A Choice for Titonüi 2
A Choice for Titonüi 2 | ||||
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Dates | ||||
Final | 13 January 2018 | |||
Host | ||||
Venue | Cupola, Titonovia | |||
Presenter(s) | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
Host broadcaster | Titonüiyia Television (TTV) | |||
Opening act | Luna performing "Free Somebody" & "Keep On Doin'" | |||
Interval act | Ellie Goulding performing "Something In The Way You Move" | |||
Participants | ||||
Number of entries | 10 | |||
Vote | ||||
Voting system | Each country gives 1-8, 10 and 12 points to all songs. | |||
Winning song | Against The Current "Legends Never Die" | |||
A Choice for Titonüi | ||||
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A Choice for Titonüi 2 was the second edition of the A Choice for Titonüi national finals, and it selected Titonüi's entry for Zendari Song Contest 2. It was confirmed to return on the 12th of December 2017, with the songs being revealed during the 24th of December 2017 and 30th of December 2017.
On the 13th of January 2018, it was revealed that Against The Current had won the contest with 109 points, beating the runner-up Misha B by 16 points.
Hints and Rumors
On the 24th of December, Titonüiyia Television revealed a few hints of the upcoming artists and songs, along with some facts.
- 8 songs are in English, and 2 songs are in Romanian and Korean.
- There are 3 songs which people may be deemed as novelty acts, and they go out as #5, #6 and #10. TTV has claimed that it is very rare to close on a novelty act.
- The line-up contains one band with a female singer, one female group, six solo female artists, one solo male artist and one duo with one male and one female. This means that the majority of acts in A Choice for Titonüi 2 are females.
- There are a total of 17 people competing in A Choice for Titonüi 2.
- The youngest person competing is under the age of 10, and the oldest person competing is 40. The average age is 26.
Rumours
- The female group was rumoured to be a Korean pop group, potentially F(X) - which the first entrant for Titonüi in Zendari Song Contest, Luna, is in.
- The band was rumoured to be RIVALS.
- Emma Blackery was rumoured to be in the contest, however, Emma denied these rumours on Twitter.
- Ivy Levan has spoken out openly about submitting a song to compete in A Choice for Titonüi 2, but later stopped talking about it.
- Ingrid Michaelson, the runner-up in the first edition of the contest, was rumoured to compete.
- Kesha was rumoured to be making a debut.
- Olya Polyakova was rumoured to be in the running order, but after the languages of each song was revealed, the rumours stopped.
- During the press conference held on the 24th of December, according to a few sources, several head of delegation workers were overheard mentioning Misha B and Trisha Paytas. Later, it was revealed that Misha B and Trisha Paytas were indeed in the running order.
- One of the novelty acts were rumoured to be sung by a drag queen. Derrick Barry and Manila Luzon were rumoured to be competing. However, this was proven false on the 27th of December, when Titonüiyia Television revealed all three of the novelty acts.
- Lady Goo Goo was rumoured to be competing, and to be one of the novelty acts. This was confirmed to be correct on the 27th of December.
- The solo male artist was rumoured to be Wrabel, or Zayde Wolf. However, this was incorrect, as on the 25th of December, Titonüiyia Television revealed that the only solo male artist competing is Eli Lieb.
Participants
A playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.
# | Artist | Song | Detailed International Jury Votes | Total | Placement | |||||||||||||
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1 | Against The Current | "Legends Never Die" | 12 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 109 | 1 |
2 | Rachel Platten | "Perfect For You" | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 9 |
3 | EXID | "DDD" | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 10 |
4 | Misha B | "Home Run" | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 2 |
5 | Trisha Paytas | "I Love You Jesus" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 6 |
6 | Haiducii | "Dragostea Din Tei" | 3 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 80 | 5 |
7 | Eli Lieb | "Kissing Your Tattoos" | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 7 |
8 | Snavs ft. KING | "End With You" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 8 |
9 | Lights | "New Fears" | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 91 | 3 |
10 | Lady Goo Goo | "The Moshi Dance" | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 4 |