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Tirana, Albania - Tonight, the final of Festivali i Këngës took place in the Albanian capital city Tirana, where 16 entrants fought for the honour to represent Albania in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. In the end of the show, seven jury members made their decision and gave Herciana Matmuja the awaited ticket to Copenhagen!
Live singing of contestants and live instrumental playing of the RTHS orchestra – a perfect modern and classical combination in the Albanian final of Festivali i Këngës which Eurovision fans enjoyed tonight. In the show, 16 finalists contended for the title of being the Albanian representative in Europe’s favourite TV show.
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Kyiv, Ukraine - Ukraine is the first country in this season to choose their entry in the national selection, broadcast on eurovision.tv! 20 performers with completely different musical styles made altogether an amazing show in Kyiv. At the end, the TV viewers and the expert jury chose the strongest entry that will represent Ukraine in Copenhagen. It is Maria Yaremchuk with her song "Tick-Tock"!
Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
In the beginning of the show, the hosts Timur Myroshnychenko and his beautiful colleague Tetyna Terehova explained the rules of voting. The winner of the Ukrainian national selection has been chosen by a 50/50 decision of the professional jury and the sms-voting public. Only one sms was allowed from every mobile phone. The voting started just after the last song has been performed. Maria Yaremchuk
Maria Yaremchuk
Most participants in today’s show reached their breakthrough in their musical career by taking part in one of the popular Ukrainian TV projects or music talent shows like Chance, Voice Of The Country or X-Factor. The duet Anna-Maria who open the Ukrainian national selection with their ballad 5 Stars Hotel, became popular through Chance where the twin sisters scored the highest number of voices.
The participants performed in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Volodymyr Tkachenko chose his song Buty, Tam De Ty (Be Where You Are) in Ukrainian because, as he said, it’s a beautiful language and he wants everybody to listen to it.
After all 20 entries had been performed, the audience was entertained by Sofia Tarasova who participated in the 2013 Junior Song Contest. Famous Ukrainian singers Masha Sobko, Nataliya Buchynska, Kamalia, Matias performed on stage in the NTU studio. Mika Newton, the participant in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest came to support today's finalists. And of course, the charming Zlata Ognevich performed for the audience.
It the end, the audience gave the highest number of votes to Maria Yaremchuk and her up-tempo pop song Tick-Tock. The jury has also decided for Maria!
Maria, I wish you good luck on Eurovision in Denmark ! Our song is amazing !
Ukraine has a great chance to be the host of next Eurovision !
So, be strong and make Kyiv 2015 :*)
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All rights go to EBU and www.eurovision.tv
Live singing of contestants and live instrumental playing of the RTHS orchestra – a perfect modern and classical combination in the Albanian final of Festivali i Këngës which Eurovision fans enjoyed tonight. In the show, 16 finalists contended for the title of being the Albanian representative in Europe’s favourite TV show.
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