Seconded, I totally would He's got a bit of Timberlake vibe in some of his other stuff. I can definitely see him appealing with the right song.

What is generic in German? Because he totally screams it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GGe1sNgXM4

Oh absolutely ****ing not.

NEXT.

He's not bad to look at, doesn't exactly have me twitching though.

I agree with burbles in that he does look older than 23.

Austria are cancelled

Malta are choosing their finalists tonight behind closed doors and revealing them this week probs.

Oops I really like Nathan Trent. His original stuff is pretty good. I agree that it's a bit slick and Timberlakey.

Sure doesn't hurt that he's pretty as hell.

This is pretty good too.

Guy Sebastian #2

Oh really?
Bye then Nathan b*tch, I won't miss not seeing you in Cologne on 9th of February

http://www.esc-plus.com/germany-ndr-...rovision-2017/

So my favourite song in the 2017 NF selection so far is called Keep the Faith by Tako Gacheciladdze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb40n7JsCJQ

It really is a song made for Eurovision with a epic finish that could look and sound amazing on a big stage with the right staging and if Tako can pull this off live. Georgia went for an old fashioned ballad at Junior ESC and won and I hope they go for another big ballad type for the adult version because they could do very well with this song

If Georgia picks this it could be my favourite ESC entry for them ever beating Sofia's Shine back in 2010

Romania dates.....

Song submissions accepted from tomorrow until 22nd January.
SF 26th Feb with 100% jury voting
Final 5th March with 100% televoting

Guess Ovidiu wasn't up for doing the ad...and who can blame him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTY7Cq1qyvQ

Nathan Trent for Austria, interesting. I like his song, and he's writing his own song which is always good.

Oh, Wiwibloggs made a stellar discovery too: He has a beard! *shock horror*

At least we won't have the yearly "Will or won't Mihai return this year?!?!?!" after Paradisio flopped so hard.

Surely Georgia's 25 song final will be spectacularly long? One to look forward to.

If their last national final is anything to go by though, it will be spectacularly staged and packed with wall-to-wall quality, so although it'll be eight hours long, it will only feel like seven-and-a-half...

I thought that it was goner be like the other year where the songs are pre-recorded as live on the stage then posted on the internet with the actual final just showing a recap befor having a vote, surely we can't sit through a whole 25 song marathon

Albania and FiK says hello.

I suppose it will be like a mini Eurovision if each country had £3 to spend on their entries

Regína From Iceland did a cover of Viktoria Petryk's song from last year's Ukrainian selection for some reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPMRJf5hLI

Sorting out the semifinals now, was it 8 from every round this year?

Heat 1 managed 10, all the rest were 8.

Yeah and my win isn't documented yet!

Welcome to the Semifinals of Fantasy 2016, thanks to everyone who's taken part this year we havdee a whopping 66 songs still vying for a place in the final, they have been split in to 3 groups of 22 with 10 from each going through to the final, here is the first semifinal

Semifinal 1

1 Yanela Brooks - Mi Gente Arriba
2 Radwimps - Zen Zen Zense
3 Little Mix feat. Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song
4 Foxes - Youth
5 Jain - Come
6 Kwabs - Walk
7 Freddy Kalas - Jovial
8 Nina Nesbitt - Chewing Gum
9 Aneeka - Ojo por Ojo
10 Nanne - Kan du ge dig fan på
10 The Veronicas - In My Blood
11 NERVO ft. Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears & Nile Rodgers - The Other Boys
12 Andra - Iubirea Schimba Tot
13 Ina Wroldsen & Broiler - Lay It On Me
14 Lilit Hovhannisyan - Do El Mi
15 Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
16 Shamrock - Tell Me Ma
17 Anna Naklab ft. Alle Farben & YOUNOTUS - Supergirl
18 Ira Losco - Haunted by Love
19 Simple Plan ft. Marai Mai - Jet Lag
21 Imany - Don't Be So Shy
22 Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion

Playlist

Please get your votes in by 6pm on New Years Day when all the qualifiers will be revealed

Please vote in the usual style and not for your own entries even though it maybe hard to remember which are yours from way back in June

I guess you can not vote for your own song.

Semifinal 2

1 The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
2 Britney Spears - Stronger
3 Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE - Rock Bottom
4 Issa - Crossfire
5 The 1975 - The Sound
6 Martina McBride - Concrete Angel
7 Projekat - Pazi Se
8 Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break
9 Izzy Bizu - White Tiger
10 Giorgia ft Alicia Keys - I Will Pray (Preghero)
11 Sergio Sylvestre - Big Boy
12 Annalisa - Se avessi un cuore
13 Rachel Platten - Stand By You
14 Alessia Cara - How Far I’ll Go
15 CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace
16 Fuel Fandango - Salvaje
17 HA-ASH - Perdon, Perdon
18 Emeli Sande - Breathing Underwater
19 Midigma Dorzhieva - Aduushanai Duun
20 Petite Meller - The Flute
21 Oh Land - Speak Out Now
22 Ida LaFontaine - Go Again

Playlist

Please get your votes in by 6pm on New Years Day when all the qualifiers will be revealed

Please vote in the usual style and not for your own entries even though it maybe hard to remember which are yours from way back in June

When is the "Multivitamin" results?