{"id":11721,"date":"2025-03-09T11:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/?p=11721"},"modified":"2025-03-09T19:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T18:05:42","slug":"eurovision-2025-kaj-suede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/eurovision-2025-kaj-suede\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2025 Kaj for Sweden, Gabry Ponte for San Marino and Napa for Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was one of the last nights of the national finals, which would produce three new candidates for Eurovision 2025, and we might as well say it straight away: tonight Sweden saw a Revolution! But... not the one we were expecting with the victory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/mans-zelmerlow\/\">Mans<\/a>, the big favourite since its announcement at Melodifestivalen 2025. Instead, Sweden has decided to send the song \"\u00a0<em>Bara Bada Bastu<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/kaj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaj<\/a>a song that really stands out from the crowd <em>swedish-pop <\/em>usual line-up. A trio of Finnish comedians, singing entirely in Swedish (for the first time since 2006 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/carola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carola<\/a>), and eliminates a former Eurovision winner (exactly 10 years after his victory), that's unprecedented! We'll tell you more about this thunderclap from the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_76789\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WK3HOMhAeQY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WK3HOMhAeQY\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For the San Marino Song Contest, after a long pre-season with interminable auditions (of over 50 candidates), it was another surprise that the microstate caused by sending... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/gabry-ponte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabry Ponte<\/a> ! If you've been following the Sanremo festival in mid-February, the name will ring a bell. He wrote the song \"\u00a0<em>Tutta l'Italia<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb, the theme song for the Sanremo festival. And if that name doesn't ring a bell, just remember that he was a member of the group Eiffel 65, thanks to whom our summer of 1999 was full of \"\u00a0<em>I'm Blu Da Ba Dee<\/em>... \" . It was clear that something was happening in the room. It's an energetic song that gets you dancing to Italian clich\u00e9s (albeit benevolent ones) with an easy gimmick that gets stuck in your head. So much so that there were numerous messages from fans who wanted Gabry Ponte to represent Italy after Olly turned down the offer following his Sanremo victory. The rest is history. Gabry Ponte was put forward as a last-minute candidate for the San Marino Song Contest and... he won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_68725\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-GK2VVpSqUI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-GK2VVpSqUI\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The third country to reveal its Eurovision artist is Portugal, with the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/napa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Napa<\/a> from Madeira, with their title <em>Deslocado<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_56955\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-s1Cc2uEj3U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-s1Cc2uEj3U\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>With all this, the bookmakers are in an uproar and this morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/eurovision-2025-predictions\/\">Sweden and Austria have the same chance of victory<\/a>. The next few weeks will be full of excitement, and this year's competition promises to be very close.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C&rsquo;\u00e9tait l&rsquo;une derni\u00e8res soir\u00e9es de finales nationales qui allaient produire trois nouveaux candidats \u00e0 l&rsquo;Eurovision 2025, et autant le dire tout de suite, la Su\u00e8de a v\u00e9\u00e7u ce soir une R\u00e9volution ! Mais&#8230; pas celle qu&rsquo;on attendait avec la victoire de Mans, grand favori depuis son annonce au Melodifestivalen 2025. 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