Italy | Irene Fornaciari - "Blu"

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Italian singer Irene Fornaciari was born in Pietrasanta, Italy, in 1983. She took part of this year's Festival di Sanremo with "Blu", a ballad which is very calm in the verses but explodes into a fantastic chorus!

United Kingdom | Raleigh Ritchie - "You're a man now, boy"

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We are still in love with Raleigh Ritchie's single "Never better", which is surely one of our favorite songs of the year by now. So it was not a surprise that we also fell in love with his new release, "You're a man now, boy". It's another great track, with amazing ambience.

Sweden | Molly Hammar - "Hunger"

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After the unfair result of 2015, Molly Hammar returned to Melodifestivalen this year with hunger for victory. Unfairly again, the odds weren't in her favour: her catchy and very contemporary entry, "Hunger", couldn't make it to the final of the competition. She still slayed with class and killer vocals in the live performance, leaving all of us with our jaws dropped!

Updated on July 5th, 2018, with the new stage name of the artist.

Slovakia | Miro Jaroš - "Rieka"

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Miro Jaroš is a Slovak singer who was born in Žilina in 1978. We don't know what took us so long to get to know his single "Rieka", but we are surely glad it has finally happened. Because, oh wow, what an excellent song it is! It is a shower of melodic power, wrapped in an absolutely flawless vocal performance by Miro. A true masterpiece, which we elected our song of the week!

France | Amir - "J'ai cherché"

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Last week, Amir went under all the spotlights in France, after he was named the country's representative on this year's Eurovision Song Contest. He will fly to Stockholm with the song "J'ai cherché", a very modern, catchy and bilingual pop track which has already captured hearts in home soil and expects to do the same in the whole continent!

Norway | Catching Cooper - "Firefly"

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Time to present a new group of boys who are trying to take over the world: meet Catching Cooper, from Norway. According to their biography, "there is no such thing as a guilty pleasure". And oh, do they show it on their music! Their single "Firefly" could even be qualified as a guilty pleasure. But no: we do not feel guilty of loving it. It's impossible not to, anyway!

Netherlands | Douwe Bob - "Slow down"

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The Netherlands had announced its plans for Eurovision early last year, when they told everybody that Douwe Bob would represent them on Stockholm. But it was only last week that he presented his song: "Slow down" is a very country-inspired track, which follows the trend set by The Common Linnets two years ago.

Slovenia | Nuša Derenda - "Tip top"

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Slovenia will go to Eurovision with "Blue and red". But ManuElla's song is not the only one which called attention during EMA, the Slovene National Final for the contest. Nuša Derenda (who has been on Eurovision in 2001, holding her country's best result ever together with Darja Švajger) has also presented an amazing song: "Tip top" was pop at its purest state. Catchy, contagious and very inviting!

Sweden | Mavrick - "Funeral"

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Mavrick is a 25 year-old Swedish singer hailing from Stenungsund, but currently living in Stockholm. His music promises to take the country's pop scene by storm: "Funeral", his most recent single, is a pure and amazing mix of pop and alternative sounds.

Italy | Giovanni Caccamo feat. Deborah Iurato - "Via da qui"

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After winning the Nuove Proposte section (for new artists) of Festival di Sanremo in 2015 with the beautiful "Ritornerò da te", Giovanni Caccamo returned to the competition in 2016, this time in the main category. He has gathered with the very talented Deborah Iurato for "Via da qui". It's a smooth and beautiful track. Their voices work very nicely together.