Latvia - Funny Girl - Laura Rizzotto

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12 - 106 pts in semi 2

Funny Girl by Laura Rizzotto is the Latvian entry for the 2018 Eurovision.
Laura won the four round Supernova contest on February 24. She wrote and produced the song herself.

Funny Girl was released as a digital single on December 6 (2017).

Laura Rizzotto has released two albums so far:
Made In Rio in 2011 and Reason To Stay in 2014.
Although she has Brazilian roots, her previous albums are more country-tinged than anything Bossa.
In 2017 she released a 4-track EP Ruby which is a departure from her country flavor and is more in the style of the Eurovision song.
She has recorded several of her songs both in English and Portuguese so might we see a Portuguese version of Funny Girl someday?

Versions
Funny girl - single version
- digital release
Funny girl - first version
- was on Supernova website
Funny girl - karaoke version
- digital release
Two remixes by [Ex] Da Bass can be downloaded at [Ex] Da Bass' Soundcloud

The 2017 Ruby EP (DRI)

Links and sources:
Laura Rizzotto: Website, Facebook, Instagram
Supernova pages
Latvia's latest hits and misses: 2017 -  2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 

Ukraine - Under The Ladder - Mélovin

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17 - 130 pts, 6 - 179 pts in semi 2

Ukraine's National Final on February 24 was won by Mélovin with the song Under The Ladder.
Under The Ladder was first released as a digital single on January 18.
A new version plus its instrumental were released on March 5.
It seems the original version has been replaced and is no longer available.

Mélovin (real name Kostyantyn Bocharov, Костянти́н Бочаро́в) wrote the song himself with Mike Ryals and Anton Karskyi.

In 2017 he already tried to get to Eurovision but his song Wonder ended third in the Ukrainian selection.
In 2015 he won the Ukraine X-Factor competition.

Versions
Under The Ladder - new version
- 1 track promo
Under The Ladder - original version
Under The Ladder - instrumental (= karaoke)
- digital releases

Links and sources
Mélovin: Facebook, Instagram
STB Eurovision pages 
Ukraine's recent entries: 2017 - 1944 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009