, the songs haven’t been released but only 1 minute snippets.
The results will be determined by a combination of 50% public voting and 50% national jury voting.
- NINA KRALJIĆ (ALKONOST OF BALKAN) – Rijeka
- ERIC – Reci mi
- ELLA OREŠKOVIĆ – Come This Way
- BERNARDA – Colors
- SANDI CENOV – Kriv
- ToMa – Ocean of Love
- FILIP RUDAN – Blind
- BETA SUDAR – Ma zamisli
- CAMBI – Zaljubljen
- ASHLEY I BOJAN – Share the Love
- BRIGITA VUCO – Noći pijane
- MIA NEGOVETIĆ – She’s Like Dream
- ALBINA – Tick-Tock
- TONY CETINSKI I KIKI RAHIMOVSKI – Zapjevaj, sloboda je!
You can read our first impressions of the songs by clicking on the image
Vesna Pisarović who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2002 will be a special guest
Singer Benny Cristo will release his song for Eurovision 2021 on Tuesday the 16th of February 2021.
The song has been written by Filip Vlček (one of John Wolfhooker band members) alongside Beny himself.
Filip Vlček is also the producer behind the song and will be a backing vocalist.
According to Shazam, we can already guess the title of the song that Benny Cristo will perform at Eurovision 2021: It will probably be “Omaga“
You can read more details here
Last Wednesday, the Danish broadcaster released the 8 competing acts of “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021”.
- Nanna Olivia – Hvileløse Hjerter
- Jean Michel – Beautiful
- Fyr & Flamme – Øve os på hinanden
- Chief 1 and Thomas Buttenschøn – Højt over skyerne
- The Cosmic Twins – Silver Bullet
- Claudia Campagnol – Abracadabra
- Mike Tramp – Everything is alright.
- Emma Nicoline – Står lige her
You can listen to the songs in different digital platforms
Spotify
AppleMusic
YouTube
“Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021” will be held on Saturday the 6th of March 2021.
The results will only be determined by public voting.
Next week, Estonia will broadcast the 2 semi-finals of “Eesti Laul 2021″.
In each semi-final, 12 artists will compete for 6 spots in the final
Semi-final 1 (Thursday the 18th of February 2021)
1. Tanja: “Best Night Ever”
2. Hans Nayna: “One By One
3. Wiiralt: “Tuuled”
4. Kea: “Hypnotized”
5. Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto: “Wingman”
6. Karl Killing: “Kiss Me”
7. Nika Marula: “Calm Down”
8. Egert Milder: “Free Again”
9. Tuuli Rand: “Üks öö”
10. Koit Toome: “We Could Have Been Beautiful”
11. Kristin Kalnapenk: “Find A Way”
12. Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova: “Ma olen siin”
Semi-final 2 (Saturday the 20th of February 2021)
1. Sissi: “Time”
2. Gram-Of-Fun: “Lost In A Dance”
3. Kadri Voorand: “Energy”
4. Helen: “Nii kõrgele”
5. Redel: “Tartu”
6. Rahel: “Sunday Night”
7. Uku Haasma: “Kaos”
8. Heleza: “6”
9. Uku Suviste: “The Lucky One”
10. Alabama Watchdog: “Alabama Watchdog”
11. Jüri Pootsmann: “Magus melanhoolia”
12. Suured Tüdrukud: “Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight”
Each semi-final will include 2 rounds of voting. In the first round, 50% jury voting and 50% public voting will determine the top 4 acts that will qualify for the grand final.
In the second round of voting, the 8 remaining artists will fight for another 2 spots in the final. The voting will be determined only by public voting.
12 artists will compete in the final. In the first round of voting, 50% pubic voting and 50% jury voting will decide who are the top 3. In the second round, the public will choose their favorite to win.
The full playlists in the different digital platforms can be found by clicking on the image
Spotify
AppleMusic
YouTube
You can read our full review by clicking on the image
You can watch our reaction video on YouTube:
The running order of “UMK 2021” was revealed:
Playlists on different digital platforms:
YouTube
Spotify
AppleMusic
Official Site
You can read our review of the songs by clicking on this image:
You can watch our reaction video as well
Barbara Pravi, who will represent France this year, released a video-clip of her song for Eurovision 2021
Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnid shared several photos of their upcoming performance and/or clip for Eurovision 2021
Lesley Roy‘s entry for Eurovision 2021 will be revealed at the beginning of March 2021.
However, we may guess the title of the song.
According to Gemious , Lesley may sing “Maps” at Eurovision 2021
Yesterday, the first episode of “Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu“
(Eng: How to win at Eurovision? Samantha Tina’s road to Rotterdam) was broadcast on LTV.
The show ended by hearing the 1st demo version of ”Moon is Rising” and we learned from 11 songs which was the 1st round it came to 4 songs in the 2nd round.
You can view the full episode here
You can read the full details of yesterday’s show here
Last Saturday, Lithuania held the final show of ”Pabandom iš Naujo! 2021”.
6 artists competed in the final, and the winners are The Roop with the song ”Discoteque”
The Roop were in the first place in jury voting as well as in public voting:
The Roop broke of record of most televotes received in the history of national selection.
The singer Vasil Gervanliev will perform the song “Here I Am” at Eurovision 2021.
The singer posted the news on his Twitter account:
We already know that the song was written or co-written by Vasil Gervanliev himself.
However, his team for Eurovision 2021 includes the following people:Davor Jordanovski and Borče Kuzmanovski
You can read more about his team here
Last Saturday, the 4th semi-final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2021″ occurred.
4 artists copmeted for one spot in the final:
At the end of the evening, after winning 2 duels, Kiim got his ticket for the final with the song “My Lonely Voice”
Tonight is the 5th and last semi-final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2021″. 4 other artists will compete for a spot in the final.
IMERIKA-”I Can’t Escape”
RIVER-”Coming Home”
TuVeia-”Bli med meg på gar’n”
Ane.Fin-”Walking In My Sleep”
You can watch our reaction video for semi-final 5 songs:
As usual, we got 1 pre-qualified act and this semi-final automatic finalist is Rein Alexander-”Eyes Wide Open”
On the 15th of February (Monday), the wild-card round of “Melodi Grand Prix 2021″ will be held.
One of the 15 eliminated acts (3 from each semi-final) will get a wild-card to the grand final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2021″.
The running order of “Festival Da Canção 2021” Semi-Finals was revealed:
Semi-Final 1 Running Order (20th of February 2021)
- The Black Mamba – Love is on My Side
- Valéria – Na Mais Profunda Saudade
- mema. – Claro Como Água
- Nadine – Cheguei Aqui
- Miguel Marôco – Girassol
- Fábia Maia – Dia Lindo
- IRMA – Livros
- Karetus & Romeu Bairos – Saudade
- Sara Afonso – Contramão
- IAN – Mundo
Semi-Final 2 Running Order (27th of February 2021)
- Da Chick – I Got Music
- Tainá – Jasmim
- Ariana – Mundo Melhor
- EU.CLIDES – VOLTE-FACE
- Joana Alegre – Joana do Mar
- Pedro Gonçalves – Não Vou Ficar
- Ana Tereza – Com um Abraço
- Carolina Deslandes – Por um Triz
- Graciela – A Vida Sem Acontecer
- NEEV – Dancing in the Stars
Meanwhile, you can read our review of the songs
According to ESC Serbia , in the show “Ace at Eleven“, which is broadcast on K1 Television, Filip Belan announced that RTS has decided to give up the national finals due to the epidemic of Covid-19 and the song for Eurovision 2021 will be chosen internally. The song will probably be revealed in the coming days
The band traveled to Maldives where they will record their video-clip for Eurovision 2021 song”
We can already guess that the song will be in the language of Serbian. According to the band member Sanja, we can expect an energetic and sassy song .
Could the song for Eurovision 2021 be one of their latest releases?
You can read more details here
Spain will hold their national selection show “Destino Eurovision 2021” next Saturday (20th of February 2021).
During the show, the singer Blas Cantó will perform 2 songs. The song for Eurovision 2021 will be chosen by international public voting. Voting has already begun: viewers are able to vote for their favorite topic through phone calls, via SMS, on the web (http://www.rtve.es/eurovision) and the Eurovision TVE APP (you can download the application for IOS operating systems now or Android). During this first voting phase, users will be able to vote online once a day (for each device) and from any country in the world.
“Memoria”
“Voy a quedarme”
Voting will close just before the start of “Destino Eurovision”. After the presentation of the two proposals, the voting will be reopened for a few minutes – this time, it will be possible to vote unlimitedly through the internet. At the end of the gala, we will find out which is the song with which Blas Cantó will represent Spain in Eurovision 2021.
The show will last hours and will be hosted by Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
The following musicians will be special guests performing in the show:
Edurne, Pastora Soler, Vanesa Martín, Nia, Andrés Suárez, Cepeda, and Roi.
Last Saturday, “Melodifestivalen semi-final 1” was held. 7 artists competed for 2 spots in the final.
The results of the evening were:
Danny Saucedo with the song ”Dandi dansa” qualified for the final:
Arvingarna with the song ”Tänker inte alls gå hem qualified for the final:
Paul Rey-”The Missing Piece” will participate in the second chance round:
Lillasyster-”Pretender” will participate in the second chance round:
The following 3 cats were eliminated:
Jessica Andersson – “Horizon”
Kadiatou-”One Touch”
Nathalie Brydolf- ”Fingerprints”
Tonight, we will be able to watch “Melodifestivalen semi-final 2“. 7 other artists will compete for 2 spots in the final.
- Anton Ewald – New Religion
- Julia Alfrida – Rich
- WAHL feat. SAMI – 90-talet
- Frida Green – The silence
- Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos – Rena Rama Ding Dong
- Patrik Jean – Tears Run Dry
- Dotter – Little Tot
Snippets of the songs are available to listen here.
Snippets of the live-performance can be found here
As Go_A band announced in the past, their song for Eurovision 2021 has influences of Ukrainian folklor songs
However, it seems that their Eurovision 2021 song includes part of the song in the video below
Graham Norton promises information about Eurovision 2021 artists and songs in the coming days:
Eurovision fans suspect Eurovision 2021 entry may involve Drag Race UK participants.
