March 12th, 2008
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Their place in the Eurovision Final is always guaranteed. Every year, despite their last-year’s positioning, these countries go directly to the Final. They are known as the Big Four. Whatever songs the UK, France, Spain, and Germany present, whatever artist they pick to send to the ESC, they are always to participate in the [...]
March 9th, 2008
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It was the international women’s day yesterday, and I’m still a bit elated by the wine. What made me even happier though, was the news that more and more winners were picked last week, something I missed noting for lack of time. Anyway, forgive me the small spell of silence and have a look at [...]
February 18th, 2008
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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 [...]
February 14th, 2008
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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 [...]
February 8th, 2008
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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 [...]
January 29th, 2008
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The end of January seems to be rather tempting for holding national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. And it will become even busier at the end of February, and beginning of March. Keeping track of all the songs that get selected to represent their country is fun, but can be a bit difficult given [...]
January 25th, 2008
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Give me a reason to watch the Finnish national selection for the 2008 Eurovision, and I’ll give you twelve of them. Not that all twelve participants in the Finnish concert are outstanding artists, but the combination of musical styles and rhythms is amazing!
So, here it is, the list of Finnish artists, who will fight like [...]
December 13th, 2007
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It takes a lot of time to think all over the events that poured on me during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rotterdam at the beginning of December. In a cliché – a magnificent show that takes your breath away. Clichés aside, when you’re part of this dreamy getaway, the excitement is all [...]
November 21st, 2007
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17 countries will compete for the trophy at the fifth anniversary Junior Eurovision Song Contest, to be held on 8 December in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Here is the final running order:
Georgia - Mari Romelashvili - Odelia Ranuni
Belgium - TRUST - Anders (Differently)
Armenia - AREVIK - Erazanq (A Dream)
Cyprus - Yiorgos Ioannides - I Musiki Dini Ftera [...]
November 21st, 2007
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The EBU finally announced that because of the huge number of countries (by preliminary information, already breaking the record of 42) there will be 2 Semi-Finals. The fresh piece of news is that the Semi-Finals won’t be held in the same day, but in two different days – on 20 and 22 May respectively. The [...]