If last night you didnt get an early Eurovision fix, then you missed out. What a super saturday! It had it all - Suprises, triumphs and shocks. We now have 7 more entries going to Serbia and the conclusion of the 3rd Melodifestivalen Semifinal.
First, we begin in Sweden for the 3rd Melodifestivalen semifinal. As expected, BWO went to the final with Frida featuring Headline.
Next, Ukraine had their song selection. Ani Lorak presented her five songs. “Shady Lady” won with 14 votes.
Results:
1st Shady Lady (14 votes)
=2nd A Dream For A Brighter Day (8 votes)
=2nd I’ll be your lady (8 votes)
4th Ya Stanu Morem (4 votes)
5th Zhdu Tebya (2 votes)
A triumph in Romania finally made Nico’s Eurovision dream come true with the song “Pe o margine de lume”. Nico finally succeeded in the Romanian National Final with Vlad Mirta and interestingly with a song in Italian like Mihai Traistariu’s “Tornero”.
Here is the top entries from Romania:
1st Nico & Vlad Mirita (271 points)
2nd Biondo (264 points)
3rd Paula Seling & Provincialii (208 points)
Bulgaria, who reached their first final last year, was next to decide. It was a very tight race between DeepZone & Balthazar and Georgi Hristov and Gianni Fiorelino. With a 0.10 percent between them, Deep Zone & Bathazar triumphed with their song “DJ Take Me Away”.
Over in Poland, Isis Gee easily won the national final. She received maximum points for her song “For Life”. Sandra Oxenryd failed to impress and finished in 7th place out of the 12 songs. Viva la Musica composed by Thomas G;son & Andreas Rickstand finished in 3rd.
Here are the top results of the Polish National Final:
1st Isis Gee (24 points: 12+12)
2nd Natasza Urbanska (15 points: 8+7)
3rd Men Meadow (12 points: 2+10)
Croatia had a very close result last night. Kraljevi Ulice en 75 Cents and Antonija Šola both finished on 31 points. However, Kraljevi Ulice en 75 Cents won DORA with the song “Romanca”.
Top Results:
1st Kraljevi Ulice en 75 Cents (31 points)
2nd Antonija Šola (31 points)
3rd Ivo Gamulin Gianni (25 points)
Euroband has triumphed and won the chance to represent Iceland in Belgrade. “This Is My Life” beat out Mercedes Club and Dr. Spock at the National Final.
Results:
1st Euroband
2nd Mercedes Club
3rd Dr. Spock
The feathers flew in Ireland as Dustin the Turkey triumped at the National Final. Possibly a shock, but no real suprise as the judges predicted it to proceed to Belgrade. Dustin the Turkey with “Irelande, Douze Points”, will proceed to Belgrade with mixed reviews and comments from Eurovision fans.
Finally, Macedonia held its National Final. Tamara with Vrcak & Adrian Gaxha won with the song “Vo imeto ljubovta”.
Top Results:
1st. Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian (24 points )
2nd. Lambe Alabakovski (18 points)
3rd. Risto Samardžiev (17 points)
This concludes Super Saturday for 2008. We saw some great victories, tight votes, suprises, shocks, easy victories, controversy and more! What more could you want!
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