Eurovision entries are coming at us fast and furious. Since Thursday, we’ve gotten eight new songs to add to the existing collection of 15. That brings the total number of songs to 23 and takes us past the halfway point. Of course, as in previous weeks, there are a number of caveats to bear in mind. Malta’s “Chameleon” appears to be in its death throes, Albania’s “Përrallë” is due to undergo a major revamp, while Italy have yet to confirm if “Nessun grado di separazione” will make it to Stockholm. Nonetheless, we’re including them all.
Since 13 January, y’all have cast more than 29,300 votes in our weekly favourite act polls. Once again, it’s time to wipe the slate clean and ask you to choose your favourite Eurovision 2016 act so far. You can listen to the eight new additions and watch our video reactions below. Then vote in our poll. You can vote for as many contestants as you like, but you can only vote ONE time. Be sure to check the box next to every act you want to support before submitting your votes. Voting ends early on Wednesday 2 March — just ahead of Armenia’s song reveal.
We will then relaunch the poll to include all the entries that drop between then and FYR Macedonia’s song reveal on 7 March.
Eurovision 2016: Our top 23 so far
Germany: Jamie-Lee Kriewitz “Ghost”
Germany put all its recent Eurovision drama behind it when the new look Unser Lied für Stockholm took place on Thursday. Ten acts competed, with Jamie-Lee Kriewitz emerging victorious. And what a convincing win it was — “Ghost” received almost half a million votes, 120,000 more than second place. The selection also attracted its highest viewing figures since 2010, the year Lena won with “Satellite”. Could history repeat itself?
United Kingdom: Joe and Jake “You’re Not Alone”
After five years of internal selections, the UK held its one shot national final on Friday. Six acts battled for Blighty with Joe and Jake coming out on top. “You’re Not Alone” has already divided fans, with many preferring the Leona Lewis penned balladry of Bianca or the country twangs of Darline. However, the general consensus is that the country is taking a step in the right direction. Will Britain make it back onto the left-hand side of the scoreboard for the first time since 2011?
Moldova: Lidia Isac “Falling Stars”
Following two semi-finals earlier in the week, Moldova’s O melodi pentru Europa came to its conclusion on Saturday. It was fourth time lucky for Lidia Isac who won the competition with “Falling Stars”. She only finished third with the jury, but a strong televote was enough to secure her victory. Her song was written by some of the people behind Polina Gagarina’s “A Million Voices”. Are they set to experience Eurovision success once again?
Reaction video coming soon!
Slovenia: ManuElla “Blue and Red”
Saturday also saw Slovenia choose its representative for Stockholm. From a field of ten entries, they opted for ManuElla and her country track “Blue And Red”. Can she take the Balkan nation to the grand final for the third year running? Or will the entry be left black and blue in the semis?
Finland: Sandhja “Sing It Away”
Before Saturday it was all about two acts in Finland — Mikael Saari and Saara Aalto. However, to everyone’s surprise Sandhja completely dominated the jury vote. And even though the public only ranked her third, “Sing It Away” is heading to Stockholm. Will Finland be back in the final after last year’s misfire?
Hungary: Freddie “Pioneer”
Hungary’s six week national selection wrapped up with Freddie being crowned champion. “Pioneer” entered the A Dal final as hot favourite, and not even Eurovision 2014 star Kállay Saunders could stop him. Can he continue Hungary’s qualifying streak and bring them to the final for the sixth consecutive year?
Norway: Agnete “Icebreaker”
Norway brought Super Saturday to a close by selecting Agnete for Eurovision. “Icebreaker” won Melodi Grand Prix in a landslide, topping the televote in every region. The tempo change has jarred with some eurofans, but how will the general European population react in May? Is the Nordic nation heading straight to the top ten for the third time in as many years?
Latvia: Justs “Heartbeat”
Aminata is back at Eurovision — well sort of. Last year’s Latvian representative is the songwriter of “Heartbeat”, the song which won Supernova 2016 earlier tonight. Justs was expected to enjoy a runaway victory, but he ended up facing stiff competition from Catalepsia in the televote. Will he bring Latvia to their second semi-final in a row?
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE EUROVISION 2016 ACT SO FAR? VOTE NOW!
[polldaddy poll=9327092]The poll is now closed. See the results.
Previous favourites
Your favourites on 25 February (15 acts)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 27.04% (2,136 votes)
- Spain: Barei “Say Yay!” 16.61% (1,312 votes)
- Ukraine: Jamala “1944” 14.25% (1,126 votes)
- Iceland: Greta Salóme “Hear Them Calling” 8.51% (672 votes)
- Cyprus: Minus One “Alter Ego” 7.28% (575 votes)
- Italy: Francesca Michielin “Nessun grado di separazione” 5% (395 votes)
- Austria: Zoë “Loin d’ici” 4.78% (378 votes)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala “Ljubav Je” 3.56% (281 votes)
- Switzerland: Rykka “The Last Of Our Kind” 3.14% (248 votes)
- Malta: Ira Losco “Chameleon” 2.15% (170 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 2.1% (166 votes)
- Denmark: Lighthouse X “Soldiers Of Love” 2.09% (165 votes)
- Belgium: Laura Tesoro “What’s The Pressure” 1.89% (149 votes)
- Belarus: Ivan “Help You Fly” 0.91% (72 votes)
- Georgia: Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz “Midnight Gold” 0.7% (55 votes)
Total Votes:7,900
YOUR FAVOURITES ON 19 FEBRUARY (11 ACTS)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 32.78% (1,922 votes)
- Spain: Barei “Say Yay!” 26.13% (1,532 votes)
- Austria: Zoë “Loin d’ici” 9.45% (554 votes)
- Italy: Francesca Michielin “Nessun grado di separazione” 7.35% (431 votes)
- Switzerland: Rykka “The Last Of Our Kind” 5.63% (330 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 4.01% (235 votes)
- Malta: Ira Losco “Chameleon” 3.84% (225 votes)
- Denmark: Lighthouse X “Soldiers Of Love” 3.65% (214 votes)
- Belgium: Laura Tesoro “What’s The Pressure” 2.85% (167 votes)
- Georgia: Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz “Midnight Gold” 2.18% (128 votes)
- Belarus: Ivan “Help You Fly” 2.13% (125 votes)
Total Votes: 5,863
Your favourites on 12 February (6 Acts)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 61.31% (4,249 votes)
- Spain: Barei “Say Yay!” 23.88% (1,655 votes)
- Malta: Ira Losco “Chameleon” 5.5% (381 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 3.3% (229 votes)
- Belgium: Laura Tesoro “What’s The Pressure” 3.28% (227 votes)
- Belarus: Ivan “Help You Fly” 2.73% (189 votes)
Total Votes: 6,930
YOUR FAVOURITES ON 1 FEBRUARY (5 ACTS)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 53.25% (3,083 votes)
- Malta: Ira Losco “Chameleon” 24.08% (1,394 votes)
- Belgium: Laura Tesoro “What’s The Pressure” 8.1% (469 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 7.89% (457 votes)
- Belarus: Ivan “Help You Fly” 6.68% (387 votes)
Total Votes: 5,790
YOUR FAVOURITES ON 22 JANUARY (3 ACTS)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 42.99% (668 votes)
- Belgium: Laura Tesoro “What’s The Pressure” 31.02% (482 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 25.99% (404 votes)
Total Votes: 1,554
YOUR FAVOURITES ON 17 JANUARY (2 ACTS)
- Ireland: Nicky Byrne “Sunlight” 58.08% (762 votes)
- Albania: Eneda Tarifa “Përrallë” (Fairytale) 41.92% (550 votes)
Total Votes: 1,312
12points Norwey
10points Germany
9points Russia
From Azerbaijan.??
AZERBAIJAN
FRANCE
ISRAEL
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
my favorite is, RUSSIA,SPAIN,POLAND,GEORGIA,BELARUS AND AZERBAIJAN .
1.russia 2.poland 3.azerbaijan
I feel sorry for the Georgian band already.
@Alexovich: Wait until after the deadline (I think it is March 15), when the Wiwi jury grades these songs, one by one. They’ll have 7½ weeks to grade 43 songs; which is about 11 or 12 songs every 2 weeks. By then, we will have had enough time to listen to the songs, read the lyrics and watch the music videos to pass judgments of our own.
OY!! I almost forgot about Jamala. I’ll bet that stage setup is going to be just as astounding. If the contest were THIS Saturday, I’d put as much horse money on her as I would on Freddie.
I would have still gone with Malta, pending a revamp or replacement. But right now I’m looking forward to Freddie’s video for “Pioneer”. I want to see Hungarian theater put to full use (on video and stage) the way it was put to use for András in 2014; one of the biggest reasons he finished 5th that year, as opposed to somewhere in the middle.
Poll is not rigged. Bosnia has over half of million views on Youtube.
The poll looks pretty solid.
Bosnia should be disqualified from this week’s poll, as it’s obvious is rigged. The other countries have a similar amount of votes…
I Want NICKY BYRNE! 🙂 we Love Him! We support him!
These general polls are now meaningless, every time someone riggs. Even if the Bosnian entry is overrated, it’s not THAT overrated to tripple the second one on top. It should be 24’th, would realistically probably be around 12’th, winning the poll is rigged as hell. And rigging the terrible song now ain’t going to make it better or more likely to win the real contest, since 95% of actual voters don’t even know these polls exist.
The poll is not “rigged”. None of the votes are fraudulent. Some artists just happen to have more active fanbases than others – that’s what happens when one sells millions of records.
I know they are rigged either way but I would much prefer Ireland topping this poll than Bosnia-Herzegovina. Their song is terrible this year, any other song could be on top but please not them. #BringBackLaka
Now that France has revealed their song (which I love) I now have a new top 10:
1. Iceland
2. France
3. Latvia
4. Spain
5. Ireland
6. Denmark
7. Italy (if they keep the song)
8. Malta
9. Austria
10. United Kingdom
I’m sure my Top 10 will change again if Ace Wilder wins Melfest in Sweden.
Latvia and France for me
Bosnia wll win !! <3
Bosnia will not qualify anyway
Jamala will win as long as she doesn’t change the lyrics 🙂
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Sorry rose this is Bosnia’s appreciation week. No love for Ireland.
I was going to vote Hungary and Spain but I’ve decided to join the party.
Bosnia you have my support. (But just for THIS week)
My Top 5 now
1. Iceland
2. Hungary
3. Germany
4. Norway
5. Spain
PS: Those polls are ridiculous^^
To all fans of nicky byrne please vote for his sunlight song in eurovision 2016.. thanks..
Jamala#1
Bosnia and Herzegovina the best !!
1-Latvia/Cyprus
3-Hungary
4-Switzerland
5-Spain (my country)
6-France
7-Austria
8-Malta
But this is gonna change sooo much. Nothing is already set.
1. Bosnia & Herzegovina <3
I almost had a freaking heart attack when I saw Bosnia in number 1… The hell?!?! It’s an ok song I guess but really? First Ireland and now Bosnia? These polls are getting out of hand…
Voting for Ireland but the 523 votes are sstill 523 and not moving or going up. Isn’t isn’t it that when you vote, the results will appear realtime? So who’s hijacking the poll now?
February polls are all about “give me a new candy, I’m tired of the last one”
That’s why Latvia is so high right now. Last released song
Wait till march when everybody is “tired” of listening every song. It’s then when people starts to make fair, objective judgements
Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Moldova, UK, Norway,
Italy, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland so far
Bosnia strikes back! 😀
The real revelation there is that Latvia has a strong immediate following, and Spain’s Barei is still doing quite well (for some reason).
As usual the poll bares no resemblance to my personal tastes, but I’m waiting for all 43 songs before I actually start trying to rank them. It shouldn’t be too hard to do, since this appears to be the weakest year for entries in quite some time. x
Cyprus song is outstanding. If they put on a great show, they can follow the path of Lordi 2006 and take it all.
I just hope Europe consider them, as they don’t have the “neighbouring factor” bar Greece and Turkey.
Mediterranean countries have to support this and I hope my country (Spain) gives a good bunch of points to this masterpiece.
My winner is Ukraine. Emotions, history, great vocals are all in one song! It deserves appreciation..
So my top 5 of the most amazing songs.
1. Ukraine
2. Cyprus
3. Belarus (Why does nobody pay attention to this song..It’s AWESOME)
4. Spain
5. Ireland
Bosna 1. best
Bosnia the best!!!
This poll rigged much :p
Right now its Latvia, Iceland and Austria
We should just let every country win one week so everybody gets the feeling of victory.
Then everybody will be put in his place come may 14th.
lol… So Ireland has won all the polls so far, but now Bosnia is leading by more than 20%. It was about time that a country started hijacking these polls! 😀
Nuber 1:
BOSNIA
My Top 10 so far:
1. Spain
2. Latva
3. Ukraine
4. Italy
5. Iceland
6. United Kingdom
7. Hungary
8. Denmark
9. Cyprus
10. Georgia
As long as this year’s line up has no joke acts, then I am relieved with this no matter how generic the rest of the songs are.
The poll is rigged
Lets face it, none of these songs can compete with Ukraine in terms of emotion and quality.
WOW! Moldova! What a difference one year can make! Moldova is now tied with Malta for my favorite song.
Top 5:
1-2. (tie) Malta, Moldova
3. Albania
4. Bosnia & Herzegovina
5. Norway
i only voted for ukraine and latvia. 😀
what is bosnia doing in first place at the moment? i need an explanation. 😕
My Top 23 so far:
1. Spain
2. Austria
3. Malta
4. Germany
5. Iceland
6. Cyprus
7. Norway
8. Moldova
9. Slovenia
10. Denmark
11. United Kingdom
12. Switzerland
13. Belgium
14. Ireland
15. Finland
16. Italy
17. Albania
18. Belarus
19. Bosnia & Herzegovina
20. Hungary
21. Latvia
22. Ukraine
23. Georgia
1. Latvia
2. United Kingdom
3. Denmark
4. Austria
5. Cyprus
6. Spain
7. Switzerland
8. Ukraine
9. Bosnia & Herzegovina
10. Germany
11. Belgium
12. Norway
13. Hungary
14. Iceland
15. Italy
16. Georgia
17. Slovenia
18. Malta
19. Albania
20. Moldova
21. Finland
22. Ireland
23. Belarus
I haven’t listened to all of them yet but I voted for:
1. Ukraine
2. Finland
3. Spain
4. Norway
My top 5:
1. Austria
2. Latvia
3. Cyprus
4. Germany
5. Spain