Poland - Tulia - Fire Of Love (Pali Się)

the vinyl single

11 - 120 pts in semi 1
Poland will be represented by Tulia in Tel Aviv. They are a traditional Polish vocal group working with modern songs and arrangements.

The song for Eurovision is a new version of the song Pali Się which was already released last year. The new version includes a part in English, hence the title Fire Of Love. (Pali Się)
The song is written by Sonia Krasny and Nadia Dalin. The English lyrics are by Allan Rich and Jud Friedmann.
Tulia are Tulia Biczak, Joanna Sinkiewicz, Patrycja Nowicka and Dominika Siepka.
The group came into the spotlights after Depeche Mode shared their folk version of Enjoy The Silence through their socials.

The Eurovision version is here and also available through the usual digital stores.
The original Pali Się (in Polish) video is here.

Digital release image

Vinyl
A limited edition vinyl single is released exclusively through Empik, a Polish chain of book/music/media stores. The also have a web shop that sells internationally. (But you have to brush up on your Polish to do order...)
The single includes the Eurovision version and the original version.
Here's the single at Empik, out on April 19.
It comes in deliscious red and white marbled vinyl.
Empik sold the singles as signed copies.
(Universal 602577 625503)
The single is also included in the presspack used in Tel Aviv. These are not autographed.

Tulia released their debut Tulia album in 2018 and it became a platinum selling album.
The original version of Pali Się (It's on fire) was already released on a new special edition of this album Tulia on November 9.

Picture from Empik record store

The Tulia (Special edition) album was released on 2CD and 2LP on gorgeous white/pink marbled transparant vinyl.
Tulia Special Edition 2CD (Universal Music Polska 7720798)
Tulia Special Edition 2LP (Universal Music Polska 7720805)

Note: There's another special edition CD from the Empik webshop, but that one is from June 2018 and does not include Pali Się yet.

Tulia 2CD deluxe version

Versions
Fire Of Love (Pali Się)
- digital single,vinyl single, Tel Aviv 2CD
Pali Się - original
- 2CD/2LP Tulia (Deluxe edition), vinyl single
Fire Of Love (Pali Się) - karaoke
- the karaoke is actually instrumental (no backing vocals) and can be found official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources
Poland 2018 has links to the Polish entries from 2009 on.
Tulia Website (in Polish) FB, Insta
Thanks to Marcin!

Armenia - Srbuk - Walking Out

16 - 49 pts in semi 2

Promo

Srbuk travels to Tel Aviv to wave the Armenian flag.
The Eurovision song, Walking Out, was revealed on March 10.

Piano Cover DRI

The song is written by Lost Capital (a.k.a. Tim Enso a.k.a. Artemy Reimich), tokionine and Garik Papoyan.

A digital single was released on March 18.
Watch and listen here
Another version named the Piano Cover was released on April 19. It's a long version, with piano (duh) by Srbuk herself , so in Eurovision Collectors Guide's terms it's not a Cover, but that's what our Srbuk calls it.
A remix, the Going Deeper Mix, was released on April 26.
In June all except karaoke were already removed from Spotify.

The promo used in Tal Aviv is a 3-track cd-r attached to a large folder.

Digital release image

It has the original / Eurovision version, the Piano cover and the Going Deeper mix. (see versions below)

Srbuk (Srbuhi Sargsian, Սրբուհի Սարգսյան) rose to national fame after a 2nd place on Armenian X-factor and a 4th in The Voice.
She has released a few singles of which Half A Godess is the latest one.

Lyricist Garik Papoyan also wrote the lyrics to Aram MP3's Not Alone (2014).

first Remix DRI

Versions
Walking Out
- digital release, Tel Aviv 2CD, promo
Walking Out - Piano Cover
- digital release, promo
Walking Out - Going Deeper mix
- digital release, promo
Walking Out - karaoke
- on the official karaoke album

2nd Remix DRI

Links and sources
Armenia 2018 has the links to all Armenian entries from 2009 to 2018.
Srbuk FB
Thanks to Krzysztof and to Nigel.

Moldova - Anna Odobescu - Stay

Digital release image

12 - 85 pts in semi 2
Anna Obodescu is the winner of the Moldovan selection. Her song Stay represented the country in Tel Aviv. Stay is written by Georgios Kalpakidis, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil and Maria Broberg.
You can listen to the song here. (YT)
The official videoclip is here

Stay was released as a digital single on February 1st, along with an instrumental and karaoke version.
The version on the Eurovision album is a new recording.

A promo is issued. It's a 1-track cd-r which has the song as mp3.

In 2018 Anna entered the Moldovan selection with the song Agony.

Moldova's final was on March 3. All songs can still be heard at TRM's Youtube (here)  but they didn't make a playlist, but some fans did. (here)

2nd DRI

Versions (see comments)
Stay - Eurovision version
- on the Tel Aviv 2CD
Stay - single version
Stay - karaoke a.k.a alternative edit
Stay - instrumental
- above three on digital single release
Stay - Eurovision karaoke
- on the official digital karaoke album
Stay - Original version
- TRM video (pre-selection audio)

Links and sources
Moldova 2018 has links to all Moldovan entries from 2009 on.
Eurovision Moldova FB
Anna Odobescu FB
Thanks to Krzysztof and Pino (see comments) and Nigel.

Denmark - Leonora - Love Is Forever

12 - 120 pts / 10 - 94 pts in semi 2
Leonora (Leonora Colmor Jepsen) is the winner of the 2019 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2019 with the song Love Is Forever. The song is in English but has a few French, German and Danish mots thrown in.
The song is written by Lise Cabble, Melanie Wehbe and Emil Lei.

2nd digital release image

The entry was released as a digital single on February 1.
Here's the lyric video (DMGP Youtube channel)

A version recorded with Livestrings (the Strings version) was released on April 19.

DRI DMGP

The final of the Danish Melodi Grand Prix was held on February 23.
You can listen to the participating songs here at DR's Grand Prix pages. All songs have been released  through the usual digital sources. In some territories the songs are available as a digital album.

The songwriters:
Lisa Cabble has (co) written many Danish Melodi Grand Prix entries and some made it to Eurovision. And one even won the whole thing.
1995 - Fra Mols Til Skagen - Aud Wilken
2011 - New Tomorrow - A Friend In London
2013 - Only Teardrops - Emmelie De Forest
Melanie Wehbe (co) wrote a few Melodifestivalen tunes includion the glorious Victorious by Lina Hedlund (MF 2019)

Versions
Love Is Forever - original
- digital release, Tel Aviv 2CD
Love Is Forever - Strings version with Livestrings
- digital release
Love Is Forever - karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts
Denmark Tracklisten top 40: 16, 30, -
France top 200 (IFOP): 128, -
Scottish singles top 100 (OCC): 77, -

First digital release image

Links and sources
Denmark 2018 has links to all Danish entries from 2009 on.
DR Melodi Grand Prix pages
Leonora Jepsen FB, Insta