http://blog.eurovisionchat.com Sat, 16 May 2009 22:13:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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! http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/eurovision-winner-norway/ 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. http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/brute-force-what-a-show/ 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 ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/eurovision-troph/ 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. ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/the-2009-grand-final-started/ 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 http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/final-running-order-eurovisio/ 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 ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/25-finalists-already-known/ 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 ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/first-semi-final-qualify-esc/ 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 ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/a-splendid-welcome-party-rocks-moscow/ 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 - ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/dress-rehearsal-2-for-semi-final-1-kicks-off/ 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 ... http://blog.eurovisionchat.com/top-list-to-go-cheap-in-moscow/