Newcomers Heats & Quarter-final The Lithuanian Newcomers Heats & Quarter-Final were held at the LRT TV Studios in Vilnius, hosted by Jurga Šeduikyte & Rolandas Vilkoncius. The top 4 songs in each heat qualified for the quarter-final, where the top 6 songs qualified for the semi-finals. The voting was a mixture of televoting (50%) and an…
The Dutch Final was held on March 12th at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw. The winner was chosen in two rounds of voting – in the first round, the best song by each performer was chosen by an „expert“ jury of 9 people (which included Glennis Grace who represented…
The Semifinals The Finnish semi-finals were held at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere, hosted by Heikki Paasonen & Jaana Pelkonen. The favourite song of each singer (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final. Semi-Final 1 – January 13th 1 Eternamente Maria Eternally Maria Tomi Metsäketo 60% F 2 Look at your love Look at your…
The Ukrainian Final was held on March 11th at the NTU TV Studios in Kiev, hosted by Maria Orlova & Igor Posypaiko. The 3 finalists of a „Pop Idol“ style contest each performed a potential ESC entry. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and an „expert“ jury (50%) – Tina Karol was the favourite…
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“