With about 2 weeks to go until the event, and things starting to pick up in this fortnight, I thought it might be a good idea to post this thread.
This year's participants:
Semi 1:
01. Cyprus: Tamta - Reply
02.
Montenegro: D mol - Heavem
03.
Finland: Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away
04.
Poland: Tulia - Fire of Love (Pali się)
05. Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
06. Czechia: Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend
07.
Hungary: Joci Pápai - Az én apám
08. Belarus: ZENA - Like It
09. Serbia: Nevena Božović - Kruna
10.
Belgium: Eliot - Wake Up
11.
Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Keep On Going
12. Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13. Iceland: Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
14. Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm
15.
Portugal: Conan Osiris - Telemóveis
16. Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
17. San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
Israel, Spain and France vote in this semi-final.
Semi 2:
01.
Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out
02.
Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22
03.
Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay
04. Switzerland: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
05.
Latvia: Carousel - That Night
06.
Romania: Ester Peony - On A Sunday
07. Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
08. Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
09.
Austria: PÆNDA - Limits
10.
Croatia: Roko - The Dream
11. Malta: Michela - Chameleon
12.
Lithuania: Jurij Veklenko - Run With The Lions
13. Russia: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
14. Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokës
15. Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
16. Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
17. North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
18. Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
Germany, the UK and Italy vote in this semi-final.
Grand Final:
01. Malta: Michela - Chameleon
02. Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokës
03. Czechia: Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend
04. Germany: S!sters - Sister
05. Russia: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
06. Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
07. San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
08. North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
09. Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
10. Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
11. Cyprus: Tamta - Reply
12. Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade - Winner!!
13. Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
14. Israel: Kobi Marimi - Home
15. Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
16. United Kingdom: Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us
17. Iceland: Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
18. Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm
19. Belarus: ZENA - Like It
20. Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
21. France: Bilal Hassani - Roi
22. Italy: Mahmood - Soldi
23. Serbia: Nevena Božović - Kruna
24. Switzerland: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
25. Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
26. Spain: Miki - La Venda
As usual, I will update this list as the semis proceed and live performances are posted to the contest's YouTube page.
FAQ:
So when's this gonna happen?
The event is split into 3 parts - 2 semi finals (taking place on May 14 and 16 respectively), and a final on May 18. They all start at this time (timezones yay!):
UK - 8 PM
Central Europe - 9 PM
Eastern Europe - 10 PM
Eastern US - 3 PM
Pacific US - 12 PM
Ermahgerd why is ISRAEL taking part in EUROvision!?!?!?!?!?!?
Israel might not be geographically part of Europe, however, the contest is not for European countries, but for members of the European Broadcast Union (EBU) - to which Israel, and several other countries in Northern Africa and Western Asia count.
But what about AUSTRALIA? THATS NOWHERE NEAR YUROP!!!
In 2015, Australia took part as a guest entry specifically for the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has the biggest viewer base outside of Europe, and since the 2015 contest's motto was "building bridges", the EBU thought it was a fun idea to have them participate. Since their participation in 2015 was such a big success, the EBU and Australian TV decided to continue the country's participation in Eurovision.
In case Australia wins, they will negotiate with a European country for the hosting. Otherwise, every other rule applies to the country. Whether or not Australia or any other countries outside of the EBU will be at any future contests is up in the air, as well.
So why are there already several finalists?
Besides the winner of last year and host (Israel), the "Big 5" automatically skip the semis and are qualified to take part in the final from the get-go. The Big 5 are France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and are the countries that provide the biggest budget to the EBU. For the semi-finalists, 10 out of each will qualify, resulting in 26 participants in the Grand Finale.
Where can I watch this if I don't have a TV or live in a country that doesn't broadcast it?
If you live in a country that is officially broadcasting the song contest, the respective broadcaster might have a webstream of the contest, be sure to look it up.
In past years, Eurovision has provided a webstream on either their site or Youtube, I will post a link to it once it is available. This stream will have no commentary, and if you are in a country eligible for voting, you also are not provided with the information to vote. Based on past streams, it will also likely be a few minutes behind.
God Eurovision is so bad why are you assholes watching this trash?
Sod off.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
Please tell me if any of the links above lead to wrong places.
So let's have some fun and listen to some music!
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Israel's victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Toy", performed by Netta. The contest will be held at Expo Tel Aviv, the city's convention centre; the show will consist of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and the final on 18 May 2019.
Source: Wikipedia
This year's participants:
Semi 1:
01. Cyprus: Tamta - Reply
02.
03.
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05. Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
06. Czechia: Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend
07.
08. Belarus: ZENA - Like It
09. Serbia: Nevena Božović - Kruna
10.
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12. Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13. Iceland: Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
14. Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm
15.
16. Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
17. San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
Israel, Spain and France vote in this semi-final.
Semi 2:
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04. Switzerland: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
05.
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07. Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
08. Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
09.
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11. Malta: Michela - Chameleon
12.
13. Russia: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
14. Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokës
15. Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
16. Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
17. North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
18. Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
Germany, the UK and Italy vote in this semi-final.
Grand Final:
01. Malta: Michela - Chameleon
02. Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokës
03. Czechia: Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend
04. Germany: S!sters - Sister
05. Russia: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
06. Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
07. San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
08. North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
09. Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
10. Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
11. Cyprus: Tamta - Reply
12. Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade - Winner!!
13. Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
14. Israel: Kobi Marimi - Home
15. Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
16. United Kingdom: Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us
17. Iceland: Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
18. Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm
19. Belarus: ZENA - Like It
20. Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
21. France: Bilal Hassani - Roi
22. Italy: Mahmood - Soldi
23. Serbia: Nevena Božović - Kruna
24. Switzerland: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
25. Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
26. Spain: Miki - La Venda
As usual, I will update this list as the semis proceed and live performances are posted to the contest's YouTube page.
FAQ:
So when's this gonna happen?
The event is split into 3 parts - 2 semi finals (taking place on May 14 and 16 respectively), and a final on May 18. They all start at this time (timezones yay!):
UK - 8 PM
Central Europe - 9 PM
Eastern Europe - 10 PM
Eastern US - 3 PM
Pacific US - 12 PM
Ermahgerd why is ISRAEL taking part in EUROvision!?!?!?!?!?!?
Israel might not be geographically part of Europe, however, the contest is not for European countries, but for members of the European Broadcast Union (EBU) - to which Israel, and several other countries in Northern Africa and Western Asia count.
But what about AUSTRALIA? THATS NOWHERE NEAR YUROP!!!
In 2015, Australia took part as a guest entry specifically for the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has the biggest viewer base outside of Europe, and since the 2015 contest's motto was "building bridges", the EBU thought it was a fun idea to have them participate. Since their participation in 2015 was such a big success, the EBU and Australian TV decided to continue the country's participation in Eurovision.
In case Australia wins, they will negotiate with a European country for the hosting. Otherwise, every other rule applies to the country. Whether or not Australia or any other countries outside of the EBU will be at any future contests is up in the air, as well.
So why are there already several finalists?
Besides the winner of last year and host (Israel), the "Big 5" automatically skip the semis and are qualified to take part in the final from the get-go. The Big 5 are France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and are the countries that provide the biggest budget to the EBU. For the semi-finalists, 10 out of each will qualify, resulting in 26 participants in the Grand Finale.
Where can I watch this if I don't have a TV or live in a country that doesn't broadcast it?
If you live in a country that is officially broadcasting the song contest, the respective broadcaster might have a webstream of the contest, be sure to look it up.
In past years, Eurovision has provided a webstream on either their site or Youtube, I will post a link to it once it is available. This stream will have no commentary, and if you are in a country eligible for voting, you also are not provided with the information to vote. Based on past streams, it will also likely be a few minutes behind.
God Eurovision is so bad why are you assholes watching this trash?
Sod off.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
Please tell me if any of the links above lead to wrong places.
So let's have some fun and listen to some music!
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