Posts by Charlotte

A new Eurovision fan is born

The big community of Eurovision fans has increased by one as Hanna Sofia was born this morning. At the moment she seems to enjoy her mother’s breast more than anything, but we feel sure that once she discovers music she will soon develop a particular taste of her own. Ok, it might happen every minute… Read more

Scandinavian viewing figures

The Eurovision Song Contest final became the most seen program in the Scandinavian viewing figures despite a drop in the amount of viewers in both Denmark and Sweden. In Norway however three times as many watched the contest compared to last year where the country was not in the final. In Denmark the final was… Read more

Birthe Kjær live at Hjallerup Marked

Denmark’s largest market opened today with Birthe Kjær, who secured Denmark a third place at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, as guest. We are proud to present you videos from her performance today as well as a large selection of images. Hjallerup Marked is an annual event, which takes place in North Jutland over the… Read more

Charlotte to sing for crown princess Victoria

The Swedish crown princess, Victoria, celebrates her birthday on the so-called Victoria Day. Among the ones who will be performing for the princess when she turns 31 are Charlotte Perrelli and Linda Bengtzing. Charlotte Perrelli didn’t manage to become a hero in Belgrade by winning the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. She came… Read more

Eurovision Song Contest 2009: Saint Petersburg or Moscow?

After having won the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest Russia will be hosting the 2009 edition, but where will it be? It will be a difficult choice between their capital, Moscow and the more western styled Saint Petersburg. For many countries the capital is the only real option as host city for an event like the… Read more

Eurovision Song Contest 2008: Who will win?

With only one last rehearsal of the full show remaining 25 countries are ready to each do their best tonight in order to bring the trophy and the honour back to their specific country. The number of likely winners seems higher than in recent years. The most obvious winners are Russia and Ukraine, but when… Read more

A new layout for EuroVisionary

If you are a returning visitor you’ll see that we have now changed the layout of the site. This has been done in order to make our content more accessibly to our readers and simply more pleasant to look at it. The other day I was asked how it is going with the site and… Read more

Video interview with UK’s Andy Abraham

In collaboration with songs4europe we have talked to Andy Abraham, who is defending union jack in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. We asked him about the first semi-final, his own song and what the Contest means to him. Andy  Abraham admits that he will be missing Ireland in the final even if he is not… Read more

The lucky ones pick a number

After having qualified for the final, the first ten qualifier had to pick a number that would be their starting position in the final. EuroVisionary brings you the exiting moments on video so you can see how the ten participants reacted to their lucky number. Romania might not exactly have been lucky when picking starting… Read more

Euroband and Simon Mathew live

With two semi-finals it has been impossible for the Nordic countries to get together for a joined Nordic party as they often do. The only Nordic country to arrange a party this year where the Icelandic’s who offered a live concert with Euroband with Simon Mathew as special guest. Before Euroband, who represents Iceland at… Read more

Videos and pictures from the official opening reception

Despite having been rehearsing for a week and held the obligatorily press conferences afterwards the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest was officially opened on Sunday evening. All the participants were present at the reception and while some of them preferred just to make a short appearance others saw it as another occasion to entertain an audience.… Read more

On sightseeing with Nico and Vlad

The Romanian delegation invited EuroVisionary on a sightseeing trip around Belgrade. We can now offer our readers the opportunity to get to know the Romanian duo, Nico and Vlad off stage. The trip, that took place on Thursday the 15th of May, gave us a fantastic insight as to what the delegations are doing when… Read more

Happy birthday, Simon Mathew

Today the Danish representative, Simon Mathew, celebrates his 25th birthday. It happens to be the day of the 2nd Danish rehearsal and on the following press conference he was greeted with three birthday songs, an English, a Danish and a Serbian one. Liza, former president of OGAE Denmark, started the birthday songs by first singing… Read more

Volunteers singing Oro and Molitva

While waiting for the Croatian press conference to start some of the volunteers in the press center entertained the waiting press with their very own versions of Molitva and Oro. From time to time it happens that delegations are delayed for their press conferences and today this was certainly the case with the Croatian participants.… Read more

Stand up show from a turkey

What was suppose to be the Irish press conference can best be described as a stand up show from their representative, Dustin the Turkey. He entertained the full conference room with his funny comments. EuroVisionary offers you the full show on video. A lot can, and has been, said about Dustin the Turkey, the doll… Read more

Press conference performances day 4

Until the end of this week every day offers rehearsals and press conferences. It is becoming a nice tradition that most participants performs a bit at their press conferences – and as usual EuroVisionary offers you a summary of how it came across. In the video below you can see Pirates of the Sea from… Read more

Press conference performances day 3

The third day of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest meant the start for the 2nd semi-final. Hot tipped names such as Euroband, Charlotte Perrelli, Ani Lorak and Ruslan Alehno all gave a little performance on their press conference today. EuroVisionary bring you here some performances live from the Eurovision song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. In… Read more

Press conference performances from Day 2

Day two of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest offered, just like the first day, a wide variety of performances at the press conferences. EuroVisionary have collected the best bits in a video that includes accoustic and acapella performances and even a Stradivarius. The highlights of day two were the widely mentioned Dustin the Turkey from… Read more

Press conference performances from Day 1

It is quite common that the participants performs a bit at their press conferences. Some present their own entry, maybe in another version while others gives the audience a taste of what else they have to offer. EuroVisionary presents here a video where you can watch such performances from San Marino, Slovenia, Belgium and Norway.… Read more

Danish dancing final 7th of June

The Danish broadcaster, DR, will be selecting its participant for the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest on 7th of June. The six couples competing for the spot will be presented Friday the 23rd of May, the day before the Eurovision Song Contest final. The 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest will be held in Glasgow, Scotland. Last year’s… Read more

Blog about the Eurovision Song Contest

The official site, eurovision.tv, is now inviting all fans, participants and sites like EuroVisionary to blog about the upcoming event. We have decided to take part in this and in this week you can read about our preparations for Belgrade. Eurovision.tv launched the new feature Friday and so far there are more than 150 blog… Read more

Svante Stockselius at SVT’s Agenda

Serbia prepares for two major events in the next two weeks, a pre-term parliamentary election on May 11th and, of course, the Eurovision Song Contest, for which rehearsals start the same day. Carl Bildt and Svante Stockselius discussed safety in relation to Belgrade last night on Swedish TV. It is a golden opportunity for Serbia to show that… Read more

Did General Franco cheat with the votes?

Spanish TV claims that it wasn’t actually true when the country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968. Apparently General Franco stole the victory from the United Kingdom’s Cliff Richard who was beaten with just one point. A documentary shown on Spanish TV Sunday concludes that “corrupts officials working for state-run television travelled across Europe… Read more

Full rehearsal schedule available for download

The full rehearsal schedule is now made public and different to last year is the fact that the long evenings have been dropped. On some days the last rehearsal ends between 4 and 5 in the afternoon while others are a bit longer, but no one is on stage to rehearse after 19.20. This year’s… Read more