Israel’s Channel 2 announces more details of the selction for Oslo. Israel’s national final, on 14 March, will again consist of four songs. Harel Ska’at will perform all four in a special preview programme, also on Channel 2, on Saturday 6 March. The details of the four songs are: "Le’an?" (Where to?) – Text: Sahar Hagay… Read more
Slovakia’s mammoth selection process took a step closer to Oslo, by selecting six more songs for next weekend’s final. Would there be any shocks? Slovakia completed its line-up for the national final on 28 February. As last week, 12 acts were competing for six berths. Five acts took part at various stages in the… Read more
Kristina wins the first Slovak semi-final, setting the standard for the others to beat on 28 February. After six quarter-finals, we now reached the first semi-final. Twelve songs (top four finishers from the quarter-finals) were vying for six places in the final on 28 February. Our usual host, Martin ‘Pyco’ Rausch guided us through the… Read more
Slovakia’s selection process ends its first stage, with four more acts progressing to the semi-final stage. They have now come one step closer to picking the song that will represent the country at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in May in Oslo. The final four lucky songs moving through to the semi-finals were picked tonight. … Read more
Slovakia nears the end of its quarter-final stage tonight, and picks four more songs for the semi-finals that start on 14 February. Will fans’ favourite Kristina be among them? STV’s studios in Bratislava tonight hosted their penultimate quarter-final. Another 10 acts were vying for four places in the semi-final stages that start on 14 February. … Read more
In its continued quest for Eurovision glory, Slovakia selects a further four acts to proceed to the semi-final stage. Slovakia’s marathon continued tonight, with the fourth of six quarter-finals at the Bratislava Headquarters of STV. Ten more acts were vying for four coveted places in the semi-final stage. These acts were: Mayo – Tón Stereo… Read more
Hot on the heels of Friday’s first quarter-final, four more acts were chosen on Sunday evening to proceed to the semi-final stage. In a TV studio in STV’s headquarters in Bratislava, four more acts were selected by the Slovak populace to go forward to the semi-final stage. Like the first quarter-final two nights earlier, a… Read more
The voters of Slovakia tonight selected the first four participants for the semi-final stage. Slovakia’s marathon selection process got underway tonight, with the first of six quarter-finals. Ten acts were vying for four places in the semi-final stages, starting on 14 February. The four were selected by 100% voting via text (SMS). The results were… Read more
With Slovakia’s first quarter-final less than 24 hours away, the ten songs are now online. Slovakia launches its marathon selection process on Friday 24 January. The first 10 participants have been announced, and the songs for this quarter-final can be heard online at the link below. Notable names in this quarter-final are finalists from last… Read more
STV selects its song for Oslo on 28 February after a six-week process involving three rounds. Martin ‘Pyco’ Rausch will host the series of programmes. The first of six quarter finals (10 songs in each) takes place on Friday 21 January, with the remainder taking place over the following Sundays and Fridays. STV will use… Read more
Israeli super star Harel Skaat will be flying the flag for Israel in Oslo, in an attempt to build on their 2009 result. Harel Skaat has been selected by IBA to represent Israel in Oslo next May. Speculation has been rife for some time on his selection, but only now has it been confirmed by… Read more
Slovakia announces participants for national final, including some known names Slovakia’s STV took a step nearer Oslo today by announcing the top 60 names to compete for their spot in Oslo next May. Many of the names are newcomers, but some we have seen before. Most famous is former participant Marcel Palonder, who represented his country,… Read more
Slovakia has announced details of its preparations for Oslo. Slovak national broadcaster STV has announced further plans for its selection process for Oslo 2010. Back in September, they announced a deadline of 31 October for submission of songs. Now that deadline has passed, a jury will narrow down the field. The best songs will undergo… Read more
Bulgarian broadcaster BNT wins the prize for announcing the first performer for next May’s Eurovision in Oslo. Miro, from the top Bulgarian duo KariZma was chosen by an internal committee of 51, made up of people from the Bulgarian entertainment industry and music scene. He beat other hopefuls Poli Genova & Nora Karaivanova and Bulgarian… Read more
Delegates from the UK and beyond attended the 4th OGAE Bash in Birmingham. A day of thrills, spills, and unlikely winners. Plus who would win the annual Stars in their Eurovision Eyes contest for 2009? Back in the very handy location of Birmingham for the fourth time, this event seems to be growing in popularity… Read more
The Eurovision Party season continued unabated with a party hosted by the Greek and Cypriot delegations and the huge Eurodom. More than half of this year’s contestants performed on the stage to a packed house. The central and extremely handy Eurodom was again the venue for several parties last night. we arrived as the Ukrainian… Read more
The party for FYR Macedonia has become a tradition over the years. We always get treated to good food and drink, and some decent performances. This year’s proved to be no exception. The party put on by FYR Macedonia is usually an affair worth getting to, and this year was no exception. In a break from… Read more
The tradition of Belarussian party continues, as it impresses with its lavishness. A galaxy of Eurovision stars past and present, including Koldun, Polina Smolova, and Ruslan Alehno entertained thousands of delegates at a party that will be talked about for years to come. This was held at the cavernous Euroclub/Eurodom, starting at 11pm. Our genial hosts included former Belarussian entrant… Read more
Queues, melodies and guns – a first full day in Eurovision city 2009 I’ve had an interesting first 36 hours in the Sin City of Europe 2009. Moscow is indeed a city of contrasts. We arrived after a 6 hour journey from a sunny Birmingham, to a dark and unexpectedly warm Domodedovo airport. We knew… Read more
Waldo’s People had their first rehearsal today. In the video you can see the first signs of what Lose Control will look like on stage. Read more
Elena will be singing about the Balkan girls in the semi-final on the 12th. Today she had her first rehearsal. Read more
After the success of the Preview Party last year, we were all expecting a good evening of entertainment when fans of the Eurovision Song contest gathered at the Scala in London on 17th April. EuroVisionary bring you a report from the party. After the success of the Preview Party last year, we were all expecting… Read more