#africavision 3

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Wimbo Wa Kenya

Hujambo and welcome to Kenya’s national selection for @africavision! Let’s get right into it:

Youtube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ClEBppfwRjoQ-dmf_7JsdYJmZ8Q_Q9T

Voting form:

https://forms.gle/aereWniV1yxLsciN8

Thanks everyone! See you in Morocco!

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Welcome to the Results Show!

Today we find out which of the 15 African countries competing in Africavision 2020 will take home the prize! Welcome back to Casablanca, everyone, for the RESULTS SHOW!

We open up with last year’s winner, ready to hand over the crown to the next deserving singer. Take it away, Faouzia!

Now, Anna Ola Sand and Kha Ola Sand have determined that we have a valid result, so let’s begin! Jury votes will be posted every 3 minutes. There will be an interval and then the televotes will be posted after that.

[mexicaneurolover]

Angola for Africavision

Hello everyone, and welcome to this National Final to help us finding a song for Angola in the next edition of @africavision, 7 songs are competing for being our representative and you can vote by giving 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the songs according to your preferences, thank you and you have until May 31st to submit your votes!!!! Here are the 7 hopefuls

Song #1: Teu Olhar-Matias Damasio

Song #2: 1M-Pérole

Song #3: Coração de Piscina-Titica

Song #4: Lua-Preto Show ft. Rita & Dj Batata

Song #5: Nosso Momento-Bruna Tatiana

Song #6: Já Fui-Anselmo Ralph

Song #7: ALEIAO-Ben Cristovao 

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

VOTING FORM

[artemlukyanenka]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the second edition of “A Song For Nigeria”! The National Final where we will decide who will represent Nigeria in the second edition of @africavision.

5 different artists will compete in the national final, but only one can be the winner. Let’s know them!

1. Tiwa Savage - Sugarcane 2. Bisola - Luchia 3. Kah-Lo - Fasta 4. Yemi Alade - Bum Bum 5. MNEK - At Night (I Think About You)

Here you have a youtube playlist to listen them all again!

And now, it’s time to vote! Rank every song giving them 0-100 points in this form! The song with most points will represent the country in Banjul. You have until 13/6 to vote!

Good luck to all the participants! See you for the results!

[he-la-e-loi-la]

The Polish Delegation’s Tmblrvision 2017 Reviews: 1st Half

As many of us here, I have plenty of onions about the @tmblrvision songs, so I’m writing a little review of what I thought for each song. This season was really good, and there are only a couple songs I outright didn’t like, so it’s fun to listen again to make these reviews! I’m starting with the 1st half only since there were so many songs, but I do plan to get to the 2nd half too.

01 Germany This song may have been an unfortunate victim of being blocked in the US, or being 1st in the running order, because I can barely remember it. I just remember it being nice to listen to. Because I do remember it’s pleasant, it goes on the good end of the scale. 6/10.

02 Egypt Another pleasant but not memorable song. Didn’t have enough buildup for me to really like it- my favorites usually have that. Not bad though! 5/10.

03 Moldova Though I didn’t care for this at first, which means I didn’t end up voting for it, a few listens later I was enchanted by this song. Her voice and the Romanian language remind me of gentle water and I feel like I could be carried away by it. 8/10.

04 Belarus This isn’t really my style of music, and I really wish Bianka would’ve won the NF, however the song gives me a futuristic and dream-like vibe which is a cool atmosphere. 6/10.

05 Finland How did this do so badly in jury vote????? I don’t understand! Though it didn’t wind up in my top 10, her voice has power and emotion and Finnish rapping is so unique. 7.5/10.

06 Albania A pretty song with a strong voice, but got a bit lost in all the other strong songs of the competition. Looks and sounds like something that would actually go to Eurovision! 6.5/10.

07 Jordan For such an upbeat song, the lyrics really get me down. A nice danceable pop song though. Glad Jordan finished better this year! 6.5/10.

08 Czechia Thwarted by geoblocking again! This song is really incredible but as I didn’t get to hear it all at first, it didn’t make my original voting list and so I couldn’t sneak it into my limited number of votes. A powerful and rocking song. 8.5/10.

09 Russia It’s hard to disappoint with Russia, their music industry produces some great stuff. Definitely want to dance to this one. Still, it did get lost within the full lineup of songs. 7/10.

10 Israel Super-cute song, even makes me like ukulele! (Ukuleles were ruined for me after I had to hear “Hey, Soul Sister” too many times.) Needed an excuse to cut down my voting list though and ended up dropping this one because the music video freaked me out. But a very sweet winner! 8.5/10.

11 Montenegro This is Adele if she stopped whining and sang with better technique, and I love it. So much fire here. Originally heard this song and gave it my 12 in another contest, so 12 points for this one here too! 10/10.

12 Andorra Holy mood change, Batman. Personally I can best describe this song as weird. Would not vote, but respect those who would vote. 4/10.

13 Lithuania If I recall correctly, the Lithuanian HoD was the same one as last year and I LOVE their music taste. Wanted to give this my 12, but I also wanted to give 2 other songs my 12, and I gave Lithuania my 12 last year. But this is super catchy and makes me want to dance around my workplace too. I really wanna be a star! 10/10.

14 Portugal It’s a nice song, but my feelings on Shawn are “eh” since he has other songs I really don’t like. Maybe I went into this biased, but I had to judge the songs somehow. 7/10.

15 Tunisia The main singer’s voice and singing style are really cool, a good pick to represent a North African country. I wasn’t as enthusiastic about the other singer though and didn’t like those parts as much. 7/10.

16 Bulgaria What happened to my stage-owning Na Inat and ILWAC Poli? Pleasant but not a standout. I’m also constantly afraid of her falling in those heels in this video. 6.5/10.

17 Iceland I am a sucker for brass like this and will totally jam to it. Whoever wrote the lyrics also had a good ear for the sounds of the words, since they flow together really well, like they’re part of the music themselves. Love this! 9.5/10.

18 Monaco Another song in the weird category. Weirder than Andorra for sure. Not my style of weird either, though it seems to be some people’s style of weird (all those 1 pts!) 3/10.

19 Armenia If you know my music taste well enough you’ll know that I love solid beats. The drums in this are so my style and I feel like I’m being called to climb mountains and start fires. Really good, so glad I voted for it. 9/10.

20 Denmark I’ve heard other Eivør songs in previous contests and I feel let down by this one. She’s done some really cool atmospheric and ancient-sounding stuff and this feels like an average ballad. 5.5/10.

21 Algeria This country has produced some really great artists in various contests! Love Zaho (and sent her to Eslariavision), so I’m really glad to see her create another dark but danceable tune, and thanks for the HoD who entered it! 9/10.

22 Slovakia I never quite decided how I feel about this song. I like it, but it was never enough to lift it into voting territory. Was pretty attracted to Lina in the video though... 7/10.

23 Turkey Has the strong beats and cool instrumentation I’ve come to expect from Turkish music. It looks like a summer party song from the video, but from the sound I’d probably play it for running or fighting or something intense like that. 7/10.

24 Bosnia and Herzegovina Didn’t care for this song on first listen because I didn’t watch it with lyric subtitles. Watched it later with the lyrics, felt awful because I didn’t have it in my jury votes, televoted many times. This should’ve done better, it’s a song we all can relate to. Well, I don’t have a prostate but I can relate to the rest. 9.5/10.

25 Greece I have mixed feelings about this song. On one hand I feel that her voice is too weak and blends with the instruments too much. On the other hand this gets stuck in my head constantly and then I get the urge to dance in the street. So I think in the end it’s a good choice. 8/10.

26 Lebanon Sadly shot down in the rankings, I think, by its lack of a music video. It’s a nice chill song, and I like the guitar in it. 7/10.

27 Switzerland Nuela Charles can be sent for at least 3 countries, I think, so it’s not a surprise we saw her again. I liked her Africavision song much better though (and would’ve given it 12 if I hadn’t been running the contest), this one doesn’t have the same power so I felt disappointed. 6.5/10.

Will do the second half when I get the chance!

[emmadeforests]

Hello, and welcome to Morocco’s national final for @africavision 2017!

Here are the songs.

1. Shatha Hassoun - Ykhbal (link: https://youtu.be/hfQ2p-aABGY) 2. Douzi ft Dj Maze - Awal Hob (link: https://youtu.be/Gm6L6ODiPK4) 3. Hoda Saad - Elly Ghab (link: https://youtu.be/utQsk20kDsE) 4. Zina Daoudia ft Dj Van - Rendez-Vous (link: https://youtu.be/-IX1WPNSiZY) 5. Bigg - Lqaleb (link: https://youtu.be/7iC9Ke3OIVM) 6. Samira Said - Hawa Hawa (link: https://youtu.be/p3NWs585VRw) 7. Ibtissam Tiskat - Menak Wla Meni (link: https://youtu.be/0KfO5lQUIZE) 8. Saad Lamjarred - Ghaltana (link: https://youtu.be/ZulwKDO-6B4)

GUEST JURIES – you have until 11:00 PM EST (5 AM CEST) on Tuesday, May 30 to send in your TOP FOUR songs, ranked. The songs will receive 8, 5, 3, and 1 point(s) respectively.

TELEVOTE – the link to the televote poll is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJhBGytS3-XptPz-5dhdN8s2_p4DdmYHHHd8l9-cnRx9mRuA/viewform?usp=sf_link#responses . If this link doesn’t work, send me a message and I’ll try and fix it ASAP. Thanks so much!

[keehaag]

FAARROW Sings For Somalia (Africavision 2017 National Final)

It has already been determined that Somali-Canadian sister duo FAARROW will represent Somalia at @africavision 2017, but it’s now up to the public to decide which song they will compete with! There are seven candidate songs that voters will need to rate from 0 to 10 based on how much they like the song, 0 being they don’t like the song at all and 10 being they like the song very much. Let’s take a look at the songs that will be competing:

Song #1: Burn

Song #2: Chasing Highs

Song #3: Get It

Song #4: Lost

Song #5: One of Them Nights

Song #6: Shut Up

Song #7: Werk

Below you will find the poll to rate all the songs as well as a Youtube playlist that contains all seven competing entries. Voting is open now and will close on Tuesday, 13 June at 4pm/16:00 CEST (convert to your timezone here). We thank you in advance for voting and hope to see you supporting FAARROW at Africavision 2017!

Click here to view a Youtube playlist of all competing entries

Click here to vote in the song selection poll

[ghanacalling-blog]

Semi-Final 1

Starting today, Ghana is holding her first semi-final to choose her song for @africavision. If you have some free time, take a listen to the videos below for our 8 entries - only 4 will make it through to the Grand Final next weekend!

Juries - Let us know in an IM or through our Ask Box your ranking of the 8 entries. We’ll reply to confirm when we get your votes. 

Televote - If you’ve not signed up to be a jury member, we’d still really love if you would vote for your favourites using our tele vote. All votes are anonymous, and you can vote as many times as you would like. 

The vote will stay open until Friday 9th June at 11.59pm BST.

So, without further preamble, here are Ghana’s first 8 semi-finalists...

1. Only - Fuse ODG

2. Ebeyeyie - Kuami Eugene

3. Jorley - Efya ft. Sarkodie

4. Space Diaspora - OY

5. My Name - Stonebwoy

6. Kupe - Ebony

7. We Are One - E.L. 

8. Abrofra - MzVee ft. Efya

[astormlikethis-remaking]

Welcome to the Ethiopian national final for @africavision​ 2017! We have four songs to present to the public audience, which they will then vote on. 

Entry #1 Song: Boogie Boogie Cha Cha Artist: Yitagesu Nibretu

Entry #2 Song: Konjo Artist: Stif Lion

Entry #3 Song: Chemere Artist: Yared Negu

Entry #4 Song: False Alarm Artist: The Weeknd

Youtube playlist

Note: Make sure to listen to all four songs, you will be asked to rank each one from 1-10 at the link below.

VOTE HERE

[matthews-nfs]

Results from Kenya!

so

this was a close one

as a reminder, the songs competing to represent Kenya at @africavision were "Doing Her Thing Tho" by Fena Gitu, "Malaika" by Nyashinski, "Saying Goodbye" by J. S. Ondara, "Suzie Noma" by Muthoni Drummer Queen, "Niombee" by Bensoul, "Brighter Days" by Sauti Sol ft. Soweto Gospel Choir, and "Whatchyu Want?" by Murfy's fLaw

in 7th place

with 20 points

was

"Malaika" by Nyashinski

in 6th place

with 22 points

was

"Niombee" by Bensoul

in 5th place

with 34 points

was

my personal favorite, "Saying Goodbye" by J. S. Ondara

in 4th place

with 42 points

was

"Doing Her Thing Tho" by Fena Gitu

so the top three were Suzie Noma, Brighter Days, and Whatchyu Want?

in 3rd place

with 49 points

was

"Suzie Noma" by Muthoni Drummer Queen

the top two, Brighter Days and Whatchyu Want?...

actually tied

with a whopping 72 points each

so to break ties, I looked at which song got more 7/7 scores

and there was a tie

so I looked at which song got more 6/7 scores

and there was a tie

so I looked at which song got more 5/7 scores

and it was still very much tied

so I looked at which song got more 4/7 scores

and there was NOT a tie

which means the winning song, which will represent Kenya because it got more 4/7 scores

is

"Whatchyu Want?" by Murfy's fLaw! Listen to the winning song now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS9cIn03WCU

[africavision]

Who can win?

With three televotes left to be revealed, who might win Africavision 2020?

Togo is in the lead right now. Can they hold onto it even with the top 3 televotes to go?

Uganda won the jury vote, with 120 points. But will the televote let Janice hold on to victory?

Algeria received douze points from quite a few of the juries--in fact, it received more 12s than any other country! Is that a sign that the televote will bring them a win?

Democratic Republic of the Congo is in 10th place now, but we all know that the televote can make or break a result. Will Sam Renascent take the crown after all?

[emmadeforests]

Morocco Song For Africa SF2

Life has been hard and this is very very late. SO!!! You all have THREE DAYS to vote in this, and I'm changing the rules a bit. TELEVOTING - gets three votes as usual. However please direct message your votes to me as I do not have the capability to make a Google Form right now. JURY VOTING - same rules as before. Send me your top 4 songs. And the songs are - 1. Rajaa Kasabni - ZA3MA https://youtu.be/Fzi2ImVKQss 2. Elam Jay ft Mirela Jay - Angelina https://youtu.be/MhNYGHEm1do 3. Zina Daoudia - Sayidati https://youtu.be/okf_lJgPWBg 4. Ahmed Soultan - Afrobian https://youtu.be/OOvjEo7alFk 5. Salma Rachid - Wesh Jdedak https://youtu.be/39aAKynxR0U 6. Asma Lamnawar - Sabiya https://youtu.be/zQ9Bq4yU9k8 7. Hatim Ammor - Hasdouna https://youtu.be/O6p-_SY5DfM 8. Jannat - Aiza Araab https://youtu.be/KAQmNvSgG2I @africavision

[africavision]

Africavision Preliminary Timeline

May 29 or June 3: HoD signups begin by sending an ask to this blog! Date choice will depend on whether people would rather sign up right after esc2ndchance or on a weekend.

June 14: Song submission deadline. NFs can run from sign-up day until this day.

June 17: Song reveal show!

June 17-21: Voting period for jury and televote.

June 24: Results show!

Right now I think events will happen at 1 pm CDT (8 pm CEST, 4 am next day AEST). This can be adjusted if the time zones of participants favor a certain time.

This schedule will be posted later as part of a general information page. If there are any major problems with a date (such as holidays that I don’t have where I live), send me an ask or message, and if it’s an issue for multiple people I will change the date.

Enjoy the contest!