"Voda" (live) - Ana Soklič
"Solovey" - Go_A
"Empires" - Alicja
"We Are One" - Frida Öhrn
"Surface" - Ellen Benediktson & Simon Peyron
"Gerbera amarela do sul" - Filipe Sambado
"Still In Love With You" - Electro Velvet
"Sister" - S!sters
"Oči Meduze" - Andrija Jo
"Hasta La Vista" - Hurricane
"True Love" - Angelika Pushnova
"Beautiful Lie" - Jaagup Tuisk
"Break Me" - Laura
"Die For You" - Catarina Sandu
"Prison" - Natalia Gordienko
"Alcohol You" - ROXEN
"Beautiful Disaster" - ROXEN
"Cherry Red" - ROXEN
"Colors" - ROXEN
"Storm" - ROXEN
"Echo" - Nína
"Meet Me Halfway" - Ísold & Helga
"Think About Things" - Daði & Gagnamagnið
"Mil etter mil" (2009 Remaster) - Jahn Teigen
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
The tracks from Andra Chansen in Sweden and that solo one from Portugal look a little lonely but their time will come! The rest of the show was made up by the three winners from Slovenia, Ukraine and Poland - let's start with the striking figure of Ana Soklič, who won EMA 2020 in Slovenia:![]()
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Besides the current season that is coming to a crescendo as far as qualification is concerned, I paid a tribute to a Eurovision legend from Norway who passed away on Monday, Jahn Teigen:The singer who will be forever linked to the immortal phrase "nil points" more than anyone else was so much more than that. Jahn was an icon in his homeland, performing at Melodi Grand Prix fourteen times together with being the host and interval act there too. Fans forget that he also had a 12th and 9th place in 1982 and 1983 as well and so had a really decent Eurovision portfolio but it was in Norway that he was especially loved - that you could tell by the statue cast in his honour that was covered with floral tributes yesterday (Wednesday):Looking at the statue makes me smile as the likeness is striking and it does trigger memories of that incredible performance back in 1978:
It is a shame that this was not available commercially to play on my show this week, just the remastered 2009 version which is clean and vocally sound but had lost all the passion of his staging in Paris. At least you have both versions to enjoy now - a fitting tribute to a real legend of Eurovision!Show 82 will contain a real special moment for us UK fans - the 2020 entry that is to be revealed later today (Thursday 27th) between 9.30-10am GMT. There have been so many rumours about who it is that I have ignored all of that to wait for Greg James/Scott Mills/Ken Bruce to reveal all and I will hopefully cover that in a separate post. Tomorrow will also have the German entry reveal in the evening and then EIGHT more songs for Rotterdam by the end of Sunday...
UNITED KINGDOM
GERMANY
BELARUS
CROATIA
ESTONIA
MOLDOVA
ICELAND
SERBIA
GREECE
ROMANIA
Fourteen will become TWENTY-FOUR in a matter of 72 hours...wow!
