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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.

Ukraine list their national finalists – all set for December 21st

9th December 2013 at 16:50 Charlotte Jensen

2014 Israeli entrant to be chosen by internal selection

5th December 2013 at 12:43 Theo Vatmanidis

NRK lifts the lid on Melodi Grand Prix 2014

5th December 2013 at 07:11 Kristján

Latvian contenders for 2014 now online

2nd December 2013 at 19:17 Kristján

Switzerland has chosen their six finalists

1st December 2013 at 18:26 Virginia López

Belarus announces the names of the fifteen participants in the national final

1st December 2013 at 11:44 Virginia López

20 Maltese semi-finalists presented

29th November 2013 at 19:52 edwardmontebello

Melodifestivalen 2014 line up completed

28th November 2013 at 10:27 Kristján

Destan, Joanna and Twin Twin are the French candidates for Copenhagen

27th November 2013 at 20:36 Virginia López

60 songs received in Belarus

26th November 2013 at 18:43 Charlotte Jensen

SVT reveals the first 16 hopefuls for Melodifestivalen 2014

26th November 2013 at 10:01 Kristján

It’s Ilse DeLange and Waylon for the Netherlands in Copenhagen!

25th November 2013 at 11:41 Kristján

The Swiss broadcasters announce their shortlisted candidates

22nd November 2013 at 20:20 Virginia López

Seventy entries advance to the second round in Maltese national selection

19th November 2013 at 13:26 edwardmontebello

Greek participation and Final still ‘hanging by a thread’?

19th November 2013 at 12:43 Theo Vatmanidis

RSI selects its three candidates for the Swiss preselection

15th November 2013 at 12:19 Virginia López

Nour El Refai and Anders Jansson to host Melodifestivalen 2014

13th November 2013 at 10:16 Charlotte Jensen

France: National final date and more details revealed

12th November 2013 at 19:08 Virginia López

The Netherlands go for internal selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

6th November 2013 at 14:19 Serkan Uluçay

France will pick their 2014 Eurovision entry through a national final

4th November 2013 at 19:57 Virginia López

Albania: Dates for Festivali i Këngës and participants announced

4th November 2013 at 18:15 Ian

Switzerland, may we have your votes please?

4th November 2013 at 09:56 Charlotte Jensen

Måns Zelmerlöw’s Barcelona Sessions to be released in January

2nd November 2013 at 15:06 Charlotte Jensen

210 songs submitted for Malta Eurosong 2014

2nd November 2013 at 12:06 Ian

RTÉ maintains unchanged format for Eurosong 2014 as Mentors are revealed

1st November 2013 at 08:00 Will O'Regan

Jill Johnson releases duet album with former Eurovision and Melodifestivalen participants

25th October 2013 at 12:05 Charlotte Jensen

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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