Selection: Internal
Wins: 0
2020: Alicja - Empires
2021: Rafał - The Ride

Current bookmakers: 34th

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Rafał has been in a number of bands in Poland before going on The Voice Poland in 2011 and though he didn’t win, it lead him to a career in both music and as a TV host. He also graduated as a Physical education teacher. He has done a little bit of a lot ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal
Wins: 5 (1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019)
2020: Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 
2021: Jeangu Macrooy - The Birth of a New Age

Current Bookmakers: 30th

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Jeangu Macrooy is a Surinamese singer who moved to the Netherlands about 7 years ago to pursue musical success. It was a good move for his career because it has got him to Eurovision, but he has ( Read more... )

Amenia

Selection: None
Wins: 0
2020: Athena Manoukian - Chains On You
2021: Not selected

Current bookmakers: 0

It is a shame 2020 was cancelled because Chains on You could have been the best result for Armenia (previous best was 4th in 2008 and 2014). Unfortunately due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the political aftermath, Armenia were not able ( Read more... )

Selection: Pabandom iš naujo! 2021
Wins: 0
2020: The Roop - On Fire 
2021: The Roop - Discoteque

Current bookmakers: 8th

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The Roop, as a name, comes from an archaic English word that means ‘to shout’. When The Roop attempted to go to Eurovision in 2018, it was rather Pitchy, which could be a homage to the name. Hopefully at Eurovision 2021 they choose ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal
Wins: 0
2020: Tornike Kipiani - Take Me as I Am 
2021: Tornike Kipiani - You

Current bookmakers: 39th (Last)

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Tornike Kipiani was selected to represent Georgia in 2020 after winning Georgina idol. He has also Georgian X Factor in 2014 and tried to go to Eurovision for Georgia in 2017 but finished third-last with something that ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal
Wins:0
2020: Sandro - Running
2021: Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo

Current Bookmakers: 9th

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Elena Tsagrinou is singing one of no less than 3 songs written by Jimmy "Joker" Thornfeldt for this year’s Eurovision and one of two in the first Semi. It is controversial with the Orthodox Christians in Cyprus though because the song screams ‘I ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal
Wins: 2 (1966, 2014)
2020: Vincent Bueno- Alive 
2021: Vincent Bueno - Amen

Current Bookmakers: 26th

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Vincent Bueno won Musical! Die Show in Austria and splits his career between Austria and his parents’ native country, the Philippines. In Austria, 35 year old Vincent does a lot of musical theatre, but he has released 4 albums. Does ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal
Wins: 5 (1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997)
2020: James Newman - My Last Breath
2021: James Newman - Embers

Current Bookmakers: 23rd

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James Newman is a brit-award winning songwriter who has written a few number one songs in the UK and even had his vocals featured on a #1 song. I hope he is not the lyricist because if Embers is an example, ( Read more... )

Selection: Festivali i Këngës
Wins: 0
2020: Arilena Ara -Shaj 
2021: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma

Current Bookmakers: 39th (Last)

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Anxhela Peristeri is an Albanian singer and model of Greek descent who has competed in a number of singing competitions in Albania as well as X Factor Greece, though Wikipedia does not verify this point from her bio. Her bio ( Read more... )

Selection: Internal/HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion
Wins: 4 (1978, 1979, 1998, 2018)
2020: Eden Alene - Feker Libi 
2021: Eden Alene - Set Me Free

Current Bookmakers:17th

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Eden Alene won X Factor in 2017 and went on to be the lead singer of the Israel Defence Forces band before competing in HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion in 2020. She is the first person to win HaShir ( Read more... )