The Serbian national final, Beosong 2013 took place tonight. 5 participants competed for the right to represent Serbia at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Moje3 won the show with the song ‘Ljubav je svuda’.
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According to latest news the Serbian broadcaster RTS has just revealed that the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest of 2013 will be chosen in the open competition Beosong 2013, on March. The festival will consist of two nights – a semi final and a final.
In addition to this, RTS has decided that the best option for selection would be an open competition, where the Serbian public will decide who should represent them in Malmö. The official call for entries will begin on 1st December via the national press and radio. This window of opportunity for submitting songs will close on 20th January.
More over Duška Vučinić-Lučić, the PR of RTS and the Managing Director of the project “Eurovision Serbia” summarises the main concept of all this:
* The open competition will begin on 1st December where all the rules and regulations about taking part in the national selection will be announced, and from then all the composers and the artists will have until the 20th of January to send in their song. where entries are called for it.
* When this period ends, a maximum of 15 songs will be chosen to progress to the semi final.
* In the semi final of the national selection, there will be no more than 15 songs, and through televoting the best five will proceed to the final.
* In the final night, the Serbian entry will be chosen out of those five finalists. According to the financial situation, “Beosong 2013″ will be organized in RTS’ studio
* The winner of the live final will represent Serbia in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.
Source: www.eurovision.tv , RTS
There have been 2 months since Loreen won Eurovision in Baku and 2 days ago her official video clip for her winning song was released. In the meantime, her song is still being played in all European countries and is counted in the Top 100 Music charts of each European country.In an overall ranking across Europe, Euphoria is ranked in position Number 10 as far as sales, airplay and the top 3 radio stations from each country. The last time that a Eurovision hit was in a similar position like Euphoria , was back in 1998 with Dana International’s entry Diva.
Here is a complete list with her actuall position in the charts per each country.
1. Uk : 41rst place
2. Sweden. 1rst Place
3.Finland : 21rst Place
4. Norway : 1rst Place
5. Denmark: 2nd Place
6. Netherlands: 4th place
7. Germany : 3rd Place
8.Austria : 2nd Place
9. Ireland : 4th place
10. Czech Republic: 14th Place
11.Lithuania : 4th Place
12. Switzerland : 10th place
13.Spain : 8th place
14. Slovakia : 22nd place
15. Belgium : 2nd place
16. Croatia : 6th place
17. Hungary : 13th place
18. Luxemburg: 8th place
19. Slovenia: 2nd Place
20. Serbia: 6th Place
21. Russia : 3rd Place
22. Malta : 12th Place
23.Ukraine : 21rst Place
24. Romania : 10th place
25. Greece: 12th Place
These are the countries that have so far confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2013 so far. Find them listed below:
Semifinal 1
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First half | ||||
| Austria | English | Natalia Kelly | Shine | – |
| Croatia | Croatian | Klapa S Mora | Mižerja | Misery |
| Denmark | English | Emmelie de Forest | “Only Teardrops” | — |
| Estonia | Estonian | Birgit Õigemeel | Et uus saaks alguse | |
| Netherlands | Anouk | TBD March 2013 | ||
| Russia | English | Dina Garipova | What if | |
| Slovenia | English | Hannah Mancini | Straight into love | |
| Ukraine | English | Zlata Ognevich | “Gravity” | — |
| Second half | ||||
| Belarus | English | Alyona Lanskaya | “Rhythm of love” | |
| Belgium | English | Roberto Bellarosa | “Love Kills” | — |
| Cyprus | Greek | Despina Olympiou | “Na Me Thimasai” | Remember me |
| Ireland | Ryan Dolan | Only love survives | ||
| Lithuania | English | Andrius Pojavis | “Something” | — |
| Moldova | TBD 16 March 2013 | TBD 16 March 2013 | ||
| Montenegro | Who See feat. Nina Žižić | TBD March 2013 | ||
| Serbia | Serbian | Moja 3 | Ljubav Je Svuda | |
Semifinal 2
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First half | ||||
| Azerbaijan | ||||
| Bulgaria | Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov | Kismet | ||
| Finland | English | Krista Siegfrids | Marry Me | |
| Iceland | Icelandic | Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson | “Ég á líf” | I have a life |
| Latvia | English | PeR | Here we go | — |
| Macedonia | Vlatko Lozanoski & Esma Redžepova |
CHANGING THE SONG | ||
| Malta | English | Gianluca Bezzina | “Tomorrow” | |
| San Marino | Italian, English | Valentina Monetta | “Crisalide” | Chrysalis |
| Second half | ||||
| Albania | Albanian | Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko |
“Identitet” | Identity |
| Armenia | Gor Sujyan | Lonely Planet | ||
| Georgia | English | Sopho Gelovani & Nodiko Tatishvili |
“Waterfall” | — |
| Greece | Koza Mostra ft Agathonas | Alcohol is Free | ||
| Hungary | Bye Alex | Kedvesem | ||
| Israel | ||||
| Norway | Margaret Berger | I feed you my love | — | |
| Romania | Cezar | It’s my life | ||
| Switzerland | English | Heilsarmee | “You and Me” | — |
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | French | Amandine Bourgeois | “L’enfer et moi” | Hell and me |
| Germany | Cascada | Glorious | ||
| Italy | Marco Mengoni | To be announced | ||
| Spain | Spanish | El Sueño de Morfeo | Contigo Hasta el Final | |
| Sweden (host) | Robin Stejnberg | You | ||
| United Kingdom | English | Bonnie Tyler | Believe in Me |
3 more countries confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2013. Switzerland, Serbia and Ireland said yes to an re-entry next year.
The complete list so far is as follows:
EBU announced the 42 name of the spokespersons. Among them we can see some Eurovision related Artists, such as Mr. Lordi (Finland 2006) and Amaury Vassili ( France 2011) and Safura (Azerbaijan).
The complete list of the spokespersons is as follows:
So Let the show begin.
Shortly after the 2nd Semifinal, the press conference was held with the impressions from the 10 winners.
Lithuania, Donny Montell - Love is Blind
Donny highlightes the fact that is not about big or small countries but about music, he also joked about the fact of not being one of the favourites, he picked the envelope n.4
Bosnia&Herzegovina, Maja Saar – Korake ti Znam
Maja was excited and touched for being in the final, she was asked to tell some words in Bosnian and was also the only one who thanked the huge support from fans, she will perform right after Lithuania; 5th place.
Serbia, Zeljko Joksimovic – Nije Lbujav Star
After Russia and the host country, Zeljko is the artist with more press support in place, he mentioned being older therefore more tired than in 2004 and picked a lucky number; the 24.
Ukraine, Gaitana – Be my Guest
Gaitana was more relaxed and recognized being so nervous during her performance, she invited us to Bakú and even will cook a great dish for us, she got the n.25, will she bring the contest back to Kyev?
Sweden, Loreen – Euphoria
Less expectation than expected for the huge favourite, who had a flop avoiding answering a question about Human Right in Azerbaijan, her envelope contained the n.17
FYR Macedonia, Kaliopi – Crno e Belo
The bigges applause was for Kaliopi, she joked with her ex-husband and composer of Crno e Belo, also requested a big ovation for Lys Assia and expressed her happiness for bringing back FYR Macedonia to the final. Good luck as well with the envelope n.22
Norway, Tooji – Stay
Tooji was all over the place with happiness and confirmed that he is here to win as is colleague Alexander Rybak stated two years ago. He will perform the 12th.
Estonia, Ott Lepland – Kuula
Shy and modest, Estonian media thanked Ott for singing in Estonian and asked him if he also will win Eurovision since he always won any contest he took part on, his draw will be the 11th.
Malta, Kurt Calleja – This is the night
It is about belive and achieve, as Kurt’s lyrics say, the big surprise of the night thanked his great time for the fantastic work done. Kurt asked Can to pick-up his envelope which will be the n.21.
Turkey, Can Bonomo – Love me Back
Can was a bit too sarcastic with the questions received by Turkish media, and answered to the question “What are your rivals”; “My river flood though life but if you asked for my rivals, well in this case everybody here is a rival”. The envelope left was the n.18
Photos / Eurovision.tv
The second Semifinal just ended and the last 10 countries that will compete on Saturday’s Grand Final have been announced.
This leads to 26 countries competing for the honour of hosting the contest next year. These countries are the following as they were announced on tonight’s semifinal results in a random order of course:
1.Lithuania
2.Bosnia & Herzegovina
3.Serbia
4.Ukraine
5.Sweden
6.FYR Macedonia
7.Norway
8.Estonia
9.Malta
10.Turkey
The order of their appearances will take place in a while during the press conference of the 10 Qualifiers.
Loreen met with human rights defenders during her day with Swedish media in Baku; the meeting was organized by Civil Rights Defenders in Media centre and several local organizations were attended. The most visible one is campaign “Sign for Democracy” who organized several protests recently in order to demand full respect of human rights, particularly freedom of expression. During Eurosong 2012, two of their protests were cracked down by police and their activists were arrested.
Loreen supported their work and explained that she understand the situation, having in mind that her parents are from Morocco were they had similar problems. More than 30 journalists attended this meeting and they also asked many questions about forced evictions that were done in order to prepare space for Crystal Hall and other buildings in the Baku city centre.
Photos from the meetings thanks to Civil Rights Defenders and INFE/Serbia.
Turkey is the entry with more chances to get into the final on the Press Center in Bakú, Sweden and Serbia are following on a list completed by Norway, Ukraine, Malta, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Estonia and The Netherlands; Croatia will be the 11th. Bulgaria, Lithuania and Georgia are fighting to avoid the last position.
