Eurovision 2016: Finlandia, Norvegia e Svezia

Oggi visitiamo il grande Nord che ci propone tre belle canzoni fra le quali quella dei padroni di casa: Finlandia, Norvegia e Svezia.

FINLANDIA

Nome: Sandhja

Cognome: Kuivalainen

Nome d'arte: Sandhja

Data di nascita: 16 Marzo 1991

Città di nascita: Helsinki (Finlandia)

Canzone: Sing it away

Autori: Sandhja Kuivalainen, Petri Matara, Milos Rosas, Markus Savijoki

Compositori: Sandhja Kuivalainen, Petri Matara, Milos Rosas, Markus Savijoki, Heikki Korhonen

Semifinale: 1 – 10 Maggio

Numero di gara: 1

Testo della canzone:

Please believe me when I say
There's nothing harder than the strife
When heavy waters try to break you
you will be singing for life

When you feel like your world is falling down
And darkness has taken your sight
There's no need to be carrying a frown
I'll help you sing it out tonight

Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away
Never make me fade away
Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
Yeeaah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it away

So if you're focused, you can make it
You'll feel like nothing can steer you of your course
When fear will try to make you cave in
Remember that love is the source

When you feel like your dreams are beaten down
and your fire is loosing its light
There's no need to be carrying a frown
I'll help you sing it out tonight

Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away
Never make me fade away
Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
Yeeaah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it away

When all of the walls come crashing down
When you try to scream but can't make a sound
Don't' you worry about it, don't you worry about it
You just gotta sing it away

Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away
Never make me fade away
Sing it away
All my troubles away
Sing it away

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
Yeeaah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I'm gonna sing it away

NORVEGIA

Nome: Agnete Kristin

Cognome: Johnsen

Nome d'arte: Agnete

Data di nascita: 4 Luglio 1994

Città di nascita: Nesseby (Norvegia)

Canzone: Icebreaker

Autori: Agnete Kristin Johnsen, Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow

Compositori: Agnete Kristin Johnsen, Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow

Semifinale: 2 – 12 Maggio

Numero di gara: 15

Testo della canzone:

Every night
Before I sleep a shiver down my spine
Thoughts align
What can i do to make you listen

Like a northern light
You’re dancing over every border line
Passing every sign
Between reality and fiction

Every single promise that you ever made
Spinning in my mind like a hurricane
Baby yes i hear your mayday

I'll be your icebreaker
When you’re stuck in frozen water
(when you’re stuck in)
Frozen water 

You go astray
Just like a polaroid
You fade away
I'll be you partner
and liberate you from your prison

Baby yes i hear your mayday

We’re way too young to say good bye
Whenever you loose faith just hold the line
It takes a lot of nerve to save a life

SVEZIA

Nome: Frans

Cognome: Jeppsson Wall

Nome d'arte: Frans

Data di nascita: 19 Dicembre 1998

Città di nascita: Ystad (Svezia)

Canzone: If I were sorry

Autori: Frans Jeppsson Wall, Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell, Oscar Fogelström

Compositori: Frans Jeppsson Wall, Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell, Oscar Fogelström

Finale: 14 Maggio

Numero di gara: 9

Testo della canzone:

I’d crawl thru the desert on my hands and knees
Rehearsin my pretty please
Climb the highest mountain
If I were sorry

Shout it from the top
Swim under water until my lungs exploded
Walk into the fire
If I were sorry

I'd run a thousand mile
Wouldn't stop until I dropped
Wouldn’t take a break to breathe until I got close
enough

Then Id do it all again
If I really had the chance
But I know deep inside for you its just another
dance

If I were sorry
I’d give you all the glory
If I were sorry

If I were sorry
It would be a different story

If I were sorry
If I were sorry oh

I’d hold my breath until my face turned blue
I’d rob a bank and the post office too
Swim across the ocean
If I were sorry

I’d take wow of silence
I wouldn’t say a single word
Until you really heard
If I were sorry

I’d run a thousand miles
Wouldn’t stop until I dropped
Wouldn’t take the break to breathe
Until I I got close enough

If I were sorry
I’d give you all the glory
If I were sorry

If I were sorry
It would be a different story
If I were sorry oh

Now did you ever realize
That your mistake had a prize
Oh you threw it all away
Cuz youre the devil in disguise

Now would you ever realize
The consequences of your lies
And would you save the falling tear or act as if
There’s nothing there

If I were sorry
If I were sorry

If I were sorry
If I were sorry

If I were sorry

I’d take a vow of silence
I wouldn’t say a single word
If I were sorry

If I were sorry

I’d be on my hands and knees
Beggin pretty please
If I were sorry
But I’m not sorry no

Eurovision 2016: Agnete per la Norvegia

"Icebreaker" di Agnete stravince il Melodi Grand Prix e rappresenterà la Norvegia all'Eurovision 2016 a Stoccolma!

Un pezzo moderno, sostenuto da una grande voce e una grande scenografia, è sembrato da subito il più adatto nonostante la concorrenza agguerrita. Agnete ha inizato la sua carriera nel gruppo The BlackSheeps partecipando a vari concorsi per ragazzi e classificandosi al secondo posto del Melodi Grand Prix 2011. Come solista ha partecipato a vari talent show e musical in giro per il paese.

Le altre canzoni in gara stasera erano:

The Hungry Hearts featuring Lisa Dillan "Laika" un pezzo di protesta, una rivendicazione al femminile

Stage Dolls "Into the fire" rock di qualche anno fa

Stine Hole Ulla "Traces" una ballata quasi disneiana per una voce incantevole

Makeda "Stand up" omaggio alla musica americana anni 60 stile Supremes

Pegasus "Anyway" ballata rock alla Bon Jovi

Freddy Kalas "Feel da rush" dance al ritmo dei Caraibi

Laila Samuels "Afterglow" ballata dal sapore nordico accompagnata da una magnifica scenografia

Elouiz "History" carina, eurovisiva, ma sembra già sentita

Suite 16 "Anna Lee" orecchiabile, boyband perfetta per far strage di ragazzine

Mentre televoto e giurie demoscopiche esprimono le loro preferenze, spazio agli ospiti con Kate Gulbrandsen che ha riproposto il suo brano dell'Eurovision 1987 "Mitt Liv" e il duo Morland e Debrah Scarlett con la splendida "A Monster Like Me" dell'anno scorso.

Poi vengono annunciate le quattro passate alla super-finale:

Laila Samuels, Suite 16, Agnete e Freddy Kalas. Ripropongono le loro canzoni, stavolta decide solo il televoto.

Superospiti prima del verdetto finale Åse Kleveland, la rappresentante norvegese all'Eurovision nel 1966, e Jahn Teigen, tre volte all'Eurovision per la Norvegia.

Poi arrivano i voti da casa e "Icebreaker" fa il largo in ogni regione.