Germany - Violent Thing - Ben Dolic feat B-OK.

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Ben Dolic (feat. B-OK) was to represent Germany in Rotterdam with the song Violent Thing written by Borislav Milanov, Peter St. James, Dag Lundberg, Jimmy Thorén en Connor Martin.
The song was released on February 27.
A shorter edit known as the Stage version was released on April 24. (digital). This one ended op on the official 2020 2CD.

The original version can be found on the 2CD Bravo Hits 109 (Sony Universal)

B-OK is Boris Milanov.

Versions
Violent thing - Stage version
- official 2CD
Violent thing - single version
- digital release, CD Bravo Hits 109
Violent thing - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources
Ben Dolic FB

Germany 2021 is not Ben Dolic

Latvia - Still breathing - Samanta Tīna

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Samanta Tīna (Samanta Poļakova) is the winner of the Latvian Supernova selection. Her song Still Breathing was the Eurovision entry intended for Rotterdam 2020.

Samanta wrote the music and Aminata Savadogo wrote the lyrics.

Here's the official videoclip and here's the pre-Supernova presentation video

Still Breathing was released as a digital single on November 28.
A remix by DJ Monsta is available now on Spotify and a few websites.

Samanta is back for 2021!

Nobody has been trying to get to Eurovision as hard as Samanta Tīna.

2012 - I Want You Back (duet with Dāvids Kalandija, 2nd place in final)

2012 - For Father (7th in semi-final)

2013 - I Need A Hero (2nd place)

2014 - Stay (3rd place)

2016 - The Love Is Forever (finalist but Samanta withdrew)

2016 - We Live For Love (5th in quarter final)

2021

She also participated in the Lithuanian selection:

2013 - Hey Chiki Mama (Duet with Vudis, 4th in first round)

2017 - Tavo Oda (Your skin), (Duet with Tadas Rimgaila, 7th in first round)

She was the winner of X-Factor latvia in 2010 and was also a finalist in The Voice Lithuania in 2014.

Latvia decided on Februari 8 in Supernova 2020, the contest to select the Eurovision entry.
Latvia's LTV had selected nine finalists for this years final
In an earlier stage 26 contenders were uploaded for us all to enjoy

Wanna have a listen?
Finalists (LTV Youtube playlist) or you can listen to All 26 songs (LTV Youtube playlist)

Versions
Still Breathing - Single version
- Official 2CD
Still Breathing - remix by DJ Monsta
- limited digital release
Still Breathing - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources
LTV Supernova pages and FB
Samanta Tīna FB, 2021

Romania - Alcohol You - Roxen

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Roxen was chosen to represent Romania in the Rotterdam 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song, selected on March 1, is Alcohol You written by Ionut Armas, Viky Red and Breyan Isaac.
Alcohol You was released as a digital single on February 21 along with three other songs from the preselection.

Four of the five songs were released through the digital stores and streamers initially.
The fifth one (Colors)  followed on March 10.

A new version was made for Eurovision
Here's the official video.
I don't know about iTunes, Amazon and the likes but Spotify and Deezer have replaced the old version with the new one.

Roxen will sing for Romania in the next Eurovision Song Contest. More about that at the 2021 Collection.

Romania chose their singer behind closed doors and a song will be chosen in a five-song televised final on March 1.
The songs were revealed on February 21.
Listen to all songs Here


Roxen (Larisa Roxana Giurgiu) released two singles last year: Ce-ți cântă dragostea  (What does your love sing) and I Don't Care.
She also supplied the vocals to You Don't Love Me by Sickotoy which was a top 10 hit in Romania and Bulgaria.

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Mixdrinks
Alcohol You was released in a remix on April 4.
The Soundland remix is available now. Thanks Rick!

Versions
Alcohol You - Eurovision version
- Official 2CD
Alcohol You - first version
- digital release, replaced with ESC version
Alcohol You - Soundland remix
- digital release
Alcohol You - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources

Picture supplied by TVR

Roxen FB, 2021
TVR / Eurovision Romania