The Swiss National Final – Tonight!
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Tonight sees the first National Final to select a song to send to the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku next May. Switzerland again will be the first to choose. 14 acts from across different musical styles will compete for the chance.
It all kicks off at 20:05 CET (19:05 GMT) in Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen with the Televoters having their say.
The show will be broadcast on SF 1 and La 2 for those in Switzerland and will be streamed online also!
Swiss National Final – Poll
Ahead of Saturdays Swiss National Final it is time for your say on who you would like to win the the Swiss Final.
To hear all the songs see here. The running order for the show is here. The show will get under way at 8:00pm Swiss Time (7:00pm Irish Time).
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Swiss National Final – The Running Order
The running order for the Swiss National Final was announced tonight on twitter. The entrants shall perfrom in the following order:
- Patric Scott feat. Fabienne Louves – Real Love
- Emel – She
- Chiara Dubey – Anima Nuova
- Guillermo Sorya – Baby Baby Baby
- Macy – Shining
- Sosofluo – Quand je ferme les yeux
- Atomic Angels – Black Symphony
- Ivo – Peace and Freedom
- Ze Flying Zézettes Orchestra – L’autre
- Raphael Jeger – The Song In My Head
- I Quattro – Fragile
- Sinplus – Unbreakable
- Lys Assia – C’était ma vie
- Katherine St-Laurent – Wrong to let you go
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The Swiss National Final
Last year the Swiss were the first to choose their finalists and this year they will again as their National Final “Die Grosse Entscheidungs Show” takes place next Saturday 10th of December. 14 finalists battle it out to represent Switzerland in Baku and the winner will be chosen by 100% televote. There are some interesting entrants.
There has already been four selection rounds for the main channels of for the four languages in Switzerland (French, German, Italian and Romansch)
The finalists are:
38 Countries preparing for Baku
Since I last posted about the Countries taking part in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest, six countries have confirmed their participation in Baku next May.
Montenegro is back in competition having not taken part since 2009, while Monaco has confirmed it will not take part in next years contest. They last appeared in 2006. The Czech Republic will also not take part in this years contest. They have not taken part since 2009.
Georgia wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Georgia have been crowned the winners of the 9th Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Yerevan, Armenia. In what ended as a three-way contest between Belarus, The Netherlands and Georgia. Georgia was eventually crowned the winners following the final vote from Belgium.
Georgia entered a group called CANDY with a song called “Candy Music”
In pink “Candy” outfits, Georgia managed to pick up enough votes and did the deed.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Tonight at 19:30CET (18:30 Irish Time) the 9th Junior Eurovision Song Contest will get under way in Yerevan, Armenia. 13 countries have entered this years competition.
The youth version of the contest is quiet interesting as the participants, all aged between 10 and 15, must write the song as well as well as perform it at the contest, though since 2008 adults are allowed help. Also the song must be in one of the National Languages of the participant countries.
32 Countries Confirmed for Azerbaijan
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32 countries have so far confirmed their participation in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. A number of countries have yet to confirm their participation and of course there is rumours about certain countries returning!
The following countries have confirmed:
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
Of course its all speculation at the moment but we should have confirmation in the New Year of final line up
Ireland’s Selection Process for Baku
Today RTÉ have announced the selection process for next years Eurovision in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Like last year there will be five mentors coaching the acts. The five mentors are:
- Julian Benson
- Greg French
- Bill Hughes
- Edele Lynch
- Linda Martin
Niamh and Josh sing Fairytale
As a Eurovision fan one thing I love is when our Euro stars collaborate. We get the trifecta with the below clip as Ireland and England combine forces on what can only be described as the Norwegian Eurovision anthem ‘Fairytale’. Niamh Kavanagh and Josh Dubovie pull their collective impressive vocals together to belt out the beloved tune. The duet can also be found on Josh’s new album release ‘Carpe Diem’ which is a collection of covered tracks that include, ‘Chasing Cars’, ‘Save the last dance for me’, ‘Black and Gold’ and ‘Cry me a river’.
