Eurovision Chat

Georgia will have a huge Eurovision show, not just a party, but a cut-throat competition between 12 very professional songs. I can’t decide for my favourite.
Here are some of them, all ready to fight for their right to represent Georgia in Belgrade. To be decided on 1 March.
Salome Korkotashvili - Captaine. That’s by [...]

Last weekend, more European countries selected their entries for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. The list is almost concluded, some more are missing, among them the Big Four.
Here’s a list of the finalists and my humble commentary.

Bulgaria: Deep Zone & Balthazar - DJ Take Me Away
A pop disco track that could easily get [...]

After years of frivolous attitude to the Eurovision Song Contest, the UK are bringing out the heavy artillery. It was high time that the cradle of modern culture and music, where pop artists from all over the world teem and find inspiration, found the right direction in Eurovision. It was high time that London thought [...]

More are coming, so that by the end of the month we’ll have all the winners of the local ‘Eurovisions’ across Europe. Here’s some of the winners worth noting.

Albania: Olta Boka - Zemrën E Lamë Peng
Albania will compete with a nice ballad in Albanian. It’s a pity I can’t get a word, but there’s no [...]

Eurovision journalist Georgios Kalpakidis, aka Gorgi, whom the Eurovision community know as a highly influential, pushy, capable, and charming member of the OGAE Greek club, has decided to compete as composer at the Spanish national preselection with his song Destiny (Nuestro Destino). Teh song is performed by popular Spanish star Crystina Maez. Destiny is an [...]

There’s always this group of people, who are up against all holidays, but we want to make it clear now that we do NOT belong to this mob. We’d love to have a glass of wine anytime for any reason and parties keep us very much alive and kicking.
However, there’s this notable exception! What’s really [...]

On 23 February, Warsaw will dance in the rhythms of its Eurovision Song Contest selection. Three wild cards, and a bunch of other popular names fill in the picture. Here is the final list advised by the local organisers from TVP:

Zywiolak - the first wildcard in the show.
Kasia Nova’s The Devil is a typical dance [...]

Baku ready to rock: Eurovision debutant Azerbaijan prepares a grand bombastic show for the selection of the first Azerbaijani ESC entrant in history.
On 2 February, one of the novices in Eurovision, Azerbaijan, will hold its National final - part of a huge campaign celebrating the first ever participation of the country in the Eurovision [...]