EUROVISION 2015: THE STORY SO FAR....

Here's in order who's been selected, how and what about the song? I will update this all the way to mid March 2015 when we will have the last entries chosen.... Enjoy the ride!

And listen the Youtube Playlist here.

17.32015 Montenegro presented Knez's Adio
16.3. 2015 Australia presented Guy Sebastian's Tonight again

16.3.2015 San Marino presented Michele & Anita's Chain of lights

15.3.2015 Russia presented Polina Gagarina's A million voices
15.3.2015 Albania presented Elhaida Dani's I'm alive
15.3.2015 San Marino leaked Michele & Anita's Chain of light

15.3.2015
Azerbaijan confirmed Elnur Huseynov with Hour of the wolf as their entry

14.3.2015
Mørland & Debrah Scarlett won the Norwegian final with A monster like me

14.3.2015
Måns Zelmerlöw won easily the Swedish final with Heroes

13.3.2015
The Makemakes won the Austrian final with I am yours.

12.3.2015
Israel presented their Golden boy, Nadav Guedj.

12.3.2014
Armenia finally presented their last Genealogy artist and their song Don't deny
11.3.2015 Spain released its video for Amanecer
10.3.2015 Belgium released their song Rhythm inside
10.3.2015 Czech Republic released their song Hope never dies

9.3.2015
Russia announced Polina Gagarina will sing for them in Vienna. The song should be Secret poison.

9.3.2015
Poland announced Monika Kuszynska will represent them with In the name of love. Polish version

8.3.2015
Voltaj won the Romanian selection with full televotes and jury votes with De la capat, that most likely and sadly will be in Vienna All over again

7.3.2015
Leonor Andrade won the Portuguese final with Um mar que nos separa

7.3.2015
UK revealed their entry and song. It's Electro Velvet, yet another duo with Still in love with you.

5.3.2015
Drama in Germany when Andreas Kümmert wins the natinal selection with Heart of stone but then turns it down in live broadcast in favor of runner up, wildcard winner Ann Sophie and Black smoke.

5.3.2015
Guy Sebastian has been presented as the first ever Australian artist. The song will be presented later.

4.3.2015
Maria Elena Kyriakou won the Greek final with One last breath

28.2.2015
Boggie won the Hungarian A Dal with Wars for nothing

28.2.2015
Eduard Romanyuta won the Moldovan O melodie pentru Europa with I want your love

28.2.2015
Maraaya won the Slovenian EMA15 with Here for you

28.2.2015
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät aka PKN won #UMK15 with Aina mun pitää

27.2.2015
Molly Sterling wins the Irish final with Playing with numbers

23.2.2015
Surprise announcement from Albania: for the first time the winning song from FiK won't be the entry, not even in a remix. Elhaida Dani will go to Vienna with a completely different song, I'm alive

22.2.2015
Aminata won the Latvian Supernova with Love injected and wil go to Vienna.

21.2.2015
Stig Rästa & Elina Born with Goodbye to yesterday were the big favorites and did win Eesti laul final in the end as predicted.

21.2.2015
Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkyté were chosen to sing This time for Lithuania in the end of a very long separate selection process for the song and the artist(s)

17.2.2015
Israel chose Nadav Guedj as their represant. His song will be revealed later.
26.2.2015 it was announced his song is called Golden boy.

15.2.2015
Bojana Stamenov won the Serbian 3-way final with Ceo svet je moj. It might be performed in Vienna as Beauty never lies though

15.2.2015
Il Volo wins Sanremo with Grande amore and thus represents Italy.

14.2.2015
Maria Olafsdóttir won the Icelandic final with Unbroken.

11.2.2015
Armenia anounced it has formed a supegroup with artists from five continents as Genealogy. Their entry is called Don't deny and will be presented later.

7.2.2015
Denmark chose Anti Social Media and The way you are out of ten songs in their final. This blogger still wonders why....

1.2.2015
Giannis Karagiannis won the Cypriot final with One thing I should have done (video) ahead of televoter's favourite Without your love by Panagiotis Koufogiannis.

1.2.2015
Czech Republic announced Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta will sing for them in Vienna Hope never dies

31.1.2015
Melanie Rene won the Swiss final with Time to shine

23.1.2015
France announced Lisa Angell with N'oubliez pas as their entry for Vienna.

14.1.2015
Georgia had its national final with five songs and both jury and televoters chose Nina Sublatti with Warrior. The second warrior in Vienna so far....

14.1.2015
Spain revealed it's going to be Edurne for Vienna 2015 with Amanecer. The song will be released later.

28.12.2014
Albania had its 53rd festivali i Këngës over three days and in the end the last song heard in the final, Diell by Elhaida Dani won with a margin.

26.12.2014
Uzari & Maimuna won the Belarusian EuroFest with Time as a minor surprise ahead of Alexander Rybak's Milki project and televoting winner Muzzart. Here's the studio version.

11.12.2014

The Netherlands or Trijntje Oosterhuis revealed her song, written by Anouk, for Vienna 2015 in a radio show. It's Walk along. (The day after she performed it live)

27.11.2014
San Marino announced it will send its Junior Eurovision entrants of 2013 and 2014 to Vienna 2015: Michele Perniola (16) and Anita Simoncini (15) of The Peppermints. Song will be revealed later.

22.11.2014
Malta Eurovision song contest 2014-2015 ended with a clear win for Amber and her Warrior, gaining full marks from every juror and televote. Video

12.11.2014
The Skopje Fest in Macedonia gave us our first song, when Daniel Kajmakoski won with Lisja Esenski and will represent Macedonia in Vienna 2015.

10.11.2014
The Netherlands confirmed Trijntje Oosterhuis - who is taking up Traincha as her stage name for obvious reasons - as their artists with a song co-written by Anouk. The song will be revealed later.

3.11.2014
Belgium announced Loïc Nottet as their artist. The song selection details will come later.

31.10.2014

Montenegro announced Knez would be their artist and thus the first known artist for 2015. The song will be revealed later.

SONGS OF THE YEAR 2015: #5 KRISTA SIEGFRIDS - ON & OFF

Krista Siegfrids is delivering nice pop tunes one after another and this one is particularly catchy and soon you will be singing along..... Hopefully her Melodifestivalen entry will be equally good!

ESC 2016 WISH LIST: MARGARET FOR POLAND

Małgorzata Jamroży aka Margaret has also been tipped for Eurovision and apparently she did turn it down but she'd be perfect. She's got a look and persona you can't unnotice nor forget, she's got hit songs, she has been voted or nominated for everything from Trendy artist to the Hope of the Year, Fashion Icon and Glamour Woman of the year besides the usual best video, song, album, debut..... Oh she's also a fashion designer! She's very clever with social medias and would surely use it to her advantage if selected for Stockholm 2016. Her debut album is titled Add the blonde , do we need to say more? Except it includes mostly Swedish written pop tunes like Tell me how are ya , Wasted , Start a fire and Heartbeat . And of course her debut single and internationally noticed Thank you very much that you can enjoy below with all its anti-textil feel. I think she's Eurovision perfection, she's cheeky and fun, can we have her?

ESC 2016 BELARUS: NAKED WITH WOLVES?

Today's funniest Eurovision related story comes from Belarus. Some sources claim Ivan wants to perform on stage naked and with live wolf or wolves. It surely would be a first on Eurovision stage! We have seen some forgotten underwear over the years, and some cardbox animals though..... Is it time to take things a bit further? No, according the rules live animals are not allowed, and Eurovision being a family show nudity won't do either. (It seems to be ok to be half naked if you are a dancer though..... )

GREECE: HELENA PAPARIZOU HITS AGAIN WITH HAIDE

Eurovision song contest 2005 winner Helena Paparizou has been enjoying Top-5 hits every year since 2003 with the exception of 2010 and 2014, this latest one being already her 27th! And Haide is charting also in Bulgaria and Finland, of all places. The catchiness of her hits has changed less over the years than her face.... Here's the English version , below the Greek version.

TIM SCHOU AND HIS NAKED GRAVITY

Tim Schou has a pretty good solo career going since he left his friends in London. He's travelling the world and relesing songs and videos. The latest one is a great track and comes with a steamy video that kinda takes away from the song really. But who's complaining. If you got it, flaunt it. Enjoy the video below. This post coming after the other Dane, Rasmus Seebach as wishlist for Eurovision. To think about it, Tim would do nicely, too. Maybe he should give it another go?

ESC 2015 SERBIA: BOJANA GOES POLYGLOT AND RELEASES A NEW VIDEO AND REMIX

Serbian Bojana Stamenov hasn't been having beauty sleeps while prepairing for Vienna. She has just released a new proper video replacing the previous fans featuring beauty video , right after she has given us Spanish ( El mundo bajo mis pies ) and French ( Le monde est à moi ) versions of the song! And an Autobahn remix that is kinda fabulous! Busy girl! PS. I still think the original Ceo svet je moj takes the prize! Oh WAIT! There's yet another version: Die ganze Welt is mein ! And that's something else ....

MALTA MUSIC: CLAUDIA FANIELLO - MILES AWAY

Claudia Faniello, one of the finest voices in Malta. Often compared to Ira Losco and known as Fabrizio's little sister but she has proven in the past ten years she's a star of her own right. She may have taken part in the Maltese Eurovision selection with 8 songs between 2006-2012 but not winning (yet...), She came second with Caravaggio and Pure though. Miles away is a lovely pop tune with a hint of country. Check out also her latest video and self written song You said .

EUROVISION 2025 REVIEWS: ALBANIA, ICELAND, SAN MARINO AND AZERBAIJAN

It's time to kick of the usual reviews. The opinions are all mine and if I don't like some song it's simply just not my cup of tea so to speak. If I like something you dislike or hate, it's fine, too. No stresso, no need to be depresso it's just music and tastes that are diverse and therefor beautiful! I also try to predict their success come May a little bit, but as we know once the staging is out everything may change, remember Fuego and Rise like a phoenix for example? For this series I have grouped the songs in fours as usual as the songs may have similarities or something in common. Some fours came out beautifully, the others.... well not so well. But here we go! ALBANIA - Shkodra Eletronike - Zjerm One of the big fan favorites. Original, well performed, great arrangement, intriguing stage presence. Could it be Albania's big year? Or will it be the shock non qualifier? I wasn't hooked up the first time I heard it nor the second and that might be it'...

EUROVISION 2025: THOSE WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO BASEL: BRUNORI SAS - L'ALBERO DELLE NOCI

This is my maybe favourite song from Sanremo 2025. Brunori was a familiar name to be beforehand but I wasn't so familiar with his music but L'albero delle noci hit home with the first hearing. Great artist, beautiful melody and lyrics, no gimmicks. But I never believed he'd end up 3rd overall and I was even more surprised when he told he would do Eurovision without a moment of hesitation and actually wanted to win because of that! And along with Lucio Corsi a great new artist for me to discover and like! The video btw stars his family, wife and daughter.....

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