The final dress rehearsal for the 1st semi final took place at 15:00 pm. This was the final chance for the acts and technicians to get everything prepared for tonight’s big show. Here are some opinions of the final rehearsal. Note: The opinion expressed in this article are those of the author and are not… Read more
Croatia hosted a party for their participant, Daria, at the Rudas Studios in Düsseldorf. Special guests included Nina from Serbia, Glen Vella from Malta, Anastasiya from Belarus and Aurela Gace from Albania. There was a live band performing with Daria and amongst her songs was a live version of Lahor (the Croatian language version of Celebrate). … Read more
The interval acts for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest have been revealed. When everyone is voting the acts to keep us entertained are Jan Delay, Cold Steel Drummers and Flying Steps. The Cold Steel Drummers are formed of 20 members from North Carolina, USA. The drummers entertain with tricks and lots of dancing. They will perform in… Read more
Lucia Perez and her backing singers and dancers produced a happy carnival show to the stage for Que me quiten lo bailao. The show was colourful and confidently performed. Lucia was dressed in a green and red dress. She was accompanied by 3 backing vocalists (2 male and 1 girl) and 2 male dancers. At… Read more
Blue are certainly in the running to win the Eurovision crown after again giving a great performance of I Can at their 2nd rehearsal. The guys stage show and vocals were excellent today. Duncan, Simon, Lee & Anthony were dressed casually today and not in the their special suits for the final. They are joined by 2… Read more
Jedward hit the stage with a lively and explosive performance of Lipstick. Their enthusiasm and energy lit up the stage. Jedward are dressed in red ‘glam rock’ style jackets with big shoulder pads. They are accompanied on stage by 4 backing singers (2 guys and 2 girls). The song begins with John singing the opening line in… Read more
Maja Keuc demonstrated her powerful vocals performing No One at the 2nd rehearsal for Slovenia. Maja’s show was also complemented by her backing vocalists making an all round great show. Maja was joined on stage by 4 girl backing vocalists. They were all casually dressed but still looked great wearing trousers and jeans and t-shirts. … Read more
Raphael Gualazzi gave a confident performance of Madness Of Love with his musicians at the first rehearsal for Italy. He created a cool atmosphere with this jazz type song. Raphael is wearing a dark jacket and is sitting at the piano. He is joined by 5 musicians. There is a drummer, bass player, guitarist, saxphonist and… Read more
Vlatko Ilievski and his dancers gave a great show at the 2nd rehearsal for FYR Macedonia for the song, Rusinka. There was a Russian theme running through the whole performance. Vlatko was dressed all in black and playing a guitar. There were 5 dancers, 4 male and 1 female, all dressed in white. The dancers… Read more
Mika Newton gave an outstanding performance of Angel at the 2nd rehearsal for Ukraine. She was joined on stage by sand artist, Kseniia Simonova. Mika was dressed very elegantly in a short white dress and long white robe flowing at the back. She was joined on stage by a male backing vocalist and the sand… Read more
Ell & Nikki produced a confident performance of Running Scared at the 2nd rehearsal for Azerbaijan. Despite a slight technical hitch on the second run through everything seemed perfect, Ell & Nikki are both wearing white. Ell is in a white suit and also a white t-shirt. Nikki looked very elegant her beautiful white dress.… Read more
Here are photos from the Croatian Press Conference for their participant, Daria, and her song, Celebrate. Amongst the team was the composer, Boris Djurdjevic, from the popular band, Colonia. Read more
This is the photo story of the Turkish party held on 4 May at the Euroclub. Yüksek Sadakat performed on stage with many special guests from the various competing delegations. Other acts to take to the stage included the acts from Switzerland, Georgia, Croatia, Slovenia, FYR Macedonia, Russia, Azerbaijan Read more
Paradise Oskar gave his 2nd rehearsal of Da Da Dam with some feedback problems. The song has a nice simple melody but the vocals seemed to echo in the arena. It is just Paradise Oskar on stage with a guitar. He was wearing a white shirt and dark trousers with light coloured shoes. The background begins… Read more
Anna Rossinelli gave a confident vocal performance of In Love For A While at the 2nd rehearsal for Switzerland. The only problem was the background appeared not very effective. The background included floating clouds, bubbles and sun and stars but this seemed quite dull despite all these additions. Anna was beautifully dressed in a glittery… Read more
Turkey hosted a big party with Yüksek Sadakat in the Euroclub on Wednesday. They perfomed several songs and were later joined by several other acts from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Yüksek Sadakat performed Live It Up and several other songs. Live It Up was certainly the theme of the evening as Turkey hosted a… Read more
Emmy gave a confident and fun performance of Boom Boom at Armenia’s 2nd rehearsal. The whole stage show had a boxing theme with Emmy beginning sitting in a big boxing glove. Emmy then took to the stage wearing a boxing robe and this was removed to reveal a short white dress. She was joined on… Read more
Aurela Gace gave a powerful performance at the 2nd rehearsal Albania. The background also gave a great effect with red and white lighting showing the spectacular wings of an eagle symbolising the flag and theme of Albania. Aurela was joined on stage by 3 backing vocalists (1 male and 2 girls). She was also joined by a male drummer and a… Read more
The United Kingdom participants, Blue, met the duo from Azerbaijan, Eldar & Nigar (Nikki), at a special concert in Kiev. It turns out that Nikki lives in London where the guys from Blue originate from. Nikki was born in Azerbaijan but moved to London in 2005 when she got married to her husband, Luke. She… Read more
Mika Newton gave a farewell concert in Kiev at the weekend before departing for the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. She was accompanied by special guests including the 2011 Eurovision participants from Moldova, Austria, Azerbaijan, France and United Kingdom. Ukrainian 2011 Eurovision singer, Mika Newton, hosted this big event in Kiev at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the… Read more
Top South African singer, Jasmyn, will be coming to Düsseldorf next week. She will perform for Eurovision fans at the Euroclub on 6 May at 22:10 (CET). Jasmyn will sing Afrikaans versions of a very popular song from Germany and also United Kingdom. It will be a special night at the Euroclub to celebrate 25… Read more
Last year’s Maltese Junior Eurovision singer, Nicole Azzopardi, has just returned from a successful participation in the Tahtede Laul (Star Song) Festival in Estonia. Nicole also met Dave Benton, part of the winning team for Estonia at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. The festival was held between 14 and 16 April in Tallinn. On the… Read more
Nina will represent Serbia at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, Čaroban. Here she talks to EuroVisionary about winning the Serbian national selection, her promotion for Eurovision, her musical influences and a possible alternative career to music. Hi Nina, congratulations on winning the opportunity to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest. What your… Read more
Nina from Serbia has released an official English language promo video of her 2011 Eurovision entry. It is called Magical. There will also be a Serbian language video with the original title, Čaroban. The video for Magical is very happy and shows Nina having fun and enjoying the whole experience. The song is very upbeat… Read more
The 2011 Armenia Eurovision singer, Emmy, appeared at the Armenian Music Awards. Also, appearing were Alexej Vorobjov from Russia and Eric Saade from Sweden who performed as special guests as part of their promo tour. Emmy performed her Eurovision song, Boom Boom. Emmy is very popular in her homeland and is picking up awards in… Read more
Eldrine will represent Georgia at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, One More Day. Here the band talk about their history and their plans for Eurovision and the future. Congratulations, Eldrine, on winning the Georgian national selection. First of all could you introduce yourselves? What are your names? Greetings! Thank you for taking… Read more