Posts by Charlotte

Spanish selection opens on 15th of November

In less than a week participants can start to apply to represent Spain at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Two auditions full of Eurovision music will help pick the best singers for the shows live on TV. Songwriters can submit their songs online up until the 12th of December. When Spain kicks off its selection… Read more

Former Eurovision stars in queue to represent Switzerland

Several previous participants are to be found in the line-up for the Swiss selection that started with the voting for first round being opened yesterday. The battle stands between more than 300 songs internet users together with an expert jury now have to cut down to only seven. In the Swiss selection everyone has had… Read more

Anne Herdorf releases cover album

Today, a new album by Anne Herdorf, who represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1987, was released. It is an album with cover versions of Danish Eurovision entries, national final songs and of course a new version of her own entry. Two foreign songs found its way to the album in a Danish… Read more

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on the 26th of February

Next year’s Danish final, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, will be held in Ballerup close to Copenhagen. The arena that is mainly used for handball and indoor cycling will be able to feature 6500 spectators for the show in February next year. Ticketssale will start in just 5 days. The Danish final that will take… Read more

It is official! Düsseldorf to host Eurovision Song Contest 2011

After months of speculations it is now official that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Düsseldorf. The city won over more internationally better know cities like Hamburg and Berlin by offering the largest venue, the Esprit Arena, for the three live shows in May. Germany had a luxury problem when choosing a… Read more

663 songs competing to represent Denmark next year

Today the deadline to submit entries for the 2011 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix ended. 663 songs have been received by broadcaster DR. Some well known songwriters have already spoken out that they believe their song has what it takes to go all the way to the top in Germany next year. The 663 songs submitted… Read more

Svante Stockselius leaves Eurovision top job

After eight years in the position as Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Svante Stockselius has decided that it is time to try something else. He will finish with the up coming Junior Contest and at the end of the year leave his position. It has not yet been decided who will take over… Read more

Sukkerchok find its third member via TV programme

Popular Danish final trio that got reduced to a duo shortly after their second attempt to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest is currently half way through their selection of a new member. 10 girls are left in the competition where the public will now be voting – one of the hopeful ones is… Read more

Chanée and N’evergreen performed in beach city

Last night the Danish 4th placed Eurovision participants performed in one of Denmark’s most popular beach cities. EuroVisionary bring you videos from the one hour long open air concert that attracted both Danes as well as a lot of tourists. You can hear a different version of their Eurovision entry and what else the Danish… Read more

Gallery: Chanée & N’evergreen Live from Blokhus

These pictures were taken at a Chanée & N’evergreen open air concert in Blokhus, Denmark on the 21st of July 2010. A lot of people had found its way to the popular beach city as can be seen in the pictures. Chanée & N’evergreen achieved a great fourth position at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more

Football and Eurovision fighting on the Danish charts

The ongoing World Cup in South Africa has made its way to the charts in Denmark in such a way that the entries from the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest is fighting to stay on the list. German winner Lena is still hanging on, but has dropped from first to eight! Right after the Eurovision Song… Read more

Sukkerchok released football song for World Cup

The girl band Sukkerchok who has participated in the past two national finals in Denmark has released an unofficial football song in support for the Danish national team at the World Cup in South Africa. The song is called Sukkerbold and is mixed with some football commentator sound. Though Inez, one of the girls in… Read more

Olsen Brothers flying high with Eurovision cover versions

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It is ten years ago Denmark won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. The Olsen Brothers are celebrating that with a brand new album with Eurovision cover versions. On some songs they are true to the original while they on others comes up with a brand new arrangement. It works very well and we are asking… Read more

What went wrong for the Netherlands?

Or maybe I should ask “what keeps going wrong for the Netherlands?” since they have failed to reach the final in the past six years. We can’t accuse them of not trying different things as they do try various genres. They just don’t seem to be able to get it right no matter what they… Read more

Brinck causes problems for traffic safety in Denmark

2009 Danish Eurovision Song Contest representative, Brink, has created quite some headlines recently after admitting that he deliberately breaks traffic laws. He is stopped by the police time after time, almost killed himself in an accident, lost his driving licence, but refuses to change behaviour. Both police and the safe traffic committee are shocked Brinck… Read more

Waving the flag from one major TV event to the next

We barely just got home from Oslo before the World Cup in South Africa started. Ok, football and the Eurovision Song Contest are two entirely different things, but the similarities are enough to make me cheer with the same red and white flag I used in Oslo. A big part of the Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

Lena is still Sweden’s number one

German Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena can now celebrate her second week as number one on the Swedish single chart where 7 of her competitors in Oslo also are present. The songs from the recent held contest are also extremely popular as ringtones. A total of 8 songs from the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest are… Read more

Andy Abraham cycles for charity

Andy Abraham, who represented United Kingdom at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, will be cycling from London to Paris in September. He is doing this for charity and hopes to be able to raise £10,000.000 for The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust. Donations are already open and he would like your support as well. Andy will… Read more

Eurovision Song Contest hits the Danish charts

In Denmark the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest TV events of the year. That affects the charts where both the single and the album list feature several participants from the recent held Contest in Oslo though none of them were able to take the first position as a double DVD with Danish… Read more

Abba wants to stop cover bands from using their name

Around the world there are several hundreds of so-called copy bands only playing Abba’ music, most of them use Abba somehow in their name. Universal Music in Sweden wants to put an end to it, but the affected bands feel that they might as well give up then. Exactly how many Abba copy bands there… Read more

Olsen Brothers release Eurovision cover album

The 2000 Eurovision Song Contest winners Olsen Brothers celebrates the 10th anniversary for their victory in Europe’s most popular TV show by releasing an album with cover versions of other Eurovision songs. The album also includes a new version of their winning song. This year it is 10 years ago the Danish duo Olsen Brothers… Read more

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2011 kicks off

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest has just ended. We are still unsure about dates and host city for next year, but the broadcasters are already starting their search for participants. DR has just opened for songwriters to submit their entry to the Danish national final. DR had high expectations this year and Thomas N’evergreen made… Read more

What went wrong for the ballads?

Countries like Israel, Ireland and Norway were by fans and press mentioned as potential winners after successful rehearsals in Oslo. But on the actual night of the final they all failed to live up to the expectations and instead ended at the bottom of the scoreboard. What went wrong for them? Former Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

Norwegian businessman paid Jimmy Jump’s fine

Catalonian Jaume Marquet Cots who goes under the artist name Jimmy Jump has received a fine of 15.000 Norwegian kroner for interrupting the Eurovision Song Contest final last Saturday. A Norwegian businessman paid the fine as he has been a fan of Jimmy’s stunts for years. It created a bit of confusion when one from… Read more

Eurovision Song Contest versus Football part 2

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest was moved as it would otherwise collide with Champions League. Now it appears like a football event might once again interfere with the Contest as the German Cup final is set to take place on the 21st of May – the day of the final in the 2011 Eurovision Song… Read more