Some weeks ago we asked you which was your favourite Eurovision 2021 entry selected in a national final. However, those were a minority in 2021. Now we want to know your favourite internally picked song from the class of ’21.
There are 25 internally selected entries in 2021. Which broadcaster made the best pick?
Eurovision 2021: The internal selections
If there was a dreaded word by all Eurovision fans during the 2021 season that was definitely “March”. Most of the internally picked entries were revealed in the first and second week of last month.
However, the first internally selected entry came earlier in the season with Ukraine‘s “Shum“. However, the process wasn’t typical. Go_A released the song as a single in January and its reception made them choose it for Eurovision. However, it was heavily inspired by Ukrainian folk music and contained words of popular songs, so it had to undergo a revamp, which dropped in March.
Before officially selecting it, Ukraine’s broadcaster revealed another two options for Go_A, although they still selected internally. Bulgaria had a similar process. “Ugly Cry” and all the songs on a little dramatic, VICTORIA‘s debut EP, were considered. But in the end, “Growing Up Is Getting Old” was picked.
The end of February saw some more entries being revealed. Czech Republic‘s Benny Cristo kicked things off when he released “Omaga”. Cyprus, Ireland and Germany unveiled “El Diablo“, “Maps” and “I Don’t Feel Hate” in the last week of the month. That Saturday, Slovenia‘s Ana Soklic sang “Amen” for the first time during a live EMA special.
And then March came. New songs flooded the fanbase for two weeks. Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom all revealed their entries between March 1 and March 15.
Eurovision 2021 internally selected acts
The 25 Eurovision 2021 acts selected internally are listed by alphabetical order:
- Australia: Montagine “Technicolour”
- Austria: Vincent Bueno “Amen”
- Azerbaijan: Efendi “Cleopatra”
- Belgium: Hooverphonic “The Wrong Place”
- Bulgaria: VICTORIA “Growing Up is Getting Old”
- Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou “El Diablo”
- Czech Republic: Benny Cristo “Omaga”
- Georgia: Tornike Kipiani “You”
- Germany: Jendrik “I Don’t Feel Hate”
- Greece: Stefania “Last Dance”
- Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið “10 Years”
- Ireland: Lesley Roy “Maps”
- Latvia: Samanta Tina “The Moon Is Rising”
- Malta: Destiny “Je Me Casse”
- Moldova: Natalia Gordienko “Sugar”
- North Macedonia: Vasil “Here I Stand”
- Poland: Rafal “The Ride”
- Romania: Roxen “Amnesia”
- San Marino: Senhit “Adrenalina”
- Serbia: Hurricane “Loco Loco”
- Slovenia: Ana Soklic “Amen”
- Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears “Tout l’univers”
- The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy “Birth of a New Age”
- Ukraine: GO_A “Shum”
- United Kingdom: James Newman “Embers”
Which is your favourite internally picked Eurovision 2021 entry?
Which one is your favourites among these entries? You can vote for as many songs as you want, but you can only vote once.
[polldaddy poll=10799123]Which broadcaster made the best choice? Is the Eurovision 2021 winner in this group? Tell us in the comment section below.
Where is Eden from Israel?
It’s like some people watch who is at the top of the bookmakers odds before voting lmao.
These polls..
Maruv, is that you?
From your previous comments, it’s obvious you’re referring to Malta. Destiny doesn’t think she can win ESC (many think she can cos she has THE potential).
I believe everyone wants to win ESC, so what’s your point? Is there a country which prefers to end up last? It’s not her fault the polls are in her favor at the moment. We’ll just have to wait and see, in the meantime, your comments make you look like a fool. Peace!
“Serbia – I will live in my delusional world and believe that the hype over Serbia is coming from Serbians alone as I find the song too disturbing and chaotic to be considered for real.”
I don’t see why would you want to believe that the hype over Serbian song is coming from Serbians alone. I dislike this kind of ‘othering.’
Hmmm, interesting argument…
Is it Malta? Or Bulgaria?
(I’m not saying these two artists are arrogant, just making a guess)
The most I like Ukraine, Switzerland and Romania
San Marino is the definition of a bop
Greece is just epic
Switzerland is… Switzerland
Ukraine is the most unique thing ever made
My votes are going to them DOUBTLESSLY
As much as I “respect people’s opinion”, it looks like you purposefully set out to say somehing bad about each entry.
So based on what youre saying, you only really rate two songs of the 39.
Respectfully my friend, Eurovision clearly isn’t isn’t for you!
There is no hype around “Maps” though.
None at all.
Not even from Irish people.
It’s quite sad to think that there is “hype”.
Unrelated but I dreamed that countries like Malta, Croatia, Serbia and Lithuania can’t participate at the Eurovision Song Contest, because they supported, I think Belarus, and it was a nightmare hahaha
The first thing I did when I woke up was to check on wiwibloggs that it is not true.
Malta, Switzerland, San Marino, Greece, Bulgaria, Iceland, Czech Republic and Cyprus are all amazing
Internal selections my TOP-25:
1. Greece
2. Ireland
3. Cyprus
4. Belgium
5. Iceland
6. United Kingdom
7. Malta
8. San Marino
9. Swizerland
10. Romania
11. Bulgaria
12.Germany
13. Czech Republic
14. Serbia
15. Ukraine
16. Slovenia
17. Australia
18. Moldova
19. Austria
20. Poland
21. Latvia
22. Georgia
23. The Netherlands
24. Nort Macedonia
25. Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan sooo underrated
Ukraine and Georgia are my picks here. I think they are both great.
Remember, Eurovision Song Contest is not MTV. Many people want to learn about different cultures competing in this song contest through their songs. Sing in your own language, show and promote your country and your culture singing to us. That’s what we want to see and hear.
Songs not in English do not well in ESC fact
Amar Pelos dois? I have a good feeling a non-English song will win this year. Most likely French. 🙂
53.7% of participants have won singing in their native language. This is despite the upturn in English songs in recent years (more English songs in the competition mean more chance for an English songs to win). Myth debunked.
Apart from France, Italy and Lithuania, all of my favorites this year are internally selected. A LOT of good songs here, starting from Switzerland and Ukraine. 🙂
Malta, San Marino, Moldova and Romania.
What I wonder is ? These people voting for Malta , why don’t they bother to comment or upvote/downvote lol !!!
Cause considering someone is winning the poll , a mention of someone saying “This song should win ” shouldn’t have -20 votes
Many people don’t read the comments, also there’s always going to be people with no interest on starting to minus anyone who doesn’t agree with them.
You’d probably have to be a horrible person if you’d get a lot of minus votes, if you’d only express your liking on certain song.
Lol . I’m talking of upvoting. If I say “Andorra should win ESC ” and in the poll most people are voting Andorra it doens’t make sense for my comment to have -20 votes ! Do you get what I mean ? Cause certainly some people would have the interest in upvoting their favourite song which they are voting for in the poll.
That lack of upvote is befuddling to me .
You were talking about both, as you wrote: “Why they don’t bother comment or upvote/downvote”.
As I said before, many people don’t read comments. Then there’s people who don’t upvote or downvote. Also there’s people who don’t even comment. We’re all different.
Ofcourse i agree . But you’re saying all of Malta’s fans are people who don’t bother to comment or to upvote/downvote . They just vote in the poll and leave and the rest of the country’s fans are equally distributed ? That’s not plausible
Let me answer your question as I’m Maltese. Not sure whether you’re aware of Malta’s demographics, but given a smaller population, less Maltese people will be browsing on this website at this very moment, unlike other bigger countries, which is why the voting system is the way it is 😉 Now, if you scroll a bit further down you’ll see the upvotes/downvotes you’re so eager to look at. I voted for Malta in this poll, not because I’m Maltese, but because she’s my preferred contestant this year, unlike two years ago. The thing is, lately there has been very disrespectful… Read more »
Romania and Georgia are the only two internally selected entries I really don’t like. The rest are all quite strong, even in N. Macedonia I think there lies potential
Charmander is disappointed !
Buts its common in the Pokemon world 🙁
4 of my Top 9 are in this 5 😉
I’ll never understand the hype around Malta and to some extent Switzerland either.
I don’t understand the lack of hype around Ireland !!!
Ireland is equally good as Malta, maybe even better.
In the ability to go mainstream and succeed if it wins, Ireland is probably one of the best song competing this year
Theres some hype about the staging they promised, but apart from that, the song itself is nothing more than just OK
Switzerland is my favorite. Next are Belgium, UK, Ireland and Australia, in that order.
You must dislike France a looooot as this is even not in the list…
😮
I feel this is going to be a repeat of 2017 for some.
To think that some people have far less brain than others and have to go thru this site to spread their viciousness. The shame! It’s so embarassing.
That repartee…
Well, actually, if it wasn’t for France and the Big-5, Eurovision would be either really cheap or just cancelled…
These 5 are the biggest financial contributors for the EBU and, while their songs are “average” in some people’s opinion, they are the ones who technically keep the contest alive!
Since months it’s an obsession for him so… and we all know why.
Well the very good thing is that he wrote “my LEAST favourite” which implies that France is part of his favourite ones… Checkmate
This hatred coming from HIM is actually a compliment for France.
Zero objectivity then, only hatred, but you’re a liar cause of course you have already heard this song, you were already hating on the french NF and on the chosen entry since January, but anyway keep spreading toxicity and lies, you’re good at it, we have understood who are your main threats this year, but I don’t see how it helps your so beloved Roxen to hate on the others. That’s how the brain of a childish typical eurofan works I guess.
Hahaha omg that’s amazing how you can be so proud of having a firm and definitive opinion about a song after listening it only a few seconds… But at least this proves that the fact you do not like the song is irrelevant as you did not really listened to it.
Thank you for helping me that much in showing that your hate is stupid and pointless.
my favorites in order:
1. bulgaria
2. malta
3. san marino
4. moldova
5. ukraine
As I mentioned few times, for me the most original, the most national song is always the best. Ukraine sounds Ukrainian. It’s not Euro-pop which is popular on ESC. It has its own identity: in language, in tune, in vocals and performance. My vote for ’em.
So is France, yet it gets hate for it…
and Russia
In random order:
San Marino
Ukraine
Malta (just not the song)
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Hello 🙂 a question for y’all 😀
In the Eurovision week, do you watch also the semi finals or just the Grand Final? In recent years I also watched the semi finals and felt a bit of a „loss“ because it was already the second time I watched the performances on Saturday.. thoughts?
I watch the full semifinals and final since 2013, and I admit it actually helped me remember the songs better in the end. 2017 is where I first watched pre-contest stuff and there it felt really cool to see many of my favorite songs qualify. Sure, there are exceptions to that, but overall I like seeing a Eurovision song being performed a second time. Maybe it sounds weird, but it kinda gives me a feeling that whoever is performing on stage on the fateful Saturday night earned it. (Again, there ARE exceptions, but you get the gesture)
I agree with you. I feel I do enjoy watching the Grand Final more when I did not see the semifinals.
Well I somehow wish I could for once experience Eurovision as someone who watches everything for the first time in Saturday’s Grand Final. Just to see how that feels. For passionate Eurofans it’s not just the destination, the Eurovision journey starts with the national finals, so personally I pretty much know even lyrics (at least a couple choruses) to most songs by May. Then come the rehearsals, reactions to the jury shows (since we are not allowed to watch them), Semis and the Grand Final. I enjoy the Semis as much as I do the Final, watching how the artists… Read more »
I usually watch the final with people who is watching and listening everything for the first time and it gives you a new experience with the performances and doesn’t feel like a loss
I’m voting for vincent bueno with ‘el diablo’
Issa bop
For me, Greece has worked so much to present a song perfect to be an unexpected miraculous one-night show.