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National Selection

Here you find the latest news regarding the national selections that take place in the Eurovision participating countries.

When an artist wants to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, they have to go through a national selection in the country they will represent. These selections are often organised by the national broadcaster themselves. Some broadcasters will choose their participant in a closed forum, this is called an internal selection. Other countries use big TV shows with public voting to decide who will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest. In some countries, it’s one big show and in other countries they will have many heats and semi-finals before they get to the final.

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6th June 2016 at 18:10 Charlotte Jensen

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16th March 2016 at 12:19 Giannis Argyriou

Donny Montell heads to Eurovision 2016 for Lithuania

12th March 2016 at 22:13 Michael Outerson

Melodifestivalen 2016: Frans wins Swedish Eurovision ticket

12th March 2016 at 22:06 Charlotte Jensen

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11th March 2016 at 11:50 Michael Outerson

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9th March 2016 at 13:08 Charlotte Jensen

Samra Rahimli to Stockholm for Azerbaijan?

7th March 2016 at 16:48 Giannis Argyriou

Update: Israel decided just to change their original 2016 Eurovision entry a bit

7th March 2016 at 12:35 Noam Roth

Ovidiu Anton to represent Romania at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest

6th March 2016 at 21:57 Matei Ruta

Poland sends Michał Szpak to Eurovision 2016

5th March 2016 at 22:57 Michael Outerson

Lithuania 2016: The finalists are announced

5th March 2016 at 22:14 Michael Outerson

Last four Melodifestivalen finalists picked – starting order for the final is out

5th March 2016 at 21:32 Tommy Engström

Jüri Pootsmann wins Eesti Laul 2016, represents Estonia at Eurovision

5th March 2016 at 21:30 Michael Outerson

Romania picked its six finalist for Selecția Națională final

4th March 2016 at 23:10 Matei Ruta

Eurovision 2016: Your weekend preview starts here

4th March 2016 at 10:46 Michael Outerson

Serbia 2016: singer to be announced on March 7th

4th March 2016 at 01:56 Michael Outerson

Hovi Star with Made of Stars to represent Israel in Eurovision 2016

3rd March 2016 at 22:09 Theo Vatmanidis

Latvia 2016: Supernova full results revealed

2nd March 2016 at 10:07 Michael Outerson

Serbia to reveal its 2016 Eurovision entry on 12th of March

1st March 2016 at 18:02 Giannis Argyriou

Israeli Rising Star 2016 songs available for listening

1st March 2016 at 13:24 Giannis Argyriou

Detailed voting for UMK 2016 revealed – Sandhja won with less than 15% of the votes

29th February 2016 at 20:08 Giannis Argyriou

Justs bring his Heartbeat to Eurovision 2016 for Latvia

28th February 2016 at 22:29 Michael Outerson

Rising Star final songs allocated – Golden Boy winning team involved again

28th February 2016 at 18:30 Noam Roth

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The national selections have various names all over Europe, and Australia. Below find the latest news regarding your favourite Eurovision participating country

Click on me to see a quick overview of the 2022 national selection news

  • Australia: Australia Decides
  • Albania: Festivali i Këngës
  • Belarus: Nationalny Otbor (The country will most likely not participate at Eurovision 2022)
  • Croatia: Dora
  • Czech Republic: Eurovision Song CZ (also called ESCZ)
  • Denmark: Melodi Grand Prix (also called DMGP – Dansk Melodi Grand Prix) Be aware of that Norway also use the name Melodi Grand Prix
  • Estonia: Eesti Laul
  • Finland: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (also called UMK)
  • France: France c’est vous qui décidez (previously called Destination Eurovision)
  • Germany: Unser lied für /Unser song für
  • Hungary: A Dal
  • Iceland: Söngvakeppni sjónvarpsins (See also Söngvakeppnin)
  • Israel: HaShir Shelanu L’Eurovizion
  • Italy: Sanremo (The winner doesn’t necessarily goes to Eurovision)
  • Latvia: Supernova
  • Lithuania: Pabandom Iš Naujo
  • Moldova: O Melodie Pentru Europa
  • Romania: Selecția Națională
  • Serbia: Beovizija
  • Slovenia: EMA
  • Sweden: Melodifestivalen (also called Melfest or Mello)
  • Norway: Melodi Grand Prix (also called MGP) Be aware of that Denmark also use the name Melodi Grand Prix
  • Portugal: Festival da Canção
  • United Kingdom: Eurovision: You Decide
  • Ukraine: Vidbir
  • Various countries: International selection

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