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Nicole Azzopardi to take part in international festival in Estonia

Nicole Azzopardi represented Malta at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song Knock Knock!…Boom! Boom!  She will now represent Malta at the Tähtede Laul International Children and Youth Song Festival in Estonia between 14 and 16 April. The festival is spread over 3 days and brings together young acts from 17 different countries. … Read more

Leandie from South Africa releases new album with cover of Timoteij song

Top recording artist, Leandie Lombaard, from South Africa has just released her latest album.  It includes an Afrikaans version of the 2010 Swedish Melodifestival hit, Kom, by Timoteij.  Leandie had also recorded covers of some Eurovision songs on her previous album. The album is produced in association with Laminin Entertainment.  All the lyrics of the… Read more

Eurovision stars perform at Armenia National Music Awards

Some of this year’s Eurovision stars performed at the 2011 Armenia National Music Awards in Yerevan.  Glen Vella (Malta), Senit (San Marino), Mika Newton (Ukraine) and Emmy (Armenia) performed their 2011 Eurovision Song Contest entries. The prestigious Armenian National Music Awards took place on 27 March in Yerevan.  This year 4 acts from the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

More success for Sara Markoska in FYR Macedonia

Former Junior Eurovision Song Contest participant, Sara Markoska, has achieved more success in FYR Macedonia. She reached the final of popular tv show M2 Proekt. The popular entertainment show includes Elena Risteska (FYR Macedonia 2006) as a judge. Sara sang Za Ljubovta in the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.  She has since gone on to… Read more

Glen Vella wants to spend his birthday on stage in the Eurovision final

Glen Vella speaks to EuroVisionary about his experience of winning the Malta Eurosong and his plans leading up to the Eurovision Song Contest.  He also tells about his musical influences and his experience as a vocal coach at the 2010 Junior Eurovision …and more. Congratulations, Glen, on winning the 2011 Malta Eurosong. Could you try and… Read more

Aurela Gaçe will Feel The Passion for Albania

Aurela Gaçe will sing her Eurovision song in English.  The title is now Feel The Passion.  The song has been remastered by producers Michael Frondelli and Gene Grimaldi who have worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Lady Gaga. The original song Kënga Ime won the Festival i Kenges in December 2010.  The song… Read more

Glen Vella hits the road and prepares video for One Life!

Glen Vella, who will represent Malta at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, is currently on a promotional tour to promote his song, One Life.  He is also recording the promo video for the song which will be ready for the Head of Delegations meeting later this month. Glen was earlier this week in Zagreb, Croatia. … Read more

Lithuania send Evelina Sašenko to Dusseldorf

Lithuania tonight held their national selection final.  9 acts qualified to the final from the semi finals including previous Lithuanian Eurovision participants Linas Adomaitis (2004) and Sasha Song (2009).  4 willdcard acts joined them in the final.  The 4 wilcards were selected as follows Urte Silagalyte, Donny Montell and Donny Montell & Sasha Song were jury vote and  Martynas Beinaris… Read more

Dino Merlin to sing Love In Rewind in Dusseldorf

BHRT tonight broadcast a special show to premier the Bosnia-Herzegovina 2011 Eurovision Song Contest song for Dino Merlin.  The song is called Love In Rewind. Last Italian Eurovision participants Jalisse performed their 1997 entry in the show that also featured last year’s Vukašin Brajić.  The show was called BH Eurosong 2011 and featured Dino Merlin… Read more

3rd semi final in Lithuania

Tonight 3 more acts qualified to the final of the Lithuanian national selection.  12 acts competed in the show that will eventually decide the act to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf. Here are the acts competing tonight – 1. Timohi Setellite of setellite – This song I suppose has some humour.… Read more

Poland send Magdalena Tul to Germany!

Magdalena Tul will represent Poland at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Jestem.  Tonight’s show, Krajowe Eliminacje, was broadcast by TVP on Valentines Day. Here are the songs and performers – 1. Magdalena Tul Jestem – An upbeat dance song. Magdalena is dressed short silver and black dress and black boots and is with… Read more

Ukraine: Line up for final revealed!

After several weeks Ukraine have finally announced the final line up for their national final.  The results from the jury, televoting and internet voting confirmed that Ivan Berezovskiy, Zaklyopki and Mila Nitich had the most votes and will join the final. The final will be held on 26 February in Kiev.  The draw for the… Read more

Gallery: Malta Eurosong final 2011

Here you can see images of the Malta Eurosong final 2011.  You will see the presenters, all the acts, Blue (the 2011 United Kingdom act) from the interval, and of course the winning act, Glen Vella. Read more

Glen Vella to represent Malta in Dusseldorf

Glen Vella will represent Malta at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with the song One Life.  The final of 16 songs took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.  The running order for the final –  Eleanor Cassar  Hypnotised – another polished performance to this lovely ballad Amber Catch 22 – Amber owned the stage again. Great… Read more

Malta: The 16 songs through to the final!

Tonight Malta held a semi final of 24 songs at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.  16 songs have qualified for the final tomorrow night. The show is opened by Thea Garrett with a reprise of her 2010 Eurovision song, My Dream. The presenters are Valerie Vella and Keith Demicoli. The songs: 01. Amber Catch… Read more

Blue to perform at Malta final

The 2011 United Kingdom representatives, Blue, will be the special guests at the Malta national final on Saturday.  They will also perform a little sample of their Eurovision song, I Can. Blue will perform a few of their big hit songs as part of the interval act.  The band are very popular in Malta and the… Read more

3 acts qualify in first Lithuanian semi final

Lithuania tonight held their first semi final to eventually decide their act to participate in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.  The 3 acts to qualify from the 14 participants were Sasha Song, The Independent and Monika. The 3 songs that qualified were decided by a combination of expert jury and televoting.  The final will take… Read more

Thea Saliba adds music tutor talents to her successes

Thea Saliba, who represented Malta at the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, is now celebrating her successes achieved at the London School of Music.  Thea is now a qualified music tutor to add to her singing career. Thea now runs her own music school for young students who wish to learn piano and theory that… Read more

Changes again in Azerbaijan – no semi final today

Azerbaijan today made changes to their Eurovision selection again.  Today was expected to be a semi final to select 3 singers for the final. Now Icitimai tv have decided that the 5 semi finalists will actually perform in the final.  The 5 acts are Ilhama Gasimova Aynishan Guliyeva Eldar Gasimov Ilgara Ibrahimova Nigar Jamal The… Read more

Finland: 2nd Suomen karsinta – 3 more acts to the final

Finland held the 2nd semi final of Suomen karsinta tonight.  3 more acts qualified for the final on 12 February.  The acts were decided by a combination of telephone and sms voting. The show was transmitted from YLE Tohloppi studios in Tampere.  The songs will all be introduced via video by a former Eurovision representative of Finland.… Read more

Malta: Hear the 24 songs

The 24 songs from the 2011 Malta Eurosong selection were made public yesterday on the popular entertainment show, Xarabank.  30 second clips were shown and the full videos are now available for viewing. This is your chance to make up your mind about who should represent Malta in Düsseldorf. All the videos were filmed last… Read more

Cyprus to choose song internally

Cyprus will choose their song internally for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.  Christos Mylordou won the right to represent Cyprus in the talent show, Performance, held in September 2010. Christos Mylordou will perform the chosen song on a special show on CyBC in February.  A jury consisting of 7 members will internally select the song… Read more

Lithuania national selection plans revealed

Lithuania will hold 3 semi finals to select their song for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.  44 acts will compete including Sasha Song who sang Love in the 2009 Eurovision. The 44 acts taking part in the 3 semi finals to be held on the 5, 12, 19 February are – Ruta Šciogolevaite I will break… Read more

Malta 2011 finalists announced

Malta have announced the finalists to take part in the 2011 Eurosong to see who will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany.  There are some familiar names including the return of Fabrizio Faniello. The Malta selection will take place at the Mediterannean Conference Centre over 2 days with the semi final consisting… Read more

Third semi final in Ukraine

The final semi final in Ukraine took place in Kiev and 5 more acts have qualified for the national final to decide what act will go forward to Germany for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.  The following acts have qualified courtesy of a jury vote to the Ukraine national final. Eduard Romanyuta Dasha Medova Armiya… Read more

Interview: Jasmyn Lombard

Jasmyn Lombard is another popular South African singer who has covered some Eurovision songs.   Jasmyn has just released her debut album and she talks to EuroVisionary about her career and the Eurovision Song Contest.  Hello Jasmyn Hi there! I hope at the end of this conversation that you will know a little bit more about my album, what… Read more