Tonight we had the Dutch National Final.
Five songs were performed and the jury called every song gorgeous, but not for ESC. XD
The jury was however very positive about Song #5, Je Vecht Nooit Alleen

The jury results:

1: Je Vecht Nooit Alleen
2: De Stroom
3: Ga Dan Niet
4: Toen Ik Jou Vergat
5: Weelderig Waardeloos

FINAL RESULTS:

1: Je Vecht Nooit Alleen
2: De Stroom
3: Weelderig Waardeloos
4: Toen Ik Jou Vergat
5: Ga Dan Niet

JE VECHT NOOIT ALLEEN GOES TO DUSSELDORF

Italy's singer will be one from Sanremo

Here's the list of all Sanremo participants so you guys can look them up on youtube

* Patty Pravo
* Moda'
* Luca Madonia & Franco Battiato
* Giusy Ferreri
* La Crus
* Anna Oxa
* Tricarico
* Nathalie
* Al Bano
* Luca Barbarossa & Raquel del Rosario
* Roberto Vecchioni
* Anna Tatangelo
* Max Pezzali
* Davide Van De Sfroos

Link to hear Germany's first semifinal songs

http://www.unser-song-fuer-deutschland.tv/videos/

The songs that passed were Maybe, Taken By A Stranger, and What Happened To Me Today.

Jedward could be disqualified

Their song is on Amazon (as a 30 second preview) and that clearly breaks the Irish broadcaster's rule of no public release until the actual preselection.

Lipstick by Jedward: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...62945-5722019?ie=UTF8&qid=1296743980&sr=301-5 Haha they took off the listening option, earlier you could hear it.

Tiny favour?

As I haven't been watching all of the NF as I would've wanted, I have a request. Luis, if you could please, make a list here over countries and their confirmed entries and just always add to that list as time goes? It would help me and few others I think allot

There's already a thread dedicated only to entries already chosen. No one's been chosen lately so that's why it's not in the top 6 threads shown on the homepage. I'll add songs as soon as they come out.

http://www.escchat.com/showthread.php?t=800

Blue's song will be made public?

Sweden's first semifinal results

Here are all the songs in a list (the person's uploading all national final performances so as time goes by you might have to scroll down to find them)
http://www.youtube.com/user/EscHouse

The ones that passed were

Straight to the final: Danny - In The Club and Swingfly - Me And My Drum

Second chance: Pernilla Andersson - Desperados (the only song in Swedish tonight) and Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes

The eliminated ones were Rasmus Viberg - Social Butterfly, Jonas Matsson - On My Own, Dilba - Try Again, Le Kid - Oh My God

Norwegian Second Chance results

All the people fighting for the final two spots (this contest had one-to-one rounds):

Use me – Daisy vs. Pernille & Marius – I’ll be yours - Daisy moved on to the next round
Sie Gubba – Alt du vil ha vs. Mimi Blix – Allergic - Ald du vil ha moved on to the next round
Gatas Parlament – Jobbe litt mindre og tjene litt mer vs. The Lucky Bullets – Fire below - Fire Below moved on to the next round
Endre – Oh, oh (Puppy love) vs. Susperia – Nothing remains - Nothing Remains moved on to the next round

Second part:
Use me – “Daisy” vs. Sie Gubba – “Alt du vil ha” - Sie Gubba wins
The Lucky Bullets – “Fire Down Below” vs. Susperia – “Nothing remains” - The Lucky Bullets win

So the ones that qualify for the final are:
Sie Gubba - Alt du vil ha
The Lucky Bullets - Fire below

This is the full line-up for the final on the 12th.


* Helene Bøksle - Vardlokk (my personal favorite, contains no English)
* Åste & Rikke - Not that easy (Ah-Åh-Ah-Åh)
* Babel Fish - Depend on me
* Hanne Sørvaag - You're like a melody
* The BlackSheeps - Dance tonight (contains lyrics in English, Norwegian and Sami)
* Stella Mwangi - Haba haba (African inspired rhythms)
* Sie Gubba - Alt du vil ha (No English)
* The Lucky Bullets - Fire below

Germany's second semifinal results

Didn't qualify:
Good Day
Teenage Girls
At All

3 qualifying songs:
# Push forward
(Daniel Schaub, Per Lämmers)
# Mama told me
(Lena Meyer-Landrut, Stefan Raab)
# A million and one
(Errol Rennalls, Stavros Ioannou)

Complete list of songs in the final on the 18th:
* Maybe
(Daniel Schaub, Per Lämmers)
* Taken by a stranger
(Gus Seyffert, Nicole Morier, Monica Birkenes)
* What happened to me
(Lena Meyer-Landrut, Stefan Raab)
* Push forward
(Daniel Schaub, Per Lämmers)
* Mama told me
(Lena Meyer-Landrut, Stefan Raab part 2)
* A million and one
(Errol Rennalls, Stavros Ioannou)

Here you can listen to this week's songs http://eurovision.ndr.de/videos/index.html

Found a video with Ireland's snippets

The 5 songs in the running. I hope this video isn't taken down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra9roRB3304&feature=player_embedded

Shine On - Bling (mentored by Willie Kavanagh)
Send Me An Angel - The Vard Sisters (mentored by Liam Lawton)
Lipstick - Jedward (mentored by Caroline Downey Desmond)
Talking With Jennifer - Don Mescall (mentored by Ronan Hardiman)
Falling - Nikki Kavanagh (mentored by David Hayes)

Damn, two 'double' couples: Schaub/Lammers and Meyer-Landrut/Raab. I bet one of those will win xD

Greek snippets!

Greek broadcaster ERT release the snippets today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXAjdMv7PW0

My personal top 6:
1: Valando Tryfonos - The Time Is Now (Awesome ballad)
2: Triimitonio - Hamogela (I like this Greek song!)
3: Nikki Ponte - I Don't Wanna Dance (Ballad and dance-pop! I like it!)
4: Loukas Giorkos feat. Stereo Mike - Watch My Dance (Awesome song, but why this 'rap' part??? Love the Greek language in it!!!)
5: Kokkina Halia - Come With Me (Nice rock-ish ballad)
6: Antigoni - It's All Greek To Me (It doesn't sound that Greek)

I think we can say Greece will make the Top 10 once again.

Nick, Valando is my favourite, too

Valando is simply the best

Iceland Final NF

Just a quick messages. I hope you all will be able to watch Iceland NF Saturday night. We are expecting a whole lot of fun, guests and ofc the final song for Iceland yayy.

As Ragnheiður won't be able to host that night, Páll Óskar will be stepping in as a host. Hera Björk will be there along with few other known artist.

I had been planning on being online while this all is going on, try to translate for those who'd like to but something just came up and I won't be able to be with you to try to explain all the stupid icelandic. But I will leave notes here if there are any special infos that might pop up that night and hope to be able to leave them here in this forum following morning.

Chit chat bye!