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Jury members list (preliminary) VERSION 1 - Last update: 1 May 2015 12:00CEST

Country Allocation First name Middle name Last name Commonly known as Gender Age Occupation/profession Short biography (un-edited, as delivered by the participating broadcasters)

Albania Backup Jury Member Altin Goci male 41 Art Manager / Musician Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts for canto. Co founder of the well known Albanian band Ritfolk. Excellent singer of live music. Plays violin, harmonica and .

Albania Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Bojken Lako male 39 TV and theater director Started music career in 1993 with the band Fish hook, producer of first in 1993 King of beers. In 1999 and 2014 runner up at FiK. Many concerts in Albania and abroad. Collaborated with Band Adriatica, now part of Bojken Lako band.

Albania Jury Member 2 Klodian Qafoku male 35 Composer Participant in various concerts and contests, winner of several prizes, also in children festivals. Winner of FiK in 2005, participant in ESC 2006. Composer of first Albanian etno musical Life ritual. Worked as etno musicologist at Albanology Study Center.

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Albania Jury Member 4 Arta Marku female 45 Journalist TV moderator of art and cultural shows. Editor in chief, main editor and editor of several important magazines and newspapers in Albania.

Albania Jury Member 5 Zhani Ciko male 69 Violinist Former Artistic Director and Director General of Theater of Opera and Ballet of . Former Director of Artistic Jordan Misja. Artistic Director of Symphonic Orchestra of Albanian Radio Television. One of the most well known Albanian musicians.

Armenia Backup Jury Member Arevik Yuri Udumyan Arevik Udumyan female 31 producer, host Arevik Udumyan is a famous producer and host in . She is a creator of more than 7 programs. She is also the diractor of production from 2009.

Armenia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Grigor Dzhumashutov Nazaryan Grigor Nazaryan male 44 producer, musical producer Grigor Nazaryan was born in 1970 in . He graduated fromYerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heraci. He worked as a producer at Sharm company from 1991-2003 and also as a director of <> TV (2002-2004) .He is a founder of TATA production.

Armenia Jury Member 2 Nune Martik Yesayan Nune Yesayan female 45 Singer Nune Yesayan is a popular Armenian pop singer who began singing with an Armenian jazz band in the early 1990s . She has more then 10 CDs and more then 20 video-clips. Nune had many concerts both in Armenia and in the whole world. She is an honorary artist of Armenia from 2006.

Armenia Jury Member 3 Leyla Andranik Saribekyan Leyla Saribekyan female 51 Singer, Composer Leyla was born in , and started her music education there attending music school and children vocal arrangement ensemble. She is a famous singer in Armenia.Leyla is an Honored Artist of Republic of Armenia.

Armenia Jury Member 4 Aram Avetiq Sargsyan male 31 Singer-, comedian and showman Aram Sargsyan, better known by his stage name Aram Mp3 is an Armenian singer-songwriter, comedian and showman. He represented Armenia in the Song Contest 2014 in , with the song "Not Alone"

Armenia Jury Member 5 Aren Norayr Bayadyan Aren Bayadyan male 33 Director Aren Bayadyan is a very popular and required diractor in Armenia. He is a director of more than 50 video-clips. He graduated from Yerevan State institute of theatre and cinematography.

Australia Backup Jury Member Chris Holland Chris Holland male 31 Radio Announcer and Music Director Chris is a multiple award winning commercial radio programmer and announcer. He is a radio host and network Music Director with Australia’s largest broadcasting company, Southern Cross Austereo, programming music for over 30 radio stations across all states of the country.

Australia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Amanda Pelman Amanda Pelman female 61 Music & Concert Producer Amanda has a distinguished career in Australian music. She has worked at record labels where she signed a young , cast leading musicals (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), produced live events (Long Way to the Top) and judged music television programs (It Takes Two).

Australia Jury Member 2 Richard Wilkins Richard Wilkins male 60 Radio DJ / entertainment journalist A trained violinist Richard is known as a television/radio host and performer (Grease: The Arena Spectacular). With 27 years in the Australian music and television he is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the community through the entertainment industry.

Australia Jury Member 3 Danielle Spencer Danielle Spencer female 46 singer/songwriter Danielle began singing and learning piano at aged 4. As an adult she worked in film, television and theatre before releasing her debut album White Monkey in 2001. She toured internationally after the release of her second album in 2010 and is currently working on a new album.

Australia Jury Member 4 Ash Ash London female 28 Radio Broadcaster / TV Presenter Ash is a popular radio and TV music presenter, co-hosting Take 40 (Australia’s longest running radio chart show) as well as the Shazam Top 20. On TV Ash co-hosts The Loop, a show currently in its third season.

Australia Jury Member 5 Jake Stone Jake Stone male 35 songwriter/performer Jake boasts a varied and successful music career as a music journalist (The Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone Australia), performer (with his band Bluejuice), radio host (), songwriter and event host (MusicNSW, Vivid Festival).

Austria Backup Jury Member Raoul Herget male 57 musician, musical director, musical educator Raould Herget studied Jazz at the conservatory, worked with the Vienna Symphonics and did concerts with Friedrich Gulda, Gil Evans and Michael Mantler.

Austria Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Gary Lux male 56 musicproducer, wirter, composer, singer, musician Gary Lux participated for Austria at the ESC three times, once with his band "Westend"and twice as solist - very successfully (8.) with his song "Kinder dieser Welt". Beside that he was Musical director for many TV-Shows.

Austria Jury Member 2 Manuel Ortega male 35 singer-songwriter Manuel represented Austria at the ESC in 2002. He is a singer-songwriter, won an Amadeus Music Award and also won the famous Austrian TV-Show "Dancing Stars". New Album came out lately.

Austria Jury Member 3 Christian Deix male 50 singer-songwriter, producer, arragner, actor, journalist Singer-Songwriter für the Austrian Pop-Rockgroup "Espresso" with 3 and several chart-hits, Nomination für Amadeus Musicaward, supprt act for James Brown, Level 42 and The Beach Boys

Austria Jury Member 4 Vanessa Legenstein Como female 33 singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, musician 4 Charts Singles in Austria Top 40 official Charts, 2 Top 20 Hits , massive radio support, 3 Nominations for Austrian Music Award, currently producing next album, new single coming up on April 17.

Austria Jury Member 5 Franziska Trost female 37 music journalist Head of Music department of one of Austria's biggest tabloids , "Kronen Zeitung" since 2003. Did interviews for example with , Metallica, and lots of others.

Azerbaijan Backup Jury Member Azer Zeynalov male 50 opera singer Azer Zeynalov (born december 13,1964) is a opera singer. He graduated State Culture and Art University. Azer Zeynalov is a soloist State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. He also finished Italian State Conservatory named after Agostino Steffani.

Azerbaijan Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Zumrud Dadashzade female 52 musician and pedagogue, member of Azerbaijan Composers Union Zumrud Dadashzade (born June 2, 1962) is an musician and pedagogue. She is member of Azerbaijan Composers Union since 1987. Zumrud Dadashzade graduated Music Academy,faculty of history-theory. She is author a number of scientific works.

Azerbaijan Jury Member 2 Tunzale Agayeva female 38 singer and composer Tunzale Agayeva (born october 21, 1976) is a popular singer and author of popular songs. She graduated Baku Music Academy. Tunzale Agayeva participated in number of national and international song contests and became winner.

Azerbaijan Jury Member 3 Fidan Haciyeva female 38 opera singer Fidan Haciyeva (born september 7,1976) graduated Baku Music Academy, faculty of vocal. She is soloist of State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. Fidan Haciyeva also graduated special course of Music Academy in .

Azerbaijan Jury Member 4 Faig Agayev male 43 singer Faig Agayev is a famous Azerbaijani singer. He graduated Azerbaijan State Culture and Art University in 1993. Faig Agayev, winner of local song competitions- "Baku Autumn 88" and "Golden Autumn 89". He also won international song competitions such as "Vitebsk 90" and "Yalta 92".

Azerbaijan Jury Member 5 Samira Allahverdi female 35 singer,choreographer Samira Allahverdi(born 25 August,1979) famous Azerbaijani singer graduated Azerbaijan State Culture and Art University. She participated in a number of local song competitions.

Belarus Backup Jury Member Drimry Karas Drimry Karas male 39 TV presenter, producer TV presenter
Host of concerts and entertainment programs

Belarus Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Nataliya Marinova Nataliya Marinova female 35 Director of TV Channel "Belarus 2" TV journalist, director of the youth entertainment channel "Belarus 2"

Belarus Jury Member 2 Vitaly Karpanov Vitaly Karpanov male 33 singer, composer, showman 10 years in show business. Lead singer of "Blackbird" author and host of many of own projects on television and on Internet.
Graduated from the School of Music and the Academy of Music in the class of balalaika.

Belarus Jury Member 3 Oksana Artushevskaya Oksana Artushevskaya female 39 Expert in the field of culture and art Chief Specialist of the concert and festival activities
Department of Arts
Graduate National State Academy of Arts and has a Diploma as a producer
For 10 years was workingas a the producer of the show "Queen of Spring". For 10 years - director of the Fashion theater "ETM"

Belarus Jury Member 4 Alexey Gross Alexey Gross male 25 Singer, vocal Gross is working on a solo singing career under the guidance of "Spamash".
In 2012 took 2nd place in international contest «New vawe».
1998 – 2004 – studies at music school (percussion instruments).
2006-2010 – studies at State College of Art ( department).

Belarus Jury Member 5 Iskui Abalyan-Borovskaya Iskui Abalyan female 44 Singer, composer singer, graduated from music school 1 im.M.I. Glinka, Smolensk School of Music, Belarusian Academy of Music
Famouse singer and composer

Belgium Backup Jury Member Bellarosa Roberto male 20 singer won Blelgique first edition and represents in 2013 at the

Belgium Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Michel Gudanski male 57 Producer Michel Gudanski (alias B.B. Funk) est né à Bruxelles en 1958.Début 80, il joue de la guitare au sein du groupe bruxellois de rock en français Red 'N Black . Il devient ensuite musicien, producteur et manager.

Belgium Jury Member 2 Candice Wachel female 26 Management / production of artists Since 3 years Candice is managing belgians artists as Jali

Belgium Jury Member 3 Huby female 39 Singer Florence Huby is a member of Witoof Bay who represents Belgium in 2011 at Eurovision song contest. She's also a teacher for young singers, backing vocal for The Vice Belgique.

Belgium Jury Member 4 Megan Giart male 26 Singer Megan Giart is one of the finalist of the Voice Belgium. She's is part of the musical "Hopes".

Belgium Jury Member 5 Marc Radelet Marc Radelet male 54 manger / coordination of Francofolies de Spa Marc Radelet is manager/ press agent fo different music lable but the main job, he is coordinator of one of the biggest in Belgium : Les Francofolies de Spa

Cyprus Backup Jury Member Lisa Tsangaridou female 54 Dance teacher/ Choreographer Director of NEW BALLET STUDIO,

Cyprus Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Andreas Giortsios male 44 Radio Producer-Tv News Anchorman Has worked in almost all the Mass Media of the island, as a journalist, editor in chief, radio program director and news anchorman. He currently presents a daily radio program on SFERA 96,8 the first music radio station in ratings and presenting the news on ANT1 TV on weekends.

Cyprus Jury Member 2 Elias Antoniades male 44 Lyricist-General Manager in advertising company PR: partners ltd Participated as a lyric writer in the Cyprus National
Eurovision Final, among the 8 songs that were chosen every year.
E. Antoniades writes jingles for various advertisements
both traditional and digital.

Cyprus Jury Member 3 Gore Melian male 28 Singer Gore released his digital single "Suddenly". He cooperated with Afana to produce a remix of Gore's previous club song "Crazy Night . Gore Melian together with Eugene Prendi and Pinky released his first "house" Song "Feel Free To Love".

Cyprus Jury Member 4 Stella Stylianou female 34 Singer- Teacher Stella Stylianou is elementary teacher but she has also career as singer. She will release next month her second album. This year she participate in the Eurovision Song Project.

Cyprus Jury Member 5 Argyro Christodoulidou female 33 Composer/Lyricist Her list of works includes music for awarded films ('The Palace' by producer and director Anthony Maras), music for the National Geographic's 3D Games, documentaries etc. Her song STONE IN A RIVER was on Cyprus National Final 2015

Czech Republic Backup Jury Member Petr Král Petr Král male 44 radio DJ + music editor Since 1991 works in several Czech radio stations as DJ and music editor. Develops a various formats of musical programmes. Love a good music with melody.

Czech Republic Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Jitka Benešová Jitka Benešová female 57 Radio DJ After velvet revolution she started as only girl hosting first DJ show in the then Czechoslovak Radio Night stream, shooting interviews and reportages with music topics. During the period she hosted variety of music and current affairs programs.

Czech Republic Jury Member 2 Honza Dědek Honza dědek male 43 DJ +music writer 1992 he began contributing to music magazine Rock & Pop, from year 2000 to 2010 he were editor for the weekly magazine Reflex, then he were employed in enclouser of daily newspapers. As scriptwriter of music TV shows.

Czech Republic Jury Member 3 Jaroslav Špulák Jaroslav Špulák male 47 Author of + writer Author of several music publications - encyclopedia of Czechoslovakian rock "Ohlasy písní českých" (1992), encyclopedia of ninties" Yeah! 1990 – 2000" (2001).
In 2004 recorded in book ten year history of Rock for People music festival, in 2006 history of Czech music awards.

Czech Republic Jury Member 4 Vladimír Bár Vladimír Bár male 72 artist + music editor Played in various Dixieland bands and The Hipp´s. Since 1967 countinued to play in band Apollobeat. Since 1994 became head of music department of Czech radio where remained till retirement. Applies as music director till today.

Czech Republic Jury Member 5 Jan Maxián Jan Maxián male 31 composer Graduated on State Conservatory in , attended courses of composition and piano at Conservatory of .Composes and films music for czech and foreign movies and series, author of several czech musicals, such as Quasimodo and many popular songs.

Denmark Backup Jury Member Jonas Schrøder male 39 Music producer and songwriter Jonas Schroeder is a professional songwriter and producer for 15 years. He worked with a lot of Danish and foreign artists, with sales of over 10 mill records. He has been working as Music Producer in the Danish children's Eurovision, and as music editor at the Danish Eurovision

Denmark Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Søren Poppe male 43 Singer and songwriter Søren Poppe is a Danish singer- songwriter. He participated in the Danish in 2001 with the group Rollo & King. At the ESC 2001 they came in second with the song “Never ever let you”. Soeren has released two albums after Rollo & King parted.

Denmark Jury Member 2 Micky Skeel male 26 Songwriter Micky Skeel is a 26 years old danish singer/songwriter/producer based in Copenhagen. He is a former member of the danish group PULS which had multiple platinum and gold records awarded. Micky has also appeared in several danish movies.

Denmark Jury Member 3 Anna David female 30 Singer Anna David is a double platinum selling artist, who had her musical breakthrough with the song “Fuck You”. She has released four Danish albums and several singles in both Denmark and . Anna participated in the Danish National Song Contest in 2014 with the song “It Hurts”.

Denmark Jury Member 4 Lotte Feder female 49 Singer Lotte Feder is known from the group Snapshot with the songs “Gir’ Du Et Knus?” and “A La Carte”, which were the songs they performed at The Danish National Song Contest in 1983 and 1984. In 1992 Lotte came in 12th at Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.

Denmark Jury Member 5 Tamra Rosanes female 63 Singer and songwriter THE COUNTRY QUEEN OF DENMARK is an established and recognized american country singer/songwriter. She has released 16 solo albums, won a Danish Grammy, and received many gold and platinum records. In 2014, Tamra was admitted into “America’s Traditional Country Music Hall of ”

Estonia Backup Jury Member Tatjana Mihhailova Tanja female 31 singer 20 years on stage, has released 6 albums, has performed in 18 musicals including 11 leading roles (Fame, Cabaret, Hair, Chicago etc). Has performed in several TV-serials and coached stage choreography. In 2014 represented on ESC with the song "Amazing".

Estonia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Sven Lõhmus male 42 songwriter, producer One of the most productive /producers in Estonia- over 100 radio hits and film music. Most of his songs have risen to the top of Estonian music charts. 7 nominations to the Estonian annual pop-music award Golden Album. Has represented Estonia on ESC three times .

Estonia Jury Member 2 Olav Osolin male 61 songwriter, commentator DJ, radio/ TV presenter and music commentator since 1977. Has been the Estonian TV’s commentator for the ESC and during the last three seasons has worked as a main judge at the popular talent show “Your Face Sounds Familiar”. Has co-written several popular Estonian songs.

Estonia Jury Member 3 Dagmar Oja female 33 singer Since 2000 has every year participated as backing vocal in Estonian national ESC selection. Twice performed as backing vocal in ESC Grand Final. backing vocal in every edition of "" (Estonian Pop-).

Estonia Jury Member 4 Triin Niitoja female 27 singer Young singer and songwriter, finalist of "Eesti otsib superstaari" (Estonian ) in 2011. Member of pop-rock-country group John4. This year qualified as 5th in "" (Estonian National ESC selection) singing duo with Jaanus Saago.

Estonia Jury Member 5 Egert Milder male 25 singer, musician Singer/guitariste in group Slippery Slope. The group was the winner of Noortebänd 2012, the most important contest of Estonian music groups and Egert himself was chosen the Best guitarist of the year. Participated in the national ESC selection 2015.

F.Y.R. Macedonia Backup Jury Member Nikolce Micevski male 34 Composer, Musician Composer, Musician and for a numerous artist and several music festivals in Macedonia

F.Y.R. Macedonia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Antonio Dimitrievski male 52 Music producer Music producer, organizer of music festival "Macedonian Radio Festival", radio and web editor. For many years, follows the Eurovision Song Contest and participate with their artists at the National competition.

F.Y.R. Macedonia Jury Member 2 Ana Kostova Kostadinovska female 40 Music teacher, Backing vocal For many years, participating in the Eurovision Song Contest as backing vocals for many of the Macedonian stars as Karolina Goceva, Tose Proeski ...As professional, works as a teacher of music at the Music school in Macedonia.

F.Y.R. Macedonia Jury Member 3 Aleksandar Belov male 28 Artist Aleksandar Belov is a Macedonian singer, best known for his participation in the former Yugoslav called Operacija trijumf. He was also participated in the Macedonian Eurovision song contest for several years.

F.Y.R. Macedonia Jury Member 4 Sara Projkovska Nikolovska female 42 Professional musician For many years, participating in the Eurovision Song Contest as backing vocals for many of the Macedonian stars as Karolina Goceva, Tose Proeski ...As professional, Sara is Profesor at Music Akademy in - Macedonia.

F.Y.R. Macedonia Jury Member 5 Andrijana Jovanovska female 37 lyric writer and music journalist Lyric writer, music journalist, producer and editor in teen music - TAA. For many years, follows the Eurovision Song Contest and participate with their artists at the National competition. Backup Jury Member Lasse Kurki male 46 Producer, songwriter A songwriter/producer/musician who began work as an A&R manager at Warner Music Finland in 2010. He's written songs for many artists in Finland and has been the producer on over 30 albums. He also has a weekly radio show in Radio .

Finland Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Aija Puurtinen female 55 DMus, Singer, Musician Aija Puurtinen is mostly known as a singer and bass player of the group Honey B. & T-Bones but she also has a doctorate in music, works as a vocal lecturer at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and gives lectures in international voice conferences.

Finland Jury Member 2 Laura Haimila female 26 Morning show host Laura Haimila is a 27-year-old radio personality. She started her career at Radio NRJ as an afternoon show producer but her hard work soon paid off and she got promoted to a morning show host.

Finland Jury Member 3 Mikko Pykäri male 34 Composer Mikko Pykäri is an Emma award-winning composer and a producer who has been involved in a wide range of music projects. He has an M.A. from Aalto University/Helsinki.
He is currently working as a music producer and as a composer for different kinds of commercial music productions.

Finland Jury Member 4 Pekka Eronen Aikuinen male 53 songwriter/lyricist, film critic I've been a music enthusiast and a film buff all my life. So that's what I ended up to do professionally. I've been a professional song writer since the beginning of the nineties. I've had my songs on over twenty Finnish gold or platinum seller albums.

Finland Jury Member 5 Jukka Immonen male 37 Producer, composer ukka Immonen is a Finnish record producer and composer. He's a co-founder of Fried Music music company and has worked with a number of domestic and foreign artists such as Jenni Vartiainen, Redrama and Sunrise .

France Backup Jury Member Jimmy Bourcereau male 31 Singer Jimmy is the only vice world champion break dancer who is also singer and actor.. Recently he was one of the main singer of the musical Flashdance.He was aside Angunn (French entry 2011) as a backing singer-danrer in Baku

France Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Bruno Berberes male 56 Casting director, producer Casting director for the most famous musicals and Tv shows in France, Bruno Berberes is also producer, dj radio, composer, coach, and member on the french society of lyrics writers and composers (SACEM)

France Jury Member 2 Matthieu Gonet male 42 Composer Famous French musician, Matthieu Gonet is a pianist, bandmaster, composer and arranger for movies, shows, and singers.

France Jury Member 3 Eric Jeanjean male 47 DJ Radio Eric Jeanjean is a music expert. He's the presenter and interviewer of the most music entertainment programs on RTL, radio number 1 in France.

France Jury Member 4 Yseult Onguenet Yseult female 20 Singer Yseult is a young french singer, revealed by the french Pop Idol. Her first album, positive, bright and full of emotion, was released in january 2015 (Polydor / Universal Music France)

France Jury Member 5 Marie Myriam Marie Myriam female 58 Singer Marie Myriam is a french singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 for France with "L'oiseau et l'enfant"

Georgia Backup Jury Member Tinatin Makhaldiani female 26 Musician,singer Tinatin Makhaldiani is very popular singer in Georgia.She participated in different TV shows and Projects.Among them are: ""; Georgian-Armenian Progect "10+10"
She participates in different Concerts in Georgia.

Georgia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Zaza Shengelia male 52 Musical Producer Zaza currently holds the position of president of the company and together with the members of the team he actively proceeds working upon development of Georgian musical industry.

Georgia Jury Member 2 Chabuka Amiranashvili male 52 Composer;Musician Chabuka Amiranashvili Currently works as a producer of Gruop "Bani".He is the author of arrangements of different Georgian . Chabuka is the author of the soundtracks of Different Georgian Films. Author of many CDs of Georgian singers and Groups.

Georgia Jury Member 3 Nodi Tatishvili male 28 Singer Nodi Tatishvili took part in many International musical contests and gained success.2009 - Geostar, Winner of the Project2009 - International Song Contest "Golden Voices", awarded for the third place,
Prticipant of ESC 2013..

Georgia Jury Member 4 Sopio Oqreshidze female 36 Vocal Teacher,Pianist From 2003 Sopio works as an Vocal Teacher at "Bzikebi Studio".She was training Participants for the JESC in 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014.She also worked for the,,Georgia’s Got Talent’’ ,,X Factor’’

Georgia Jury Member 5 Sophie Gelovani female 31 Singer Sophie Gelovani is the winner of TV musical project "Morning Star";She gained the first place at the International project "Do-Re-Mi" in Yerevan. She is participant of the Projects "10+10" in Armenia and .Participant of ESC 2013.

Germany Backup Jury Member Kris Hünecke male 37 musician/songwriter gitarrist of “Revolverheld”, successful band since more than 10 years; also successful as solo artist with debut album “Immer wenn ich das hier hör”, incl. Hit single “Diese Tage”

Germany Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Johannes Strate male 35 bandleader/singer/songwriter Bandleader of “Revolverheld”, successful band since more than 10 years, last album “Immer in Bewegung” just reached triple gold, also succeeded in Austria and , very successful with sold out tour, award winner 2015, member of the jury “The Voice Kids” (Germany)

Germany Jury Member 2 Leslie Clio female 28 singer/songwriter debut album “Gladys” sold more than 50.000 units, chart peak No. 11, also successful in Austria and Switzerland; single “I couldn’t care less” sold more than 100.000 units; more than 5 million views on Youtube; played her successful own tour

Germany Jury Member 3 Mark Cwiertnia Mark Forster male 31 singer/songwriter album “Bauch und Kopf” took German, Austrian and Switzer charts by assault (peak no. 18), album included hit singles “Au revoir” (peak no. 2, triple gold-award Germany, award Switzerland) and “Flash mich” (peak no. 11), member of the jury “The Voice Kids” (Germany) 2015

Germany Jury Member 4 Sascha Reimann Ferris MC male 41 musician/rapper/actor founding father among German hiphop, very successful as solo artist and as feature artist; part of the band “Deichkind”, which is not only very successful in German charts, but is also known for elaborate and unique live performance

Germany Jury Member 5 Swen Meyer male 40 music producer German music producer, well known for his work for independent label Grand Hotel van Cleef; producer of many best selling albums within the last years so as Lena “Stardust”, Tim Bendzko “Wenn Worte meine Sprache wär’n” and “Am seidenen Faden” and many more

Greece Backup Jury Member Kyriakoula Elli Levi female 58 Musician She comes from a family of musicians. She studied singing, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, guitar and composition. She created the music ensembles in the Amadeus Conservatory, which she inherited from her father in 1978 and manages until today.

Greece Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Jick Nakassian male 64 Composer conductor One of the greatest composer conductors, he has written music for plays, musicals and TV productions. At the instigation of M. Hatzidakis, he was the director of the ERT Orchestra (1978-1991).He participated at the ESC 1980 as a composer of “Autostop” performed by .

Greece Jury Member 2 Antonios Karatzikos male 46 Dj Radio producer 1993-1996. Head of PR for radio activity in Universal 1993-1994. DJ in and abroad 1983-today. Remixing credits for various Greek artists. Columnist for music in websites and newspapers 2005-today. Lyricist since 1987, with one song released in 2001.

Greece Jury Member 3 Helen Giannatsoulia female 54 Lyricist Professional lyricist since 1992.My songs (800+) have reached top places in the charts awarding me with dozens of platinum records.I‘ve written theme songs for television series and adapted foreign hits for Greek performers. My songs were covered or adapted in other countries.

Greece Jury Member 4 Ioannis Koutsaftakis male 33 Artist Management - A&R (Sponsorships, PR, Productions) I have worked as a singer and song writer. After my MA, I started to work at Erodios Live Management Company as a PR and Production Assistant and soon I was promoted as Sponsorships Manager and Manager of artists such as who represented Greece in the ESC 2014.

Greece Jury Member 5 Mariana Efstratiou female 60 Singer/songwriter She graduated from the Music Academy, Germany. She has recorded LP’s and CD’s in Greece, Germany and the USA. She represented Greece in the ESC twice, 1989 & 1996. Her carreer highlights include concerts with M. Hadjidakis, D. Savopoulos, G. Dalaras and M.Plessas.

Hungary Backup Jury Member Agnes Szabo female 43 songwriter She has been writing lyrics for Hungarian singers, performers, and bands since 1996. Her lyrics can be heard on approximately 70 albums and several anthologies.

Hungary Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Tamás Marosi Z. Pierrot male 45 singer-songwriter, music producer, gamedesigner Pierrot, born Tamás Z. Marosi is a Hungarian singer-songwriter, music producer and game designer. He has produced over 40 albums, a dozen performed by himself. As game designer, Pierrot has created 6 computer adventure games released worldwide in various languages.

Hungary Jury Member 2 Matyas Milkovics male 41 composer, music producer Mátyás Milkovics is a composer, producer, radio host. His albums and video clips repeatedly won the year's best album or music video of the year title.
He won several film music awards for exaple in Film Festival, with Kontroll (name of the film).

Hungary Jury Member 3 Odett Polgar Odett female 26 singer-songwriter Odett’s first album „Pontos” was released in 2008 under the name of “Odett és a go girlz” and in 2011 Odett released her first solo album „Hanyatt, homlok, egyenes”. In 2012, Odett was nominated for the „ELLE young talent” prize and for Glamour „Woman of the year” in 2013&2014.

Hungary Jury Member 4 Robert Hrutka male 48 guitarist, singer, composer, orchestrator, musician Since 1989 he has been collaborated in making more than two hundred albums. Together with his bands he has performed in numerous national and international festivals and musical events. His proficiency was honored by many awards which have significant fame in the music business.

Hungary Jury Member 5 Julianna Fabian Juli Fabian female 34 singer, songwriter, lyrics-writer The “ black-voiced temptress”. Juli is a unique creative power in Hungarian music scene: singer, songwriter, lyrics-writer at a surprisingly young age. Originally a jazz-singer, her career also wondered into all exciting directions of the art of music.

Iceland Backup Jury Member Ragna Kjartansdottir CELL7 female 34 Musician and sound technician Rapper and songwriter known as CELL7. She started her career as part of the first Icelandic hip-hop group Subrerranean. Studied sound engineering in New and worked at Chung King Studios in Manhattan. She made a solo album CELLF in 2013 which received the Kraumur Awards.

Iceland Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Vedis Hervör Arnadottir Vedis Hervör female 32 Singer and songwriter Singer-songwriter who has released two solo-albums and studied music production in London. She has written multiple tracks for other artists and is a founding member of KÍTÓN, the organization of women
in music in Iceland.

Iceland Jury Member 2 Einar Bardarson Einar Bardarson male 43 Managing director at Reykjavik City A concert promoter, songwriter, artist manager and music producer. The Independent dubbed him the of Iceland. One of his albums was nominated in 2008 for a Classical in the UK as album of the year.

Iceland Jury Member 3 Unnur Sara Eldjarn Unnur Sara female 22 Singer Young independent artist, who has participated in various music projects. Singer and songwriter who released her debut album of solo works in March 2015.

Iceland Jury Member 4 Brynjarsdottir Birgitta Haukdal female 35 Singer and vocal couch She has released several solo albums and best selling albums with her former band Irafar. She competed in ESC 2003 and is a graduate from Cathrine Sadolins' Complete Vocal Institute.

Iceland Jury Member 5 Heidar Örn Kristjansson Heidar Örn male 40 Musician and Teacher Singer and songwriter who has made solo albums and released several albums with his bands Botnledja, Viking Giant Show and Pollapönk. Participated in ESC 2014.

Ireland Backup Jury Member Emma O'Driscoll Cronin Emma O'Driscoll female 33 Composer/songwriter/singer/children's TV presenter From Limerick, Emma started singing with the Bunratty Singers. In 2002, she successfully auditioned for the pop band Six.
Worked on Limerick's Live 95FM radio breakfast show.
When Six disbanded in 2004, she concentrated on children's TV, presenting Hubble and currently, Twigín.

Ireland Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Raymond Smyth Raymond Smyth male 69 Composer/songwriter 1972: Raymond set up his Academy of Music
1980: set up his own record company producing albums for Irish artists worldwide.
Songs in three Irish finals: 1994, 1996, and in 2000 when became Ireland's Eurovision entry, finishing 6th.

Ireland Jury Member 2 Blathnaid Treacy Blathnaid Treacy female 27 TV music/entertainment presenter Blathnaid presents the RTE2 entertainment show Two Tube (Mon-Fri) featuring music interviews, film, style, sport.
Presented EBBAs, Jan 2015 with UK musician Jools Holland in , and the Meteor Choice Music Awards in , Feb 2015.
One of RTE2's rising music presenters.

Ireland Jury Member 3 Ryan Dolan male 29 Singer/songwriter Ryan represented Ireland at Eurovision 2013 in Malmö, progressing to the final with , written by himself and Wez Devine.
Since then he has been writing songs, and has released two major singles, Start Again (2014) and Fall To The Floor (2015).

Ireland Jury Member 4 Ann Harrington Ann Harrington female 41 Singer/songwriter Music career began at age 7 singing with her father & uncle, Euro winner Paul Harrington.
One of Dustin's singers at Eurovision 2008 & backing singer in two of Ireland's national finals.
Later this year will perform in , Australia and Irish music festival Electric Picnic.

Ireland Jury Member 5 Ray Harman Ray Harman male 50 Composer/musician Ray Harman is an Irish Songwriter and Composer. As a member of Something Happens he released several albums and singles such as “Parachute” and “Hello”. He has written scores for films and TV such as Love/Hate, RAW, Patrick’s Day and One Million Dubliners.

Israel Backup Jury Member Shay Hambar female 17 Singer Shay is a 17 y.o singer.

Israel Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Liora Simon Liora female 46 Singer Liora was the Israeli representative for ESC 1995 with the song Amen.

Israel Jury Member 2 Chen Mezger Eder Chen Metzger male 28 Music producer Chen is a music producer and composer.
He participated in Israel pre selection "kdam" at 2011, 2014 and his song "Rak Bishvilo" was the entry from Israel in Eurovision 2013.

Israel Jury Member 3 Lauren De Paz Lauren De Paz female 26 Singer-songwriter Lauren is an Israeli singer-songwriter.
She took part at the first season of "The Voice" Israel.
Her song "Staying with me" came second at the Israeli pre selection in 2014.

Israel Jury Member 4 Rafi Weinstock male 45 Acrot/Singer Rafi is a singer and actor.

Israel Jury Member 5 Dalit Cahana female 52 Vocal coach Dalit is one of Israel's most famous vocal coach.
She also participated in Kdam (Israel pre-selection) of 85, 87 and 91.

Italy Backup Jury Member Mattia Cerri Cino male 26 sound designer, music composer , dj He works as sound designer, music composer , music consultant, producer and dj in Tv Shows. His last record "Brooklyn Shadows" is published by Monique Musique an important electronic label by Resident Advisor.

Italy Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Franco Zanetti male 61 director of the music information website www.rockoll.it Journalist since 1974, , reporter of the Sanremo Festival, he has been a discographic and events producer. He is the author of several books on the history of pop and . Since 1996 he has been director of the first italian musical information website www.rockroll.it

Italy Jury Member 2 Valerio Paolini male 45 cofounfer and software architect of musiXmatch He is the founder of MusicXmatch a startup focusing on building the world's largest and official Lyrics Database. The company was founded in January 2010 and has global agreements with music publishers like Sony/Atv, Emi Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, Universal Music .

Italy Jury Member 3 Nicolò Cerioni male 32 art director , stylist, videomaker In 2011 he founded The Sugarkrane Studio with Emede , for the production of music videos, live shows films fashionvideos...He directed the videos of Italian most important artists as Jovanotti, and Laura Pausini . He is one of the most important celebrity stylist a in Italy

Italy Jury Member 4 Barbara Mosconi female 45 Journalist Journalist for the last 15 years at Sorrisi e Canzoni the italian number one entertainment weekly magazine. She interviewed the most popular italian musicians. She covered several times the Sanremo Festival. She has been for three times in the Zecchino d' jury

Italy Jury Member 5 Flavia Cercato female 43 radio and tv host she has hosted numerous radio daily music programs and tv shows .She has also served as member of Quality Jury for many editions of Sanremo Festival.She has been VJ at All Music Tv Station. She has been team leader in a music show for young talents.

Latvia Backup Jury Member Valters Fridenbergs male 27 singer Valters together with Karlis Bumeisters presented at ESC in 2005 with the song “The War is not Over”. Valters is the solist of the rock group “Tumsa” as well as presents TV music shows and games.

Latvia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Beate Zviedre female 23 singer Beate has graduated from Dome Choir school as choir conductor and at the moment is studying jazz vocals at the Latvian Academy of Music. In the framework of the vocal group "Framest" she has collaborated with Peter Eldridge (New York Voices).

Latvia Jury Member 2 Kristaps Krievkalns male 41 composer, producer Gints has worked as producer with most of Latvian popular singers and musicians like Aija Andrejeva, Dons, Miks Dukurs, Marija Naumova etc. He wrote music to several theatre performances and had released his first original music album “40th beat”.

Latvia Jury Member 3 Ralfs Eilands male 21 singer, composer Ralfs together with group “PeR” presented Latvia at ESC in 2013 with the song “Here We Go”. He is the winner of the TV show “Your Face Sounds Familiar”. Group "PeR" were also nominated for last year's radio hit

Latvia Jury Member 4 Toms Grevins male 33 Dj, presenter Toms started his TV and radio career at the age of 7.
Dj, radio (Radio5) and TV music show anchorperson, radio “face” of the biggest music festivals like “POSITIVUS”

Latvia Jury Member 5 Ilona Jahimovica female 43 journalist, producer Latvian Radio 4 anchorperson. Ilona produced DVD of the musical “Sister Kerry” composed by .

Lithuania Backup Jury Member Jurgis Bruzga Jurgis Bruzga male 30 Singer Jurgis Bruzga – singer, show host, participant of various TV music projects. Graduated from the Lithuanian Music Academy, where he studied jazz vocal. Prize-winner of Jazz Voice and Sing a Song contests

Lithuania Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Lauras Luciunas Lauras Luciunas male 35 music producer He is the organizer of the Music Week. His company CREATIVE INDUSTRIES manages well-known Lithuanian bands and artists, produces various TV shows. He works for non-governmental institutions, has a course of lectures in Vilnius University and Vilnius Arts Academy

Lithuania Jury Member 2 Jolita Vaitkeviciene Jolita Vaitkeviciene female 53 Choir Conductor Jolita VAITKEVICIENE is a teacher and conductor of the Vilnius Choir Singing School “Liepaites”, winner of the Lithuanian and international competitions. She is a member of the ’s creative crew and was awarded “For Merit to Lithuania“ medal.

Lithuania Jury Member 3 Jurga Cekatauskaite Jurga Cekatauskaite female 46 journalist, author of song lyrics Jurga Cekatauskaite – journalist, writer, author of song lyrics. She worked with a number of Lithuanian dailies. Since 2002 she is a journalist of a lifestyle magazine Laima. Jurgita co-operates with many Lithuanian performers and music producers, advertising and show agencies.

Lithuania Jury Member 4 Zujus Gediminas Zujus male 56 Composer Gediminas Zujus – composer, the owner and manager of sound recording studio “Mamastudios”, member of the Lithuanian Collective Society’s Council, lecturer of Lithuanian Music Academy. He is author of over 250 works, arrangements and sound recordings.

Lithuania Jury Member 5 Rosita Civilyte Rosita Civilyte female 49 Singer Rosita Civilyte – Lithuanian pop and jazz scene star, vocal teacher, jury member to various TV music shows, prize-winner of numerous Lithuanian and international song festivals and contests.

Malta Backup Jury Member Nicole Tabone female 21 Student / TV Presenter Nicole Tabone is a young student and a TV presenter. She was a key person in the organisation of the JESC 2014 in .

Malta Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Howard Keith Debono male 43 producer/artist manager/event organizer Howard Keith was awarded the best record producer twice and worked with local and international artists as well as two Hollywood blockbusters.

Malta Jury Member 2 Dorothy Anne Bezzina female 29 Teacher / Singer Dorothy Bezzina forms part of a musical family. She has performed alongside the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. She had also accompanied her brother, Gianluca, at the ESC in Malmö as a vocal coach.

Malta Jury Member 3 Dominic Cini male 32 Music Producer Dominic Cini also known with his stage name Minik is a very well known singer who also participated in this year's Malta Eurovision Song Contest.

Malta Jury Member 4 Joseph Chetcuti male 41 Lawyer / Violonist / Presenter Joseph Chetcuti is a local popular TV presenter and violinist. He obtained his diploma in violin playing in that age of 17 from the Trinity of Music College –London. Joseph has participated in as a member of Malta’s team in the Malta Eurovision 2007. Malta Jury Member 5 Pierre Cordina male 37 Radio presenter/ Club DJ Pierre Cordina is very well known presenter and a popular DJ in various clubs in Malta.

Moldova Backup Jury Member Georgeta Burlacu female 40 Jazz singer Geta was studying violin at the music school in Balti. She graduated from College of Music in Balti, as violin player. In 1993 Geta went to the Conservatoire in Chisinau, Department of folk music and jazz.

Moldova Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Margarita Ciorici Margarita Ciorici female 47 Singer Singer at Margarita and Metafora

Moldova Jury Member 2 Sergiu Scarlat Sergiu Scarlat male 46 Producer Producer

Moldova Jury Member 3 Vlad Mircos Vlad Mircos male 46 composer Mircos Vlad, musicologist, composer

Moldova Jury Member 4 Alina Dabija Alina Dabija female 28 Lyrics writer Lyrics writer, Radio DJ

Moldova Jury Member 5 Aurel Chirtoaca Aurel Chirtoaca male 33 Singer Singer at Sala cu Orga

Montenegro Backup Jury Member Dragan Bulajić male 46 Producer One of the most famous Montenegria producer....

Montenegro Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Ilija Dapčević male 64 Professor of music Condactor, so many years director of Music High School, Composer and artist, leader of Music group "Assa Voce".

Montenegro Jury Member 2 Aleksandra Vojvodic female 40 Profesor of Music and singer Aleksandra is so many years in Music, she is profesor of solo singing, She published one CD with popular Montenegrian songs.

Montenegro Jury Member 3 Darko Nikčević male 44 Musician Darko is leader of elektroacustic labarotory and Guitar Musician who publish few CD of guitar music.

Montenegro Jury Member 4 Renata Perazic female 42 Musician Renata is profesor of Solfegio, jazz, rock and pop singer....

Montenegro Jury Member 5 Senad Drešević male 38 Composer Senad is Composer, Producer and Arranger for many musicians...

Norway Backup Jury Member Jonas Brenna male 33 Editor Jonas Brenna: A journalist, tv-producer, editor, photografer and director, with a big beating Eurovision heart. Currently working as executive producer for all video with Norways largest newspaper Aftenposten.

Norway Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Jan Thomas Holmlund male 32 Editor Jan Thomas Holmlund (32) was a member of the Norwegian jury in 2014, and has covered the Norwegian and European ESC-finals several times as a reporter for one of Norway’s leading newspapers, Dagbladet. He currently works as digital sub-editor for the same newspaper.

Norway Jury Member 2 Anita Halmøy Wisløff female 31 Booking agent Anita is a booking agent, manager and partner in one of Norways largest agencies, Atomic Soul Booking. The last 10 years she has been working with all kinds of acts, like Mari Boine, , Madcon, Matoma and

Norway Jury Member 3 Marianne Jemtegård female 36 Editor Marianne Jemtegård is one of Scandinavia`s most sought after DJs, playing all over the world. In addition she is a chief editor of several magazines, and a fashion-and music expert on tv.

Norway Jury Member 4 female 29 Artist/Singer Margaret Berger is an artist, songwriter and DJ. She is available With 2 albums and several singles among "Lifetime guarntee", "Samantha" and "" that ended in a 4th Place in Eurovision Song contest in 2013.

Norway Jury Member 5 Sverre Vedal male 40 Editor Music Manager, SBS Radio Norway AS, that includes stations: Radio Norge, Radio Rock, Radio 1 and The Voice. Worked over 20 years with music programing for different stations in Norway, and Denmark. Passion for hit music.

Poland Backup Jury Member Dorota Mróz female 42 TV Producer Dorota Mróz is producer in TVP. She are working with a number of musical productions.

Poland Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Krzysztof Szewczyk male 67 Journalist Television and Radio Journalist. Conducted many entertainment programs on TVP, including "Przeboje Dwójki", "Wideoteka Dorosłego Człowieka", "Jarmark".
Businessman - President of the Baltic Company.

Poland Jury Member 2 Maria Szabłowska female 68 Journalist Polish Radio and TV journalist. In a duet with Krzysztof Szewczyk run the TV Program "Wideoteka Dorosłego Człowieka". In 2011, for outstanding contribution to Polish Radio, was awarded by President Bronislaw Komorowski Knight's Cross of the Order of Restituta Polish

Poland Jury Member 3 Witold Czamara male 30 music producer Polish musician, music producer and sound engineer.
In 2014 years Donatan with Cleo represented Poland with the song "My Slavs" during the 59th Eurovision Song Contest

Poland Jury Member 4 Joanna Klepko Cleo female 31 lead singer, musician Polish singer and songwriter, a representative of Polish (with Donatan) during the 59th Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.

Poland Jury Member 5 Michał Wiśniewski male 42 author, composer and musician Michał Wiśniewski is a famous polish pop vocalist. The charismatic singer is one of the most popular people in Polish show business.
With over 12 million albums sold, is the most popular Polish band.

Portugal Backup Jury Member Nuno Marques da Silva Nuno Marques da Silva male 44 Show producer and songwriter Nuno has a degree in Law, but music and show business have always been his passions. He was the executive administrator of a famous theatre and the head of a show production company. He is also a songwriter and has participated on the Song Contest 6 times already.

Portugal Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Renato Júnior Renato Júnior male 49 Music producer / composer Composer, musician and producer, Renato has been working with some of the biggest names of music in Portugal. He also composes and produces music for theatre, cinema, advertising and TV. In 2004, UEFA chose him to compose the OST of UEFA Euro 2004TM.

Portugal Jury Member 2 Adelaide Ferreira Adelaide Ferreira female 55 Singer and songwriter Adelaide began her career in musical theatre at the age of 19. She then became a rock star and in 1985 she wins the Song Contest. 30 year after, she returns to this event as a composer and singer. With a unique voice, she is the owner of some of Portugal's music hits.

Portugal Jury Member 3 José Gonçalo Tavares Amaral Gomes Gonçalo Tavares male 46 Musician, singer, songwriter At the age of 10, Gonçalo won a famous music prize for children and with only 15 participated for the first time to the Song Contest. He had several bands, built his own recording studio and is now preparing his 3rd solo album.

Portugal Jury Member 4 Inês Santos Inês Santos female 36 Singer and actress Inês sings since she is a little girl, studied music and singing and at the age of 16 wins a famous talent show in Portugal. She wins the Song Contest in 1998 and has several records edited. She also does musical theatre and gives her voice to several Disney movies.

Portugal Jury Member 5 Nuno Feist Nuno Feist male 43 Maestro, music teacher Maestro, musical director, producer, composer, teacher. He started playing when he was a child and music is his life. He studied music in the UK and since he returned he has been the musical director of tv shows, theatre plays, composing songs and he's also teaches.

Romania Backup Jury Member Claudia Pavel Cream female 30 singer She is one of the most enduring romanian artists and she released 5albums until now."Wrong Girl For That" is the latest and it was worked entirely in Sweden. Due to its sound and originality the singer has enjoyed success both in Romanian music charts but also international ones

Romania Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Viorel Gavrila Viorel Gavrila male 54 composer/Vice President at UCMR-ADA Vice President at UCMR-ADA
He wrote over 400 pop songs.

Romania Jury Member 2 Mihai Pocorschi Mihai Pocorschi male 59 Producer songwriter Producer, songwriter,founder of three of the most important poprock groups in Romania: HOLOGRAF, Formula 5, VH2. Over 40 no 1 radio singles, movie and Tv series scores.Member of the board of UCMR-ADA (Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society) Member of UCMR

Romania Jury Member 3 Ovidiu Jacobsen Ovi male 40 Artist/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist Ovi is a singer, songwriter, producer and musician from Romania and Norway. Carrier highlights include 3'd and 12 place in the international ESC contest in 2010 and 2014 along side . He co wrote both of the entries "Playing with fire" and "Miracle".

Romania Jury Member 4 Anca Lupes Anca Lupes female 47 Music Business Professional Anca Lupes has activated in: mass media concert organising, record companies, etc. In 2009 she graduate the Master in Music Business Programme at Berkelee College of Music (Boston, USA). She has worked with artists such as Steve Vai, Patricia Kaas, Limp Bizkit, Sistem.

Romania Jury Member 5 Alexandra Cepraga female 63 Sound Engineer Sound Engineer specialised in music mixing. Music Mixing at the Golden Stag International Festival, JESC - all editions, Young musicians, ESC, member of Roumanian Delegation ESC 2004 - , JESC 2005 Lahti, member in Juries such as Eurovision, Mamaia, Golden Stag

Russia Backup Jury Member Viacheslav Kulaev Slava Kulaev male 33 Choreographer, director Choreographer, director. Works at TV and theatre projects, music shows and Ceremonies. (MTV Movie Awards, the Ceremony of transfer of the Paralympic flag Vancouver-Sochi, the Opening ceremony of the XXXV Film Festival, the Eurovision, etc).

Russia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Igor Igorevich Matvienko Igor Matvienko male 55 Music producer / composer Igor is head of his own Production Center. In 2002 he took part at a popular TV show Fabrika Zvezd (Star Factory) as a music producer and composer. 2009 he was appointed as the chairman of professional jury of Eurovision-2009. In 2014 Igor opened a huge studio facility.

Russia Jury Member 2 Ralifovna Abramova Alsou female 31 Singer Alsou is a popular Tatar born-Russian and English singer. She competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came in second place giving her recognition all over as well. Alsou hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow.

Russia Jury Member 3 Dina Fagimovna Garipova female 24 Singer, Journalist Honored Artist of Republic, winner of The Voice Season 1 aired on Channel One Russia. Dina Garipova was fifth in the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Education: Federal University graduate in journalism.

Russia Jury Member 4 Ljuba Kazarnovskaya Ljuba Kazarnovskaya female 58 Opera singer, Professor, Director of International Ljuba Kazarnovskaya Music Academy Voce e ViolinoMade international debut at the Festival where she was invited by Herbert von Karajan. Performed at such opera venues as Covent Garden,Metropolitan Opera,San Francisco Opera,Wiener Staatsoper,La Scala. She was named among the most prominent musicians of the 20th century

Russia Jury Member 5 Anastasiia Spiridonova Anastasia Spiridonova female 30 Artist, singer Finalist of The Voice Season 1 aired on Channel One Russia. Graduated from College of pop-jazz music.
Anastasia participates in popular music TV projects on Channel One Russia.

San Marino Backup Jury Member Simone La Maida male 43 saxophone jazz player He's been playing jazz at the highest level since 1991. Concerts in Italy, Europe and the USA with the best names in the jazz's world. He's recently started arranging and composing for his newly founded 'Off Course' big band orchestra

San Marino Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Barbara Andreini female 44 opera singer, teacher Studied piano in San Marino, graduated from the Conservatorio Martini of in opera singing, concerts in Italy, in Europe and in the , works for the international Renata Tebaldi singing contest of San Marino, concerts with the "Solo in Due" duo

San Marino Jury Member 2 Ilaria Ercolani female 20 former ESC artist She's been studying dance since she was young. In 2013 she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo as dancing artist for the Republic of San Marino. She's taking singing lessons since 2013.

San Marino Jury Member 3 Katalin Pribelszki female 45 opera singer She started taking singin lessons in San Marino where she gave concerts throughout the years. She's taking her master degree in singing at the Conservatorio Bruno Maderna in Cesena.

San Marino Jury Member 4 Matteo Venturini Duan male 20 dj He belongs to the DJ duo "B-project". He's been studying music since he was young. He graduated from the Conservatorio of Cesena in general music techniques. He's a dancer.

San Marino Jury Member 5 Nicola Della Valle male 33 pop singer Singer of the band that represented the Rep. of San Marino at the ESC in . The Miodio experience reached its peak some years ago with more than hundreds live concerts, and gaining major national and Italian attention while being played on radios and Rai television.

Serbia Backup Jury Member Mirjana Miličić Prokić female 61 Music professor She is taking a great part in the music pedagogy of young people.
Involved in the organization of many music festivals for youth.

Serbia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Dejan Cukić male 55 Singer/Composer Singer, Composer, Lyrics author, Journalist, one of the most famous Serbian authors. He took part in many live performances and humanitarian events. Along with his band he still performs in Serbia and region.

Serbia Jury Member 2 male 43 Composer Composer and Music Producer. He has participated in Serbian national selections several times. He represented Serbia in ESC in Moscow in 2009 with the song "Shoe".

Serbia Jury Member 3 Saša Milošević Saša Milošević Mare male 46 Composer Composer, lyrics and arrangements author. Part of the winning duo along with Vladimir Graic at the ESC in Helsinki in 2007 with the song "". He was also the composer and thr author of lyrics for the song "Ljubav je svuda" which represented Serbia at the ESC in 2013.

Serbia Jury Member 4 Ksenija Milošević female 33 Master violinist She is a violin player and vocal soloist. Being a member of the Serbian Philharmonic Orchestra, she performed all over the world. She participated in the ESC as a back vocal three times, once with the winning team in Helsinki in 2007.

Serbia Jury Member 5 Nevena Božović female 20 Singer She is a vocal soloist and a graduate student of the Music Academy in Belgrade. She represented Serbia in the JESC in in 2007 and was placed third. She was part of the trio "Moje tri" who represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö.

Slovenia Backup Jury Member Dusan Hren male 86 Conductor & member of Society of Slovene Composers & Former TV producer Dusan Hren is one of the legendary conductors of RTV orchestra, former Head of Entertainment Progarmme at TV and was the first Head of delegation from former Yugoslavia at the ESC 1961.

Slovenia Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Tinkara Kovac female 36 singer/musician/composer/lyricists Tinkara Kovac is one of the most popular musician & singer in Slovenia. She is also a professional flautist. She released her first single in 1999 and has in 15 years of active music career received numerous awards. In 2014 she represented Slovenia at ESC in Copenhagen.

Slovenia Jury Member 2 Miha Gorse male 32 musician/producer/composer Miha Gorse is one of most successful producers & composers of the younger generation. He is also a member of the band Muff (runner-up in Slovenian national selection for ESC 2014). The band is currently one of the most popular in the field of mainstream pop music.

Slovenia Jury Member 3 Sandra Feketija female 31 Singer Sandra Feketija is a backing vocalist for numerous Slovenian singers. She was in Slovenian ESC team as a backing vocalist for (2008), (2011) and (2012). For years she was a member and leader of the vocal choir Perpetuum Jazzile.

Slovenia Jury Member 4 Alex Volasko male 23 Singer/composer/producer Alex Volasko is a musician of the young Slovenian pop music generation. In 2013 he released his first solo album. In the same year he was competing in an annual music festival MMS and got awarded as the best newcomer.

Slovenia Jury Member 5 Andrej Sifrer male 63 Singer/composer/lyricist Andrej Sifrer is a singer, composer & lyricist with a great career for almost 40 years. In his career he has created many top hits, released successful albums and received many awards. His latest album was recorded last year in the famous Abbey Road studios.

Spain Backup Jury Member Sandra Borrego Campaña Sandra Borrego female 37 Singer, performer, backing-vocal Sandra studied Classical, Modern and Tap Dance Ballet, and completed her training on Drama and Singing. She has played many roles in musical theater and has made concert tours with other artists, taking part in ESC 2011 and 2014.

Spain Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Jacobo Calderon Jacobo Calderón male 41 Songwriter & Music producer Jacobo Calderon is a top Spanish songwriter and music producer who has worked with most important Latin Artists. He's produced more than 60 records selling about 9 Million copies worldwide. He won several pop and jazz Awards and has been nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards.

Spain Jury Member 2 Garcia Daniel Diges male 34 Artist, Singer, Actor Actor and singer, Dani Diges has appeared in numerous TV series and programs since 1999. He has played main roles in musical theater, currently Val Jean in "Les Miserables". He represented Spain in ESC 2010 with "Algo pequeñito".

Spain Jury Member 3 Rosa Lopez Cortes Rosa Lopez female 34 Artist 13 years after Rosa’s performance in ESC 2002 (86.2% share in Spain), she has represented Spain in Eurovision Greatest Hits. After selling more than a million albums, Rosa Lopez is recording her eighth album. This year she also has wan TVE’s "HIT Song".

Spain Jury Member 4 Pascual Ruth Lorenzo female 32 Artist Ruth Lorenzo started in singing opera at the age of 5. After growing up in USA she moved back to Spain to pursue her dream. Since then she came 5th in the English in 2008, represented Spain in Eurovision 2014 and released her Top 10 debut album ''.

Spain Jury Member 5 Pilar Sanchez Luque female 36 Artist Pastora Soler is a well-known Spanish singer of copla, flamenco and Spanish pop. With 10 studio albums, Pastora has 3 platinum records and 4 gold ones. She has also received many important awards. In 2012, Pastora has successfully taken in the ESC held in Baku.

Sweden Backup Jury Member Maria Ericson female 28 TV producer assistent Maria Ericson has been working at SVT as a free lancing TV producer assistent for the last 4 years.
She is specialised in adding artists to entertainment shows

Sweden Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Filip Adamo male 38 Independent music professional Fiip Adamo has been working in the swedish music business since 1996. As a free lancing production manager at record companies, as artist promotion manager. He has been working with several artists who has been competing in the last years.

Sweden Jury Member 2 Lina Hedlund Lina in the pop group female 37 Artist Since 2007 Lina Hedlund is a member of the Swedish pop group Alcazar
Lina has been competing in Melodifestivalen at several times. As solo artist, together with her sister and with Alcazar.

Sweden Jury Member 3 Henrik Johnsson male 42 Radio and TV producer / anchor Henrik Johnsson is one of the anchors at the radiostation Mix Megapol's morning show.
Henrik has been working twice as content producer at Melodifestivalen

Sweden Jury Member 4 Rennie Mirro male 43 Dancer, chroreographer, actor Rennie Mirro has been employed as dancer at the Royal Balett in Sweden.
He has also been dancing in big musical sets in Sweden such as Grease, Singin' in the rain and Flashdance.
Rennie has been head of choreographer at - 2013.

Sweden Jury Member 5 Isa Tengblad ISA female 17 Artist, dancer and composer ISA was competing in the Swedish national selection for JESC in 2010.
In , ISA was participating with the song " Don't stop ". She got directly to the final and ended 7th.

Switzerland Backup Jury Member

Switzerland Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Georg Schlunegger male 34 Producer and Co-Owner Hitmill Productions PRODUCER / SONGWRITER / OWNER
Since 2010 he is working for Hitmill and he is the man, who has produced the ESC-Song You and Me of in 2012.

Switzerland Jury Member 2 Simon Moser Simu Moser male 34 Radio Journalist and Presentator of the Morning Show He produces since many years the Radio Morning Show on Radio Energy .

Switzerland Jury Member 3 Andrea Pärli female 42 Marketing Director International Labels Musikvertrieb Marketing Director International Labels Musikvertrieb Switzerland Jury Member 4 Gabriel Broggini male 31 Singer of 2012 the band Sinplus was the Swiss Entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. Gabriel is the lead singer.

Switzerland Jury Member 5 Rafaela Spitzli female 30 Promotion Manager Universal Switzerland Before Rafaela came to Universal Music she worked succesfully for another Music Company called TBA/Phonag.

The Backup Jury Member Maurice Johannes Gerardus Wilhelmus Wijnen Maurice Wijnen male 45 Creative Director Theater and . Has written several musicals and is as creative director involved in the productions of Stage Entertainment. Was jury member for different TV shows, including "so you a popstar" and "X-factor".

The Netherlands Jury Member 1 / Chairperson Gijsbertus Franciscus Maria Staverman Gijs Staverman male 49 Radio Diskjockey, Host, Entrepreneur Started his career at Radio Veronica. Host of “top 40” and “Mega top 50”. From august 2006 he worked for Qmusic. Nowdays he works for Radio 2. He hostet serveral TV show in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands Jury Member 2 Carolina Helena Dijkhuizen Carolina Dijkhuizen female 35 Singer, (Musical)actrice 2001; Permanent replacement for the leading role in Aida.
2004; Nala in The Lion King
2013; Starring Sister Act
Various other musicals and 'Musicals in Concert' at Ziggo Dome. Various music TV show as 'The best Singers from The Netherlands'

The Netherlands Jury Member 3 Florent Charles Petronella Maria Luyckx Florent Luyckx male 52 Media professional In the 80's; record company Zomba Records. 2003; networkmanager 3FM. 2004; initiator of , the charity action of 3FM Also; 3FM awards. 2011; content director of the radio538 group. 2013; Managing Director of Q-group where he is responsible for Q-music and JOE fm.

The Netherlands Jury Member 4 Hind Laroussi Tahiri Hind female 30 Singer Dutch-morrocan Singer commonly known by her participation in the first season of . Hind also performed on ESC in 2008 with 'your heart belongs to me'.

The Netherlands Jury Member 5 Carlo Boszhard male 45 Host, singer, actor en texteditor Hosted a lot of dutch TV shows, sung in different musicals and earned a lot of prices for his service record in the Netherlands.

United Kingdom Backup Jury Member Dane Chalfin male 35 Vocal Coach Dane has worked with stars across the industry including Courtney Love and indie band Everything Everything, west end stars from the likes of Wicked and Evita and comedians Peter Kay and Justin Lee Collins. He is also a previous head of The British Voice Association.

United Kingdom Jury Member 1 / Chairperson David Arch Dave Arch male 52 Musical Director A musician, composer, arranger and musical director, Dave Arch has been working in the industry since 1983. He’s toured with Paul McCartney and contributed on such soundtracks as Harry Potter, Bridget Jones’s Diary and The King’s Speech.

United Kingdom Jury Member 2 Mark De Lisser male 39 Vocal Coach Mark’s passion for vocal coaching led to him being responsible for the church choir aged just 15 years old. For over 25 years, he has worked with singers from all genres not only on technique and delivery but also stage craft and performance.

United Kingdom Jury Member 3 Thomas Charles Blaize Tommy Blaize male 52 Singer Songwriter Composer Since 1972, Tommy has been an all round consummate artist – singer, keyboard player and successful composer. Tommy has toured and recorded with a great number of artists including , Phil Collins, Beach Boys and .

United Kingdom Jury Member 4 Yvie Burnett female 46 Singer Yvie Burnett has coached singers on some of the most popular UK and US talent shows including The X Factor, The Voice UK and America’s Got Talent. A trained a mezzo-soprano, Yvie has also performed as a soloist with the Welsh National Opera and Opera De Nantes among others.

United Kingdom Jury Member 5 Pandora Christie Pandora female 33 Radio & TV Presenter Pandora presents the popular mid-morning slot on one of the UK’s biggest radio stations, Capital FM. She has also appeared in numerous music videos for the likes of The Sugababes and .