Posts by Charlotte

Diary day 1: Tunnels, rain and Eyjafjallajökull

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 kicked off yesterday with the first 8 countries to rehearse for the first time on this stage and to meet an hungry press. Euroclub opened last night and I learned to pronounce the name of a certain Icelandic volcano – in Icelandic. Everyone agrees that this year is more open that… Read more

Latvia 2010 – First press conference

Aisha representing Latvia met the press after her first rehearsal. She was gathered by her backing group when she answered questions from the Eurovision press. See pictures from Latvia’s first press conference in this album. Read more

Moldova 2010 – First press conference

In this album you can see pictures from the first Moldovian press conference at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest – as the first country Moldova also had the honour of being the first participants to meet with the hungry Eurovison press. Read more

Chanée & N’evergreen put all focus on Eastern Europe

Chanée & N’evergreen, who will be representing Denmark at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, is on a tour in Eastern Europe. They have deliberately put all their focus on the countries where Tomas already is a well known name, but where Denmark traditionally doesn’t get many points from. It is only a few weeks ago… Read more

Official plagiarism complaint filed against Sha-la-lie

This year’s Dutch entry is under serious accusations of being plagiarism. A songwriter has officially filed a complaint at the organization that protects the rights of a songwriter. He tried through several months to get Pierre Kartner to change some things in his song, but with no reply to follow. The Dutch organisation BUMA/STEMRA received… Read more

Eurovision in Concert – part 3

At the 2010 Eurovision In Concert several of this year’s participants gave examples of what else they have to offer. This included a medley of Eurovision classics by Sieneke and Juliana Pasha and Harel Skaat singing each their cover of a previous Eurovision Song Contest winner and Alyosha made new lyrics to Nocturne. See the… Read more

Eurovision in Concert – Part 2

Saturday evening the city of Zaanstad, the Netherlands hosted Eurovision In Concert that featured 17 of this years participants. We filmed their performances and in the playlist you can see some of the songs which will be participating against each other in Oslo in May. At Eurovision In Concert in the Netherlands the following 17… Read more

Eurovision in Concert – part 1

Yesterday 17 of the participants for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest met in Zaanstad in the Netherlands for a preview concert. Before the concert the participants went to a museum where they met the press and walked a bit around on their own before it was time to get back to the hotel. In our… Read more

Eurovision In Concert 2010 – day programme

17 of the participants for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest had turned up for the Dutch preview concert called Eurovision in Concert. Before the concert in the evening they were all taken to Zaanstad. In the album you can see pictures from this day programme. Read more

Volcano ash cloud affected Chanée & N’evergreen

An ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano has caused inconvenience to millions of people in Europe as most planes have been grounded since Thursday afternoon. Among the many people who found themselves stuck in another country looking for alternative transportation were Chanée & N’evergreen. The Icelandic volcano called Eyjafjallajökull has due to the wind been… Read more

Further details of the plans for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest

After Tuesday’s draw for the running order the two semi-finals are almost planned in details. EuroVisionary has been informed about when we can expect advert breaks and re-caps. This can add even more information to the ones who wants to speculate on influence of the starting positions. The two semi-finals of the 2010 Eurovision Song… Read more

Is third time a charm for Ukraine?

For the third time this year Ukraine has now presented their entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Every day that has passed since the HoD meeting Monday the country has been recieveing a daily fine. If everthing goes well this time Alyosha will be singing Sweet People in Oslo. The Ukrainian selection this year… Read more

Deadline expires tomorrow and Ukraine has no entry

Each participating delegation has to hand in their song for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest at the Head Of Delegation meeting in Oslo tomorrow. Despite 2 national finals and thus 2 songs presented as the Ukrainian entry the country is hours away from the dealine without an entry. First Vasyl Lazarovych was chosen to represent Ukraine via an internal… Read more

Sukkerchok confirms break-up

The successful Danish girl trio Sukkerchok confirmed in a TV program Tuesday evening that they have been reduced to a duo after Inez decided to try a solo career. The remaining two girls are so far planning to continue – once they have found another girl to join them. Sukkerchok participated in the Dansk Melodi… Read more

George Alkaios & Friends brings OPA with them to Oslo

Tonight seven artists competed in order to represent Greece at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. In a mix of jury and televoting George Alkaios & Friends was brought to victory with the song OPA. Tonight’s show featured guest performances from Cyprus and Bulgaria. The participants: Christos Hatzinasios – Illusion We start with a male solo… Read more