the 8 finalists for Ukraine's Vidbir2022 will be announced on January 24th, 12:00 CET

Crikey that’s ugly
I wanted a pizza logo

umm no, Italy isn't just made of pizza :nono:

The Netherlands is made just of water.

speaking of Italy, the Sanremo line up is one with many strong artist names, many sanremo and some esc veterans

- Achille Lauro - Domenica
- Aka 7even - Perfetta Cosi
- Ana Mena - Duecentomila ore
- Dargen D'Amico - Dove si Balla
- Ditonellapiaga Ft Donatella Rettore - Chimica
- Elisa - O Forse sei tu
- Emma - Ogni Volta e cosi
- Fabrizio Moro - Sei tu
- Gianni Morandi - Apri tutte le porte
- Giovanni Truppi - Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia
- Giusy Ferreri - Miele
- Highsnob & Hu - Abbi cura di te
- Irama - Ovunque sarai
- Iva Zanicchi - Voglio amarti
- La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao
- Le Vibrazioni - Tantissimo
- Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi
- Massimo Ranieri - Lettera al di là del mare
- Matteo Romano - Virale
- Michele Bravi - Inverno dei fiori
- Noemi - Ti amo, non lo so dire
- Rkomi - Insuperabile
- Sangiovanni - Farfalle
- Tananai - Sesso occasionale
- Yuman - Ora e qui


6 former ESC entrants: Iva Zanicchi (1969) Massimo Ranieri (1971, 1973) Emma (2014) Fabrizio Moro (2018 alongside Ermal Meta) Mahmood (2019)

umm no

fun facts too, Iva Zanicchi also has presented italy's version of The Price is Right


Gianni Morandi is also a actor, appeared in 18 films



this song from him in 1964 gained renewed popularity for example in 2019 as it was featured in one of the main scenes of South Korean hit film Parasite (which won 4 oscars, one for best picture)



fun facts regarding Massimo Ranieri, besides his two ESC appearances

- On 16 October 2002, He was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

- In 1996, He provided the speaking and the singing voice of Quasimodo in the Italian-Language version of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He even reprised this role in the sequel.

- In 1970, Ranieri decided to venture into acting. His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews from critics, and won him the David DiDonatello award for best actor for portraying the title character.

apparently the ESC2022 hosts will be officially revealed during the second night of Sanremo

https://www.adnkronos.com/eurovision...TvTseoTuqZhLr3

Alessandro Cattalan, Laura Pausini seem definitely in, and Mika is still a maybe for now

39 minutes until the reveal of the 8 finalists in Ukraine's Vidbir 2022

The problem imo is we've been trying to copy the cheesy Pop or dance songs that have been successful in the last few years with other countries. What we need to do imo is stop looking at other countries and what has worked for them and send something original, something Irish/traditional maybe. This is why I like Patrick's song though, it's not exactly a traditional song but it's not trying to be anything else or sound like anyone previously successful in the Eurovision either. And this is exactly why I wouldn't want Rachel representing us as well because they are clearly trying to follow some euro pop strategy and that isn't us

2007 was close to traditional (they can't stop the spring) and it qualified to the final somehow where it finished last place


Irish language is great, something like Banshee would be interesting for adult ESC as well i think



i hope when she is old enough she is given a chance by RTE, also Linda Martin was in that music video too

Actually The Coronas sing in Irish sometimes too (The band that the lead singers came from that co wrote Patrick's song) Love their stuff, Patricks song has a very Corona's vibe to it

Ukraine: Vidbir 2022 8 finalists

Alina Pash - Tini zabutykh predkiv

Cloudless - All be Alright

Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

Laud - Head Under Water

Michael Soul - Demons

Our Atlantic - Moia liubov

Roxolana - Girlzzz

Wellboy - Nozzy Bossy

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/...e301d/hero.jpg
the venue is ready for the semi final allocation draw tomorrow afternoon

hope Latvia will go for a fun bop

either Bujans or Citi Zeni would be good choices i think


Bujans: very much similarly good old dated yet cheesy fun (ala Moldova's DoReDos in 2018)

Citi Zeni: quirky fun bop ''eat your salad'' similar instrumental wise to Dadi Freyr & Gagnamagnio for iceland last year & 2020

Laud is disqualified for a 2018 upload of his entry by his songwriter :skull:



replacement is Barleben with Hear My Words

todays semi final allocation draw pots, with the theme art

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/...320264ac0b.png

Moldova's NF artists/songs

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auditions running order

weak selection this year :laugh: but tbh maybe i had high expectations because of last OMPE edition



also paedo Bognibov being allowed to submit two entries :facepalm:

Semi Final 1

first half:

Albania - Ronela Hajati - Sekret
Bulgaria - Intelligent Music Project - Intention
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands - S10
Slovenia
Switzerland
Ukraine

second half:

Armenia
Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Greece - Amanda Tenfjord
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
Russia
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Semi Final 2

first half:

Australia
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Finland
Georgia - Circus Mircus
Israel
Malta
San Marino
Serbia

second half:
Belgium - Jeremie Makyese
Czech Republic - We Are Domi - Lights Off
Estonia
Ireland
Montenegro - Vladana - Breathe
North Macedonia
Poland
Romania
Sweden

UK entry reveal on March 10th by TaP Music themselves

Italy hires dutch production team

Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen (head of contest, whom did the running orders, and managing live on tape's last year) Erwin Rintjema (head of technical production) and Maxime Klein Nagelvoort (contest producer 2021)

surprise contender out of nowhere to be Spain's entry



their own ''eleni foureira'' wannabe :clap1: DA GAYS need to be fed :cheer2:

Carolina di Domenico will host the Turquoise Carpet event, whom did the semi final allocation draw this week

we'll get the Moldova entry later on today :)


they've went for internal selection and cancelled the nf due to covid pandemic