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Germany: Broadcasts Confirmed
Germany have confirmed how this year's Eurovision Song Contest shows will be broadcast domestically, removing concerns that not all three shows would be shown live. ARD will show the first semifinal live on it's "EinsFestival" channel, which also broadcast the second semifinal of Eurovision ...
General: OGAE RoW Votes Are In
The votes have been countries from OGAE 'Rest of the world' as part of the fan club voting in the run-up to this year's Eurovision Song Contest. OGAE 'RoW' is a collective of all members from countries that do not have an official OGAE club across the globe. Their votes are as follows: 12 Icel...
Austria: Trackshittaz's Preparation Underway
Austria's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Trackshittaz, are busy preparing for this trip to Baku where rehearsals will begin a month tomorrow. Broadcaster ORF has produced a special video of their preparations which you can watch below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVdbfI...
Croatia: Andrej Babić [Interview]
Andrej Babić is one of the most experienced composers in Eurovision. He was already five times in Eurovision - in 2003 with Claudia Beni (Croatia), in 2005 with Feminnem (Bosnia & Herzegovina), in 2007 with Alenka Gotar (Slovenia), in 2008 with Vania Fernandes (Portugal), and in 2009 with Qu...
Slovenia: OGAE Votes
OGAE Slovenia are the second fan club to reveal their members' votes on this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Their votes see Sweden maintain their lead at the top, although the 12 points may surprise a few: 12 Spain 10 Iceland 08 Serbia 07 Sweden 06 France 05 United Kingdom 04 Cyprus 0...
Cyprus: Ivi Adamou withdraws from Amsterdam
Cypriot representative Ivi Adamou has regrettably had to cancel her trip to Amsterdam to take part in Eurovision In Concert this month. An official reason has not been given. The Eurovision In Concert organisers said there would still be 24 acts performing at the show and this has just been c...
Special: Filipa Sousa makes it 25
Tonight, Portuguese entrant Filipa Sousa announced via Facebook that she will also be attending Eurovision in Concert, which will be held 21st April in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. With Filipa, the list of confirmed artists now contains 25 names, a record for the event. Special thanks to Jú...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: English version of "Korake ti znam" is now released
Maya Sar has released the English version of her Eurovision song "Korake ti znam", titled "The Steps I Know". Maya wrote the lyrics all by herself. You can hear the English version of the song, as well as see the video right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkNHuGAoeY Maya Sar will sing ...
Bulgaria: OGAE's first club to vote
As the road to Baku goes on and the atmosphere keeps heating up, all different OGAE branches will start giving out their points and we'll have a better picture of how the fans see the contest's outcome this year. Bulgaria has been the first club to make their scoreboard public, which gives bettin...
Serbia: Vladimir Graić (Serbia 2007, Slovenia 2012) [Interview]
Vladimir Graić is a famous composer from Serbia, who worked with many popular artists in Serbia and abroad. He composed "Molitva" for Marija Šerifović, which won Eurovision 2007 and brought the Contest to Belgrade in 2008. He composed "Verjamem" this year, which will be performed by Eva Boto f...
Baku 2012: Baku Prepares Eurovision Transport
Baku is gearing up for this year's Eurovision Song Contest with new transport plans that were communicated today. According to several news agencies, Azadlig Square in Baku will be the centre of special buses during Eurovision 2012 in Baku. The Transport Ministry spokesman Namig Hasanov told Tre...
Hungary: Eurovision nominees in Bravo Otto Hungarian Music Awards
The nominees of the 20th annual Hungarian Music Awards Bravo Otto have been revealed. There are ten categories in total (five Hungarian, and five international), with five nominees in each. The nominees include big world stars, and three Eurovision entrants - Wolf Kati (Hungary 2011), Compact Dis...
United Kingdom: Song to be Released 6 May
The United Kingdom's entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be released on Sunday 6 May, according to the BBC today. "Love Will Set You Free", which will be performed in Baku by Engelbert Humperdinck, will be available to buy and download in just over a month. This is the first time i...
Serbia: "Nije ljubav stvar" released in Russian
Željko Joksimović has already presented his Eurovision entry "Ljubav nije stvar" in Serbian (official) and in English language. A new version of the song has also been recorded and released, and it is in Russian. The Russian title is "Любовь не вещь" (Lyubov ne veshch). The Russian...
Special: Portugal Confirm for London
This year's Portuguese entrant Filipa Sousa is the latest act to confirm her appearance in the 2012 London Eurovision Preview Party, which takesp lace on Sunday 29 April. Filipa's confirmation takes the total number of performing acts up to seven, plus former UK-entrant Nicki French who will be ...
Special: Four Live Interviews on Radio International
This week's edition of Radio International sees the annual show where the team will try to interview as many of this year's participants as they can across the four hour show. So far, there will be interviws with: Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece) Tooji (Norway) Kurt Calleja (Malta) Izabo...
Finland: Catch Up with Paradise Oskar [Interview]
Back at this year's Finnish final, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, we caught up with last year's entrant Paradise Oskar to ask how he reflects on his Eurovision participation and national final victory 12 months on. Watch the interview below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5zLd_3S7Ms
Azerbaijan: Behind the Scenes with Sabina
This year's host-country entrant, Sabina Babayeva, has had a video filmed all about the making of the video to her song "When the music dies". The Azeri entry, which is the first time Azerbaijan will perform on home soil, was presented last months before the Heads of Delegation meeting in Baku...
Netherlands: Joan Franka releases film clip
Despite missing the deadline to be among the official preview videos that will be handed out to the various broadcasters of Europe, Joan Franka and her team have released the film clip to her Eurovision song; You & Me. The clip acts to explain the story behind her Native American attire te...
Spain: Five vocalist to be on stage with Pastora
It has just been announced that Pastora Soler and her team have chosen the five vocalists who will accompany her on stage in Baku - one mezzo-soprano, two sopranos, and two tenors. Pastora and her team have chosen Francis Viñolo to be the choreographer for "Quédate conmigo". He has a lot of ex...
Special: Lithuania confirm for London
Six acts have so far been confirmed for this year's London Eurovision Preview Party, which takes place on Sunday 29 April at the Shadow Lounge. Four of this year’s Eurovision entries will be present, plus one special guest. This year’s artists are: Anggun (France) Eva Boto (Slovenia) ...
San Marino: Remix Version Released
This year's San Marino entry "The Social Network Song (oh oh uh oh oh)" has been remixed by Claudio Bruneletti, with the video now available for you to watch on Youtube. The song, which was originally entitled "Facebook" had its lyrics changed last month after the EBU rejected the initial version...
Special: Kurt and Sabina make it 24
Malta's Kurt Calleja and Azerbaijan's Sabina Babayeva are the latest names to be added to the Eurovision In Concert preview event, which takes place in Amsterdam in just under three week's time. The two additions means that a total of 24 of this year's acts will now be taking part in the event....
Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova launches her official website
This year's Bulgarian Eurovision entrant has just released her own website, which includes all information about her career, and will constantly be updated with latest news, photos, and videos. Sofi's official website will include all the information about her promotion of "Love Unlimited", and ...
Sweden: "Before ESC" starting on the 16th of April
SVT's annual show called "Before ESC" is going to start on the Swedish broadcaster on the 16th of April. The panel of judges is also announced. They will listen to the songs, comment on them, and give each song one to five points. Christer Björkman is going to host the show as usual, and he wi...
San Marino: 'Making Of' clip online
This year's delegation from San Marino have produced a video giving a backstage look at the filming of their entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. In "The Making of The Social Network Song", viewers get a behind the scenes look at the videoshoot and preparations behind Valentina Monetta'...
United Kingdom: Eurofest is back for Easter
Following the near sell-out launch which raised nearly £800 for charity, the organisers of EUROFEST in London are putting the event on again on Good Fridayat the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (6th April, from 9pm to 3am). Once again we’ll be flying the flag for europop all night long, including man...
Hungary: Kati releases "What About My Dreams?" in French
Ten months after taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, the Hungarian Kati Wolf has released a French version of her Eurovision entry "What About My Dreams?", titled "Dix Pas Cent Pas" (Ten steps, a hundred steps - a line which is in the original Hungarian version of the song...
Special: How popular are this year's entries on the Internet?
One week after the draw of the running order has been held, and we know all the songs and their running order numbers, I thought it would be the time to see how popular all the fourty-two songs are. My idea was to take the number of listeners of each and every songs on Youtube and last.fm. Howeve...
Lithuania: "Love Is Blind" released in other languages
Donny Montell will represent Lithuania in Baku, with the song "Love Is Blind", who convinced both the juries and the televoters to place him first in the national final. "Love Is Blind" has now been released in Lithuanian language, as a remix, as well as versions in Russian and Georgian. The o...-
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