Eurovision Song Contest: febrero 2014

sábado, 22 de febrero de 2014

Watch Latvia select their entry tonight!

Ventspils, Latvia - Tonight in the city of Ventspils in Latvia, the final will take place of Dziesma 2014 to decide which of the 12 songs will represent the nation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, and you can watch Dziesma 2014 tonight on Eurovision.tv from 20:25 CET.

After staging two semi-finals which took place in Riga, Latvia on the 1st and 2nd February, when 24 songs were reduced down to 12 songs, the final now moves to its traditional home of the Ventspils Theatre in the city of Ventspils.
The running order was determined by a draw, which took place on the 11th of February, and resulted in the following order.

The participants

1. Revelation sung by Ralfs Eilands, Valters Pūce & Nelli Bubujanca
2. Lights On sung by Markus Riva
3. Moment And Tomorrow sung by Katrīna Bindere
4. Pēdējā Vēstule sung by Dons
5. Stay sung by Samanta Tina
6. Here I Am Again sung by Niko
7. Going All The Way sung by MyRadiantU
8. Saule Riet (Take Away) sung by Olga & Līgo
9. I Can Breathe sung by Aminata Savadogo
10. Cake To Bake sung by Aarzemnieki
11. If I Could (Get Away) sung by Eirošmits
12. You Are The Reason sung by Katrine Lukins

The Voting

The decision as to which song will represent Latvia, will be determined by a 50/50 combination of a jury and televoting. It will also be possible to vote online via the LTV website.

Superfinal

The top three songs will go forward to the so called Superfinal, and again it will be down to a 50/50 vote. However should there be a tie, then the winner will be the song with the higher televote.
The winning song will compete in the First Semi-Final to be held in Copenhagen on Tuesday the 6th of May.

Special Guests

Last year's winners of Dziesma - the group PeR, who will be joined by the Lithuanian singer Jurga.
The reunited group Fomins and Kleins who represented Latvia in the 2004 contest.
The popular artists Lauris Reiniks and Norman Rutulis.
From Estonia, the group Tenfold Rabbit.

Don't forget you can watch on Eurovision.tv the final of Dziesma 2014 from 20:25 CET

Factfile:

Latvia made their debut in the 2000 contest with an impressive third place, and My Star performed by Brainstorm.
They've won the contest once, in 2002 with I Wanna sung by Marie N.
Latvia haven't reached the Grand Final since 2008 when Pirates of the Sea took the song Wolves Of The Sea to 12th place.
In 2013, the group PeR finished in 17th place in their Semi-Final with 13 points with the song Here We Go.

Watch tonight: Spain decides for Copenhagen

Barcelona, Spain - The day has arrived for Spain to choose their entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Brequette, Dama, Ruth Lorenzo, Jorge González and Raúl are the five candidates who will sing their hearts out in Barcelona tonight in a show that you can follow live in our WebTV from 22:00 CET.

The entry of Spain at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen in a televised final to be held in Barcelona tonight. The show is called Mira Quién Va A Eurovisión and will be conducted by Anne Igartiburu.
These are the five hopefuls in the order of appearance determined by a draw (click on the titles to listen to the final versions of the songs):

Brequette - Más (Run) (Thomas G:son / Tony Sanchez)
Dama - Estrella Fugaz (Shooting Star) (Melendi)
Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain (Ruth Lorenzo / Jim Irvin / Julian Emery)
Jorge González - Aunque Se Acabe El Mundo (Even If The World Ends) (Kiko Rodríguez / Bruno Nicolás / Leticia Fuentes / María José Fernández)
Raúl - Seguir Sin Ti (Go On Without You) (William Duque & Domingo Sánchez)

The winner will be chosen in a a 50% televote and 50% expert jury voting. The jury consists of three of Spain's top music stars: Mónica Naranjo, David Bustamante and Merche.

The candidates

There are five candidates hoping to represent Spain in Denmark this year. Some of them have tried it before and some have had big hits while others are mostly unknown to the Spanish audience.

Brequette Cassie participated in the first edition of La Voz (The Voice) and, though born in South Africa, she has expressed her wish of singing at the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain, the country where she's been living for the last 15 years. She's currently in the preparations of her debut album Puzzle Together.

Dama is short for Damaris (Abad), a singer born in Sevilla who is better known to the Spanish audience as the partner of top artist Melendi and sister of the popular new artist Rasel. While preparing her second album she's still waiting for her own breakthrough and aims to achieve it through the Eurovision Song Contest and the song Estrella Fugaz, written by none other than Melendi.

Spain's finalists for Copenhagen

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Ruth Lorenzo was heavily tipped to be the Spanish choice before the announcement of a public selection. Mostly unknown in Spain, she finished in the top 5 of the UK's X Factor in 2008 with Dannii Minogue as her mentor. She has just signed with a new record company aiming to reach not only the Spanish market but the international one too.
Jorge González first participated in the talent show Operacion Triunfo, then in the 2009 Spanish national final, with Si Yo Vengo A Enamorarte, and more recently in the first edition of La Voz (The Voice) where he was the runner-up. He considers himself a Eurovision fan and will try once again to achieve his dream of representing Spain in the Song Contest.
Raúl made his breakthrough after he came second in the 2000 Spanish national final with Sueño Su Boca, which became a big success that year and made him win a Spanish Music Award as Best New Artist. Since then he's had further hits and released six albums.

Both Brequette and Ruth Lorenzo have already reached the Top5 of the Spanish iTunes singles chart with Ruth peaking at #1.
Spain won the Eurovision Song Contest at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1968 followed by a home victory in 1969. Tonight's winner will participate in the Final in Copenhagen on the 10th of May to become the 54th Spanish entry.

Final line-up complete in Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia - Tonight, the second Semi-Final of the Estonian national selection, Eesti Laul 2014 took place where five further acts qualified to the Grand Final, thus completing the line-up.

Estonia has one of the more popular national selections in Europe, with a focus on talent and the Estonian language.
In recent years, Estonia's results at the Eurovision Song Contest have been mixed but this year broadcaster ERR are very keen to secure the country a good spot in Copenhagen in just a few months time.

The qualifiers

Tonight the following five acts qualified to the Final, which will be held at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn on the 1st of March:

Traffic
Maiken
Sandra Nurmsalu
Norman Salumäe
Brigita Murutar

The participants

Tonight the following ten acts competed for the five places in the Final (qualifiers marked in bold):

Norman Salumäe - Search
Lauri Pihlap - Lootus
Nion - Muud pole vaja
Maltised - Elu
Sofia Rubina - City Lights
MiaMee - Fearful Heart
Traffic - Für Elise
Maiken - Siin või sealpool maad
Sandra Nurmsalu - Kui tuuled pöörduvad
Brigita Murutar - Laule täis taevakaar

Eesti Laul 2014

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Final Line-Up

Now that we have our ten qualifiers, the final of Eesti Laul 2014 will look like this:

Kõrsikud - Tule Ja Jää
Wilhelm - Resignal
Tanja - Amazing
Lenna - Supernoova
Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band - Maybe-Maybe
Traffic - Für Elise
Maiken - Siin või sealpool maad
Sandra Nurmsalu - Kui tuuled pöörduvad
Norman Salumäe - Search
Brigita Murutar - Laule täis taevakaar

The order of performance for the Final has not yet been decided, but stay tuned to Eurovision.tv for all the latest information about Eesti Laul 2014.
Estonia will take part in the first Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place at the B&W-Hallerne on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen on the 6th of May. The Grand Final takes place on the 10th of May.

Are you ready for Super Saturday?

Europe - This weekend, national selection shows will take place in no less than nine countries, and on Saturday evening, we will know the Eurovision entries from F.Y.R. Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, and Spain. Find out when and how to watch the shows live!

The busiest weekend of this year's Eurovision season is approaching fast! We'll have no less than nine shows for you to watch, starting already tonight.
Of course we don't want you to miss anything important, so we compiled an overview of all the webcast options below. As soon as we know the results of each respective show, we will announce them on Eurovision.tv as well as on the official Eurovision pages on Facebook, VK, and Twitter.

Friday

20:45 CET: Estonia will have their second semi-final. Out of ten songs, five will qualify for the final. You can watch the show live on the ETV website.

Saturday

20:25 CET: It's time for the Dziesma final in Latvia! 12 songs are still in the running. We will broadcast the show live on Eurovision.tv.
20:25 CET: We will get to know who'll represent Hungary. A Dal started with 30 acts, and now the winner will be chosen out of the eight remaining finalists. Watch it live on Eurovision.tv!
22:00 CET: Decision time in Spain! Five acts are fighting for the ticket to Copenhagen. Watch it live on Eurovision.tv!
21:30 CET: F.Y.R. Macedonia will present the song that Tijana Dapčević will sing on the Eurovision Song Contest stage. You can watch the show live on the MRT website. We will present the clip on Eurovision.tv as soon as it's shown on TV!
20:00 CET: Lithuania will get yet another step closer to picking their Eurovision entry. Watch the show live on the LRT website.
20:00 CET: Let's not forget Sweden, of course! In the fourth semi-final, two acts will directly qualify for the final, and two more will go to the "second chance" round. Webcast here on the SVT page.

Sunday

20:00 CET: It's getting exciting in Azerbaijan! Only six contestants remain in Böyük Səhnə, out of which three will make it to the final.
20:30 CET: The first semi-final will take place in Belgium - watch it live on the een website.

DAILIES® to partner with Eurovision 2014

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Great Vision for the Eurovision Song Contest

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Israeli final set for 5th March

Jerusalem, Israel - Israeli broadcaster IBA has confirmed that the 2014 Israeli National Final will take place in Jerusalem on the 5th of March, where Mei Finegold will perform three songs.

Contrary to a number of reports, the date for this year's Israeli National Final has been set to the 5th of March and will be broadcast from Jerusalem at 20:00 CET.
It was previously announced that Mei Finegold would represent Israel at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and that the public were requested to send her their songs. These have now been whittle downed to just three, including an entry penned by Mei herself:
Song 1
Nish'eret iti (Staying with me)
Music: Loren de Paz & Chen Metzger Eder
Lyrics: Loren de Paz
Song 2
Same Heart
Music & Lyrics: Rami Talmid
Song 3
Be ProudMusic & Lyrics: Mei Finegold

Three music videos recorded

For the last few weeks Mei has been working very hard preparing, incluidng recording music videos for each of the three songs, all of which will be broadcast across of all IBA's channels (TV, radio and internet) from the 27th of February until the evening of the National Final on the 5th of March. When asked about the filming, Mei said:
“I didn’t realise the fact that we shot three videoclips in one week. It was very challenging and interesting. Facing a project like this is more different than anything I knew, as decisions must be made right away and without a plan B, but this was very magical as well. The whole team gave its heart and soul to this project and the work was very professional and fun. Every location turned right away to a place of joy and laughter. The final results are being prepared right now in the editing rooms and I can’t wait to let the public hear the songs and watch the videoclips. I hope that everyone will be pleased, just like me.”
The video for Nish'eret iti was filmed at the Israeli Railway Museum in Haifa, inside an old train. Meanwhile the video for Same Heart was shot at the Hameginim Forest just outside Jerusalem and in an abandoned industrial complex. Be Proud was recorded at the Reading Power Station in Tel-Aviv.

Israel: Mei Finegold video shoots

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The public will decide

This year, unlike 2013, only the general public will have a say as to which song will represent Israeli at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Israeli with participate in the second Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, being held at the B&W-Hallerne on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen on the 8th of May. The Grand Final takes place on the 10th of May.

Sing or Dance? You can be a part of Eurovision 2014!

Copenhagen, Denmark - The Host Broadcaster of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, DR, is inviting viewers from all over the world to be a part of the show. For the first time, viewers are being given the chance to dance or sing on screen as part of the world’s largest music competition.

Viewers can join a huge virtual choir, singing last year’s winning tune, Only Teardrops – or film and upload their coolest dance moves and have the chance to dance live on stage in Copenhagen as part of the show.
Through this co-creation efforts, DR is inviting viewers across the world to help shape and be an active part of this year’s contest.
Head of Show for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Jan Lagermand Lundme, comments: "One of our main ambitions – and the central theme of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest – is to bring people closer together. To realise this, we are reaching out to everyone across the world and inviting them to sing or dance in the show. We are saying: come and join us! It’s fantastic that we can join together to help create the Eurovision Song Contest this year."

A huge virtual choir

Everyone can visit the website JoinUs.dk and sing a part of the winning song from the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest’s Only Teardrops. On the site, an instruction video takes users through the process of using their computer’s webcam and microphone, including how to sing each part of the choir part of the song.
The producers of show will use these voices to create a gigantic virtual choir, and the choir will be shown as part of the first Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on the 6th of May.

Singing - How to take part?

Go to JoinUs.dk with your webcam connected computer
Press 'record' and follow the instructions - remember to click through it all
Record yourself singing!
Maybe you're one of the lucky ones who gets their video on the screen during the show

Dance-moves can be a direct ticket to appear on stage

The world can dance their most fabulous dance move, film it on their mobile, and upload it to JoinUs.dk. The wildest and best dance-moves will be selected, and dancers will be offered a plane ticket and stay to Copenhagen – and be invited to dance live on stage as part of the second Semi-Final on the 8th of May.
This year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 6th, 8th and 10th of May in Copenhagen, Denmark.

London Preview Party returns for 2014

London, United Kingdom - It has been announced by the organisers that the London Eurovision Preview Party is back for 2014 with a brand new venue, the swanky Café de Paris on Leicester Square in the heart of the UK capital.

For the 7th year in row, the London Eurovision Preview Party is back, so put the date in your calendar: Sunday, 13th April.
The organisers have also announced a brand new venue: the stylish Café de Paris located right in the heart of London's West End district, just off Leicester Square.
The event is one of a number of preview concerts that take place all over the continent, where artists from many of the participant nations travel to London to perform for fans and the press. For the last few years a team from Eurovision.tv have attended the party, as have other media outlets including the BBC.
The event is usually presented by self-confessed Eurovision Song Contest fan and previous UK entrant, Nicki French and broadcaster and former BBC commentator, Paddy O'Connell.

Tickets on sale soon

The event organisers have announced that pre-sale of tickets for Twitter members will be announced today, so visit their account @LDNEurovision to keep up to date on ticket news, and of course who will be participating.

Previous years

As mentioned above, Eurovision.tv has attended the London Eurovision Preview Party religiously for the past few years, so why don't you take a look at some of our footage from 2013 and 2012, including interviews below:
2013

2012

Listen to snippets of the 10 Danish songs

Copenhagen, Denmark - At a press conference at DR’s headquarters, the broadcast revealed clips of the songs that will compete in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 in Odense on the 8th of March. At the same time, it was announced that Koda, the organisation responsible for Danish music copyrights, will honour the composers of this year’s winning song with a prize of DKK 100,000.

2014 is a huge year for the Eurovision Song Contest in Denmark, something that the 10 teams of songwriters and artists competing in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 will be able to notice. When the competition kicks off at Arena Fyn on the 8th of March, the goal is to find the song that will represent Denmark, and possibly secure a victory on home turf at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen in May.
It is, however, not the only thing at stake for participants. Behind the songs, that are competing in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, are a several professional composers and lyricists. Their work is also set to be honoured by Koda this year who will award a prize of DKK 100,000 (€13,400) to the songwriting team behind this year’s winning song. The prize will be awarded at the winner’s press conference after the show on the 8th of March at Arena Fyn.

Listen to the songs

It is already possible to get an impression of who you should root for on the 8th of March: Clips of the songs can be heard below under each artist name. In the week leading up to the show, it will be possible to hear the songs in their full length, as Andrew Jensen will play two songs each day on his radio program P4 Play, which is broadcast between 12:20 and 13:00 CET.

DMGP 2014 - Artists

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These songs are competing in Odense:

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be broadcast live on DR1 at 20:00 CET on the 8th of March. In the show, the 10 songs will perform in the following order:

Song nr: 1: I Choose U
Artist: Bryan Rice
Music/Lyrics: Lars Halvor Jensen, Johannes Jørgensen, Shanna Crooks

Song nr.2: Your Lies
Artist: Rebekka Thornbech
Music/Lyrics: Danne Attlerud, Gustav Eurén, Niclas Arn

Song nr. 3: Feeling The You (Wildcard)
Artist: SONNY
Music/Lyrics: SONNY, Frederik Tao Nordsøe Schjoldan, Thomas Lumpkins

Song nr. 4: She’s the One
Artist: Danni Elmo
Music/Lyrics: Engelina, Alexander Brown, Søren Vestergaard, Marcus Linnet

Song nr. 5: Vi finder hjem
Artist: Emilie Moldow
Music/Lyrics: Engelina, Ole Brodersen, Kasper Larsen, Basim

Song nr. 6: Right by Your Side
Artist: GlamboyP
Music/Lyrics: Mathias Kallenberger, Andreas Berlin, Jasmine Anderson

Song nr. 7: Before You Forget Me (Wildcard)
Artist: Nadia Malm
Music/Lyrics: Nadia Malm

Song nr. 8: Cliche Love Song
Artist: Basim
Music/Lyrics: Lasse Lindorff, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Daniel Fält, Basim

Song nr. 9: It Hurts (Wildcard)
Artist: Anna David
Music/Lyrics: Anna David, Lasse Lindorff, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Jeremy Huffleman, Marli Harwood,
Michael Harwood, Nick Keynes.

Song nr. 10: Wanna Be Loved (Wildcard)
Artist: Michael Rune feat. Natascha Bessez
Music/Lyrics: Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Luke Madden, Lemare Obika

As the host country, Denmark is automatically qualified to the final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place at the B&W-Hallerne on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen on the 10th of May.
Stay tuned for more news about Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014.

Semi-Final line-up complete in Belgium

Brussels, Belgium - Tonight, the callback round of the Belgian national selection, Eurosong 2014, took place as the first live broadcast ahead of the Semi-Finals which begin next week.

Tonight, the eight acts that qualified to the Callback round of Eurosong 2014 competed in the first live broadcast for the four remaining places in the Semi-Finals, joining the eight acts that are already directly qualified.

Results

Tonight, the following four acts qualified to the Semi-Finals after both the professional jury and viewers at home casted their votes:

Bandits
Sil
Day One
2 Fabiola ft. Loredana

Semi-Final line-up

After tonight's show, we know the line-up for the Semi-Final stage of the competition, which starts next week. This is (in no particular order):

Udo
Nelson
Eva Jacobs
Axel Hirsoux
Petra
Yass
Tisha Cyrus
Axeela
Bandits
Sil
Day One
2 Fabiola ft. Loredana

Belgium will take part in the second half of the first Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 6th of May. This year it is the turn of the Flemish broadcaster VRT to pick the Belgian entry.
Stay tuned for more news about Eurosong 2014!

Who qualified in the second heat in Azerbaijan?

Baku, Azerbaijan - Tonight it was time for the second show of Böyük Səhnə, the national selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. The show was presented by Husniye Maharramova and Tural Asadov - find out who qualified for the next round, to be broadcast on Sunday February 23rd!

In tonight's show of Böyük Səhnə, the following candidates qualified for the next round:

Azad Shabanov
Erkin Osmanli
Samira Efendiyeva
Dilara Kazimova
Khana Hasanova
Elton Ibrahimov

All participants had performed cover versions of popular hits, with the jury voting on them right after the performances. Dilara Kazimova entertained the public with a very original version of Propellerheads' History Repeating - sang in the surroundings of a kitchen!
Most notably for Eurovision fans, Samira Efendiyeva sang the Albanian entry in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, It's All About You by Juliana Pasha, while Rilaya treated the public with her version of Drip Drop, the Azerbaijani entry in the same year.
The jury comprised five experts from the show business and arts scene in Azerbaijan: Sabina Babayeva (Eurovision representative of Azerbaijan in 2012), Eldar Gasimov (winner of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest), Tunzala Agayeva (composer and singer), Faiq Suceddinov (popular singer), and Zumruz Dadashzade (professor of the Baku Music Academy).
Here are the complete results of jury voting (in order of appearance, qualifiers in bold):

Hülya Ibadova (43 points)
Erkin Osmanli (49 points)
Valeria Huseynzadeh (Rilaya) (42 points)
Azad Shabanov (49 points)
Samira Efendiyeva (48 points)
Aydin Eyvazzade (39 points)
Khana Hasanova (46 points)
Fuad Asadov (39 points)
Dilara Kazimova (48 points)
Elton Ibrahimov (45 points)

In the interval, the female contestants joined force an presented their version of Jamala's song Smile, with which she participated in the Ukrainian national selection for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Don't remember it? Then check it out on youtube!
The third show of Böyük Səhnə will take place next Sunday, February 23rd.

Iceland: And the winner is Pollapönk!!

Reykjavik, Iceland - First there were 297 submitted songs, then 10 semi-final entries shortened to 6 finalists and to 2 super-finalists. But only one becomes Iceland's entry at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. That honour fell to Pollapönk who will travel to Copenhagen to perform Enga fordóma.

Iceland held two semi-finals leading up to tonight's final show in which the winner will represent the island at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Televoting picked two songs in each semi-final and an expert jury selected two wildcards. That means that there were six participants in the final Söngvakeppnin 2014 show from the Háskólabíó in Reykjavik.

The participants

The show hosts were Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir & Guðrún Dís and this was the running order in tonight's final (winner in bold):

F.U.N.K. - Þangað til ég dey (Franz Ploder Ottósson, Pétur Finnbogason and Lárus Örn Arnarsson)
Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir - Amor (Haukur Johnson)
Sigga Eyrún - Lífið kviknar á ný (Karl Olgeirsson & Sigga Eyrún)
Gissur Páll Gissurarson - Von (Jóhann Helgason)
Gréta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir - Eftir eitt lag (Ásta Björg Björgvinsdóttir / Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir)
Pollapönk - Enga fordóma (Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson and Haraldur F. Gíslason)

The members of F.U.N.K. are Franz Ploder Ottósson, Pétur Finnbogason, Hörður Bjarkason, Egill Ploder Ottósson and Valbjörn Snær Lillendahl while Pollapönk are Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson, Haraldur Freyr Gíslason, Guðni Finnsson and Arnar Þór Gíslason.

Meet the acts from Iceland

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The results

There was a first round of voting where a combination of expert-jury voting and televoting (50/50) determined the top two: Pollapönk and Sigga Eyrún. These top two songs qualified for the second round of voting where televoting only determined the winner.
In the second round the two songs were performed in the language they wish to use if they make it to Copenhagen in May. Sigga performed in English while Pollapönk reprised Enga fordóma in Icelandic and English.
After the televoting results were calculated, last year's winning composers of Ég Á Lif came on stage to announce the winner: the band Pollapönk with the song Enga fordóma will represent Iceland.
Remember you can watch the show again in our WebTV player.
Iceland will take part in the first half of the first Semi-Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place at the B&W-Hallerne on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 6th of May. The Second Semi-Final and Grand Final take place on the 8th and 10th of May respectively.

sábado, 22 de febrero de 2014

Watch Latvia select their entry tonight!

The participants

The Voting

Superfinal

Special Guests

Factfile:

Watch tonight: Spain decides for Copenhagen

The candidates

Final line-up complete in Estonia

The qualifiers

The participants

Final Line-Up

Are you ready for Super Saturday?

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

DAILIES® to partner with Eurovision 2014

Great Vision for the Eurovision Song Contest

Israeli final set for 5th March

Three music videos recorded

The public will decide

Sing or Dance? You can be a part of Eurovision 2014!

A huge virtual choir

Singing - How to take part?

Dancing - How to do it?

Dance-moves can be a direct ticket to appear on stage

London Preview Party returns for 2014

Tickets on sale soon

Previous years

Listen to snippets of the 10 Danish songs

Listen to the songs

These songs are competing in Odense:

Semi-Final line-up complete in Belgium

Results

Semi-Final line-up

Who qualified in the second heat in Azerbaijan?

Iceland: And the winner is Pollapönk!!

The participants

The results