Ukraine are going for the Earliest Entry Double!
Zlata Dzyunka will be singing "Nezlamna" in Yerevan at JESC...
Vidbir in December will see Ukraine with the earliest Eurovision entry via a National Final for 2023 (maybe even overall?) and they are the first to submit a complete entry for JESC 2022. Sunday saw an online National Final and a very close result that came down to a tie break decision by the three jurors...
I watched the coverage and to be honest Zlata did have the best vocals and gave a decent 'stand there and sing' performance. How this will translate to the Yerevan stage is unknown but at least we now have one entry for December! "Nezlamna" also made its way onto the playlist for this week's show:
And the playlist...
"Love City Groove" - Love City Groove
"VIL'NI. NESKORENI" - Tina Karol
"Cvet Z Juga" - Alenka Gotar
"Time To Party" - The Jet Set
"Mijenjam se" - Mia Negovetić
"Botë" - Lindita Halimi
"Should've Known Better" - Soluna Samay
"Leto svet" - Kreisiraadio
"What If We" - Chiara
"As If Tomorrow Will Never Come" - Katrina and the Nameless
"Just Get Out Of My Life" - Andrea Demirović
"Nezlamna" - Zlata Dzyunka
"Hombres" - Eva Santamaría
"Generacija '42" - Korni Grupa
"I Can't Go On" - Robin Bengtsson
"Pano Corado" - Tanxugueiras
"Zavedi me" - Eye Cue
"Jag vill inte ha dig tillbaks" - Clara Klingenström & Lancelot
"Breakaway" - Ben Dolic
"Lənətli Şəhər" - Nadir Rüstəmli
"Bellissima" - Annalisa
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
As you can hear and see, this week's show was a return to the usual format after the reflection in show 214 for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The one constant was that we had yet another winner of the LMBTO's Nation Favourite for Montenegro:
A very close run thing this week - Andrea was the winner but only by one vote...
Show 216 should be the usual mix yet again - I always think it might be a quiet one and yet we will have that San Marino winner on the show, you'll hear about a very happy event for a friend of an friend artist at Tel Aviv, plus there will be this lady on the show...
Eurofest 11th November
Ronela Hajati will be the big act!
And Second Cherry will be there too.
Tune in next week to find out more but tickets for Eurofest go on sale on Sunday - they might all be gone by Tuesday, so here's giving you fair warning! See you next Tuesday on LMBTO...