Eurovision Chat

Norway is the 54th winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Alexander Rybak performing Fairytale won with 387 points leaving Iceland, Turkey, and Azerbaijan behind.
The top ten is:

Norway
Iceland
Azerbaijan
Turkey
United Kingdom
Estonia
Greece
Portugal
France
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Go, Norge, go! Takk skall du ha, Alexander!

If you’re watching the show tonight, then you are watching the guys from New York, who are entertaining us at the moment – Fuerza Bruta from New York. A colourful water show is something you don’t want to miss.

Lithuania: Sasha Son — Love
Israel: Noa & Mira Awad — There Must Be Another Way
France: Patricia Kaas — Et S’il Fallait Le Faire
Sweden : Malena Ernman — La Voix
Croatia: Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea — Liepa Tena
Portugal: Flor-de-lis — Todas As Ruas Do Amor
Iceland: Yohanna — Is It True?
Greece: Sakis Rouvas — This Is Our Night
Armenia [...]

A magnificent show is what Russia is offering us tonight. An imposing opening featuring Dima Bilan performing last-year’s winning song. So far we’ve heard 8 songs, most of them deserving to win. Who is going to win tonight? Hang on till after 12.00 CET, when the winner will be announced.

The second dress rehearsal for the Grand Final just started. Here is the running order, which we’ll be watching tomorrow evening at the final itself. See you tomorrow.

Lithuania
Israel
France
Sweden
Croatia
Portugal
Iceland
Greece
Armenia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia&Herzegovina
Moldova
Malta
Estonia
Denmark
Germany
Turkey
Albania
Norway
Ukraine
Romania
United Kingdom
Finland
Spain

The 2nd semi-final just ended and with its end the 25 positions for the Grand Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest have been filled in.
The lucky 10 are as follows:

Azerbaijan
Croatia
Ukraine
Lithuania
Albania
Moldova
Denmark
Estonia
Norway
Greece

The battle seems to be between Greece and Norway. Are we going to see Greece hosting the European extravaganza for a second time in [...]

10 out of 18 counties performing at the First Eurovision Semi-final made it to the Final on Saturday later this week. The happy artists who managed to win their way to the top are as follows:

Turkey: Hadise — Düm Tek Tek
Sweden: Malena Ernman — La Voix
Israel: Noa & Mira Awad — Noa & Mira [...]

It took me a while to think through the welcome party we had yesterday in Moscow. An amazing 2-(was it more)-hour show in the Russian capital marked the official opening of the European song contest 2009.
Stars such as Phillip Kirkorov, Alsu, the German popular band from the 70s Genghis Khan, and Lys Assia sang [...]

The second dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest starts just minutes ago. A spectacular hall welcomes the viewer, but the hosts Natalya Vodyanova and Andrey Malakhov seem to be a bit embarrased. Hopefully the two following rehearsals will give them some self-confidence.
The show opens with Montenegro – an upbeat dance song. For [...]

I have recently spoken to a friend of mine, who lives in Moscow. She’s been working in the Russian capital for a year now and is also trying to bribe me into going to Moscow too. It’s such a paradise, she often says. I guess it’s true, but it’s also true that Moscow is of [...]