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Fallulah

**Fallulah** (born 6 February 1985) is a Danish singer-songwriter and musician. Her given name is Maria Apetri. Following a short dancing career, she entered the music industry and released her debut album in 2010 which peaked at number three in Denmark and went on to be certified platinum.

## Early life

Fallulah grew up in Tårnby on Amager island, the southern suburbs of Copenhagen. She attended Kalundborg Gymnasium. Her Danish mother, Lillian Apetri and her Romanian father Nicolae Apetri, were the initiators of the Balkanic folklore dance group Crihalma. Therefore, Fallulah spent much of her childhood on dancing tours in the Balkans and in Eastern Europe. This activity ceased when she lost her father at the age of nine years. They then moved to Jyderup in the north west of Zealand, where Fallulah continued with her dancing. At age 21 she moved to New York to start at the Broadway Dance Center but then moved back to Denmark to focus on music.

## Career

Fallulah has been compared to Florence and the Machine, Timur Bairam, Marina and the Diamonds and Bat for Lashes. She performed at the Start! festival and has been featured as "Soundvenue Selected" by the Danish music magazine of the same name. She was national radio station DR P3's "unavoidable" during week 38 in 2009 with her single "I Lay My Head".

On 30 October 2009, she released the theme song for the Danish film *Simon and Malou* entitled "No Time for Love", written by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters under the name Maria Apetri.

Her single "Bridges" was the most played track, from a home artist, on DR P3 in 2010, and on 15 January 2011, Fallulah won the prestigious "P3 Guld" award. Early in 2011, Fallulah had another hit with the song "Out of It", which was played as the intro for the so-called depression comedy *Lykke* on national Danish television. For several weeks the song was the number one download on Danish iTunes. It was number one on the Danish hit list and on the radio list.

Her second album *Escapism* was released 4 February 2013 in Denmark.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* Label: RCA / Sony Music Entertainment Denmark
* Formats: CD, digital download
 2013
* Label: Sony Music Entertainment Denmark
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 2016
* Label: Instant Records Inc
* Formats: digital download
 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country
Aura

* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* France
* Spain
* Pop
* folk
* Singer
* songwriter
* Vocals
* guitar
* Music for Dreams
* Island
* Universal

**Maria Louise Joensen** (born 21 January 1985), formerly known as **Aura Dione**, now just **Aura**, is an Faroese-Danish singer and songwriter. In 2008 she released her debut album, *Columbine*. The album spawned the hit single "I Will Love You Monday (365)" which reached number one in Germany, achieved over 80 million video views and was certified platinum.

After winning the European Border Breaker Award in 2011, Dione won Best Female Artist and Hit of the Year for "Geronimo" at the Danish Music Awards 2012 and Female Artist of the Year in 2013; she is one of Denmark's top two female recording artists and one of Germany's top three.

## Life and career

### Early life

Aura Dione was born Maria Joensen on January 21, 1985 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her mother is of Faroese and French descent, while her father is of Danish and Spanish descent. Her parents introduced her to music, and she began writing songs when she was as young as 8 years old. Her parents were hippies who with Aura as a child sailed all the world's oceans, until the 7-year-old was given residence on Bornholm. Here, she began her formal schooling and as a teenager enrolled to Secondary school, but in the middle of her education she chose to move to Australia where she sought inspiration from the Aborigines. This later resulted into a song "Something From Nothing".

### 2007–2010: *Columbine* and international breakthrough

Dione debuted in summer 2007 with the single "Something From Nothing", but has also gained success with the track "Song for Sophie" - both from her album *Columbine*, which was released in 2008. The single "I Will Love You Monday" a No.1 hit in Europe, where it was issued in an expanded version titled "I Will Love You Monday (365)".

### 2011–2015: *Before the Dinosaurs*

Dione released her second international studio album *Before the Dinosaurs* on November 4, 2011. The first single release "Geronimo" was produced by David Jost and went straight to the #1 in the official German Media Control Charts. In the very same year Aura Dione won a European Border Breakers Award for her international breakthrough. Aura Dione recently released the second single "Friends" of her international hit album *Before the Dinosaurs*. The song is written and produced by Dione, David Jost and Rock Mafia and reached the official German Radio Charts #1. "Friends" is Dione's third Radio #1 single.

## Personal life

Dione was engaged to Danish billionaire Janus Friis but the couple split up in April 2015.
Bobby Andonov

* Australia
* FYR Macedonia
* R&B
* Pop
* Singer
* songwriter
* musician
* Vocals
* piano
* guitar
* Andonov Music\*
* Hollywood
* London Police

**Bobby Andonov** (born 28 August 1994), known by his stage name **Bobi Andonov**, is a Macedonian Australian singer, songwriter and producer signed to Hollywood Records.

## Early life

Andonov was born on 28 August 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, from Macedonian parents originating from Strumica, Macedonia. He has performed since the age of six, when he started dancing and singing in his hometown of Melbourne. At the age of nine, he starred as Danny Zuko in a junior production of *Grease* the musical. He lived in Macedonia from the age of 13 to 15. He was then selected to be one of four young Simbas in a production of *The Lion King* in Melbourne and Shanghai, China.

## Music career

### Talent shows (2007-2010)

At the age of 13, Andonov represented Macedonia at the *Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008* in Cyprus. Out of 15 countries, he came in fifth with his song "Prati Mi SMS", which led to a European tour around the Balkans. In 2010, at the age of 15, Andonov entered for *Australia's Got Talent*. His audition reached over 15 million views. He was a grand finalist on the show, performing covers of songs including Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Kanye West's "Heartess".. In 2010, record producer and music critic Molly Meldrum flew Andonov to Sydney to meet R&B singer Usher.

### Music (2014–present)

In early 2014, Andonov wrote two songs for the Australian feature film *The Dream Children*, directed by Robert Chuter. He also worked on Afrojack’s 2014 debut album *Forget the World*, co-writing the track "Born to Run", which features Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees on vocals. Andonov co-wrote and co-produced the 2015 single "Stone", recorded by *The X Factor Australia* winner Cyrus Villanueva.

In November 2015, Andonov was signed to a deal with Hollywood Records. On October 20, 2017, he released his debut single "Apartment", along with a music video for the song.

## Influences

Andonov has cited Terence Trent D'Arby, Prince and George Michael as music influences.

## Discography

### Singles

* "Faithful" (2018)
* "Smoke" (2018)
* "Apartment" (2017)

### Production and writing credits

 2014
 2015
 Cyrus Villanueva
Eldar Gasimov

**Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov** (born 4 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Ell & Nikki with Nigar Jamal. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan with Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.

## Early life

Eldar Gasimov is the great-grandson of Azerbaijani actor couple Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh and People's Artist of USSR Marziyya Davudova, and the grandson of People's Artist of Azerbaijan actress Firangiz Sharifova. Gasimov began singing when he was very young and has taken part in several concerts in various cities of Azerbaijan and Russia. Between 2001 and 2005 he received professional training in music and learned to play the piano.

Eldar Gasimov graduated from Baku Slavic University with a double major in international relations and regional geography. Since 2010, he has been a graduate student of international relations at the same university. Eldar Gasimov speaks Russian and German fluently and is also proficient in English.
Belgium

**Belgium** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest.

## History

Belgium has one national broadcaster Canvas

Belgium's best placing has been third at the fourth edition. However it has been last once, in the fifth edition when it gets the autoqualification.

### **Europa Song Contest 1**

Belgium debuted in the first edition with Canvas broadcaster which decided to send internally Laura Tesoro to represent Belgium in the first edition of Europa Song Contest with the song "Higher". It got 16th place with 78 points.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*
Czech Republic

**Czech Republic** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*
Beibit Kushkaliev

* Pop
* EDM
* Singer
* GAKKU TV
* MUFI Productions

**Beibit Kushkaliev** (born in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 23 May 1984) is a Kazakh singer that represent his home country in the Europa Song Contest.

## Career

Kushkaliev was a former singer of "KZ", with a new single "Feather Foot".

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

The Kazakh broadcaster choose him internally to represent Kazakhstan in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Laula".
European Broadcasting Union

The **European Broadcasting Union** (**EBU**;French: *Union mondiale de radio-télévision,**UWR***) is an alliance ofpublic service media entities, established on 12 February 1950.Most EBU states are part of this organisation and therefore EBU has been subject to supranational legislation and regulation. It also hosted debates between candidates for the Europa Commission presidency for the 2014 parliamentary elections but is unrelated to the institution itself. It is best known for producing the Europa Song Contest

### Active members

There are currently fifty active members of the European Broadcasting Union.

Color key
     Council member
     Current host

## Council

The EBU Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the European Broadcasting Union to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the Europa Song Contest.

### Members

This list shows the current and former permanent or temporary members of the EBU council. Head members are written in bold. The council has currently seven permanent members and one temporary member, traditionally the winning Head of Delegation of the previous edition

**Current** **members**

* George (January 2017–present)

* Nvscfanph (May 2018-present)
* Jakub (July 2018-present)

**Former members**

* Toby (May 2018-August 2018)

## EBU Competitions

The *EBU* holds contests where only its members can participate.

### Europa Song Contest

Main article: Europa Song Contest
The Europa Song Contest, often shortened ESC, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union since December 2016 and is inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. The current and official ESC executive supervisor is George Rospier,

### Junior Europa Song Contest

Main article: Junior Europa Song Contest
The Junior Europa Song Contest, often shortened JESC, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union since April 2017 and is inspired by the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is the junior pendant for the Europa Song Contest.
Billie

* Christian rock
* EDM
* folk
* Singer

**Billie** (born in Blankenberge, Belgium) is a Belgian singer. She represent Belgium in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Love Kills Slowly"

## Early Life

Billie out of Blankenberge in Belgium learned music in the streets and art at school. She hopped from streetdancing to playing the violin, from battle to recital, from beats to strings. At summer camp she was encouraged to take up singing. Shortly after she sailed whistling through the auditions at the conservatory in Ghent. There she combined jazz and pop music – again, not wanting to choose, and why should she. Everybody who got to hear her, wanted to hear more from her. Billie was asked for studio sessions and backing vocals. All the while she was writing her own songs – the lyrics as well as the music. With drummer Laurens Billiet backing her she gained confidence, enough to bring her compositions to a live audience, in clubs and on festival stages. She sang with the likes of The Pimps of Dazzle, Frank Deruyter’s funk band, with The Triplettes and Nilfisq. The groups were lining up for her, but picking one out proved to be difficult – you’re getting to know her a bit by now – so she went on singing with all of them. Performing on television shows the voice gained visibility, people got to know her face. Billie appeared on the radar of News Records. They promptly offered her a solo contract. Sometimes one gets chosen. Not one to wait for the apparition of the perfect producer she improved her skills as a singer-songwriter. In 2012 her vocals for Netsky’s instrumental track ‘Puppy’ made it one of his biggest hits – ‘We Can Only Live Today’ they renamed it. Billie didn’t have to think twice when he asked her on tour with his live band. One of those moments when you simply don’t have a choice.

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

The Belgian broadcaster choose her internally to represent Belgium in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Love Kills Slowly".
Amaya

* Pop
* soul
* R&B
* electronic

**Maja Keuc** (born 16 January 1992), also known as **Amaya**, is a Slovene singer. She represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

## Career

Keuc was born on 16 January 1992 in Maribor, Slovenia. During her childhood, she joined the "English student theatre" where she got a lot of stage experience including singing, dancing and playing instruments. In 2010, Maja competed in the talent show *Slovenija ima talent* (*Slovenia's Got Talent*) and finished as a runner-up to a 7-year-old girl Lina Kuduzović.

She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "No One" eventually finishing 13th in the grand final. She finished 3rd in the second semifinal with 113 points. According to jury votes only in semifinal she would finish 1st and according to votes only from jury in final she would finish 4th.

She released her second studio album *Fairytales* in September 2016, under the name Amaya.

## Personal life

Keuc is engaged to Swedish band Dirty Loops vocalist Jonah Nilsson and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* *Indigo* (2011)
* *Fairytales* (2016)

### Singles

* *No One* (2011)
* *Zmorem* (2011)
* *You're a Tree and I'm a Balloon* (2011)
* *Get The Party Started* (2011)
* *Go With The Flow* (2011)
* *Ta planet* (2011)
* *Na pol poti* (2011)
* *Krog* (2011)
* *Ta čas* (2012)
* *Tako lepo mi je* (2012)
* *Close to You* (2014)
* *Concrete* (2018)
Divna

**Divna Stancheva** (Bulgarian: Дивна) commonly known as **Divna** is a bulgarian pop/hip-hop singer from Rousse, Bulgaria. She was born in 1997, and in 2007, when she was only 10, she starred in the Bulgarian music reality called *Sing With Me*.

Since then, she has become famous all over Bulgaria. She made her first single with the Bulgarian singer( also her partner in *Sing With Me*) Miro. Her second single and most popular song so far, is the song " I ti ne mojesh da me spresh" (feat. Miro & Krisko).
Emeli Sandé

**Adele Emily Sandé** (born 10 March 1987), better known as **Emeli Sandé**, is a Scottish recording artist and songwriter. She first became prominent after she was featured on the track "Diamond Rings" by the rapper Chipmunk (2009). It was their first top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart. In 2010, she was featured on "Never Be Your Woman" by the rapper Wiley, which was another top ten hit. In 2012, she received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice Award.
Aynur Aydin

**Aynur Aydın** (born December 15, 1985) is a Turkish singer.

## Life

Aynur Aydın was born in Munich, West Germany, to Turkish parents, on December 15, 1985. She started singing at the age of 10 and she gained her first experiences in the child and youth theatres. In order to improve her singing skills, she started to make stage shows at the age of 18. When she figured out that her biggest passion is music, she settled herself down to music. In 2000, she joined a band named Sürpriz and they recorded their first album in İstanbul. Thanks to it, they started to make international stage shows. A few years later, Aynur left the band and decided to go on her career alone. In 2009, she rolled up her sleeves to make an album. Young singer executed a two-yeared tiring work. The Musicians that Aynur Aydın worked, almost worked with Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Anna Vissi and Jennifer Lopez . Album was recorded in the Cosmos Studio which is known for the biggest studio of the world. At the first stage she recorded 13 English songs. Then the songs were combined in the album*12 Çeşit La La - 12 Ways to La La* with the Turkish versions of the songs. She worked with Toni Nilsson, Moh Denebi, Darin Zanyar and worked with Henrik Janson as an arranger. Turkish lyrics were written by Aşkın Tuna, Fettah Can, Günay Çoban, Süleyman Yüksel, Nihan Özen and by her own. The first music video was shot for the "Yenildim Daima" and "DNA" which is the English version of the same song. The music video was directed by famous director Robinovich in Stockholm. The second music video was shot for the song "Measure Up" and its Turkish version "Yanı Başıma". Then, she took part in Erdem Kınay’s Project and sang the song “İşporta”. In July 2012, The music video was shot in Belgium and directed by Şenol Korkmaz. In 2013, she released her first single "Life Goes On on the web.

## Discography

### Albums

* *12 Çeşit La La - 12 Ways to La La* (2011)
* Emanet Beden (2016)

### Singles

* "Life Goes On" (2013)
* ''Bana Aşk Ver'' (2017)

### Music videos

* "Yenildim Daima" / "DNA" (2011)
* "Yanı Başıma" / "Measure Up" (2012)
* "İşporta" (featuring Erdem Kınay) (2012)
* "Ayrılıklar Mevsimi" / "Better" (2012)
* "Nolur Gitme" / "Stay" (2013)
* "Life Goes On" (2013)
* "Günah Sevap" (2015)
* "Damla Damla" (2016)
* ''Bana Aşk Ver'' (2017)
Abir

**Abir** is a Moroccan singer from Fez, Morocco. She represent Morocco at the seventh edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Akranes, Iceland, with the song "Way Out". She also represent Morocco one more time at the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Finest Hour" along with Cash Cash.
Evelina

**Evelina Virallinen** also known as Evelina is a singer from Finland.

### Europa Song Contest

Finnish broadcaster (Yle) announce on 19 May 2017 that Finland will represented by Evelina with the song "Kylmii Väreitä" in Odenberg, Germany.

## Discography

* Kylmii Väreitä (2017)
* Fuulaa [ft. Julma H.] (2016)
* Honey [ft. Mikael Gabriel] (2015)
* Rakkaudesta lajiin [ft. Eevil Stöö] (2015)
* Vuoristorataa (2015)
Dusky Grey

* Pop
* Gethin Llwyd Williams
* Catrin Hopkins

**Dusky** **Grey** is a Welsh pop band set up in 2016 by Gethin Llwyd Williams and Catrin Hopkins. They were chosen to represent the United Kingdom in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song" A Little Bit".

### Members

Gethin is originally from Rhiwlas and went to Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen . His classmate was 'Dusky' in school because that was one of the meanings of the name Gethin. So together with his second name 'Llwyd' the name was called 'Dusky Grey'. In 2015 he went to Liverpool John Moores University to study Sports Science. The band started as an individual project after being inspired by Ed Sheeran and having a guitar as a 16-year-old gift. He published an album of his songs - Hide & Seek in 2016.

Catrin comes from Caernarfon and went to Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen where he studied Psychology, Health and Care and Photography in the 6th form. He had been singing locally and had some of his songs played on the radio. He won the Talent Cymru competition in 2013 and part of the award was to record a CD with the company LaBelaBel, Bryn Fôn record company . He had the opportunity to sing with Bryn Fôn and on television shows such as Noson Lawen and Chân i Gymru in 2015. In 2016 he studied at the university in Bangor. He contacted Gethin on Facebook to write songs and the partnership developed from that.
Cash Cash

* EDM
* pop
* DJs
* record producers
* musicians
* Big Beat
* Atlantic
* Spinnin'
* Universal Republic
* Abir
* Bebe Rexha
* Jean Paul Makhlouf
* Alexander Luke Makhlouf
* Samuel Warren Frisch

**Cash Cash** is an American electronic music group from Roseland, New Jersey. The group currently consists of three DJs: brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf and Alex Makhlouf, and Samuel Frisch. They produce, record, mix and master all their music together as a trio. They are currently signed to Big Beat Records and Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group worldwide. The group's highest-charting song to date is "Take Me Home", which features vocals by Bebe Rexha. As of 2016, the group has released four full-length albums, an array of EPs, singles, and provided official remixes for acts such as Krewella, Capital Cities, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Showtek, and , along with producing and co-writing Krewella's single "Live for the Night".

## Members

### **Current**

* Jean Paul Makhlouf – vocals, guitar, production
* Alexander Luke Makhlouf – keyboards, vocoder, talk box, production, programming
* Samuel Warren Frisch – bass guitar, backing vocals, production, programming

### **Former touring musicians**

* Mike Doerr – guitar, backup vocals (2007–09)

## Discography

Cash Cash have released four studio albums, three extended plays, and eighteen singles. They have produced three top twenty singles on the US *Billboard* Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
List of Junior Europa Song Contest winners

Two songs have won the Junior Europa Song Contest, a competition organized by members of the European Broadcasting Union. The contest has been held once in about one or two months since its debut in June 2018. The contest's winner has been determined using a basic voting method; awarding points to countries by juries and/or televoters. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner.

Turkey won the first contest, held in Germany.

## See also

* List of countries in the Junior Europa Song Contest
* List of host cities of the Junior Europa Song Contest
* List of Junior Europa Song Contest presenters
Calum Scott

* Singer
* songwriter
* Vocals
* guitar
* Maroon 5
* Tiësto
* Leona Lewis

 **Calum Scott** (born 12 October 1988 in Kingston Upon Hull) is a British singer and songwriter. He won a local talent competition in his home city in Yorkshire then he came to worldwide attention when he appeared as a contestant on the television programme *Britain's Got Talent* in 2015. He subsequently released his version of Robyn's hit "Dancing on My Own" as a single, which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the best selling song of that summer in the UK. In 2018 he collaborated with Leona Lewis on the single "You Are the Reason".

## Music career

### 2011–14: Early career

On 15 August 2013, Scott won the talent competition Mail's Star Search, organized by *Hull Daily Mail*. He then joined a Maroon 5 tribute band, the Maroon 4, and toured around the United Kingdom. In 2014 he formed the electronic duo, The Experiment with John McIntyre. The debut single, "Girl (You're Beautiful)", was released on 14 June. The duo performed the song on *Good Morning Britain* and *BBC Look North*, but after, broke up.

### 2018: *Europa Song Contest*

On May 2018, the English broadcaster announce that the country will represented by Calum Scott with the song "What I Miss Most" in Dnipro, Ukraine. United Kingdom was an auto-qualifier, because the fifth edition the country was finished in the top 6, perform in the grand final in the 5th place and finished at 15th place in the Final with 194 points. .

## Discography

### Studio albums

 *Only Human* | * Released: 9 March 2018
* Label: Virgin EMI
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Dora II

Dora II was a national selection for choose the Croatian entry for Europa Song Contest 9.

## Information

The last edition was a great success. So the head of delegation of Croatia has decided to continue with the same selection system.

## Competing entries

The eight official entries will be presented in before every show. The entries will be showed soon.

## Format

The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals, on 18 and 21 September 2018, and a final on 26 September 2018. The two semi-finals featured seven entries each, from which three were selected to advance to the final from each show. The semi-finals were recorded on 19 and 21 September 2018. The final aired live.

Results in the semi-finals and the final were determined by a televote panel, a national jury panel and an international jury panel. The International jury panel consisted of:

* Iceland
* Lithuania
* Sweden
* Georgia
* Belarus
* Andorra
* Australia

## Dora II - Službeni album

 Release
 Genre
 Lenghth
 Label
 [1] (Spotify)

## Incidents

* The EBU has forced to the HoD of Croatia change the revelation winner date.
* There was problems with the Tonka's label and the Zsa Zsa's label

## Comentators

* Andorra - Gisela (RTVA, all shows)
* Australia - Ricardo Gonçalves (SBS, all shows)
* Belarus - Evgeny Perlin (Belarus 24, all shows)
* Croatia - No commentator (HRT and HR 2, all shows)
* Georgia - Demetre Ergemlidze (GPB Second Channel, all shows)
* Iceland - Svala (RÚV, all shows)
* Lithuania - Donny Montell (LRT televizija, all shows)
* Sweden - Edward af Sillén (SVT2, all shows)
Bulgaria in the Europa Song Contest 1

Bulgaria took part in the first edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Sofia. The country was represented by Dara with the song "Rodena Takava". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Bulgarias Radio (BNT). The song got the 20th place in the final with 64 points.

## Before ESC

On April 23, BNT announced that the country planned an internal selection, for their next act, letting no clue about who could be the Bulgarian participant. It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on April 27.

### Internal Selection

On April 27 2017, the Bulgarian entrant was selected. It was chosen that Dara would represent Bulgaria with her second single "Rodena Takava".

## At ESC

At the allocation draw, Bulgaria was drawn to vote in the first semi-final. As a host Bulgaria went straight to the final. At the running order draw, Bulgaria was drawn to perform eighteenth, following TBA and preceding the TBA.

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by BNT. George Rospier was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Gery-Nikol was the spokesperson that announced the Bulgarian voting in the final.

### **Voting**

#### **Points awarded to Bulgaria**

Points awarded to Bulgaria (Final)
 5 points
 * Romania
* Denmark
* Spain
* Monaco
* Ukraine
* Serbia

#### **Split voting results**

The following five members comprised the Bulgarian jury:

* Gery-Nikol – singer, songwriter
* Galena – singer
* Mihaela Fileva – singer, songwriter
* Pavell – singer, songwriter
* Krisko – singer, songwriter

## See also

* Bulgaria in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 1
Adi Bity

**Adi Bity** (born 26 May 2001) is an Israeli pop singer. She currently lives in Hod HaSharon. She started her career at the age of 2.5 in a young talent show, in front of hundreds of people. Since then she has gained a lot of experience in music: singing in a choir, studying vocal pedagogy, dubbing cartoon characters and perform along Andrea Bocelli are just an example. She's also taken part in the "Music School" TV show.

## Biography

### 2012: Junior Eurovision Song Contest

In 2012, Adi Bity represented Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 as part of Israeli group Kids.il. The group achieved 8th place with 68 points.

#### Leaving Kids.il

It is believed that she decided to leave Israeli music group Kids.il to focus on her solo career as a singer. She was replaced by Bar Zemach.

### 2018: Junior Europa Song Contest

Adi Bity was internally selected to represent Israel in the Junior Europa Song Contest 1 in Berlin, Germany. She achieved 3rd place with 78 points, 5 points a-head the runner up and the winner.
A Choice for Hungary 2

A Choice for Hungary was the second edition of the Hungarian national selection which will selection Hungary's entry for the fourth edition of Europa Song Contest.

The Country represented by Gulyàs Roland with the song "Hypnotized" and finished in the TBD place with TBD points in the grand final.

## See also

* Hungary
* A Choice for Hungary
* Europa Song Contest 4
Antonia Gigovska

* Pop

**Antonia Gigovska** is a singer from Skopje, FYR Macedonia. She represent FYR Macedonia at the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Vanilla" along with Pancho DNK.

## Career

### Early Life

She was born on 21 January 2001 in Skopje, FYR Macedonia. She is best known for songs such as "Slaba strana" and "Svetlina vo mrak". One of her earliest releases was the track "Nevreme", which came out in July 2017. Her music mentor is the professor Ana Kostadinovska.

### **Singles**

* "Nevreme" (2017)
* "Svetlina vo mrak" (2017)
* "Slaba Strana" (2018)
* "Vanilla" ft. Pancho DNK (2018)
* "Nikogas ne veli nikogas" (2018)
* "Mogli smo u dvoje" (2019)
* "Kriva sum" (2020)
Belgian Selection 4

Presenter(s)
 Broadcaster
 Opening act
 Interval act
 Entries
 System
 Winner

Belgium took part in the fifth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted in Reykjavík, Iceland. The country was represented by Therapie TAXI featuring a French singer Roméo Elvis with the song "Hit Sale".

### **Final**

The Final of the selection took place on 12 April 2018 in Brussels. Six entries are fighting to get the ticket for the third edition. Canvas announce on 12 April the artists.
Dara

**Darina Yotova** (Дарина Йотова, born September 9, 1998), better known by her stage name **Dara**, is a Bulgarian pop singer, who rose to fame in late 2015 after participating in the Bulgarian edition of *The X Factor*. She is currently signed to Virginia Records and in 2016 she released her debut single "K'vo ne chu" under the label.

## Career

### 2015-16: X-Factor

Born in Varna, in 2015 Darina participated in the Bulgarian version of the reality show *The X Factor* where she finished third, with Bulgarian rapper Krisko being her mentor.

### 2016-present: Early career

Following her departure from *The X Factor*, Darina signed a record deal with Bulgarian music label Virginia Records and adopted the stage name **Dara**. In the summer of 2016, she released her debut single "K'vo ne chu", accompanied by a music video. A few weeks later, the single peaked the Bulgarian charts and a subsequent English version of the song by the name of "Onto You" was released on September 29, 2016 directed towards an international audience.

On March 12, 2017, Dara released her second single entitled "Rodena Takava", also accompanied by a music video.
Dihaj

**Diana Hajiyeva** (Diana Hacıyeva ,Діана Гаджиє́ва , Диана Гаджиева; born 13 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj. She represented Azerbaijan in the Europa Song Contest 4 with the song "Rainbow" finishing in TBD place.

## Life

Hajiyeva was born in Mariupol, Ukraine while the country was a part of the Soviet Union. Since her childhood she was engaged in music, took lessons on a piano and was interested in jazz. She was a member of the musical collective "Bery Bach".

She graduated from Baku Academy of Music. Here she received the education of a choral conductor. During the years of studying at the academy she was engaged in jazz at a professional level. Currently she works at the Baku Jazz Center.

She lived in London, England, where she graduated from The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.

Later she launched her personal trio group called **Dihaj** - from the first letters of her first and last name.

She married Ali Nasirov, a member of Dihaj, in 2009. Together, they have a daughter named Savi.

## Europa Song Contest

She previously attempted to represent Azerbaijan in the Europa Song Contest 4.

In 2018, she performed the song "Rainbow". She finished in TBD place out of the 26 countries in the final, with a total of TBD points.

## Discography

### Singles

 "I Break Again"
 "Complain"
 "Eşqini aşagı sal"
 "Skeletons"
 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Albania in the Europa Song Contest 5

Albania took part in the fifth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Iceland. The country was represented by Enca Haxhia with the song "Dua". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Albanian Broadcaster. The song got the 16th place in the semi-final with 89 points.

## Before ESC

It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on April 20.

### Internal Selection

On April 20, 2018, the Albanian entrant was selected. It was chosen that Enca would represent Albania with the single "Dua".

## At ESC

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RTSH. Josh was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Ronela Hajati was the spokesperson that announced the Albanian voting in the final.

### **Points awarded to Albania**

Points Awarded to Albania (Semi-final 1)
* Montenegro
 5 points
 * Kazakhstan
* Norway
 12 points
* Norway
* Montenegro

## See also

* Albania in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 5
Bielarusika 9

**Bielarusika 9** ("Irdorath to Europa Song Contest") was the second edition of Bielarusika, the national selection to choose the Belarusian representative for the Europa Song Contest, choose the entry for the ninth edition of the contest. Irdorath was internally chosen by BTRC.

 Information

On the 2 September 2018 the Head of Delegation of Belarus reported that the country would be taking part in the ninth edition and that the second edition of Bielarusika would take place to select the country's entry. This was officially confirmed by the Belorussian broadcaster.

### Competing entries

Irdorath was announced as the Belorussian representative in the 9th edition of Europa Song Contest on September 10th 2018. The official entries were announced week by week after the artist's announcement, according to their appearance on the show.

## Final

The Winner was TBD with an amount of TBD points TBD points margin from the runner up "TBD".

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Betta Lemme

* Singer
* Songwriter
* Director
* X-Energy
* Label 6&7

**Betta Lemme** (born April 30, 1993) is a Canadian-Italian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She represent Italy at the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the song "Bambola" and finished at 11th place in the Final with 209 points.

## Early life

Lemme was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is Italian-Canadian with both of her parents being of Italian descent. In addition to French, she speaks English.

In July 2016, Lemme was featured on a single titled "Awoo" which she co-wrote with American DJ duo Sofi Tukker. Lemme's debut single "Bambola" was released officially on 10 November 2017. On 29 January 2018, Lemme made her first-televised debut performing her single, "Bambola" on RAI 1's *Che tempo che fa*.

## Discography

### Singles

 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

### Other songs

List of other appearances, showing year released and album name
Eneli

**Ileana-Maria Popescu** , known as the **Eneli** scene , is a Romanian singer and songwriter.

## Music career

Eneli has collaborated with the Vanotek producer and DJ , with whom he has released four tracks. "Tell Me Who", a single released in March 2017 and whose lyrics were composed by Eneli, enjoyed success both in Romania and abroad. The track reached the charts in Romania, Russia and Poland and has over 8.7 million views on YouTube. The remix of "Tell Me Who" by Slider & Magnit, a DJ from St. Petersburg , was ranked No. 6 in Shazam Russia and ranked 9th in Shazam Kazakhstan . "Vision", "Tara" and "Back to Me" are part of Vanotek's debut album, No Sleep, and were composed by the two artists. Like "Tell Me Who" song "Back to Me" is licensed to Ultra Music, a record label in the United States that focuses on electronic dance music. This has reached fifth in the top Shazam Russia.

Along with Turkish producer Mahmut Orhan, Eneli released the song "Save Me". With the "Mhm Mhm," Manuel Riva and Eneli climbed to 3rd place in the Breakout Billboard Club in the United States . The song was nominated in 2016 at MTV Europe Music Awards , under the category "Best Romanian Act". In Romania, the singles stood for 21 weeks in the top 10, culminating in 3rd place.

### Europa Song Contest

On 29 June 2018, Moldovan broadcaster TRM officially announced that Eneli ft. a Moldovan DJ Vanotek were internally selected to represent the country in the contest with the song "Back To Me".
Flori

**Florian Mumajesi** (born August 16, 1982) often known as **Flori** is Albanian singer, songwriter, composer and producer.

## Music career

Although Flori made his debut as a band singer with The Dreams, he reached his fame in the Albanian music industry as solo singer and later as a composer. He entered Kënga Magjike in 2002 and continued collaborating with different artists. He was awarded from Kënga Magjike not only for his own song and interpretation, but also for songs composed for other artists. He worked as manager for Soni Malaj for a period of time.
Together with a few other music professionals in Albania, he decided to open his record-label, named Threedots Production where the most famous artists of the country, like Elvana Gjata, Samanta Karavella, Vedat Ademi, Ronela Hajati, Argjentina Ramosaj, Mentor Haziri, Albatrit Muçiqi, Klajdi Haruni, Evi Reçi, Xhensila Myrtezaj, Aurela Gaçe, Genta Ismajli, Erik & Band and others were signed.

From the beginning,of his solo career he did have huge success in Albania. However, after releasing *"Tallava"*, *"Playback"* and *"Me Zemër"* he received even more greater feedback from the public for his interesting genre, a mix of dance music, R&B and other modern beats.

He received international attention after his work was seen on the Bulgarian Balkanika TV, Balkan's biggest music channel. After his successful debut, he received multiple nominations at Balkan Music Awards for his contribution in 2009 for the Balkan music. At the ceremony his song "Playback" won "Best song from Albania" and ranked second as the best song from Balkans. One year later, he was also nominated as the composer of "Origjinale" from Aurela Gaçe. In the ceremony, the songs was announced as the Best Song from Balkans for 2010.
Codeko

* Pop
* DJ
* producer
* artist

**Ed Clark** (born in London. United Kingdom) is a British DJ, producer and artist.

## Biography

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

The Slovakian broadcaster choose him internally to represent Slovakia in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Say Hi" featuring a Slovak singer Austin Mahone.
Aidan

**Aidan Cassar** (born in Zejtun, Malta on 17 December 1999) is a Maltese singer-songwriter.

### The Voice UK

He is under the direction of Joshua Alamu (former vocal coach of 'The Voice Uk' season 1 & 2, Director of MadAbout TheVoice') and Pamela Bezzina (former vocal coach of the Maltese representatives of the Eurovision Song Contest, and director of the Animae Gospel Choir and Vocal Booth Studios.

### Eurovision Song Contest

Aidan is a soul-pop singer, member of Vocal Troupes directed by former Maltese representative of the Eurovision Song Contest , Glen Vella).

### 2010-2012-2014-2015-Sanremo Junior/Maltse National Selction/Malta in the JESC

Semi-Finalist or Finalist of these previous television shows/competitions : Arpeġġi 2010, Sanremo Junior 2012,Sanremo Junior 2014 and Sanremo Junior 2015, Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza Junior 2014, Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Ultimate Artists 2015 Aidan has been a Maltese representative from 2011-present, runner-up and Gran-prix winner in most of the following countries : Italy, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom. He has been attending workshops with various talented artists from Malta, United Kingdom and Australia. He will be able to take part in the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza - 2016 for the 2nd time, with the song *Speċjali*composed by Renato Briffa and written by Rita Pace. Nowadays, he is also a member of the Maltese Pop Boyband Avenue Sky.

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

He was chosen to represent Malta in the Europa Song Contest 5 in Reykavik, Iceland with his song "Drums".
Faun

**Faun** is a German band formed in 1998 who play pagan folk, darkwave and medieval music. The originality of their music style is that they fall back to "old" instruments, and the singing is always the center of attention. The vocals are performed in a variety of languages, including German, Latin, Greek, and Scandinavian languages. Their instruments include Celtic harp, Swedish nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cittern, flutes and many others. In June 2017, the band played in the Czech Republic for the first time at the MeetFactory venue.

## History

The band was founded in 1998 by Oliver "SaTyr" Pade, Elisabeth Pawelke, Fiona Rüggeberg and Birgit Muggenthaler. Two years later, Rüdiger Maul got into the band as percussionist. At the same time, Birgit left the band, to continue her musical life with the folk-rock band Schandmaul. In 2002, they released their first album *Zaubersprüche*. Niel Mitra was a guest musician on this album, and he later became a full-time member of the band, the only one playing only electronic instruments.

In 2003 the band released their second album, *Licht*, and performed at several festivals in support of this music.

Elisabeth Pawelke left Faun in 2008 to focus on her studies in classical song in Basel, Switzerland. She was succeeded by Sandra Elflein who left Faun in April 2010 due to a pregnancy and health issues. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Rairda replaced her but left the band in 2012. She was succeeded by Katja Moslehner.

In 2013 the band toured Europe, including Berlin.

Also in 2013 the band published their seventh studio album *Von den Elben* which became the first Faun album to reach top ten positions in the album charts of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and was also their first album to chart in the latter two countries. It was nominated for the ECHO award in the categories 'National Rock/Pop Group' and 'National Newcomer of the Year'.

On 19 August, 2016, the band released an album called Midgard. It quickly reached third place in the German album ranking.
Europa Song Contest 9

Final date
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Broadcaster
 Interval act
 Entries
 Debuting
 Returning

**Participation map**
* Confirmed Countries
 System
 Winner

**Europa Song Contest 2021,** often referred to as **ESC 2021,**will be the ninth edition of the Europa Song Contest. The contest will most likely be hosted in the winning country of the eighth edition.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Europa Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are also eligible to participate in the Europa Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.
Eros Ramazzotti

**Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti** (born 28 October 1963) is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.

## Discography

* *Cuori agitati* (Troubled Hearts) (1985)
* *Nuovi eroi* (New Heroes) (1986)
* *In certi momenti* (At Certain Times) (1987)
* *Musica è* (Music Is) (1988)
* *In ogni senso* (In Every Sense) (1990)
* *Tutte storie* (All Stories) (1993)
* *Dove c'è musica* (Where Music Is) (1996)
* *Stilelibero* (Freestyle) (2000)
* *9* (2003)
* *Calma apparente* (Apparent Calm) (2005)
* *Ali e radici* (Wings and Roots) (2009)
* *Noi* (We) (2012)
* *Perfetto* (Perfect) (2015)
Belarus in the Europa Song Contest 1

* Yaroslav Rakitin
* Alexander Rybak

Belarus took part in the first edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Sofia. The country was represented by Alexander Rybak with the song "Kotik". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Belarusian Radio. The song got the last place in the final with 45 points.

## Before ESC

On April 20, BTRC announced that the country planned an internal selection, for their act, letting no clue about who could be the Belarusian participant. It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on April 27.

### Internal Selection

On April 27 2017, the Belarusian entrant was selected. It was chosen that Alexander Rybak would represent Belarus with his single "Kotik".

## At ESC

At the allocation draw, Belarus was drawn to vote in the second semi-final. At the running order draw, Belarus was drawn to perform seventh in the second semi final, following Greece and preceding France and in the final was drawn to perform twelveth, following Estonia and preceding Monaco.

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by BTRC. Streamrunner was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Rita Dakota was the spokesperson that announced the Belarus voting in the final.

### **Voting**

#### **Points awarded to Belarus**

Points awarded to Belarus (Semi-final 2)
 * Albania
* France
* Sweden

Points awarded to Belarus (Final)
 5 points
 * Armenia
* Czech R.
* Turkey

#### See also

* Belarus in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 1
Finland

**Finland** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest. Finland has participated in the Europa Song Contest eight times. Best position being 6th, achieving this at the Europa Song Contest 5.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*