Eurovision 2015: Recent Events

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1. It's Trijntje Oosterhuis for the Netherlands! 

That's right! Trijntje was internally selected to represent the Netherlands at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Trijntje will perform the song entitled "Walk Along" - which was written by the one and only Anouk. Mostly everyone seems to enjoy the song while other fans claim the fact that it's way to repetitive and it can't be compared with last year's song. 

In my opinion, the song is interesting but it has that lame intro which kind of ruins it. The live performance was great, Trijntje can actually sing! Check the song below: 


2. Uzari and Maimuna will fly the Belorussian flag in Vienna!  

Yesterday, the Eurofest National Final took place in Belarus and Uzari & Maimuna were selected to represent the country next year in Vienna with the song called "Time". The national final had many typical songs but the most favorite to win was the song written by Alexander Rybak and performed by the group called MILKI. It seems that the jury didn't enjoy so much Alexander's song while the public gave it 10 points. Alexander expressed his disappointment on his official Facebook page saying that he intends to take a break from it all.  

Personally, I think that Uzari & Maimuna have a very weak song that will most likely not qualify. I actually prefer Israel's 2012 song over this and it's currently placed last in my top 4. Anyway, good luck Belarus! 


3. A total of 39 countries will participate in next year's Eurovision!

EBU finally released the official list of the 2015 participants. A total of 39 countries will entertain the Eurovision fans in Vienna next year! Only 33 countries will compete in the 2 semifinals scheduled to be held on 19 and 21 May (16 countries in Semifinal 1 and 17 countries in Semifinal 2 ). A total of 26 countries will compete in the grand final on 23 May. The Big 5 (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy) + host country Austria are automatically qualified to compete in the grand final, hence 20/33 countries will proceed from the semifinals to grand final and join Austria and the BIG 5 nations.

Don't miss the allocation draw which will take place on 26 January 2015 at the Wiener Rathaus (Vienna City Hall).

See you soon with more news regarding this year's Eurovision Song Contest!

Florin Marian Suciu

Writer

Eurovision Fan since 2009, student of History and Accounting.

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