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Moscow, Russia - It’s the turn for the Russian broadcaster RTR to choose their contestant for Europe’s biggest musical show. The first rules have been announced and therefore Russia has started their search for their representative in Denmark.
While the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia was in charge of sending their participant Dina Garipova to Malmö in 2013, the responsibility has switched to RTR for choosing their artist for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.
The Russian public broadcaster RTR published a press release calling on musicians for the national selection. All musically talented singers with an extraordinary voice and artistic skills are welcome to take a chance and send in their applications during the next two months. This project is called Kto? that means Who?.
In the end, only the TV viewers will decide who they want to represent their country in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.
In 2012, RTR organised the Russian national selection and sent Buranovskiye Babushki who took for Russia a second place in Baku. In 2013, Channel One Russia sent Dina Garipova to Malmö where she came fifth.
Latvia retains Dziesma format for 2014 Riga, Latvia -
LTV, the Latvian Broadcaster has updated the dates of the national selection of Dziesma 2014. The selection of the entry for Latvia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will follow the pattern of previous years, with two semi finals now on the 1st and 2nd of February in Riga, and the final on February 22nd in Ventspils.
"The change of the dates provides the opportunity for the Latvian audience to receive the broadcast of the national selection that would be technically and creatively better prepared. Already since the first day of 2014 brings more changes to Latvians with the emitting of a new currency - Euro, which is followed by the grand event in our capital, Riga - "Riga 2014". In addition to that there are also the broadcasts of Winter Olympic games from Sochi, where Latvian athletes are taking an active part in," comments Sergejs Nesterovs, the board member of Latvia Television as well as programme development manager. Nesterovs adds, that "the broadcasting of such an important and large event as national selection for Eurovision Song Contest requires particular preparations. It is essential to have at least a little bit of time after a production of an event broadcast to prepare for the next one to provide the best possible technical quality and broadcast."
The songs for Dziesma 2014 can be submitted until the 20th of November. 24 semifinal songs are going to be announced during a press conference on the 2nd of December.
Six songs from each sem final go to the final. Both in the semi finals and in the final, an LTV jury and a public televote will be of equal value, 50/50. The three songs receiving the most votes in the final proceed to the the superfinal. The winner of the superfinal will represent Latvia in Copenhagen.
Dziesma 2014 keeps the slogan from the previous year , 'Stand up, Europe!' But there is a slight change this year, in that only songs from Latvian composers will be accepted.
The rules for the selection are currently available in Latvian here.
The group PeR represented Latvia in the 2013 contest, with the song Here We Go which finished in 17th, and therfore last place in the Second Semi-Final. The nation will be hoping for a big improvement in their placing next year, and hope to emulate their victory in the 2002 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show.
Brussels, Belgium - Tom Dice rehearsing in Oslo in 2010.
Belgian broadcaster VRT has released more details of its national selection for 2014, promising a specactular series of shows with a Grand Final on the 16th of March.
In the spring of 2014, Één will launch a brand new, unique edition of Eurosong 2014, Belgium's national selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Piet Goddaer and Jef Martens, better known as Ozark Henry and Basto/Lazy Jay, are the first of four experts who will look for the best candidates and the best songs, but ultimately, the viewer has the final say.
After Één internally chose Tom Dice and Iris in 2010 and 2012 respectively, this spring the broadcaster will work with the viewers to find the act that will make Belgium shine on the stage at the biggest music festival in Europe. For the first time, Één will search for a song and a performer separately.
The Experts
To successfully tackle these two challenging assignments, Één has assembled a team of four experts with a lot of experience in the (inter)national music world. They will select artists who have it in them to render Europe speechless at the Eurovision Song Contest, and they will choose the very best songs. At the same time, they will also play matchmaker, pairing the chosen artists with the chosen songs.
About Piet Goddaer
Singer, arranger, and producer Piet Goddaer brings one of the top names in the Belgian pop- and rock scene to the Eurosong expert panel. As the founder and creative mind behind Ozark Henry, Goddaer has built himself an impressive reputation.
His breakthrough came with Birthmarks and The sailor not the sea, and secured his place at the top in Flanders with The soft machine. Goddaer writes, composes, and produces his own work and, additionally, produced and/or composed work by artists such as Arid, Lunascape, Novastar and DeLaVega.
Goddaer also has an excellent live reputation. Last summer, he clinched the Radio 2 Summer Hit Trophy with I’m your sacrifice, from his most recent album, Stay Gold. Over the years, he has collected gold and platinum records, Zamu Awards, and an MIA, and was recently nominated as Best Belgian Act for the MTV European Music Awards in November. He recently released the single, Plaudite amici comedia finita est.
About Jef Martens
The name Jef Martens (born 8th January 1980) may not immediately ring any bells, but Jef’s alter egos, Basto and Lazy Jay are well enough known in the music world.
Together with Peter Luts, he made all the Lasgo records for four years, after which he let himself be heard as Basto and Lazy Jay. Since 2010, he’s been reaping success all over Europe with several Basto singles. In France in 2012, Radio NRJ voted him the best new DJ, and in 2013 the same happened in Spain with Fun Radio.
He broke through as Lazy Jay in 2012, with Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay, and scored with Scream and shout by Will.I.Am ft. Birtney Spears – a number that he helped produce and write – a worldwide number one hit. Recently, just like Ozark Henry, he was nominated as Best Belgian Act for the MTV European Music Awards. Meanwhile, Martens is recording a new Natalia single, has new material ready with Will.I.Am, is writing numbers with Mika, and is collaborating with Natasha Bedingfield, Flo Rida and Carly Rae Jepsen.
The Process
Één viewers can join the search for the submission for the Eurovision Song Contest seven Sundays in a row:
Casting
2nd and 9th of February
An exciting competition for eight tickets straight to the semifinals
In the first two episodes, the castings, the candidates compete to win one of eight tickets straight to the semifinals. They do this by performing a number they have personally chosen from 58 years of Eurovision Song Contest history. Who has it in them to strike Europe speechless in Copenhagen? The experts will send eight candidates on to the semifinals.
Call Back
16th February (live)
The last chance for a ticket to the Semi-Finals
Eight candidates who did not receive tickets to the semifinals during the castings will be invited back for the third episode: The Call Back. It is a show in which they must prove their worth, live on television, to the experts and viewers alike. The stakes? The last four tickets to the semifinals.
Semi-Finals
23rd February, 2nd March and 9th March (live)
Each week, four artists reveal their new songs to the world.
In total, twelve artsists will make it through to the next round: the Semi-Finals. There are three Semi-Finals, in which four artists perform their new songs. Over the past few months, the artists have slaved away and fine-tuned their entries, entrusted to them by the experts. The experts and the viewers both decide who makes it through to the Grand Final.
Final
16th March (Live)
Six artists compete for the victory, the viewer decides.
Two acts from each Semi-Final will make it through to the Grand Final on the 16th of March. That day, six artists will compete for one honour: to represent Belgium at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The Flemish viewers will decide, together with a European jury, who will receive this honour. In this phase, the experts will only serve in an advisory role. In the final, the artists will perform their song with the full act as it would be seen at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Want to take part?
Performers
Candidates for Eurosong 2014 must send a film of themselves in which they perform a cover of a Eurovision Song Contest number. They must not, therefore, register with their own number. They may freely interpret the Eurovision Song Cotest number that they have chosen and “make it their own.” Whether it’s a rock version of Waterloo, a danceable Hard Rock Hallelujah, or a subdued Je t’adore; anything goes, no holds barred. For the choice of their number, candidates may look to 58 years of Eurovision Song Contest history.
Candidates can participate individually or in a group of up to six people. Registration and submission of a film is possible either online via the registration form on www.een.be, or by downloading a registration form from the website and sending it, together with the film, to the following address:
Registration must reach the Eurosong 2014 editors no later than midnight, Monday 14th October 2013.
Song Submissions
Lyricists and composers may submit numbers for Eurosong 2014 until the 28th October 2013 to eurosong@een.be
. Any submission must be an original number, at a maximum of 3 minutes long and that has not been released before. A more detailed song briefing may be requested via eurosong@een.be
.
Eurosong 2014 is a VRT Television production for Één.
With a distinct focus on attracting new Estonian music, broadcaster ERR has revealed details of its popular national selection format, Eesti Laul 2014, with the Grand Final set for the 1st of March.
In recent years, Estonia has seen an upsurge in popularity of its own music and its national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Eesti Laul, is no exception to this rule.
Launching the 2014 edition of its National Selection, broadcaster ERR is focused on attracting new Estonian music to compete in Eesti Laul. For the past two years Estonia has chosen songs in the Estonian language: Ott Lepland with Kuula in 2012 and Birgit Õigemeel with Et uus saaks alguse in 2013.
The process
ERR has set out the process for Eesti Laul2014 with a submission deadline for entries set at 15:00 EET on the 9th of December.
After this a jury will pick 20 songs to compete in the two Semi-Finals set to take place on the 14th and 21st of February. The songs and participants will be revealed by the 13th of December.
The Grand Final will take place on the 1st of March where the qualifiers from the Semi-Finals will compete for the right to represent Estonia in one of the two Semi-Finals of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 6th and 8th of May. The Grand Final takes place on the 10th of May.
A successful format
During the history of the contest in Estonia, an impressive 721 songs have been submitted making Eesti Laul a catalyst for Estonian music, being the biggest platform for this in the country, where success can be achieved even if you don't win.
An example of this is the group Winny Puhh who entered Eesti Laul in 2013 with the song Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti. The band have since had much success at home and abroad, recently performing at the Paris Fashion Week.
Interest in the format for Eesti Laul has also been extensive, with countries such as Finland and Latvia basing their own national selections on Eesti Laul. Interest has also been shown in the format from Norway, Sweden and Bulgaria. In addition, a 10 strong delegation from Finland attended the Grand Final of Eesti Laul earlier this year.
Mart Normet from broadcaster ERR said, "Eesti Laul seems to spread like a virus; its positive impact proven to us".
Could history repeat itself?
The last time the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Copenhagen (in 2001), Estonia's Tanel Padar and Dave Benton won the competition with the song Everybody. Now that we are a returning to the Danish captial for the 2014 contest, could history be set to repeat itself? Estonia certainly hopes so!
Stay tuned to Eurovision.tv for more news of Eesti Laul 2014.
Andrius Pojavis represented Lithuania in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.)
Vilniua, Lithuania - The first preparations for the Lithuanian national selection have already started. Yesterday, the broadcaster LRT officially announced the rules for the participation. The date for their national final is scheduled for the beginning of February.
There are some slight changes in the national selection this year. In comparison to the last year where only singer has been chosen, LRT has announced the competition for both the performer and the author of the entry in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. It means that the singer who will be chosen to represent his or her Baltic country in Copenhagen can perform somebody else’s song. The authors, who will send in their songs, should agree with the conditions that their lyrics will be offered to the winner who might be not the performer they wrote their song for.
The rules for the selection are currently available in Lithuanian here.
LRT is awaiting the applications from the authors and talented singers till the 15th of November. The first round of the national selection is set from the 21st of December till the 18th of January. The national final will take place in the beginning of the February.
Last year, Andrius Pojavis performed his song Something for Lithuania in Malmö. He came ninth in the First Semi-Final. In the Grand Final, Andrius came 22nd.
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