Posts by Virginia

Selecția Națională 2013: First six finalists selected in Romania

Sixteen acts were competing tonight in the first of two semi-finals of the Selecția Națională 2013. Among the candidates we had very popular artists in Romania and abroad, former Eurovision entrants and also some promising young singers who have proved their talent in different musical tv shows. There are a total of thirty-two songs competing… Read more

Sofia Vitória presents officially her album Palavra De Mulher

The presentation of the new album of Sofia Vitória will take place at the Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval in Sintra, Portugal on 15 March at 22:00 (local time). All the songs on the album tell the history of the female characters created by the Brazilian musician, writer and performer Chico Buarque. Sofia Vitória represented Portugal… Read more

Dziesma 2013: Last six finalists chosen tonight in Latvia

The second semi-final was held this evening from the Palladium Concert Hall in Riga and the line up for the final of Dziesma 2013 is now complete. Six of the songs made it through to the final to join the six acts that qualified in last night’s first semi-final. Twelve acts took the stage this… Read more

Latvia selects first six finalists of Dziesma 2013

The first semi-final of Dziesma 2013 took place this evening. Twenty-four songs are fighting for the honour to represent Latvia in Malmö and tonight, the first twelve hopefuls presented their songs to a big audience at the Palladium Concert Hall in Riga. Latvian Television (LTV) decided to change the selection format for 2013 allowing foreign… Read more

Nobody said it was easy being a Eurovision fan in the 90s

A few days ago I attended the presentation party of an online music website with Loreen and Alaska as guest stars. After seeing these two artists who are somehow related to the Eurovision Song Contest performing together got me thinking about how different is to be a fan now as it was in the 90s.… Read more

Despina Olympiou will be the Cypriot representative in Malmö

CyBC, the broadcaster from the island nation of Cyprus, has given us the name of their representative in Malmö: The bestselling artist Despina Olympiou who will sing in Greek language. This announcement puts an end to an internal selection marked by controversy and rumours. The choice of the Cypriot representative for this year’s Eurovision Song… Read more

Israel announces the names of the artists and song titles for Kdam 2013

Israel is celebrating this year the 40th anniversary of their first participation at the Eurovision Song Contest and more than a hundred songs were submitted for their pre-selection. Among the thirty hopefuls we find the names of well-known artists and songwriters alongside many newcomers. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority, IBA, has published the list of thirty… Read more

Some familiar names back in the Moldovan national selection

49 artists and 126 songs were entered for the 2013 Moldovan national selection. An expert jury narrowed down these numbers to 24 singers and 60 finalist songs among which each artist may choose, which one they would want to perform for Malmö. The Moldovan broadcaster, TRM, has announced the names of the twenty-four singers who… Read more