National Finals 2021: Fifth Super Saturday

It’s become a classic on ET, Super Saturdays with many shows happening all at once. Instead of opening all threads, hard to follow for everyone, we decided to have just one thread for all shows to follow live so we can all discuss them together.

Estonia – ERR, the Estonian broadcaster, will conclude the search for its entry for Rotterdam 2021 tonight, with the Grand Final of Eesti Laul, the national final. It will feature 12 songs and a Superfinal!

The country revealed late in 2020 the 24 songs taking part in this year’s Eesti Laul. The semifinals were held on February 18th and 20th with 6 acts making it out in each of them. Tonight’s show will be hosted by Karl-Erik Taukar and Tõnis Niinemets. This is tonight’s line-up:

1. Egert Milder – Free Again
2. Suured tüdrukud – Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight
3. Hans Nayna – One By One
4. Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova – Ma olen siin
5. Karl Killing – Kiss Me
6. Uku Suviste – The Lucky One
7. Sissi – Time
8. Jüri Pootsmann – Magus melanhoolia
9. Redel – Tartu
10. Koit Toome – We Could Have Been Beautiful
11. Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto – Wingman
12. Kadri Voorand – Energy

In a first round of voting, the Top 3 with 50% televote and 50% juries will qualify to the final. Then the Superfinal is 100% televote!

The show starts at 18:30 CET and can be watched here.

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Sweden – It’s the most anticipated National Final within the Eurovision Fandom and it resumes tonight with their infamous Andra Chasen round. Melodifestivalen is finally back!

Eight Acts will take to the stage at Stockholm’s Annexet hall and will compete for the chance to make the grand final on March 13th. The winner of each duel will reach the grand final. Each show will be hosted by Christer Björkman, for his last MF as a producer (after he took over in 2002 and lead Sweden to two victories) and guest co-hosts. Tonight, Shirley Clamp.

The duels for tonight are:

1. Alvaro Estrella – Baila Baila VS Lillasyster – Pretender
2. Frida Green – The Silence VS Paul Rey – The Missing Piece
3. Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos – Rena rama ding dong VS Clara Klingenström – Behöver inte dig idag
4. Klara Hammarström – Beat of Broken Hearts VS Efraim Leo – Best of Me

The show starts at 20:00 CET and can be watched here.

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Denmark – DR, the national broadcaster, will host the Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2021, the national final! 8 acts compete for the chance to represent Denmark in Rotterdam!

Tonight’s show will be hosted at the DR Headquarters in Copenhagen by Tina Müller and Martin Brygmann.

This is tonight’s line-up:

1. Nanna Olivia – “Hvileløse hjerter”
2. Fyr & Flamme – “Øve os på hinanden”
3. Chief 1 & Thomas Buttenschøn – “Højt over skyerne”
4. Mike Tramp – “Everything Is Alright”
5. Claudia Campagnol – “Abracadabra”
6. The Cosmic Twins – “Silver Bullet”
7. Emma Nicoline – “Står lige her”
8. Jean Michel – “Beautiful”

In a first round of voting, the Top 3 with 50% televote and 50% juries will qualify to the final. Then the Superfinal is 100% televote!

The show starts at 20:00 CET and can be watched here.

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Italy – RAI, the national broadcaster, will conclude  San Remo 2021 tonight, a contest which will serve once more as a means to select the Italian act for Eurovision.

26 acts will take part, among them 2 recent Italian Eurovision acts, Francesca Michielin (16th in 2016 after she got second in SR) and Ermal Meta (5th in 2018 with Fabrizio Moro) and a few returnees, like Ghemon, Irama orLo Stato Sociale. The shows started February 2nd and we got a “Serata” each night this week.

Tonight’s show will be hosted by Karl-Erik Taukar and Tõnis Niinemets

Here’s the full line-up as tonight’s draw isn’t know yet:

• Aiello – “Ora”
• Annalisa – “Dieci”
• Arisa – “Potevi fare di più”
• Bugo – “E invece sì”
• Colapesce & Dimartino – “Musica leggerissima”
• Coma_Cose – “Fiamme negli occhi”
• Ermal Meta – “Un milione di cose da dirti”
• Extraliscio feat. Davide Toffolo – “Bianca luce nera”
• Fasma – “Parlami”
• Francesca Michielin & Fedez – “Chiamami per nome”
• Francesco Renga – “Quando trovo te”
• Fulminacci – “Santa Marinella”
• Gaia – “Cuore amaro”
• Ghemon – “Momento perfetto”
• Gio Evan – “Arnica”
• Irama – “La genesi del tuo colore”
• La Rappresentante di Lista – “Amare”
• Lo Stato Sociale – “Combat Pop”
• Madame – “Voce”
• Malika Ayane – “Ti piaci così”
• Måneskin – “Zitti e buoni”
• Max Gazzè & La Trifluoperazina Monstery Band – “Il farmacista”
• Noemi – “Glicine”
• Orietta Berti – “Quando ti sei innamorato”
• Random – “Torno a te”
• Willie Peyote – “Mai dire mai (La locura)”

Voting during the five evenings (first round):

• First evening: demoscopic jury
• Second evening: demoscopic jury
• Third evening: music and singers of the Sanremo orchestra
• Fourth evening: jury of the press room (TV, Radio and Web)
• Fifth evening: Televote

Tonight, 3 superfinalists will be revealed based on all votes. The final results between the three will be determined by 34% televote, 33% jury of the press, 33% demoscopic jury. The official Eurovision site says, “expect the final result in the early hours of Sunday morning”…

The show starts at 21h00 CET and you can watch it here.

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Portugal – RTP, the national broadcaster in charge of the national final, will host the Grand Final of  Festival da Canção 2021! 10 artists will battle the chance to represent Portugal in Rotterdam!

A total of six hosts will present the shows: 2 for each shows: Jorge Gabriel and Sonia Araujo (first semi-final); José Carlos Malato and Tânia Ribas de Oliveira (second semi-final); Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim (grand final). In the end, it’s Inês Lopes Gonçalves whom the people will see the most, as she’ll be the green host through all shows.

The Final will be hosted at the RTP studios in Lisbon. This is tonight’s line-up:

1. Karetus & Romeu Bairos – Saudade
2. Joana Alegre – Joana do Mar
3. Fábia Maia – Dia lindo
4. Valéria – Na mais profunda saudade
5. Carolina Deslandes – Por um triz
6. NEEV – Dancing in The Stars
7. Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar
8. Sara Afonso – Contramão
9. EU.CLIDES – Volte-face
10. The Black Mamba – Love Is On My Side

The show starts at 22:00 CET and you can watch it here.