The Polish Final was held at the TVP TV Studios in Warsaw on January 28th, hosted by Artur Orzech & Agnieszka Szulim. The winner was chosen by a combination of televoting (50%) and an „expert“ jury (50%). Ich Troje won the televote while Dezire were the favourites of the „expert“ jury. As there was a…
„Sing away, nananinananajna, sing for me, nananinananajna“
The Semifinals The Cypriot Semi-Finals were held at the PIK TV Studios in Nicosia, hosted by Alex Michael & Christina Marouchou. The top 5 songs in each semi-final (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final. Semi-Final 1 – 11th February 1 Love on the weekend Andreas Konstantinidis F 2 I’m a fighter Marina Solonos F…
The Irish Final was held on February 17th at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin, hosted by Pat Kenny. Brian Kennedy performed all the songs, and the winner was chosen by televoting. 1 The greatest song of all 3rd 2 All over the world 2nd 3 Every song is a cry for love 1st Brian…
The Quarter-Finals The Belgian Quarter-Finals were held at the VRT TV Studios in Schelle, hosted by Bart Peeters. The top 3 songs in each quarter-final qualified for the semi-finals. After all the quarter finals had been held, an „expert“ jury chose 2 other songs to go forward to the semi-finals (indicated with a ‚J‘). Voting…
„And I feel fire and cold, I can’t do it anymore, my hope is lost in you“
The Belarussian Final was held on February 10th at the Republic Palace in Minsk, hosted by Denis Kurian. The top 3 songs (chosen by televoting) went forward to an internal selection at Belarussian TV, where Polina Smolova was chosen as the winner on February 27th. 1 I can see the rising sun I can see…
„I might be Plan B, a reserve when things don’t work out“
The Estonian Final was held on February 4th at the ETV TV Studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop & Gerli Padar. The winner was chosen by an international jury which included Maja Tatic (Bosnia 2002), Marie N (Latvia 2002), Jari Sillanpää (Finland 2004), Sandra Studer (Switzerland 1991) & Bo Halldorsson (Iceland 1995). 1 It…
The Semifinals The Bulgarian Semi-Final was held on February 25th at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, hosted by Dragomir Simeonov. An „expert“ jury selected 12 songs to go forward to the final. 1 Land of regret Land of regret Safo – 2 I can’t stop I can’t stop Sunnie – 3 Trust yourself…