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[because-its-eurovision]

I'm working on a small ESC project atm for which I'm looking at some national finals from this season and the 2021 season. And I noticed that there used to be a lot more internal selections two years ago compared to nowadays. Do you have any idea why that was the case/ why it changed? (I know it's a really random question but I thought you'd be the best person to ask :))

There are many countries that have their established national selections that are organised every year. UMK, Melodifestivalen, MGP, DMGP, Söngvakeppnin, Eesti Laul, Supernova, Festivali i Këngës, Festival da Canção just to name a few.

Then there are those countries that try different selection methods every few years, depending on the participating broadcaster, their financial situation and if there are any established artists showing interest to be selected internally. Some examples of those are Netherlands, Belgium (with two broadcasters), Moldova, Spain, San Marino, France, Malta, Georgia, Australia and Israel. Sometimes they organise a full national final, sometimes they choose just the artist via a talent show (Malta's X Factor 2019 & 2022, Georgian Idol 2019 & 2020), and sometimes they make an internal selection.

In 2022 TRM was planning to hold a full national selection but cancelled it after the preliminary round when it became clear there was no competition for Trenulețul. San Marino's 1in360 was scrapped after only one year letting Senhit & Flo Rida to represent the country and then Una voce per San Marino was founded in 2022. Israel, Slovenia and France also got big names with Noa, Joker Out and La Zarra so organising a NF would have been a waste of everyone's time and money, and so forth. This leads to the number of national selections changing from year to year, and I must admit that I haven't been invested in the subject enough to notice any strong trends.

2021 national final season is very exceptional since it was strongly effected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the 2020 contest got cancelled, a total of 24 countries decided to send their representative again the next year, and that lead to one-year hiatus for many established national selections. Most of those then returned again in 2022 👇

Czechia: Benny Cristo won Eurovision Song CZ 2020, was internally selected in 2021, in 2022 they had national selection ESCZ 2022 Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið won Söngvakeppnin 2020, were internally selected for 2021, Söngvakeppnin returned in 2022

Serbia: Hurricane won Beovizija 2020, were internally selected for 2021, in 2022 they had national selection Pesma za Evroviziju '22

Latvia: Samanta Tina won Supernova 2020, was internally selected for 2021, Supernova returned in 2022

Slovenia: Ana Soklič won EMA 2020, was internally selected for 2021, EMA returned in 2022

Australia: Montaigne won Eurovision - Australia Decides 2020, was internally selected for 2021, Australia Decides returned in 2022

Israel: Eden Alene won Rising Star 2020, was internally selected for 2021, in 2022 The X Factor Israel was used as the national selection

Romania: Roxen's entry was selected via Selecția Națională 2020, she was internally selected for 2021 as was her song, and Selecția Națională returned in 2022

Ukraine: Go_A won Vidbir 2020, was internally selected for 2021, Vidbir returned in 2022

Malta: Destiny was chosen via The X Factor 2020, internally selected for 2021, and in 2022 Malta Eurovision Song Contest was used as the national selection

[sole-cuore-amore-e-droga]

what were your highlights of this year’s NF season?

[itsjusteurovision]

It's Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening for San Marino!

[mjeurovision]

San Marino: Who We Are is Bad at Eurovision

San Marino: Who We Are is Bad at Eurovision

After threatening to withdraw from Eurovision, San Marino launched their revolutionary international final 1 in 360. After months of speculation, crowd-funding and wildcard heats, a winner was finally crowned in Bratislava (a good 900km away from San Marino). The Maltese singer Jessika featuring German rapper Jenifer Brening will represent the landlocked microstate with the song Who We Are in…

[a-shippers-trash]

I’m more mad that IROL decided to drop out of “Who We Are” and got replaced by Jenifer B. with cringy lyrics to her part. Jessika is fine on her own with this song if the producers let her done that. IROL is actually a great rapper when given a decent song for him to rap. I hope he gets to reprsent his country of San Marino in the future. 

[keehaag]

Y'ALL!

im trying out for 1in360 which means i sang a song and now i gotta get likes so even if you hate it please like it and my depression will be cured here is the link to the 1in360 website and here is the link to the same video on youtube if y'all could check it out and like it on one or both pages that'd be really Kind and Nice of you thanks for listening to me yell about this lmao

[wiwibloggs]

1 IN 360: CHOREOGRAPHER VINCE BUGG REVEALED AS SECOND JUDGE IN SAN MARINO EUROVISION SEARCH | wiwibloggs

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Şimdiye Kadar 3 Ülke Eurovision 2019’a Katılımını Onayladı

Şimdiye Kadar 3 Ülke Eurovision 2019’a Katılımını Onayladı

2018 Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması henüz gerçekleştirilmeden 2019 Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması‘na 3 ülke katılacağını duyurdu… (more…)

[esc-gleek]

Sara de Blue was robbed of the chance to represent San Marino, “Out of the Twilight” was clearly the class of the field and her extraordinary voice gives it so much life.  Everyone was rooting for her... yet the juries gave the win to Jessika and Jenifer (one juror didn’t even care about the music and spent his time questioning people’s costume choices).

I for one will keep enjoying Sara’s track and here’s hoping she tries for Eurovision again

[escunited]

San Marino: Jessika & Jenifer Will Sing "Who We Are"

[eurovisionscoreboard]

‪@saradeblue is our Community’s favorite to win in #SanMarino tonight with @emmasandstrom.official second! #eurovision #1in360 ‬#esc2018 #eurovision2018 #results #winner #app #eurovisionapp #ratingapp #nationalfinals

[eurovision-austria]

San Marino: 1in360 Finalisten stehen fest

San Marino: 1in360 Finalisten stehen fest. #SanMarino #ESC #1in360

Die Finale-Songs in San Marino stehen fest!

Nach der gestrigen Show stehen in San Marino die Finalisten fest. Die Juroren Zoë Straub, Alessandro Capicchioni, Neon Hitch und Ladislav Kossár  wählten nun 11 Songs fürs Finale, das am 3. März stattfinden wird. Die Finale-Songs sind:

Basti – Stay

Camilla North – Yo no soy tu chica

Emma Sandström – Diamonds

Franklin Calleja – Stay

Giovanni Montalbano – 

[officialjensgeerts]

In Belgian news paper De Standaard. Do you like to hear a song about LGBTQ-love on the Eurovision Song Contest ? It has never been done in 62 years!!! People are pro or totally against it as it seems. But that shows that it moves people. Homosexuality is still a taboo. Please like or share my video on Youtube to express your opinion. Link in bio. #stereotype #satellite #esc #eurovision #esc18 #esc2018 #eurovision18 #sanmarino #gaysong #gay #instagay #1in360 #gayvote #vote #12points #allaboard #conchitawurst #salvadorsobral @ogaeitaly @eurovisioncr @ogaebelgium @ogae_germany @ogaefrance @escfan_club @ogaespain

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ESC2019 Preshow #22

22. IRELAND Sarah McTernan - “22″ SemiFinal 2, #02

Oh come on guys putting her at #22 was just a given, bear with me. Don’t tell me you did not see it coming. 😏 

ENTRY ANALYSIS

What I didn’t see coming however was a lovely entry from Ireland, but here we are. 😊 I’m not sure how we even got here? RTE claims they conducted an “extensive search” and got over 350+ submissions and the best they could come up with is apparently a generic bubblegum pop song by a muppet woman who was rejected from 1in360?

Still I enjoy this song. There’s something warm about “22″ that always makes it a pleasant listening experience. It sounds retro in a timeless, rather than dated, sort of way. Like, a song from Hairspray maybe?  (which Sarah definitely should be using because her giant fluffy ponytail keeps battering her face in that VC  😂)

I quite enjoy the lyrics as well: they’re banale and very silly, but in a good way:

~Everytime I’m with somebody I’m confusing him with you~

How does that even work, like... you decide to date and then sleep with someone and you spend the entire time imagining he’s someone else?  😂 I mean, think about it for a sec: you’re hooking up and letting some random dude bone you (or you bone some random dude/chick we don’t heteroshame/topshame here) but all you can think about is your ex? Imagine how awkward your sex life must be. 🤭 but let us move on before this turns into a Jack Whitehall sketch.

QUALIFICATION ODDS: not qualifying. 

Not a chance, sadly enough . "22″ joyfully bounces around in the Leonor Andrade Zone of “There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with this entry, but it’s never going to qualify, despite their best efforts” and it’s sad because I hardly ever like Ireland in ESC and when I do they always get drawfucked 😭 (RIP Sinéad Mulvey & Molly Sterling)

The issues Sarah struggles with though are problems which Leonor (or Svala, or Lidia Isac) never had deal with: Sarah’s live performances are sort of... listless? Lifeless? Slow? Inert? Definitely not something you’d want to pair with a cheerful and uptempo song such as “22″ It creates a disconnect that shouldn’t be there. As much as I regret saying it, I think Ireland will be the last place of the year. They’re just waiting to become an embarrassing mess, and when it happens you can be damn’ sure I’ll be there to affectionately poke fun at it, like always :-)

Projected Placement: 14th-18th in the SemiFinal. 

Link to the masterpost

[anotherescsite]

The Go 2018 - Updated again.

Eurovision 2018 is 100 or so days away (or at least semi final 1). What we know so far is there are many national finals this year. My suggestion is that you don’t make plans for February specifically the late part, and March 3rd.

Here is what I know:

** SEMI FINALS DRAWN**

** KNOWN SONGS/ARTISTS **

ALBANIA:  Mall - Eugent Bushpepa (Winner of  Festivali i Këngës. )

AUSTRIA:   Nobody but you - Cesar Sampson (internal)

CYPRUS: Fuego - Eleni Foureira (intenal)

FRANCE: Mercy - Madam Monsieur (winner of Destination Eurovision)

CZECH REPUBLIC: Lie to me - Mikolas Josef

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AUSTRALIA: JESSICA MAUBOY [No news since the announcement]

AZERBAIJAN: AISEL [Azerbaijan have a history of revealing artist early; song to be announced late.]

BELGIUM: LAURA GROESENEKEN(Sennek) [First to release their artist. No news since]

FINLAND: SAARA AALTO [Songs to be released from Feb 9; National final of 3 songs on March 3rd]

GEORGIA:  IRIAO were announced on December 31st. No news otherwise

THE NETHERLANDS: WAYLON [No news]

RUSSIA:  YULIA SAMOYLOVA

** NATIONAL FINALS **

MALTA: Song for Europe will be held February 3.

SWITZERLAND  Entscheidungsshow is taking place in Zurich on February 4th.

SPAIN: Operation Triunfo is going to be selection for Spain. National final Jan 29; announcement is Feb 5; Six singers; 9 songs which are a mix of solo, duets and a group performance.

UNITED KINGDOM: Eurovision: You decide is returning again after the success from last year. It will held in Brighton on February 7th and in ESC 1998 tradition, hosted by an English person and a Swede.

ITALY: Traditional selection program for Italy is the San Remo Festival for Italian Music which takes place between February 6 and 10. Have gone internal and via jury selection in the past. 

DENMARK: MGP in Denmark is taking place on February 10th 

ISRAEL: Holding their Next star contest at the moment to select their entrant. They have said there are 3 weeks left in the contest. Expect the person known by around mid Feb. Song will come in March

BELARUS: Live auditions in January; up to 15 entrants. Final is Feb 16.

GREECE: Three song national final on Feb 16.

MONTENEGRO:  Montevizija 2018 is the national final for Montenegro which is being held on February 17th. Last national final for Montenegro was 2008.

SERBIA: National final Feb 20

GERMANY: February 22nd final  Unser Lied für Lissabon; six artist revealed.

HUNGARY: A Dal is being held from January and the final is February 24th.

MOLDOVA: Moldova has canceled the February 22nd semi final, so it will be a 16 song final on the 24th.

UKRAINE: Another country with 2 semi final and a final; Semis 10th and 17th February; final one week later on the 24th.

LATVIA:  Supernova will be their selection method again. 30 entries, Final is Feb 24

ARMENIA:  Depi Evratesil begins Feb 3; 20 songs revealed. Final 24th Feb.

SLOVENIA: EMA contest will take place Feb 24; there may be a semi final.

ROMANIA: Romania are using a Swedish method of selecting their song having a five semi final and final process . The final is on February 25th

LATVIA: It’s Supernova again for Latvia. 21 artists and their songs have been revealed. Semi finals Feb 3, 10 and 17. Final Feb 24.

LITHUANIA: Lithuania Nacionalinę Eurovizijos atranką 2018 begins on January 7. Conclusion in expected in March 

ESTONIA: Eesti Laul 2018 is a three show national final. Semi 1 and 2 are February 10th and 17; final March 3.

SAN MARINO: 1in360: the first ever national selection has taken the finalists to Vienna and Bratislava. Two pre-recorded shows on Feb 9 and 16th. Final: March 3.

POLAND: National final March 3.

ICELAND:  Söngvakeppnin 2018, the Icelandic selection will also have two semi finals and a final, on exactly the same days Estonia are having theirs.

PORTUGAL: The home team are having their annual song contest, Festival da cancao. This year it has been extended to two semi finals (February 18th and 25th) and the final on March 4th.

NORWAY: MGP to be held 10th March.

SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen is the traditional national final from Sweden. The  four semi finals begin February 3, the Andra chansen will be on March 3 and the final on the 10th.

** INTERNALS **

BULGARIA: The song won’t be known till 12th March. 

CROATIA: Confirmed internal selection.

FYR MACEDONIA: Internal selection.

** ... AND THEN **

There is currently radio silence from Ireland. Expect internal selections. Maybe a surprise.

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San Marino: 1in360'in 2. Şovu Bugün Yapılacak

San Marino: 1in360’in 2. Şovu Bugün Yapılacak

San Marino aylar süren ulusal final maratonunda sona yaklaşıyor. Son olarak 11 yarışmacı ile ulusal final yapma kararı alan San Marino, hala Slovakya’nın başkenti Bratislava’da hazırlıklarına devam ediyor…

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