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1/11
The Eurovision Song Contest is back!
And the 66th edition of the ESC will take place after a year of Corona break in the sold-out PalaOlimpico in Turin.
Photo: Yara Nardi / REUTERS
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2/11
Czech Republic: We Are Domi – »Lights Off«
Singer Dominika Hašková, daughter of the Czech ice hockey goalkeeper Dominik Hašek, and her two fellow musicians, two Norwegians whom she met at Leeds University, ring in the finale with danceable electronic music.
Photo: Marci Bertorello / AFP
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3/11
The Italian Grammy winner and singer Laura Pausini, the British singer Mika ("Grace Kelly") and TV presenter Alessandro Cattelan will lead through the evening.
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP
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4/11
Romania: WRS – »Llamame«
Latin fever, but from Romania: singer Andrei Ionuț Ursu, who has experienced boy bands, tries to convince with castanet-driven Euro-Pop.
Photo: Marci Bertorello / AFP
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5/11
Portugal: MARO – »Saudade, Saudade«
With gentle tones, 27-year-old Mariana Secca brings the Portuguese feeling between longing, sadness and a bit of happiness to the stage.
Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
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6/11
Finland: The Rasmus – »Jezebel«
The Finnish rock band, who landed a world hit with »In the Shadows« in 2003, are back via ESC – including a bright yellow raincoat and matching rubber boots.
Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP
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7/11
Switzerland: Marius Bear – »Boys Do Cry«
Marius Hügli is the name of the one who calls himself Bear, and with a heartbreak ballad tries to build on the success of his predecessor Gjon's Tears, who finished third in 2021.
Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP
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8/11
France: Alvan & Ahez – »Fulenn«
The three singers from Ahez tell a story based on a Breton myth about a kind of witch dance with the devil.
Delivered to producer Alvan's driving beat.
Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP
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9/11
Norway: Subwoolfer - »Give That Wolf a Banana«
No ESC without a curiosity.
This time: Two men who call themselves Keith and Jim and hide behind wolf masks.
Your story: You come from the moon, where in 1969 a certain Neil asked you to sing the greatest song in the universe in his native English.
May I help you!
Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP
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10/11
Armenia: Rosa Linn – »Snap«
A bed and countless sticky notes on the wall: This is the decoration in which 21-year-old Rosa Lin performs her folk song.
Photo: Yara Nardi / REUTERS
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11/11
Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – »Brividi«
Rapper Mahmood in a duet with 19-year-old Blanco with a ballad about love, loudly applauded by tens of thousands of fans in Turin.
Photo: Marco Bertorello / AFP
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