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

In addition, we will watch the live performance of one of the pre-qualifiers:
NorthKid – Someone


What: “Pabandom iš naujo 2022” – Semi-Final 1
Where? Live stream on LRT website or on YouTube

When? 20:00 – 21:40 (CET)
Format: 9 artists will compete for 4spots in the final:

- Elonas Pokanevič – Someday
- Emilija Katauskaitė – Illuminate
- Queens of Roses – Washing machine
- Joseph June – Deadly
- Justė Kraujelytė – How To Get My Life Back
- Lolita Zero – Not Your Mother
- Gebrasy – Into Your Arms
- Gintarė Korsakaitė – Fantasy Eyes
- Erica Jennings – Back to myself
The results will be determined by 50% national jury voting and 50% public vote.
The top 4 will qualify for the the final.
You can read more about their performances here:

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