Within the next three days, six more countries songs will be chosen to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Three artists were internally chosen and will have their songs premiered over the weekend, while three finals and three semi finals are taking place.
The Netherlands, Russia and Montenegro will present their artist’s songs, while Estonia, Poland and eventually Romania will pick their entry, while two more countries continue with semi finals.
Friday May 4th
The Netherlands
AVROTROS, the public TV broadcaster responsible for The Netherlands entry will reveal Douwe Bob’s self penned number at 11:20 CET. The song was co-written by Jan Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman and Matthijs van Duijvenbode.Before the big reveal, enjoy this bumper bundle of The Netherland’s recent entries hopefully seeing clips that you have not seen before.
Montenegro
After spending seven hours enjoying The Netherlands entry, you can head over to RTCG in Montenegro, when at 20:00 CET, Highway will reveal what The Real Thing, will sound like as they hope to continue the success of Knez from last year. Enjoy that video below.
Romania
There are no finals tonight, but there’s a major semi final taking place in Baia Mare, which you surely won’t want to miss, as Mihai will be performing his much talked about Paradisio, in the hope of fending off his opponents. Six contestants will proceed to the final on Sunday, four picked by a professional jury and another two chosen by the public. Catch all the excitement at 19:30 CET.
Doru Todoruț feat. Irina Baianț – The Voice
Andra Olteanu – Nai nai
Dream Walkers – Let It Shine
Irina Popa – Letting Go
Jukebox – Come On Everybody
Mihai Băjinaru – Never Too Late
Vanotek feat. The Code & Georgian – I’m Coming Home
Mihai – Paradisio
Florena – Behind the Shadows
Gașca de acasă – Tu ești povestea
Ovidiu Anton – Moment of Silence
Xandra – Superhuman
Take a look at the Romanian Eurovision Song Contest highlights below. We included clips from press conferences, various concerts as well as Eurovision itself, so most likely you will enjoy some clips you might not have seen before.
Saturday May 5th
Estonia
If every musical genre under the sun is your bag, then the Estonian final is for you. The Eesti Laul 2016 will feature ten acts trying to follow Elina and Stig’s footsteps to the final. Tune in at 18:30 CET to watch the jury and public pick three acts for a sing off, when the public will then choose a winner.
Laura – Supersonic
Go Away Bird – Sally
Mick Pedaja – Seis
Grete Paia – Stories Untold
Kéa – Lonely Boy
Jüri Pootsmann – Play
Kati Laev & Noorkuu – Kaugel sinust
Cartoon feat. Kristel Aaslaid – Immortality
Meisterjaan – Parmupillihullus
I Wear* Experiment – Patience
Below you can watch highlights of Estonia’s recent Eurovision participants, including Eurovision performances and clips from press conferences.
Poland
Another country with the battle of the Titans is Poland, where Edyta Gorniak and Maraget will battle it out with seven other contestants tonight at 21:25 CET. For those paying attention you will recognize NAPOLI from the Belarus final where she placed second.
Dorota Osińska – Universal
Edyta Górniak – Grateful
Kasia Moś– Addiction
Margaret – Cool Me Down
Michał Szpak – Color of Your Life
NAPOLI – My Universe
Natalia Szroeder – Lustra (Mirrors)
Ola Gintrowska – Missing
Taraka – In the Rain
Below enjoy last year’s Polish entry from Monika Kuszyńska.
Russia
Mother Russia is bringing out the big names this year, with Sergey Lazarev, having been internally selected by Russian broadcaster VGTRK. Following the earlier released twelve second sneak peak, the full song presentation will take place at 18:45 CET.
Will Sergey manage to live up to the previous Russian acts which you can see in the highlight video below. Included for you are several clips from Eurovision as well as performances from various concerts.
Sweden
We’re not finished yet. Remember all these songs that went through to Andra Chansen? Well, the Second Chance round will take place at the Halmstad Arena in Halmstad, tonight at 20:00 CET, hosted by Gina Dirawi, Ola Salo and Peter Jöback. There will be four duels, with the winner from each going through to next weeks’ final.
Panetoz – Håll om mig hårt V Molly Pettersson Hammar – Hunger
Albin & Mattias – Rik V Boris René – Put Your Love on Me
Isa – I Will Wait V SaRaha – Kizunguzungu
Dolly Style – Rollercoaster V Samir & Viktor – Bada nakna
Here are the most recent entrants from Sweden with content that may be new to you.
Lithuania
What would a weekend be without Lithuania. As we get ready to chase away the winter blues, alas the longest elimination programme of all time, is soon to come to an end too, as the semi finals have arrived. Eight performers will be there at the start of the show at 20:00 CET, but by the end, the door will close on two, leaving six entries for next week’s final.
Aistė Pilvelytė – You Bet
Catrinah – Be Free
Donny Montell – I’ve Been Waiting for This Night
Erica Jennings – Leading Me Home
Ieva Zasimauskaitė – Life (Not That Beautiful)
Ruslanas Kirilkinas – In My World
Rūta Ščiogolevaitė – United
Valdas Lacko – Stay Tonight
Get ready as this video may soon be heading into the Eurovisionary vaults. Enjoy the last few year’s entries with footage you may not have seen before.
Sunday May 6th
Romania
The six acts chosen from the semi final held on Friday May 4th will compete tonight at 19:30 CET from the Sala Sporturilor in Baia Mare and will be hosted by Cornel Ilie and Ioana Voicu. See the list of contestants above and visualize which top 6 you would like to have seen listed in this space.
Regular readers who read these preview pieces get here and demand, no expect some bonus treat after the marathons of the weekend. Fret not because on Monday May 7th the reveals continue.
Monday May 7th
Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
Kaliopi and Macedonian Radio Television(MKRTV) will premiere the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia’s entry Dona tonight at 20:15 CET.
They will be hoping the return of the foxy vixen will send them back to the finals after Daniel Kajmakoski missed out last year.
