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Hungary: The Királys [Interview]
The Királys are Linda, Viktor and Ben Király - Linda is the "big sister", and Viktor and Ben are her younger twin-brothers. For the first time ever, the three of them are working together on a project, and that is Eurovision! They were born and raised in the United States, but have Hungarian ro...
Portugal: Running order revealed
The full line up of the 2012 Festival da Canção was announced earlier today on the official RTP website. Ricardo Soler Pedro Macedo Tó Martins Gerson Santos Joana Leite Pamela Macedo Cúmplice's Arménio Pimenta Carlos Costa Vânia Osório Rui Andrade Filipa Sousa ...
Moldova: 20 finalists revealed
TRM has revealed which 20 songs will take part in the national final. The sixty acts chosen before were now performed live in front of a jury, who narrowed that number down to 20 finalists, who shall take part in a televised final on the 10th of March. The 21st finalist will be chosen by online v...
Spain: Song Selection on 3 March
Spanish television RTVE have moved the date of their national final to 3 March, it has just been announced via their official website. The new date, which is a Saturday evening, will see Pastora Soler perform three songs. Two of these songs will be picked internally by RTVE, however the third...
Slovakia: Announcement On 1 March
Slovakia will announce its choice for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest on 1 March, it has today been revealed. Broadcaster RTVS made the announcement online, amid rumours that Thomas Puskailer is being lined up as the entrant this year. Last year the broadcaster confirmed that they had been ta...
Greece: ERT and Universal Music to share costs
We reported earlier that ERT is going to take part in Eurovision 2012, with a minimum budget needed for their participation. They were searching for record labels who would participate in sharing the total cost, and signed an agreement with Universal Music. Greece is facing serious financial p...
Ireland: Four of the Irish finalists now revealed.
According to the Irish Times, the names of the third and fourth acts to join Jedward and Donna McCaul in the Irish national selection have been announced. The third act is reportedly a duo consisting of former musical theatre performers; Una Gibney and David Shannon. Gibney formerly worked w...
Portugal: Jorge Fernando out, Andrej Babic in.
Just a mere week after Jorge Cruz decided not to compose a song for the 2012 Festival da Canção, yet another composer, Jorge Fernando has decided to drop out of the race also. Interestingly, he is being replaced by Croatian composer Andrej Babic who is quite well known as the composer of man...
Azerbaijan: First Semifinal Tonight
The first Semifinal in Azerbaijan's national selection, 'Milli seçim turu', takes place tonight at 22:00 local time. A total of eight acts have made it through the heats, which started back in November. The remaining artists are: Orxan Kerimli Maryam Karimova Khayyam Mustafazadeh Fagan Saf...
Hungary: Four winners of the first semi final of A Dal [Interview]
First semi final of "A Dal" was held last Saturday in Budapest, and four acts out of ten qualified for the Final. We spoke to all four of them right after the semi final has finished. Gabi Tóth sang "Nem kell végszó" and managed to finish only 4th in the jury votes. After that, she won the ...
Armenia: Internal Selection Confirmed
The European Broadcasting Union has confirmed the suspicions of many, that Armenia will be selecting their entry for Baku's Eurovision Song Contest internally. According to ARMTV the singer will be announced no later than 18 March- which is almost as late as they can leave it, as the official...
Austria: !DelaDap Disqualified
One of the acts hoping to represent Austria in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest has been disqualified. !DelaDap, who were due to sing "Crazy Swing" in the nation final next month, have had their entry disqualified as it had been performed before the 1 September deadline. "Yes, it's true, unfor...
France: 'Echo (You And I)' revealed
Seconds ago, France 3 revealed their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The title is, as was revealed a few days ago, 'Echo (You And I)'. The song is bilingual, in English and French. The song was written by Anggun herself, William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot. The mix was made by...
Hungary: Results of the first semi final of A Dal
Tonight was the premiere show of this year's Hungarian preselection A Dal, a two-hour long show from the MTV studios in Budapest. Four songs have gone through to the final, with three being selected by an expert jury, and one remaining song selected via televote. The expert jury consisted of Jen...
Norway: Semifinal 2 Results
Norway has decided on the next three acts that will sing in the final of Melodi Grand Prix next month. Eight songs battled it out tonight, and the qualifiers were: 03. Malin- "Crush" 02. Tommy Fredvang- "Make It Better" 01. Plumbo- "Ola Nordmann" The third and final semifinal takes place ...
Iceland: Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins semifinal three
Welcome back to Iceland and to the last of three semi finals of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins - we'll know the final lineup of the final on the 11th of February after tonight, with two more to choose from these five entries: Herbert Guðmundsson – Eilíf ást Magni Ásgeirsson – Hugarró ...
Hungary: Semifinal One
Welcome to tonight's first semi final of the Hungarian preselection A Dal. Tonight's show, coming to us from the studios of Hungarian broadcaster MTV in Budapest. Tonight's semi final sees ten entries perform, four of which will go through to the final. Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on t...
Norway: Melodi Grand Prix Semifinal 2
Good Evening Europe and welcome to Larvik, for the second semifinal of this year's Melodi Grand Prix. The 4,000 'Arena Larvik' plays host to this evening's show, where eight artists are competing for three places in the final next month. Follow our live report below: You can watch the show li...
Hungary: András Kállay-Saunders [Interview]
escXtra had the opportunity to talk to András Kállay-Saunders, an American-born singer with Hungarian roots. He took part in the last edition of Megasztár, where he managed to finish fourth. His girlfriend is Renáta Tolvai, who is also in this national final, and won the edition of Megasztár...
Hungary: Compact Disco Concert (Hungary NF 2012)
Compact Disco, who are taking part in tonight's semi final of the Hungarian national selection "A Dal", held last night their very first concert on the A38 club in Budapest. More than 400 people were present at the event on the boat, and the concert-arena was full. They also performed live their ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Eurosong presentation in March
The head of the Bosnia Herzegovina delegation, Dejan Kukrić, has announced that the presentation of Maya Sar's Eurovision entry will take place in early March. The show will be preceded by a press conference informing of the "totally new concept" of the method and format of presenting the son...
Tonight: Three Semi Finals
It's that time of the week again, Tonight three more countries will broadcast live shows as selections for this years contest continue. Norway continue their search with the 2nd semi final of Melodi Grand Prix 2012 live and direct from Arena Larvik in Lavrik. The songs competing in this se...
Finland: The semi-finalists revealed!
After a show in which nobody was quite sure what to expect, the top 12 songs selected to take part in the semi finals of Finland's national final have been revealed. They are: Aili - Mun taivas Aura Pineda - Kunpa vois Freeman & Uusi Fantasia - Noitanainen Iconcrash - We Are The Nig...
Live: Finland show 1
Here we are for the first of five semi finals in which Finland will cut down it's 12 hopefuls to 6! Let us know what you think of the show on twitter @escxtra and let Finland know too by using the hashtag of #UMK2012 If you wish to view the show, the webstream can be found here. [liveblog]
France: 5 National Final Appearances
French Eurovision entrant Anggun has, so far, got five national final appearances lined up before Baku. The singer, whose song will be presented this Sunday afternoon, will be embarking on a big promotional tour before Eurovision in May. Anggun will be guesting in: Malta, Hungary, Ukraine, Bu...
Hungary: Gabi Tóth [Interview]
escXtra had a great pleasure and an opportunity to chat with one of the biggest names in the Hungarian music scene - Gabi Tóth. She rose to fame in the second edition of Megasztár which was held in 2005, where she finished third and was also the best ranked female vocalist. Since then, she rel...
Tonight: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu semi-final 1 & top 12 revealed!
Tonight the first semi-final of Finland's new Eurovision selection project Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu begins. We will also get our first glimpse at the full line up of the 12 songs who remain in contention to escort the Finnish flag to Baku after having been whittled down from 540 by a jury an...
Armenia: “Dorians” ready to represent Armenia?
While the Armenian public is excitedly discussing the possible candidates for Eurovision, Armenian singers are making interesting announcements referring to the contest. Although it is not yet clear how the Armenian representative is going to be chosen, many people are discussing the show on s...
Hungary: Monsoon [Interview]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp93_UqXBxQ Márton Vödrös, Tibor Fábián, Péter Matus, and György Horváth are the four members of the band called Monsoon. The band consisted eight members when it was established, but today they are four. They are a Robbie Williams Tribute Band, they worke...-
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