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Moldova Sends Aliona Moon to Malmö

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The concluding national final of the 2013 Eurovision season took place this evening and Moldova has chosen its representative. Fourteen acts took part and a combination of televoting and a jury decided the winning entry: Aliona Moon will sing A Million in Sweden.

Ms. Moon is no stranger to the Eurovision stage as she was a backing singer for Pasha Parfeny in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Having written the song, he now plays piano on this track and will take to the stage with her in Malmö, as she takes lead vocal.

This is the result, with televoting points in brackets and the winner in bold:

  • Boris Covali – Runaways (12 points)
  • Aliona Moon – A Million (10 points)
  • Cristina Croitoru & Karizma – Never Fall Again (8 points)
  • Cristina Scarlat – I Pray (7 points)
  • Tatiana Heghea – A Brighter Day (6 points)
  • Doiniţa Gherman – Planeta e un rai (5 points)
  • Nicoleta Gavriliţă – Freaky Thong (4 points)
  • Vitalie Negruţa – You’ll Be Mine (3 points)
  • Aurel Chirtoacă – Iartă-Mă (2 points)
  • Cristina V & Glam Girls – Celebrate (1 point)
  • Svetlana Bogdanova – Conquer My Heart (0 points)
  • Irina Kitoroagă – L.o.v.e. Love (0 points)
  • Anna Gulko – Somebody Else (0 points)
  • Felicia Dunaf – Codename Felice (0 points)

What do you think of the song from Moldova?


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Australian Voters Agree With Eurovision Winner

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Australia 300x246 Australian Voters Agree With Eurovision WinnerEach year, Australian television viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest are given the chance to vote on the final songs in an unofficial televote. As can be seen from the table below, the Australians agreed with the European top two placings, but there are some distinct differences further down the list:

Sweden 72,186
Russia 55,270
Ireland 50,314
Italy 36,130
Denmark 33,638
Cyprus 27,538
Germany 24,958
Greece 22,328
Ukraine 22,172
Iceland 21,430
Moldova 21,220
Malta 20,878
Turkey 20,402
FYR Macedonia 18,842
Norway 17,694
Serbia 17,160
Lithuania 15,472
Spain 14,164
Romania 13,424
United Kingdom 12,862
France 12,150
Estonia 11,824
Albania 10,902
Azerbaijan 9,400
Bosnia & Herzegovina 8,776
Hungary 7,336

The rest of the official Top 5 were Serbia, Azerbaijan and Albania. The Australians placed these songs 16th, 24th and 23rd respectively, which in most respects, highlights the neighbourly voting that actually took place in the official scoring. By contrast, Ireland, Italy and Denmark replaced those former Eastern Bloc nations, which in the official table fared much worse.

While the majority of countries agreed that Sweden was its favourite on the night, many of the results from the middle of the actual final table sank closer to the bottom in the Australian version. So, does this mean that without the benefit of political/neighbourly alliances, the Australian final table better reflects the final placings of the songs?

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Loreen’s Euphoria Set to Chart in the UK

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Following Sweden’s win at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, it appears that the victorious song by Loreen called Euphoria will be charting in the UK come this Sunday.

Euphoria received the full twelve points from the UK in the voting on Saturday, ahead of Ireland’s entry from Jedward called Waterline.

The UK iTunes download chart gives some indication of the popularity of the Swedish song, by currently showing up at Number 10. How this will translate to a placing in the UK midweek chart and Sunday’s full Top 40 rundown is anyone’s guess at the moment. However, things look good for a reasonable placing, once the chart is announced.

Last year’s winner for Azerbaijan, Running Scared, could only manage a peak position of No.61, while the 2010 winning song, Satellite by Lena did not do much better, peaking at a lowly No.30.

Alexander Rybak was the last winner to see some reasonable chart action in the UK, when Fairytale peaked at No.10 following his victory for Norway.

So, what can we expect from Loreen’s song? A Top 10 entry or just another also ran?

Image: By possan (Flickr: DSC_0357) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Eurovision 2012: The Results

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Another Eurovision week comes to a close with the announcement of the winner of the 2012 Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan last night.

As predicted, it was a fight between the grannies from Russia and Sweden’s electro dance number. In fact, the fight was over fairly early in the voting as Loreen’s Euphoria built up a substantial lead and could not be caught.

Here are the full results:

  1. Sweden (Loreen: Euphoria) 372 points
  2. Russia (Buranovskiye Babushki: Party For Everybody) 259 points
  3. Serbia (Željko Joksimović: Nije ljubav stvar) 214 points
  4. Azerbaijan (Sabina Babayeva: When the Music Dies) 150 points
  5. Albania (Rona Nishliu: Suus) 146 points
  6. Estonia (Ott Lepland: Kuula) 120 points
  7. Turkey (Can Bonomo: Love Me Back) 112 points
  8. Germany (Roman Lob: Standing Still) 110 points
  9. Italy (Nina Zilli: L’amore è femmina (Out of Love)) 101 points
  10. Spain (Pastora Soler: Quédate conmigo) 97 points
  11. Moldova (Pasha Parfeny: Lăutar) 81 points
  12. Macedonia (Kaliopi: Crno i belo) 71 points
  13. Romania (Mandinga: Zaleilah) 71 points
  14. Lithuania (Donny Montell: Love is Blind) 70 points
  15. Ukraine (Gaitana: Be My Guest) 65 points
  16. Cyprus (Ivi Adamou: La La Love) 65 points
  17. Greece (Eleftheria Eleftheriou: Aphrodisiac) 64 points
  18. Bosnia and Herzegovina (MayaSar: Korake ti znam) 55 points
  19. Ireland (Jedward: Waterline) 46 points
  20. Iceland (Gréta Salóme & Jónsi: Never Forget) 46 points
  21. Malta (Kurt Calleja: This is the Night) 41 points
  22. France (Anggun: Echo (You and I)) 21 points
  23. Denmark (Soluna Samay: Should’ve Known Better) 21 points
  24. Hungary (Compact Disco: Sound of Our Hearts) 19 points
  25. United Kingdom (Engelbert Humperdinck: Love Will Set You Free) 12 points
  26. Norway (Tooji: Stay) 7 points


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Eurovision 2012: Semi-Final 1 Results

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After two hours and the presentation of the eighteen entrants in the first Eurovision semi-final for 2012, here are how the songs fared.

Going to the final are:

The eight countries that did not qualify for Saturday’s final are:

  • Montenegro
  • Latvia
  • Switzerland
  • Belgium
  • Finland
  • Israel
  • San Marino
  • Austria

No real surprises here, although the progression of both Albania and Hungary was something of a turn up for the books. Given the choice, I would have swapped these two for Israel and/or Switzerland and Austria.

Now one set of finalists has been decided and this is the position in which those countries will participate in the final:

  • Hungary (2)
  • Albania (3)
  • Russia (6)
  • Iceland (7)
  • Cyprus (8)
  • Romania (14)
  • Denmark (15)
  • Greece (16)
  • Ireland (23)
  • Moldova (26)

The draw looks good for Moldova, but even more so for twins Jedward, who will be singing the Irish entry at position 23. Having finished eighth last year, could 2012 be their year?

The second semi-final takes place on Thursday, May 24 at 8pm (BST) and will again be broadcast by BBC3 in the UK.

 

 

 

Eurovision 2012: Semi-Final 1 Running Order

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Here is the line-up and running order for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 to be broadcast at 8pm (BST). In the UK, BBC3 will be carrying the live transmission.

So, which song is your favourite from this group and who do you think will not qualify for the Final on Saturday?

01 Montenegro: Rambo Amadeus – “Euro Neuro”
02 Iceland: Gréta Salóme & Jónsi – “Never Forget”
03 Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou – “Aphrodisiac”
04 Latvia: Anmary – “Beautiful Song”
05 Albania: Rona Nishliu – “Suus
06 Romania: Mandinga – “Zaleilah”
07 Switzerland: Sinplus – “Unbreakable”
08 Belgium: Iris – “Would You?”
09 Finland: Pernilla Karlsson – “När jag blundar”
10 Israel: Izabo – “Time”
11 San Marino: Valentina Monetta – “The Social Network Song”
12 Cyprus: Ivi Adamou – “La La Love”
13 Denmark: Soluna Samay – “Should’ve Known Better”
14 Russia: Buranovskiye Babushki – “Party for Everybody”
15 Hungary: Compact Disco “Sound of Our Hearts”
16 Austria: Trackshittaz – “Woki mit deim Popo”
17 Moldova: Pasha Parfeny – “Lăutar”
18 Ireland: Jedward – “Waterline”

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Eurovision 2012 Song Selections Completed

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The final song in the Eurovision national selections was unveiled today as interested observers heard the entry for the United Kingdom for the first time. As many already knew, Engelbert Humperdinck had been selected as the participant, but the song had been kept undercover creating one of the biggest cliffhangers in Eurovision history.

The reveal showed that The Hump will be singing Love Will Set You Free, a song composed by Martin Terefe and Sacha Skarbek, who have been involved with many of today’s major recording artists. Here’s my review of the UK song.

In other news, the San Marino song Facebook Uh Oh Oh has run into trouble with the authorities at the EBU. Product placement in a song is a big no-no, so the small principality will either have to change the lyrics, the song or withdraw by Friday, March 23. Hopefully, we’ll see San Marino in its semi-final in May.

Talking of which, tickets have now gone on sale for Eurovision week beginning May 21. Details of the cost and availability of tickets for each event can be found at the official Eurovision site.

The Head of Delegations are already there as today an official presentation of songs by each was made to the EBU. The delegation leaders also received an update on the preparations for the upcoming Contest, including the arena, the stage, the production, and the hotels. In fact, surprises are promised with the presentation of the stage as it will be like nothing ever seen before.

In the meantime, the Running Order Draw is to take place on March 20 and I’ll have the details here once they become available.

 

 

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Eurovision 2012: The Netherlands and Slovenia Decide

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This evening both The Netherlands and Slovenia chose their representatives for Eurovision 2012.

In The Netherlands, the country’s Song Festival was a pick from six songs, which was eventually whittled down to three for a super final. To be honest, all three songs were not anything special, but leading the way by a small margin after the jury vote was Ivan with the song Take Me As I Am.

However, once the public vote was announced, the Dutch had decided upon a country-style song called You And Me sung by Joan who was wearing a ridiculous Native American outfit topped off with a traditional feathery headdress.


Meanwhile, over in Slovenia, the insanity of its national final was somewhat corrected by the winning song by Eva Boto called Verjamem (I Believe). Ms. Boto was up against just one song in Slovenia’s super final, Konichiwa sung by Nika & Eva Prusnik, who resembled inane Ronald McDonald lookalikes in red clown wigs. If that wasn’t bad enough, the lyrics to this Japanese parody left a lot to be desired.

Thankfully, the Slovenian public saw sense and sent Verjamem to the Final in May, a strong ballad that may do surprisingly well.


Eurovision 2012: The Semi-Final Allocation

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Today saw the allocation of countries to each of the semi-finals of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to take place May 22 and 24. Here is how things shaped up, and when in each semi-final a particular country will perform:

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 logo Eurovision 2012: The Semi Final Allocation

First Semi-Final

Montenegro (first half)

Iceland (first half)

Moldova (second half)

Cyprus (second half)

Romania (first half)

Austria (second half)

Albania (first half)

Denmark (second half)

Russia (second half)

Belgium (first half)

Latvia (first half)

San Marino (second half)

Switzerland (first half)

Finland (first half)

Israel (second half)

Greece (first half)

Ireland (second half)

Hungary (second half)

Second Semi-Final

Serbia (first half)

Sweden (second half)

Georgia (second half)

The Netherlands (first half)

Portugal (first half)

Slovenia (second half)

Macedonia (first half)

Estonia (second half)

Belarus (first half)

Turkey (second half)

Malta (first half)

Slovakia (second half)

Croatia (second half)

Norway (second half)

Ukraine (first half)

Armenia (first half)

Lithuania (second half)

Bulgaria (first half)

Bosnia & Herzegovina (second half)

This means that eighteen countries will participate in Semi-Final 1, while the remaining nineteen countries take their place in Semi-Final 2.

In addition to the allocation, the Big Five countries plus Azerbaijan discovered in which Semi-Final they would be voting. Italy, Spain and Azerbaijan will vote in the first Semi-Final, while France, the United Kingdom and Germany (following a special request) will vote in the second.

Next up today will be the National Final from Cyprus. Three songs for the Cypriots to choose from. Which one will it be? Details will follow here.

 

Eurovision 2012: Dates of National Song Finals

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While five countries have already announced the songs that will represent them at Eurovision 2012 in Baku, National Finals across Europe have been arranged for many of the remaining countries to decide upon their songs. Not all of the nations taking part have declared a date, but here is the known information for many of the semi-finalists:

Bosnia and Herzegovina: January 2012
Cyprus: 25 January 2012
Israel: February 2012
Turkey: February 2012
Malta: 4 February 2012
Hungary: 11 February 2012
Iceland: 11 February 2012
Norway: 11 February 2012
Belarus: 14 February 2012
Latvia: 18 February 2012
Austria: 24 February 2012
Ireland: 24 February 2012
Finland: 25 February 2012
Netherlands: 26 February 2012
Russia: 26 February 2012
Slovenia: 26 February 2012
Bulgaria: 29 February 2012
Croatia:  March 2012
Ukraine: March 2012
Estonia: 3 March 2012
Lithuania: 3 March 2012
Moldova: 10 March 2012
Portugal: 10 March 2012
Sweden: 10 March 2012

Among the finalists, both Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom have yet to arrange a National Final date (assuming there will be one for each country), but here are the dates for the remaining three nations:

Germany: 16 February 2012
Italy: 18 February 2012
Spain: 20 February 2012

Nine other countries have yet to make the dates of their National Finals known, but as soon as they are announced, they will be added here.