Tonight, the first of the big 2016 preview parties will kick off. Latvia is hosting and 10 of this year’s Eurovision participants are confirmed, plus the 1984 Swedish winners as a special guest act.
April is usually a busy months for the Eurovision participants. Lots of rehearsals are taking place in order to fine tune the small details which will make their Eurovision Song Contest performance stand out, and for many of them, various promotional tours are scheduled as well. The big preview parties organised all around Europe are a big part of that.
Tonight, Saturday the 2nd, Latvia opens its doors for the first of these preview parties. 10 of the 2016 participants are in the line up, and if that wasn’t enough, the 1984 Eurovision winners Herrey’s from Sweden will appear as special guest act.
The 2016 participants appearing in Latvia preview party are:
- Belarus: Ivan
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala
- Bulgaria: Poli Genova
- Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann
- Israel: Hovi Star
- Latvia: Justs
- Malta: Ira Losco
- Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA
- Spain: Barei
- Switzerland: Rykka
The party will take place at Spikeri Concert Hall in Riga and with kick off at 20:00 CET (19:00 local time).
Below you can test your knowledge about the 10 participants appearing on stage in Riga in our quizzes. Go through the slideshow to find a specific quiz or take them all – and of course don’t forget to brag about your results afterwards.
IVAN (Belarus 2016)
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Ivans song was written by the same composer as…
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Where Was IVAN born?
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What tasty treat does IVAN prefer?
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What is IVAN’s lucky charm?
Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2016)
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What does the song title Ljubav Je mean in English? Check your knowledge in this quiz about the act from Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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Make sure you cancel all appointments for the days up to the 10th of May where Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala will compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We strongly recommend that you are alone so that you can fully concentrate on getting to know them as you really need to improve your knowledge. We recommend that you start your knowledge by going through our Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala articles.
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In 1999, Dalal started a group and released two albums with them. What was the name of the group?
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In 2004, Deen took part of the Eurovision Song Contest representing Bosnia and Herzegovina with which song?
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Where was Ana Rucner born?
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How many albums did Jasmin Fazlic-Jala release so far?
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What does the song title Ljubav Je mean in English?
Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2016)
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What is the name of the children’s music group where Poli Genova started singing?
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Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia 2016)
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In 2015, Jüri won the Estonian edition of which talent show?
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Jüri also won a big award during the 2015 Estonian Music Awards. For which category?
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The team behind the Estonian 2016 song also wrote a previous entry for Estonia. Which one?
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Jüri spent a year in a foreign country as an exchange student and as a result is fluent in which language?
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What is the first line of his 2016 Eurovision song Play?
Hovi Star (Israel 2016)
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Which song was considered for replacing Made of Stars as the Israeli entry and was even recorded, but did not succeed?
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Who did not get to sing an original song in the Grand Final of Rising Star for Eurovision because s/he was eliminated before the final round?
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Made of Stars is not the first Israeli entry which was written by Doron Madaly. Which previous Israeli entry was also written by him?
Justs (Latvia 2016)
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Who does Justs cite as his musical influences?
Ira Losco (Malta 2016)
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Ira Losco uses the hastag #wow as an abbreviation for her song title which is?
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What is one of Ira’s lucky routines before she goes on stage?
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When did Ira Losco come 2nd at the Eurovision Song Contest?
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How many albums did Ira Losco release (Up until March 2016)?
Sanja Vučić ZAA (Serbia 2016)
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Barei (Spain 2016)
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Make sure you cancel all appointments for the days up to the 14th of May where Barei will compete in the second final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We strongly recommend that you are alone so that you can fully concentrate on getting to know her as you really need to improve your knowledge. We recommend that you start your knowledge by going through our Barei articles.
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Rykka (Switzerland 2016)
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Who are the authors of her 2016 Eurovision entry?
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What kind of factory did Rykka’s grandfather set up in Canada?
A playlist with the official videos for all the acts appearing at the Riga preview party 2016 can be seen below. Watch them all, or skip straight to your favourite song.
