Last Saturday we had a tough time choosing between four national selections, but this week we have even more difficult choices. This evening seven countries — Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Hungary — are vying for our attention with Eurovision selections. Will you look north to Melfest or turn east to Eesti Laul? Do you have Dansk Melodi Grand prix on the mind, or are you craving some Finnish UMK action? To help you make an informed decision, we’re linking our relevant reviews, polls and assorted coverage below. You will also find the links to watch all the shows live.
DENMARK: DANSK MELODI GRAND PRIX FINAL
We’re always excited to see who will get a ticket to Vienna. Tonight the host of last year’s contest, Denmark, will choose Basim’s successor. Ten songs have made the cut and you can watch all of them here. Former Junior Eurovision contestant Anne Gadegaard will sing “Suitcase” and we think she may need to go ahead and pack for Vienna. She finished first in both our readers’ poll and with the Wiwi Jury.
The show will start exactly at 20:00 CET, so be sure to have your confetti and party favours ready!
Live stream: here.
Read all of our Denmark Eurovision news here.
SWEDEN: MELODIFESTIVALEN SEMI-FINAL ONE
Sweden’s Melodifestivalen is the highlight of national selection season, and tonight it kicks off with the first semi-final. Seven acts will perform, but only two of them will proceed direct to the Final, while two others will survive and reach the Second Chance round. We are looking forward to seeing Eric Saade return, even if our readers are totally divided after watching a 30-second clip (and even if we find the lyrics kind of cringe). You can watch Melodifestivalen at 20:00 CET.
Live stream: here.
You can follow all of our Sweden Eurovision news here.
ICELAND: SONGVAKEPPNIN SEMI-FINAL TWO
The National Selection in Iceland continues with its second semi-final. You can see the results of the first semi here. Tonight’s semi will be much more difficult than the first, and includes Eurovision veteran Regína Ósk, Jeff Who? frontman Bjarni Lárus Hall, and the lovely María Ólafsdóttir, among others. Review the songs and vote for your favourite here. The show will take place tonight at 20:45 CET.
Live stream: here.
All of our Iceland Eurovision coverage can be found here.
FINLAND: UUDEN MUSIIKIN KILPAILU SEMI-FINAL ONE
It’s been almost a month since YLE announced this year’s UMK contestants. There is such a huge diversity of songs, which includes Spanish-tinged dance, alt-rock, popera and more. You can listen to all of them and vote in our poll here. We’ve also done a lot of interviews with the UMK contestants and you can see them all on our YouTube channel (and below). The first semi-final will start tonight at 20:00 CET.
Live stream: here.
You can read all of our Finland Eurovision news here.
ESTONIA: EESTI LAUL SEMI-FINAL ONE
Leaving Scandinavia, we head now to Estonia, where at 20:35 CET this Baltic country will launch its National Selection. You can find all the songs here and you can read the comments of our Wiwi Jury here. The bookies already have Estonia down to win Eurovision 2015. Do you think anyone tonight has a shot?
Live stream: here.
Follow our Estonia Eurovision news here.
LITHUANIA: EUROVIZIJOS NACIONALINE ATRANKA
Show number six awaits us in Lithuania. Who will leave this marathon next? You can see it at 20:00 CET. And why not read wiwiblogger Deban’s reviews of all the songs, which was published in a Lithuanian tabloid this week?
Live stream: here.
You can listen to all songs from Lithuanian Selection here.
You can find all of our Lithuania Eurovision news here.
HUNGARY: A DAL, THIRD HEAT
Finally, at 20:25 CET you can watch the third heat of the Hungarian National Selection, where six more acts will be chosen for the semi-finals. You can listen to all the A Dal songs and pick your favourite here. Eurovision veteran Kati Wolf is competing this evening and we cannot wait to hear her…
Live stream: here. Then you should go to ELO and choose M1.
Read all of our Hungary Eurovision reports here.
Which show are you most excited about? Wha will you choose to watch? Share with us in the comment section below!
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Alex and Deniz@TurkNL, I’m watching UMK here: http://yle.fi/aihe/musiikki/umk-2015
I can not find it either.
I can’t find a link for UMK that works outside of Finland… can anyone help, please???
I will be watching Sweden, Estonia, Iceland and Hungary.
My Favs
Sweden:
Dolly Style!!!!
Estonia:
Miina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hungary:
Kati Wolf!!
Iceland:
SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rest I don’t care for
Austrian Selection will start on the 20th of February:
Here’s a trailer for you guys 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2734yclQZU
Interesting decision for what to watch tonight!
And I’ve been supporting Monika all the way since the 2nd week of Lithuania’s national selection shows!
Calvin, SVT usually puts the link for Melodifestivalen an hour before the show starts, accompanied with their own countdown timer.
Anthony – Haha good. Being half Lithuanian I always feel guilty I don’t pay more attention to them and that they always have such terrible songs. But with Monika they can see the final again and maybe even do well
I’ll be keeping an eye on Lithuania for Team Monika tonight D. 😉
Denmark: 1) Cecilie Alexandra – 9/10 2) Anne Gadegaard – 8/10 3) Julie Bjerre – 8/10 4) Anti Social Media – 8/10 5) Tina & René – 6/10 6) Sara Sukurani – 5/10 7) World of Girls – 5/10 8) Babou – 3/10 9) Marcel & Soulman Group – 2/10 10) Andy Roda – 1/10 Sweden: 1) Molly Pettersson-Hammar – 10/10 2) Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg – 10/10 3) Behrang Miri feat. Victor Crone – 3/10 4) Daniel Gildenlöw – 2/10 5) Dolly Style – 1/10 6) Jessica Andersson – 1/10 7) Eric Saade – 1/10 Iceland: 1) María… Read more »
@Calvin: svtplay.se/melodifestivalen usually works for me, and I’m not in Sweden.
I’m watching Finland and Sweden, and I’ll try to check in on Fool Moon and Kati Wolf when they sing for Hungary. Not a big fan of Denmark’s songs overall, Lithuania’s selection is just ridiculous again, and Iceland/Estonia I just haven’t been paying attention to really.
I’ll do the same thing Thiefo says. Can’t wait to see who gets chosen in Denmark. If it’s Anti Social Media like bookies predict, then I’ll have a new least favorite…
Wait – is the MelFest link geo-blocked?
I think I’ll go with DMGP, the good thing about Melodifestivalen is that the shows are instantly available to watch online after they aired live, so right after I finish with Denmark I’ll go to Sweden to watch the first semi final, before I get spoiled 😛
I’m also excited for Iceland and Hungary, but I simply can’t watch all of them!