Posts by Charlotte

Icy – Gleðibankinn

Iceland particiated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1986 with the song Gleðibankinn. One of the team members of Icy is Eirikur Hauksson who also represented Norway in 1991 and Iceland again in 2007. Read more

Grand Prix cruise between Norway and Denmark

For those fans not going to Belgrade Stenaline is offering a special cruise that will feature previous Eurovision participants, a special Eurovision quiz and of course the opportunity to watch the final on sea together with other fans. The ferry, Stena Saga will be leaving from Oslo at 19:30 the 24th of May and after… Read more

New album from t.A.T.u

t.A.T.u is now ready with a new album. The first single is out and Lena and Yulia offers a signed and numbered edition to the first 1000 to buy it through their shop – a film is on the way as well. The single "Beliy Plaschik" (White Robe) can now be pre-ordered in a special… Read more

April’s fool: Marija will not be in Belgrade for the final

It has become quite a tradition that the previous winner who brought the contest to the country is opening the final. That will however not be possible this year, as Marija Serifovic will be performing at a charity event in Subotica. Marija Serifovic confirms to Serbian news site, Naslovi.net that she unfortunately won’t be able… Read more

Interview: Vlad Mirita likes Serbian girls!

Vlad Mirita, one half of the duo that will represent Romanian in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest has talked to EuroVisionary about the plagiarism accusations, his background, the upcoming event, his competitors – and Serbian girls! First of all congratulations with winning the Romanian national final. Unfortunately you were immediately met with accusations of plagiarism.… Read more

Summer plans for the MF finalists

Most of the ten finalists from the Swedish selection will have a busy summer. Many of them have recently released a new album or are about to and the summer will bring concerts in Sweden as well as in Europe. Charlotte Perrelli is currently finalising the album to back up her entry for the Eurovision… Read more

Simon Mathew ready for Belgrade

Simon Mathew, who will represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, is touring in Denmark and Sweden up until leaving for Belgrade. Last night EuroVisionary was present at one of these concerts to check whether or not he is ready. The concert that took place at an Open by Night event in Hobro,… Read more

Video interview with Simon Mathew

Friday evening Simon Mathew, the Danish representative for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, gave a concert in Hobro. EuroVisionary met up with him afterwards for a short talk about the upcoming event. In the interview Simon talks about the pressure put upon his shoulders after winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and a bit about… Read more

Kate Ryan ready to release 4th album

Kate Ryan, who represented Belgium at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, has just finished her fourth album that is due to be released shortly before this year’s Contest in May. Until that she has chosen to escape from snowy Europe! The album, which title is yet to be announced, will be released across Europe on… Read more

Finalists from Melodifestivalen selling well

It is clear that Melodifestivalen has ended recently; all the Swedish finalists have simply invaded the Swedish single Top20. Only three out of the 20 best selling singles did not participate in the 2008 Swedish selection. Charlotte Perrelli, who won the Swedish final, and will represent the country in Belgrade is currently #1 on the… Read more

Simon Mathew tour schedule

It is not common for the Danish participants to do much promotion abroad and this year won’t be any different. Up until leaving for the Eurovision Song Contest Simon Mathew will be touring in Denmark, a tour that will continue once he is back from Belgrade. So far only places in Denmark are to be… Read more

All 43 preview videos to be released today

During the past couple of weeks preview videos from this year’s participating songs has been released. It has been hard to keep track on them, but that will all have changed by the end of the day. All the participating countries met in Belgrade on Monday where the draw also took place. They officially handed… Read more

No Angels release album in two limited editions

While preparing for the Eurovision Song Contest the German band No Angels has released their album; Destiny Reloaded. Fans can choose between two limited editions, both of them, of course, features their Eurovision entry Disappear. Fans of No Angels will notice that the album is quite similar to their previous album simply called "Destiny". As… Read more

Kalomoira goes to US

In June Kalomoira, the Greek representative for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, will perform in the United States. Time will tell if she comes up with any secret combinations on how to get a hit in the US. Kalomoira will be performing at Foxwoods Casino the 7th of June and then at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic… Read more

Dutch video available now

Former Idol participant, Hind, who will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest is now ready with the video for the song Your heart belongs to me. In the video that is now available to watch via an online Dutch news site, the face of who it is her heart belongs to is being… Read more

Now it is time for the analysts to come forward

With the running order decided for both semi-finals and the starting position for the final it is now time to start speculating. Will Portugal be able to finally qualify for the final? Will the UK survive a second position? And what about Iceland and Sweden right after each other? Many questions are always being raised just after… Read more

LIVE: Running order will be decided today

Some believe that the order in which the songs will be performed is important as to who will qualify to the final – and then again to how many points they receive in the final. No matter if this is true or not the running order will be decided via a draw today. The 43… Read more

Can Charlotte do the double? Result from Sweden

Sweden has chosen Charlotte Perelli and the song Hero to represent them at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. The public preferred Sanna Nielsen, but the jury ended up having the deciding factor – and they went for Charlotte. EuroVisionary has updated you all evening and here is the total result. The TV viewers preferred Sanna Nielsen, but… Read more

Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents launch official video

On Monday the Croatian representative for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will launch their preview video. It will be made available for public viewing on MySpace as well as Youtube. As almost all songs for the forthcoming contest are chosen it is now time to produce the videos, which will be aired in various preview shows… Read more

Brian Kennedy releases album of cover versions

A new album from Brian Kennedy, who represented Ireland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, has just been released. The album features 13 cover versions of songs previously sung by names such as Van Morrison, U2, Frank Sinatra and Joe Cocker. The album called Interpretations is a collection of thirteen songs spread widely to include… Read more