Once again it is a lot of well known names with a successful background that participates at the Danish final. Several of the songwriters have won national finals before and added that several of the singers have experienced international success it points in the direction of a very strong final, but who will win? Song… Read more
This morning it was revealed that tickets for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest will go on sale on the 8th of February. As usual tickets can be purchased in various categories and they will be available for each of the three live shows and for the second and third dress rehearsal of the final. Official… Read more
Danish broadcaster, DR, have released sneak previews of the 10 songs that will compete to represent Denmark at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. On their website you can hear 25 seconds from all songs for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on Saturday. This is your chance to make a guess on who will win. Last… Read more
The six strongest songs in the Norwegian competition have already qualified for the final, but tonight two more songs got through via the socalled Last Chance. They still have a possibility of representing Norway at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, although they here will have to improve as they have already lost to at least… Read more
The expert jury for the Danish final was presented today. They will have 50% say in which four acts qualifies for the semi-final, but after that the TV viewers decides everything, just as last year. The format is also the same as last year with a preliminary heat, a semi-final and a final all in… Read more
Yesterday the two best 5th positions from the previous heats were announced and today they were matched with the six who came third and fourth. The 8 acts will have to win two duels in the knock out rounds on Saturday in order to qualify for the Norwegian final on 6th of February. The 2010… Read more
Tonight it was time for the Norwegian population to judge among the last seven acts with a chance to represent the county at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. International boyband A1 were among the names who tried to qualify directly for the final on the 6th of February. The previous two weekends a total of… Read more
Tonight, Norway continued their search for someone to take over where Alexander Rybak left and defend the country on homeground in Oslo. A former Eurovision Song Contest singer and a Eurovision-winning songwriter battled it out with five other entries. Did they convince the population to give them another go? Among the seven participating songs was Hanne Haugsand who represented… Read more
The list of participants for this year’s Danish final reveals a lot of well known names, this count for singers as well as songwriters. Quite some of the names have had international success and Irish songwriter Ronan Keating, who co-wrote last year’s Danish entry, is trying once again. Below you can see the list of… Read more
Norway kicked of its 2010 national selection in a flight hangar in Ørland. Seven songs battled for still having a chance to represent their country on homefield at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. For the first time a metal band qualified for the final in Norway. That Maria Haukaas Storeng also did comes as… Read more
Haakon Pedersen & Elisabeth Berg came 5th in the Swedish final in 1989 with this song Nattens Drottning. Read more
EuroVisionary would like to wish you all a happy new year. We start 2010 with a new design, new colours and soon we’ll have new features. With a strong team, we are ready to bring you even better coverage of everything related to the Eurovision Song Contest than ever before. This first of January is more… Read more
EBU has just announced that a total number of 39 countries will participate at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in May. Hungary, Czech Republic and Montenegro do not wish to take part while no new countries will be joining or rejoining the Contest. The total list of participants can be seen below in… Read more
Two of the major cases in relation to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest saw its ending today when it was published that both Spain and Azerbaijan will receive a fine for their breaking of the rules. EBU wants to send a strong signal to broadcasters not to do that and denies that one of the… Read more
…We need to decide, find an end to this game.” First they were three, then they were still three, although with a change in line-up, then they were two, then three again and now they are four! The Dutch soap opera called The Toppers have had yet another chapter written to it. The Dutch have… Read more
A week after the Netherlands won the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest four Nordic countries held their very own contest, the MGP Nordic which is the prior to EBU’s Junior Contest. The four Nordic countries; Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland competed with two songs each, which all had been selected through national selections. The Contest… Read more
Dutch broadcaster TROS has revealed that their entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest will be written by their well known composer Pierre Kartner, who also wrote their 1973 entry. A national selection will take place on 31st of January and 7th of February. It is not yet known under which format the Dutch population… Read more
When the deadline ended today Danish broadcaster, DR, had received 562 songs for the 2010 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. A jury will now select the six songs that will be competing with four specially invited songs to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. The Danish final will take place on the 6th… Read more
Jeroen van der Boom, one third of the Dutch representatives at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, has released a new solo album. Among the 14 songs, in his usual soft rock style, we find a Dutch version of the Danish entry, Believe Again. The Danish entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest fits Jeroen’s voice… Read more
Travelling to the Netherlands three or four times a year I have realised that they have an unwritten rule that lie as a duvet over the whole country. It has to do with Gerard Joling – and De Toppers – and I can’t live up to it. When talking about De Toppers in the Netherlands… Read more
In late November and early December Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö bring back the 80’s in a show called “OnStage goes 80’s". Johnny Logan, Jessica Andersson and Tommy Nilsson will be joined by other well known names in an attempt to give the audience a great evening. To Eurovision Song Contest fans Johnny Logan needs no… Read more
Neighbour points doesn’t exist between Azerbaijan and Armenia – the political fight between the two countries have resulted in Azerbaijani police questioning people who voted for Armenia in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. They are being classified as a potential security threat. BBC reports that 43 people in Azerbaijan voted for the Armenian song Jan… Read more
The Dutch soap opera about De Toppers, who represented the Netherlands at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, continues. Gerard Joling left the extravagant trio, got replaced by Jeroen van der Boom and now rumours indicate that he might be coming back – to replace Gordon who was the reason he left in the first place!… Read more
The drum Mabel used on stage in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 has been a big part of their image and also quite significant for the many fans. It is now completely over for the band that featured big success both in Denmark and abroad. The drum is up for auction this week, but… Read more
Are you missing a few Eurovision Song Contest items in your collection, looking for a good gift to someone or do you just want to do a good bargain when you see one? Various souvenirs related to the Eurovision Song Contest can now be bought with between 50-70% discounts. 18 products have been selected to… Read more
Alexander Rybak became a superior winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest and the single Fairytale a massive hit on the charts around Europe, but can he live up to this success with his debut album Fairytales or will he face the destiny of being a smiling one-hit-only boy? The album kicks off with the… Read more