Watch Today 29/01/2022: Spain (“Benidorm Fest 2022” – Final), Moldova (Live Auditions), Norway (“Melodi Grand Prix 2022” – Semi-Final 3) and Lithuania (“Pabandom iš naujo 2022” – Semi-Final 1)

Tonight, 4 countries will take another step towards selecting a song and an artist for Eurovision 2022!

What: Moldovan broadcaster TRM will hold live auditions for Eurovision 2022. 28 artists will give a live performance of their song.
A professional jury will rank the performances. The highest-ranked act will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2022.

TRM reported yesterday that the televised show (that was scheduled for the 5th of Match 2022) has been cancelled.
The reason is the increase in the Covid vases in Moldova which won’t permit holding a show.

How to Watch: TRM Livestream

When: 13:00 – 16:00 (CET)

Format: 28 artists (with 29 songs) are in the race:

Annet Smirnova – Toxic Eyes
Denis Midone – Run Away
Katy Rain – Lele
Misscatylove – Intro
NaMinAl – Stop tonight
Ricky Ardezianu – Cherche la femme
Sasha Bognibov – (I Just Had) Sex with Your Ex
The Tramps – Sky blues
Trio EVA – Get a Kiss
Y-LIMIT – Nothing More
Bumbac Tudor – Iarta-ma ca te iubesc
Carolina Gorun & Danieli Shvets – Take me anywhere
Emilia Vlas – Yama
LEMONIQUE – Boys
Marcela Scripcaru – Starlight
Maxim Zavidia – READY
Mihaela Andrei – Libre
Sasha Bognibov – My Friend Is Gay
Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov – Trenulețul
Lanjeron – Magic Carpet
Pelageya Stefoglo – I’m the only one
Ana Cernicova – Silent Battlefield
Angel Kiss – The Sunshine in Me
Diana Elmas – Spirit high
Ferum – Love is
SENDREI – Beginer’s Luck
Valeria Barbas – My Tree
Viola Julea – Before (Twin flame)
Viorela Moraru – Tell me that you love me

Playlists are available here:

Official Website

YouTube

Spotify

Apple Music

What: “Benidorm Fest 2022: Grand Final

Where: Live Stream on RTVE, YouTube

When: 22:15 – 23:45 (CET)

Format: 8 finalists will perform their songs in the following running order:

Rayden – Calle de la llorería
Tanxugueiras – Terra
Varry Brava – Raffaella
Chanel – SloMo
Rigoberta Bandini – Ay Mama
Xeinn – Eco
Gonzalo Hermida – Quién lo diría
Blanca Paloma – Secreto del agua

The results of the grand final will be determined by the following mechanism:

The results will be determined by 50% public vote and 50% jury vote
The jury will include 3 Spanish and 2 international members
- Felix Bergsson, head of the Icelandic delegation for Eurovision
- Marvin Dietmann, Austrian art director
- Natalia Calderon, Spanish vocal coach – Head of Jury
- Estefanía García , Spanish mezzo-soprano of the RTVE Choir
- Miryam Blessed, Spanish choreographer
Each juror will grant 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,10 ,12 points to the songs.
This makes the jury vote to be equal to 52X5 = 260 points.
Public voting will be divided into 2 subgroups: Demoscopic jury and SMS.
Demoscopic jury, those are 350 people from the Spanish public that are from different regions in Spain. They will grant the songs (by mutual ranking): 30, 25, 20 ,18, 15, 12, 10 points.
SMS – The songs will get 30, 25, 20 ,18, 15, 12, 10 points by the total ranking.

You can read our review here

Video reactions are available here

What: “Melodi Grand Prix 2022” – Semi-Final 3

Where? Live stream on NRK website

When? 19:50 – 21:05 (CET)

Format: 4 artists will compete for one spot in the final.
In the first part of the show, they will sing in 2 duels:

Duel 1

Mari Bølla – “Your Loss”

Oda Gondrosen – “Hammer of Thor”

Duel 2

Sturla – “Skår i hjertet” (Shards in the Heart)

VILDE – “Titans”

The winner of each duel will qualify for the next round.
In the second round, we will have a 3rd duel between the 2 winners.
The winner of the last duel will be the winner of this semi-final, and will receive a path for the final.
The results will be determined by a public vote.

You can read Doron‘s review of the semi-final 3 line-up here