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2nd semi final in Ukraine

Ukraine held their 2nd semi final on Sunday 7 November to select the songs to qualify for the final where the winning act will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. 3 more songs qualified for the Ukraine national final on 27 February 2011.  The artists participating in the latest semi final were Ivan Berezovky,… Read more

Ukraine start selection road to Germany

With not much publicity Ukraine started their selection procedure last week with their first semi final to eventually decide who will represent them at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. There will be 5 semi finals and the acts will be selected by a combination of jury and televoting.  35 acts have been selected and… Read more

Moniqe Foxx new South Africa hit is 1999 Malta Eurovision song

Popular South African singer, Moniqe Foxx, has released her version of the Times 3 song, Believe ‘n Peace.  Moniqe’s version is in the Afrikaans language and is called Glo In Jou. Moniqe recently released her debut album in South Africa.  The first hit from the album was the title track, Ek Kan. This is a very… Read more

Armenian singer Marianna Hovhannisyan enters Swiss selection

Popular Armenia singer, Marianna Hovannisyan, has submitted the song, Love Me More, for the Switzerland national selection.  This year’s selection is open to artists not only from Switzerland but any other country.  Marianna Hovannisyan is 18 years old and is very popular in Armenia.  She has already had 6 big chart hits in her home… Read more

Interview: Mariam Kakhelishvili (Georgia Junior Eurovision 2010)

Mariam Kakhelishvili will represent Georgia at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, Belarus on 20 November with the song, Mari-Dari.  Mariam speaks to EuroVisionary here. Interview with Mariam Kakhelishvili Congratulations Mariam on being selected to represent Georgia at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – What were your feelings when you realised you had… Read more

Sirusho performs in Tajikistan with other Eurovision stars

Sirusho, who represented Armenia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, recently performed at a special concert in Tajikistan.  Other stars of Eurovision also took part in the show. Various stars from the Eurovision Song Contest took part in the special concert in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.  Some of the acts taking part included Alyosha (Ukraine 2010), Safura (Azerbaijan… Read more

Foreign composers welcome to contribute to 2011 Malta Eurovision selection

Foreign composers are welcome to contribute to the 2011 Malta Eurovision selection.  Fresh proposals were made by the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) to improve the level of songs for the next contest to decide the Malta entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. PBS have proposed that foreign composers can submit one song for the… Read more

Onanta Spahiu launches new song and video

Onanta Spahiu from Albania has launched a new song and video. She participated in the 2009 Festivali i Kenges. Onanta sang Dashurise i erdhi vjeshta (Love came to fall) in the festival that decided which song would participate for Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo this year.  Eventually Juliana Pasha won the contest with Nuk… Read more

Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 2010 contest in Malta

Many artists that have previously taken part in the Malta Eurosong selections participated in the 2010 Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza (KKI) contest on 19 September 2010.  Amber Bondin took first prize with the song Trid Tapprezza. The KKI contest is a very important festival in Malta takes places around Independence Day every September.  All of the… Read more

Alexander Rybak performs in Malta

Alexander Rybak recently spent 2 days in Malta.  EuroVisionary watched Alexander perform some songs at a private party and were able to speak to him. Alexander Rybak performed at a charity concert and also a private party organised by the Russia Boarding School in Malta.  Alexander performed 4 songs at the private party at the 2… Read more

Interview: Nicole Azzopardi (Malta Junior Eurosong winner 2010)

Nicole Azzopardi will represent Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Belarus with the song, Knock Knock! Boom! Boom!.  Nicole speaks to EuroVisionary. Hello Nicole, we at EuroVisionary would like to congratulate you on winning the Malta Junior Eurosong. What were your feelings when you realised that you had won the contest and would… Read more

Interview: Domenique Azzopardi (Malta Junior Eurosong finalist 2010)

Malta will select the act to represent them at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, Belarus on Saturday 4 September 2010.  One of the participants in the Malta Junior Eurosong final, Domenique Azzopardi, speaks to EuroVisionary. Congratulations, Domenique, on reaching the final of the Malta Junior Eurosong. Have you participated in the Junior Eurosong… Read more

Iris Hoxha to try for Festival i Kenges …and also seeks fame in Italy

Iris Hoxha would love to represent Albania at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and will try to participate again in the Festival i Kenges later this year.  Iris is also trying to make it big in Italy by participating in a popular TV talent show. Iris is a very popular singer in Albania after winning the… Read more

2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – 14 countries to participate

14 countries will participate in the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Minsk, Belarus on 20 November 2010. There are some surprises with some countries returning and others dropping out. Moldova will participate at Junior Eurovision for the first time.  Latvia and Lithuania return to the competition after a break. It was… Read more

Sara Markoska & Dance Studio Eureka perform in Spanish festival

Sara Markoska, who represented FYR Macedonia, at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Za Ljubovta took part in a series of festivals in Palma de Mallorca, Spain with the Dance Studio Eureka from Skopje. The Dance Studio Eureka were in Spain to promote the music and culture of FYR Macedonia.  The main event took… Read more

Thea Saliba launches new song at Malta Fashion Awards

Thea Saliba, who represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 is going strong in Malta with her latest German produced offering called I’m Your Fan. The song was released just recently and already does very well in the Maltese Music Charts at Number 4 and climbing. Thea was invited as special guest… Read more

United Kingdom viewing ratings down! What happens next?

The viewing ratings in the United Kingdom were down considerably from 2009 to 5.54 million.  This could have been due to lack of promotion and also the fact the show was up against the popular ITV series, Britain’s Got Talent.     Josh Dubovie finished bottom for the United Kindom in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

Australian Eurovision Fans meet in Aus-lo!

This year many Australian fans travelled to Oslo for the Eurovision Song Contest.  EuroVisionary went along to their fan meeting that they called Aus-lo! There is a big interest in Australia for the Eurovision Song Contest where the show is broadcast on the SBS network. Fans from all over Australia including Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin and… Read more

EBU Press Conference

The EBU Press Conference took place on 26 May 2010 at the Telenor Arena, Oslo.  Amongst the topics discussed were the provisional dates for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and also the trophy for the the 2010 contest were revealed. Svante Stockselius and NRK television were happy with the broadcast of the first semi final on… Read more

Safura warms up for her performance by mingling with fans at Semi Final 1

Safura began her preparations for her performance at the 2nd semi final of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest by sitting and mingling with fans at the 1st semi final last night. Safura will represent Azerbaijan in Norway with her song, Drip Drop.  She is very relaxed and was happy to mingle with fans before her… Read more