
This weekend: Five more acts to be chosen for Tel Aviv
15 February 2019 at 17:22 CET
Saturday, 16th of February
Croatia brings back Dora
Time: 20:05 CET at HRT1
For the first time since 2010, Croatia is once again organising their national selection Dora. The show will be hosted by Iva Å ulentiÄ, Jelena LeÅ”iÄ and Mirko Fodor and will take place at the Marino CvetkoviÄ Sports Hall in Opatija.
The winner will be decided by both the audience as well as a jury panel (50/50). In case of a tie, the audience vote will be decisive.
The winner will be awarded a special Dora statue and will, of course, become Croatia's representative at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
Franka will open the show with her 2018 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Croatia Crazy. Vanna, who represented Croatia in 2001 with Strings of My Heart, will also perform.
All sixteen artists and their songs:
- Bernarda Bruno ā I Believe In True Love
- Beta Sudar ā Donāt Give Up
- Bojan JambroÅ”iÄ & Danijela PintariÄ ā Vrijeme predaje
- Domenica ā Indigo
- Elis LovriÄ ā All I Really Want
- Ema Gagro ā Redemption
- Gelato Sisters ā Back To That Swing
- Jelena BosanÄiÄ ā Tell Me
- Jure BrkljaÄa ā Ne postojim kad nisi tu
- Kim Verson ā Nisam to Å”to žele
- Lea MijatoviÄ ā Tebi pripadam
- Lidija BaÄiÄ Lille ā Tek je poÄelo
- Lorena BuÄan ā Tower of Babylon
- Luka NižetiÄ ā Brutalero
- Manntra ā In the shadows
- Roko ā The dream
Estonia broadcasts Eesti Laul final
Time: 18:00 CET at ETV1 (WATCH LIVE)
Broadcast from Tallinn, the Estonian national selection reaches its climax. From the two semi-finals, twelve artists have qualified for the final:
- INGER - Coming Home
- Kadiah - Believe
- Kerli Kivilaan - Cold Love
- LumevƤrv ft INGA - Milline PƤev
- Sandra Nurmsalu - Soovide Puu
- Sissi - Strong
- STEFAN - Without You
- Synne Valtri - I'll Do It My Way
- The Swingers, Tanja & Birgit - High Heels In The Neighbourhood
- Uku Suviste - Pretty Little Liar
- Victor Crone - Storm
- xtra Basic & Emily J - Hold Me Close
Expect guest performances by 2018 Eurovision Song Contest participant Elina Nechayeva, 2011 Eurovision Song Contest participant Getter Jaani and 1996 Eurovision Song Contest participant Ivo Linna.
Latvia's 'Supernova' about to explode
Time: 20:25 CET at LTV (WATCH LIVE)
Eight contestants will battle for Latvia's ticket to Tel Aviv. After two semi-finals, most of the acts have refined their performances, hoping to surprise the audience once again.

These artists will perform in the final of Supernova:
- Aivo Oskis - Somebodyās Got My Lover
- Carousel - That Night
- Dziļi Violets feat. Kozmens - Tautasdziesma
- Double Faced Eels - Fire
- Edgars Kreilis - Cherry Absinthe
- Laime Pilnīga - Awe
- Markus Riva - You Make Me So CrazyĀ
- Samanta Tina - Cutting the Wire
The winner will be determined by televoters, a jury panel, the number of Spotify streams of each song. Votes cast via the Alfa app will be included with the televoting results.
During the show, guest performances will be given by Patrisha and hip hop artist HIS.
Slovenia goes EMA
Time: 20:00 CET at RTVSLO (WATCH LIVE)Ā
Ten finalists will be performing, hoping to become Slovenia's representative at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv:
- Fed Horses - Ti ne poznaÅ” konjev
- Kim - Rhythm Back to You
- INMATE - ATMA
- Lumberjack - Lepote dna
- OkustiÄni - Metulji pleÅ”ejo
- Raiven - KAOS
- Renata MohoriÄ - Three Bridges
- René - Ne poveŔ
- Ula Ložar -  Fridays
- Zala Kralj & GaŔper Šantl - Sebi
The show will be hosted by Ajda Smrekar.

This year, RTVSLO treated its viewers and EMA contestants with a spectacular stage!
For more insights into the preparations for EMA 2019, you can follow the official accounts on Facebook,Ā Instagram,Ā TwitterĀ and YouTube. Meanwhile, check out the clips of all finalists!
Also happening this Saturday
Several more countries will see semi-finals, building up towards national finals scheduled to take place in the next few weeks.
- 18:00 CET - Ukraine - Vidbir (semi-final 2) (WATCH LIVE)
- 19:30 CET - Hungary - A Dal (semi-final 2) (WATCH LIVE)
- 20:00 CET - Sweden - Melodifestivalen (semi-final 3) (WATCH LIVE)
- 20:30 CET - Lithuania - Eurovizijos Atranka (semi-final 2) (WATCH LIVE)
- 20:45 CET - Iceland - Sƶngvakeppnin (semi-final 2)
- 22:00 CET - Portugal - Festival da Canção (semi-final 1) (WATCH LIVE)
Sunday, 17th of February
Romania selects their act
19:30 CET - TVR (WATCH LIVE)
The final of SelecÅ£ia NaÅ£ionalÄ will take place at the Sala PolivalentÄ in Bucharest. The show will be hosted by Alina Ionescu, Aurelian TemiČan and Ilinca Avram.
Expect special guest performances by 2018 Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta (Israel) and 2013 Eurovision Song Contest winner Emmelie de Forest (Denmark).
The winner will be determined by a jury and the voting audience.
Ā The running order of SelecÅ£ia NaÅ£ionalÄ:
- Linda Teodosiu - Renegades
- Olivier Kaye - Right Now
- Laura Bretan - Dear Father
- Teodora Dinu - Skyscraper
- Claudiu Mirea - We Are The Ones
- Aldo Blaga - Your Journey
- Ester Peony - On a Sunday
- Letitia Moisescu & Sensibil Balkan - D A I N A
- Bella Santiago - Army Of Love
- Trooper - Destin
- Dya & Lucian Colareza - Without You (Sin Ti)
- Mirela Vaida - Underground

Find out more about the national selection dates of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in our calendar.
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