Eurectivision Song Contest 2019
The Eurectivision Song Contest 2019 will be the 64th edition of the Eurectivision Song Contest. The contest is scheduled to take place in Launceston, Michillies following their victory in the previous contest with the song "Fuego", performed by Eleni Foureira. The contest will be held at the Launceston United Stadium; the show will consist of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May and the final on 18 May.
Masria will take part in the contest for the first time. The last time an Arabic-speaking country took part was Maghrebia in the 1980 contest, supposedly to fill the void left by Asrael when the winner withdrawed. Ragora withdrew due to budget issues.
Location[edit | edit source]
Format[edit | edit source]
Visual design[edit | edit source]
The slogan for the contest, Be Yourself, was unveiled on 28 October 2018. The official logo and branding was unveiled 8 January 2019; it consists of silhouettes, a red one and a green one (representing the dominant colors of the Michillian flag).
Presenters[edit | edit source]
Participating countries[edit | edit source]
Semi-final 1[edit | edit source]
The first semi-final will take place on 14 May 2019 at 20:00 WEST. Twenty countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Étienne, the Michillies and Castille will vote in this semi-final. Ukraina was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to controversy within its national selection, and was traded a slot with Moujeboule Soviere so that the Tsaykin Republic was able to compete.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Asrael | Kobi Marimi | "Home" | English | ||
| 02 | Chemheria | D mol | "Heaven" | English | ||
| 03 | Salo | Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman | "Look Away" | English | ||
| 04 | Swilatia | Tulia | "Fire of Love (Pali się)" | English and Polish | ||
| 05 | Omdalia | ZalaGasper | "Sebi" | Omdalian | ||
| 06 | Bohemia | Lake Tesopo | "Friend of a Friend" | English | ||
| 07 | Pannonia | Joci Pápai | "Az én apám" | Hungarian | ||
| 08 | Belavia | ZENA | "Like It" | English | ||
| 09 | Solenial | Vanessa Ford | "Illusion" | English | ||
| 10 | Sobora | Nevena Božović | "Kruna" (Круна) | Serbian | ||
| 11 | Karazhunia | Eye Cue | "Lost and Found" | English | ||
| 12 | Sakartvela | Oto Nemsadze | "Keep on Going" | Georgian | ||
| 13 | Flarland | Darwin Amron | "What I Mean" | English | ||
| 14 | Reignière | Eliot | Wake Up | English | ||
| 15 | Narland | Hatari | "Hatrið mun sigra" | Icelandic | ||
| 16 | Northulia | Kate Miller-Heidke | "Zero Gravity" | English | ||
| 17 | Moujeboule Sovière | Emmanuel Crone | "Storm" | English | ||
| 18 | Real | Conan Osíris | "Telemóveis" | Portuguese | ||
| 19 | Hellenia | Katerine Duska | "Better Love" | English | ||
| 20 | Genovia | Serhat | "Say Na Na Na" | English |
Semi-final 2[edit | edit source]
The second semi-final will take place on 16 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST).[1] Eighteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and the Template:Esccnty will vote in this semi-final. Switzerland was pre-drawn into this semi-final due to scheduling issues.[2]
| Draw[3] | Country[3] | Artist[3] | Song[3] | Language(s) | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Haramia | Srbuk | Walking Out | English | ||
| 02 | Irenia | Sarah McTernan | 22 | English | ||
| 03 | Ashtalaia | Leonarda Remeziena | Stay | English | ||
| 04 | Valeria | Luca Hänni | "She Got Me" | English | ||
| 05 | North Arlesbury | Carousel | "That Night" | English | ||
| 06 | [[Radaurobia | Ester Peony | "On a Sunday" | English | ||
| 07 | Jygge | Leonora | "Love Is Forever" | English, French, Danish and German}} | ||
| 08 | Skania | John Lundvik | "Too Late for Love" | English | ||
| 09 | Wales | PARK | English | |||
| 10 | Osterlands | PÆNDA | "Limits" | English | ||
| 11 | Dalmatia | Roko Blažević | "The Dream" | English, Croatian | ||
| 12 | Reitanna | Michela | "Chameleon" | English | ||
| 13 | Saria | English | ||||
| 14 | Baltic Republic | Jurij Veklenko | "Run with the Lions" | English | ||
| 15 | Alavia | Sergey Lazarev | "Scream" | English | ||
| 16 | Shkipia | Jonida Maliqi | Ktheju tokës | Albanian | ||
| 17 | Template:Esc | KEiiNO | "Spirit in the Sky" | English and Northern Sami | ||
| 18 | Underlands | Duncan Laurence | Arcade | English | ||
| 19 | Tarania | Tamara Jaran | "Proud" | English | ||
| 20 | Azeria | Chingiz | Truth | English |
Final[edit | edit source]
The Tsaykin Republic was given a seat in February 2019 as a "wildcard contestant", after Ukraina left. Masria is in the final as an invitee.
- 1: Reitanna
- 2: Shkipia
- 3: Bohemia
- 4: Hartung
- 5: Alavia
- 6: Masria
- 7: Jygge
- 8: Genovia
- 9: Tarania
- 10: Skania
- 11: Omdalia
- 12: Asrael
- 13: Underlands
- 14: Hellenia
- 15: Michillies
- 16: Nordland
- 17: Nashland
- 18: Narland
- 19: Moujeboule Sovière
- 20: Tsaykin Republic
- 21: Belavia
- 22: Azaria
- 23: Étienne
- 24: Iteria
- 25: Sobora
- 26: Valeria
- 27: Northulia
- 28: Castille
Other countries[edit | edit source]
Active EBU members[edit | edit source]
- Lourkastein: In July 2018, RTL announced that it won't take part in the 2019 contest. It last took part in 1993. The Lourkasteinese operations currently concentrate on Luxembourgish-language media, and that a new participation in the contest would give added value to their language and culture, but experts say that the country wouldn't get past the semi-final, similarly to Monte Carlo.
- South Arlesbury: Continuing political crisis has lead to the SABC's withdrawal from the 2019 edition in July 2018.
- Sri Britain: Despite changing its name to MCSB (Media Corporation of Sri Britain), the new corporation doesn't have "enough means" of sending an artist to the competition.
Associate EBU members[edit | edit source]
- Kaizhung: The country has been blocked from broadcasting the Eurectivision Song Contest, as last year's experiment was proven to be problematic due to censorship of LGBT content as approved by the SARFT. Foreign broadcasters assured "worldwide coverage" of the event on their international channels even though they might be subject to censorship laws.
- Keithland: The contest will air live on the Omni Television network of ethnic channels.
- Lenapore: LPBS 1 will broadcast the semi-finals and the final live with same-day repeats.
- Orience: THK BS Premium will broadcast the semi-finals and the final live with same-day repeats.
