Line-up complete in Belgium

Axel Hirsoux.

Vilvoorde, Belgium - Tonight, the Belgian national selection Eurosong 2014 continued with the third and final Semi-Final where four further acts competed for the final two places in the Final. The lucky winners are Axel Hirsoux and Bandits.

Tonight at the Videohouse in Vilvoorde, the Belgian national selection, Eurosong 2014, continued in earnest with four acts competing for the two final places in the Grand Final, which will take place at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on the 16th of March.
The result was decided by both the televote and the professional jury.

The qualifiers

Tonight the following two acts qualified to the Grand Final:

1. Axel Hirsoux - Mother
2. Bandits - One

The participants

Four acts took part in tonight's extravaganza from Vilvoorde. These were (qualifiers in bold):

1. Nelson - Wild Side
2. Axel Hirsoux - Mother - 1st Place
3. Tisha Cyrus - Kitty Cat
4. Bandits - One - 2nd Place

The interval act featured the band Clouseau, who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 with the song Geef het op, tonight singing a new song.

The final line-up

Now that we have found our final two qualifiers for the Grand Final of Eurosong 2014, we now have six songs ready and eager for the final next Saturday. The running order for the Grand Final has not yet been determined by VRT. These are:

1. Eva Jacobs - Nothing Is Impossible
2. Udo - Hero (In Flanders Fields)
3. Yass - Need You Tonight
4. SIL - What's The Time In Tokyo
5. Axel Hirsoux - Mother
6. Bandits - One

Belgium 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.

What do you think of the final line-up?

Finalists decided in Portugal

Some of tonight's participants.

Lisbon, Portugal - For their comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest the Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, decided to held a semi-final with ten acts which just took place in Lisbon. The lucky winners tonight will perform in the final next week.

The Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Festival Da Canção 2014, consists of one semi-final and the final, both held at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon. Ten composers were invited by RTP and they chose the performers for their songs. In the end, the following five made it to the final:

This was the line-up in tonight's semi-final (qualifiers in bold):

1. Catarina Pereira - Mea Culpa (Andrej Babic & Carlos Coelho)
2. Ivo Lucas - Eu Vou (João Só)
3. Zana - Nas Asas da Sorte (Paulo Abreu Lima e Jan Van Dijck)
4. Carla Ribeiro - Mais Para Dar (Marina Ferraz & Hélder Godinho)
5. Ricardo Afonso - Emoção (Ricardo Afonso, Luís Fernando & Rui Fingers)
6. Rui Andrade - Ao Teu Encontro (Rui Andrade & Marc Paelinck)
7. Lara Afonso - O Teu Segredo (João Matos & Miguel Ferrador)
8. Raquel Guerra - Sonhos Roubados (Nuno Marques da Silva & Nuno Feist)
9. Madalena Trabuco - Coração de Filigrana (TóZé Santos)
10. Susy - Quero Ser Tua (Como A Lua É Do Luar) (Emanuel)

The winners tonight will compete next Saturday to represent Portugal in Copenhagen.
2014 will mark 50 years since Portugal first appeared in the contest in 1964, and tonight's programme included a nostalgic look back at previous songs that had partiicpated in the Portuguese finals.

Do you agree with the results in Portugal tonight?

Two further finalists found in Belgium

Sil, winner of the second semi-final in Belgium.

Vilvoorde, Belgium - Tonight, the Belgian national selection Eurosong 2014 continued with the second Semi-Final where four furhter acts competed for just two places in the Final. The lucky winners are Sil and Yass.

Tonight at the Videohouse in Vilvoorde, the Belgian national selection, Eurosong 2014, continued in earnest with four acts competing for two further places in the Grand Final, which will take place at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on the 16th of March.
The result was decided by both the televote and the professional jury.

The qualifiers

Tonight the following two acts qualified to the Grand Final:

1. Sil - What's The Time In Tokyo
2. Yass - Need You Tonight (pictured below)

The participants

Six acts took part in tonight's extravaganza from Vilvoorde. These were (qualifiers in bold):

1. Axeela - Chasing Rainbows (4th, pictured above)
2. Yass - Need You Tonight
3. 2 Fabiola feat. Loredana - She's After My Piano (3rd, pictured below)
4. SIL - What's The Time In Tokyo

The interval act featured one of the most popular Belgian acts who represented them at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Kate Ryan (pictured below), who performed her Eurovision entry Je t'adore.

The line-up so far

Last week the first Semi-Final took place where Eva Jacobs and Udo secured spots in the final. You can read all about it here:

First two finalists found in Belgium

Tonight, the Belgian national selection Eurosong 2014 continued with the first Semi-Final where four acts competed for just two places in the Final.  Read more

Now Yass and Sil will join Eva and Udo in the final. Belgium 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.

What do you think of the qualifiers?

First two finalists found in Belgium

Eva Jacobs won tonight's show.

 

Vilvoorde, Belgium - Tonight, the Belgian national selection Eurosong 2014 continued with the first Semi-Final where four acts competed for just two places in the Final.

Tonight at the Videohouse in Vilvoorde, the Belgian national selection, Eurosong 2014, continued in earnest with four acts competing for two places in the Grand Final, which will take place at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on the 16th of March.
The result was decided by both the televote and the professional jury.

The qualifiers

Tonight the following two acts qualified to the Grand Final:

1. Eva Jacobs - Nothing Is Impossible
2. Udo - Hero (In Flanders Fields)

The participants

Six acts took part in tonight's extravaganza from Vilvoorde. These were (qualifiers in bold):

1. Day One - Who Ever You Are
2. Eva Jacobs - Nothing Is Impossible
3. Udo - Hero (In Flanders Fields)
4. Petra - Killer Touch

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Ruslana and the masked band

Tonight was special for many reasons, but there were two things that stuck out. The winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, Ruslana, sat on the jury together with Bart Peeters, Piet Goddaer and Jef Martens. In Istanbul, she won with the song Wild Dances, which has become iconic all over Europe.
Another unique element to tonight's competition was the band Day One, made up of masked musicians of whom no one knows their identities. There has been much speculation in the Flemish press about who these people may be, with many people suggesting 2006 Belgian representative, Kate Ryan is the lead singer.
Belgium 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.

What do you think of the qualifiers?

First five acts through to Final in Estonia

Tanja, one of tonight's qualifiers.

Tallinn, Estonia - Tonight, the first Semi-Final of the Estonian national selection, Eesti Laul 2014 took place where five acts qualified to the Grand Final.

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:

• Kõrsikud - Tule Ja Jää - Kõrsikud
• Wilhelm - Resignal - Lauri Kadalipp
• Tanja - Amazing - Timo Vendt & Tatjana Mihhailova
• Lenna - Supernoova - Mihkel Raud
• Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band - Maybe-Maybe - Mati Sütt, Janno Reim

The participants

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

1. Tanja - Amazing - Written by Timo Vendt & Tatjana Mihhailova
2. The Titles - Flame - Rasmus Lill, Markus Rafael Nylund
3. Wilhelm - Resignal - Lauri Kadalipp
4. State of Zoe - Solina - Anneliis Kits, Sander Mölder
5. Nimmerschmidt - Sandra - Fredy Schmidt, Andero Nimmer, Merilyn Merisalu
6. VÖÖRAD - Maailm On Hull - Priit Uustulnd, Meiko Umal
7. Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band - Maybe-Maybe - Mati Sütt, Janno Reim
8. August Hunt - Kus On EXIT? - August Hunt
9. Kõrsikud - Tule Ja Jää - Kõrsikud
10. Lenna - Supernoova - Mihkel Raud

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 happy with the result tonight?