Last night 21 of this year’s participants performed the songs they will be competing with at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf next month. This preview concert took place in Amsterdam and in this photoalbum you can see pictures from the performances. Read more
At the 2011 Eurovision in Concert the day programme offered the participants a trip to Volendam, home city of the Dutch representatives 3JS. Pictures from that event can be seen in this photo album. Read more
Today 21 one of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest participants are visiting Amsterdam for the annual preview concert Eurovision In Concert. The Dutch trio 3JS welcomed them all to the day programme in the music and coast city Volendam. This year 21 participants decided to use the Eurovision In Concert to get to know their… Read more
First they were three, then two, then three again in another line-up, and then four and now they will be five – for at least three concerts. Yes, it is the Dutch drama queen band De Toppers we are talking about and an online audition for the fifth person starts tonight. The audition takes place… Read more
Ekstra Bladet reported Thursday in their nation wide newspaper that the Danish band The Chop Chop Family just had won the French national final and would represent that country in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The band says afterwards that they were susprised the newspaper fell for the joke. The story begins with the… Read more
Danish football club AGF won last night 2-0 on home field in a match that served as a tribute to Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, former Danish Eurovision Song Contest participant, who died New Year’s Night. His loyalty and dedication will be missed by the club that honoured him in this match. Flemming Bamse Jørgensen had a… Read more
Three times Eurovision Song Contest participant Kirsten Siggaard has found herself a new partner in Martin Knudsen. Together they have released a single that gives away the recipe on how to write a Melodi Grand Prix winner. The duo is currently touring the country with a show that includes several Eurovision Song Contest songs. The… Read more
EuroVisionary have talked to Yüksek Sadakat who will represent Turkey at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. They talk about what makes them different from previous Turkish participants like maNga and Mor ve Ötesi, the upcoming contest in Germany and the reason behind the many good placements for Turkey lately. There has been a lot of talk about… Read more
It happens every year that at least one of the entries for the Eurovision Song Contest is accused of having borrowed a little too much from another song. So far we had the Danish entry being similar to a long list of other songs and now the time has come to Sweden, who has kept… Read more
A few minutes ago each participating country got the answer they have been waiting for; their exact starting position in the semi-final and for the five automatically qualified countries, in the final. Poland and Bosnia & Herzegovina have the honour of opening while Greece and Ireland will close. On the 17th of January the… Read more
The official CD with all participating songs in this year’s Danish final is still selling well, although it is now fighting with the album from the Danish Junior final. A Friend In London’s Eurovision Song Contest entry New Tomorrow has become a very popular ringtone and Stine Kinck is new on the charts. It comes… Read more
With Sweden choosing its participant tonight we have come to an end of the national finals. The Swedish population in combination with an international jury decided that Eric Saade will represent the country in May, despite hurting himself during tonight’s performance. The national final offered several former participants in situations unfamiliar to them. In Sweden… Read more
After a year’s absence Hungary returns to the contest with Kati Wolf as their representative in Düsseldorf, Germany in May. MTV’s bid for a Eurovision winner is called What About My Dreams and was minutes ago presented to the public. Hungary joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with the song Kinek Mondjam El Vétkeimet,… Read more
In the weeks leading up to this year’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix several concerns regarding the many foreigners in the national final were expressed. Deliberately or not the Danish TV viewers mainly went for the Danish names quickly voting off the foreigners. Is it a coincidence or could it be related to the Danish culture?… Read more
As usual the CD with all songs competing in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is selling well in Denmark. It is new on the charts where also several of the participants are to be found. Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, who represented Denmark in 1980 and passed away New Year’s night, is giving them all a run… Read more
Moments ago the Greek TV viewers in combination with a jury decided that it is up to Loucas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike to try to bring home the Eurovision Song Contest trophy to Greece. They managed to beat five other contestants in the national final where performances from the participants from Cyprus, Malta and Bulgaria… Read more
Voting fraud led to a second final being announced in Ukraine with three participants. Yesterday one of those participants withdrew her song and today the broadcaster cancelled the second final. A re-count of the votes means that Mika, the winner of the first final, will represent Ukraine at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The re-count… Read more
The first album from disco band Le freak that came third in the 2011 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix has hit the stores. The album contains new songs as well as cover versions and of course the song 25 Hours A Day, their attempt to reach this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Despite having existed for 16… Read more
Yesterday Ukraine decided to go for a second attempt in finding the participant that will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf after speculations of voting fraud. A new voting would take place Thursday, but only two acts are left to vote between after Jamala withdrew today. Last year Ukraine needed three attempts… Read more
Few Days after winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and the honour to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in May the band starts a three week tour to Canada. The tour includes concerts as well as TV and radio appearances, but probably won’t give them many extra votes in Düsseldorf. The Danish participants… Read more
As EuroVisionary have pointed out earlier the Danish entry have a clear resemblance to a song from Melodifestivalen 2006, but other songs are now also mentioned as being the original of the 2011 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winner New Tomorrow. After the victory the two songwriters were confronted with the accusations. Today most Danes finds… Read more
The Danish TV viewers decided to give a ticket for Germany to A Friend I London. They will be representing Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest trying to bring home the trophy to the red and white coloured Nordic country. That was decided in tonight’s national final that also served a tribute to triple Eurovision… Read more
In a special show dedicated to the occasion Turkish broadcaster, TRT, presentend their entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. In Düsseldorf the band Yüksek Sadakat will sing the rock song called Live It Up. Last year maNga came second in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song We Could Be The Same and with… Read more
Earlier this week 30 seconds clips from the songs participating in Saturday’s Danish final were made public. After the first dress rehearsal Thursday evening the complete versions were put online by DR. The CD will also hit the record stores today. The ten songs can now be heard in their full version on DR’s website.… Read more
Saturday evening Danish broadcaster DR will ask the population who they want to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest this year, but they have already asked the same question on their website. The current standing leaves no doubt who is the biggest favourite to win the 2011 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. The standing as… Read more
When the Danish final kicks off Saturday at 20:00 CET the agenda is to pick the song that can bring Denmark all the way to the top of the scoreboard in Düsseldorf. 10 acts are in the running, but only one will get the chance to show that they can do better than last year’s… Read more