Concluding my two part of best of the rest on the eve of the last Eurofest before Eurovision (always one of my favourites as we watch and score all 41 of this year's entries), I've got another nine songs from x national finals that didn't …
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The nearly songs: national finals 2019 best of the rest part 1
So we've just had our first weekend in what feels like weeks where there has been no national final, and with all the remaining songs released last week and a gap until the preview shows/concerts begin, it's a good time to look at the "nearly …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: Melodifestivalen final (Sweden preview)
The big daddy of the national finals reaches its culmination this Saturday (9 March) and fittingly is the last national final of the season. 12 finalists have made it through the semi-finals and Second Chances stages to have a chance of representing the most successful …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: another Super Saturday [and Sunday] (Finland, Iceland, Moldova, Norway, Portugal and Serbia previews)
One manic finals Saturday down, another to go and will we see yet more drama during and after these sets of national finals following the twists and turns of the Ukrainian saga (which sadly ended in Ukraine's withdrawal. There are some fan favourites here - …
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Super Saturday (Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania and Ukraine previews)
It's a the first of two very busy Saturdays with no fewer than four national finals all in one evening (plus semi-finals in Sweden and Portugal), and there was also the German national final last night (meaning all big 5 countries now have their entries …
That was the (national final) weekend that was: reflections on recent Eurovision national selections
It may have not escaped anyone's notice but this weekend just gone (16-17 February) had its fair share of shocks, drama and scandal in the various national finals that took place. I thought I would do a quick summary of the results and my own …
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Selecţia Naţională final (Romania preview)
So after a flurry of national finals on Saturday (16 Feb), Romania's national final takes place all on its own on a Sunday which means no multi-screen channel hopping for eurofans! Romania's final is one to take note of as I believe there is a …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: Dora and EMA (Croatia and Slovenia previews)
Two Balkan countries are hosting their finals tonight, and for Croatia it's been some years since they last did a televised final. I will confess I haven't had much time to listen through the previews, though all we have had is short audio snippets rather …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: Supernova final (Latvia preview)
Latvia's national selection reaches its final stage tonight with 8 artists having made it through the semi-finals. The choice is, to my taste, more limited than their neighbour Estonia's national final, also held tonight. However, there is definitely some interest here as Eurofan favourite Markus …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: Eesti Laul final (Estonia preview)
It's no secret that Estonia's national final, Eesti Laul, is always one of my favourites of the national final season and I managed this year to watch both semi-finals so I have a better idea of how the songs performed live (as often for my …
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