Slovakia today finally revealed the song it is hoped will bring success in Düsseldorf. Radio Expres and the Twiins’ Youtube channel gave I’m still alive its first public airing. Slovakia this year went for an internal selection in choosing for Eurovision. After much speculation, girl duo the Twiins (Daniela and Veronika) were picked to fly… Read more
Dora continued apace tonight, as Croatia narrowed the field to three singers, all vying for the honour of representing Croatia in the first semi-final in Düsseldorf on 10 May. One unfortunate would be going home tonight. Would it be a qualifier, or tonight’s wild card? Week five of Dora would see the high quality field… Read more
After several false starts and announcements of withdrawal, Slovakia’s broadcaster RTVS today revealed that The Twiins will be flying the flag for their country in Germany in May. Slovakia’s history in Eurovision has been patchy to say the least. Since they returned in 2009, they’ve yet to secure a place in the Saturday night final. A… Read more
LRT tonight selected more acts to proceed to the Lithuanian national final on 24 February. Fourteen acts were vying for three places, with the remainder still in with a chance of a wild card entry. Lithuania’s record to date in Eurovision has been patchy, and they are aiming to reach the final after narrowly missing… Read more
Spain’s semi-final tonight selected three singers to perform for the chance to repesent their country in Düsseldorf. TVE’s novel approach to Eurovision this year has been entertaining, and tonight kept that tradition going. After two weeks of heats, tonight’s was an important show for TVE. The ten semi-finalists were competing for three coveted spots in… Read more
Croatia continued its brand new method for selecting a performer for Düsseldorf tonight, with the third elimination show. Five performers would be announced at the end of this show, with the sixth lucky performer announced next week. Croatia’s new approach to finding a Eurovision act continued tonight, with the final 12 qualifiers competing for six coveted places in… Read more
RTBF announced more details about the televised national final taking place in Liège on Saturday 12 February. Fourteen acts will be vying to follow up Tom Dice’s impressive 6th place in Oslo. Now that 30 songs have been whittled down to 14 as a result of a semi-final on Belgian radio channel VivaCité on Sunday, RTBF have revealed the draw… Read more
Slovakia’s broadcaster RTVS has announced more details of its selection for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The 18th of February is the date to mark in your calendar. Slovakia, like the UK, will select its song for Düsseldorf completely internally this year. Financial constraints at RTVS meant that a public selection… Read more
Belgium’s extra selection stage took place on a sleepy Sunday morning in VivaCité Studio 2 in Mons. After a better than expected interest in Eurovision, RTBF needed to cut its final 30 down to a lucky 14 for their final. Would the flavour of this final be English or French? Probably not since the UK’s… Read more
Croatia’s new approach to selecting an act for Düsseldorf continued tonight, as a further six acts were chosen for the next stage. Like last week, the 12 hopefuls were covering songs they hoped would do enough to get them a little further. Five would be announced on the night, with the sixth lucky winner being announced… Read more
Belgium’s song is being chosen this year by French language broadcaster RTBF. Approaching things from a different angle, their current field of 30 songs is being whittled down to 14 in a Sunday morning programme. RTBF’s method for choosing a Eurovision song is a break with the usual method of selecting a song for Eurovision. … Read more
Croatia’s Dora festival continues tonight, in a bid to win Eurovision in May. Twelve singers aim to follow six lucky performers from last week, by getting through to the next stage taking place over the next two weekends. Croatia’s selection process this year mirrors the German selection process in 2010. Over two weeks, 24 performers are… Read more
Irish broadcaster RTÉ releases more details of their preparations for Eurovision in Düsseldorf in May. The five short-listed acts along with their songs are now known. As in 2010, five acts have been selected to compete for Ireland’s ticket to Germany. Each act now knows the title of the song they’ll be singing, and each… Read more
Finland’s line-up of finalists is now complete, after the third semi-final, held tonight in Tampere. Jaana Pelkonen and Tom Nylund guided us through the five songs in the running. Who would qualify? Finland’s largest inland city Tampere tonight hosted the last semi-final allowing the voting public of Finland the chance to select three more songs for the… Read more
Finland takes another step towards its selection for Düsseldorf tonight, with its third semi-final tonight. Finland’s selection process continues tonight, when it selects three more acts for the national final on 12 February. Under the presentation of Janna Pelkonen and Tom Nylund, the five acts competing for the three places are: Sami Hintsanen: "Täältä maailmaan"… Read more
A British karaoke star has been picked to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest – after being talent-spotted in a shopping centre. David Bryan’s band Hotel FM won a public vote on New Year’s Eve after the 24-year-old was discovered by manager Florin Budeu. The welder, who had moved to Romania to be… Read more
Slovakia announces it will not be participating in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. Slovenská Televízia (STV) announced to day that Slovakia will not be taking part in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Martin Kontúr, Spokesman for Channel 1 said "I’m sorry to announce that after considering all the circumstances and limitations we will… Read more
OGAE held its first ever international party on 26 May at the Euroclub. Fifteen acts performed, most of which have been participants in the 2010 Contest. This Gallery shows some of the stars in action. Read more
Back on stage for the shorter second rehearsal, the now rested Josh puts in a good performance. Josh had only arrived in Oslo 3.30am the previous morning, so naturally was a little fatigued for his rehearsal yesterday. Now 24 hours later his performance has improved considerably. The most obvious thing was that he was holding… Read more
The final semi-finalists to rehearse today were Turkey. This is the most contemporary song of the 39, and maNga are used to performing in arenas of this size. So a three-minute song like this should suit them. This is a good song. It’s modern, it’s upbeat and it’ll be noticed among a strong semi-final. The… Read more
Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders held their second press conference today. These are some of the pictures from it. Read more
Life always looks better when the sun shines, and on this warm, sunny Sunday in Oslo, that certainly seemed to be the case for Jon Lilygreen. Popular bunny Jon Lilygreen was in action again today, polishing his performance on the stage in readiness for next Thursday. The general verdict is that he’s got what it… Read more
The long-awaited first rehearsals of the five automatic finalists continued today with Josh Dubovie on stage for the United Kingdom. Josh had come to Oslo the long way, by boat, and had only reached his hotel at 2 o’ clock this morning. A large contingent of UK press were in the arena to cheer him… Read more
The Russians held a lavish party at the Euroclub on 21 May. Peter Malitch did a set of his work, before various other Eurovision performers came on stage and sang their songs to a packed house. Read more
It’s not often that the delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina have a party, so Eurovisionary jumped at the chance to attend. The embassy is on the 5th floor of a building on the fashionable Bygdøy Allé. Many of the other embassies are loacted around here in this leafy suburb too. The party itself was in… Read more
Alyosha was back this morning for her final stage appearance before her first dress rehearsal next Wednesday. Will the sweet people of Europe like her? After all the controversy of the Ukrainian selection process, Alyosha now had another chance to iron out and wrinkles in her performance before the business end of the competition starts next week. This… Read more