Posts by Giannis

Five Greek candidates presented

After several postponements and delays, a short while ago the official announcement with participants and more information for the Greek national final was announced. The Greek national final will take place on the 4th of March in Athens where five acts will battle it out. At last and after a lot of delays because of… Read more

Finalists revealed in Latvia

Tonight in Riga, the capital of Latvia, the Semi-final of the country’s national selection "Supernova" for the Eurovision Song Contest was held. Eight songs fought for the 4 tickets to quallify to the grand final of Latvian Superniva on the 22nd of February. A combination of jury and public chose the finalists. The national selection… Read more

Estonia ready for national final on Saturday

After two semi-finals of Eesti Laul, a total of ten songs are now ready for the Estonian final. There is now less than week left to find out who will be the one that will be chosen to represent the Baltic country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. 10 songs competed in each their… Read more

Three more finalists quallified for the final of UMK in Finland

Yesterday in Helsinki the second semifinal of UMK, the show that select Finland representative for the Eurovision contest was held. Of the six songs that competed, three took the ticket to the final that will be held on the 28th of February. The 6 songs that competed in yesterday’s semifinal were: Siru "Mustelmat" Eliminated Shava… Read more

IL Volo wins Sanremo 2015 and will fly the Italian flag in Vienna

The 65th Sanremo Festival finished with the final tonight. The longest running song contest in the world closed tonight with a spectacular show. After the 16 performances winner of Campioni competition was IL Volo, who will also represent Italy in the upocoming Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Sanremo 2015 said goodbye tonight after 5 nights… Read more

“Campioni” sings covers on the third night of Sanremo

The third night of Sanremo featured the 20 applicants in the category Campioni (Acclaimed performers) who sang remakes of earlier known and classic Italian songs. The covers voted by the public and representatives from the world of the press and media at rates of 50-50. The winner of the night was Nek. Maybe the most… Read more

SanRemo opens with Arisa wanting to do Eurovision

Arisa, who is co-hosting Sanremo with Emma Marrone, has said that she would love to participate in Eurovision if the winner of Sanremo isn’t interested. She was openly annoyed last year when RAI internally selected Emma and not the winner of Sanremo.  Last year Arisa tweeted her disappointment with not being asked to go to… Read more

Hungary 2015: A Dal Heat 3 results announced

Hungary continued their Eurovision 2015 entry selection tonight with what has become one of the most popular Eurovision selection process’ "A Dal". Tonight’s show was the final of the three heats. 6 more artists have quallified to the semi finals and remained in the contest where Hungary will decide their representative for Vienna. The show:… Read more

Frustrations in Cyprus over national final result

There are big negative reactions in Cyprus about the results of the final in Eurovision Song Project. The huge difference between the public vote and the jury vote brings a lot of critisism, but the involved artists themselves ask for people to respect the process and support the winner. Lots of people demand from CyBC… Read more

Giannis Karagiannis won Eurovision Song Project in Cyprus

After almost six months the Cypriot broadcasted tonight reached the final. Six songs fought for the euroticket and among them, a jury and the audience decided that Giannis Karagiannis with One Thing I Should Have Done will defend the Cypriot colours in the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. After six episodes of auditions and two eurochallenges six songs managed to… Read more

EuroVisionary talks to Cypriot finalist Panagiotis Koufogiannis

Just one day before the Cypriot final Panagiotis Koufogiannis with his characteristic voice gave us a very interesting interview. He participates in tomorrow’s final with his powerful ballad Without your love. Is this the song that will represent Cyprus at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest? Panagiotis despite his tiredness because of the rehearsals and all… Read more

Cyprus national final 2015: Get to know the participants

CyBC will be hosting Eurosion Song Project, the national final to select the artist and the song who will get the Cypriot ticket to Vienna. Four male singers, a duet and a rock band are in the running to be the next representative of Aphrodite’s island in Eurovision Song Contest. The grand final of Eurovision… Read more

Hovig, one more Cypriot finalist talks to EuroVisionary

Only 2 days left until the final of Eurovision Song Project in Cyprus, and Hovig took the time to talk to us. He participates in the Cypriot selection with the dynamic ballad Stone In A River. Will he be the one to defend the colours of Cyprus in Vienna? We found Hovig among his preparations… Read more

Interview with Cypriot finalists Nearchos and Charis

Only three days before the final of Cyprus’ Eurovision Song Project, the only duet in the contest found some time among their rehearsals to talk to us. Nearchos and Charis compete in Sunday’s final of the cypriot selection with their ballad Deila Den Agapo. You’re both very young and you have already achieved a lot… Read more

EuroChallenge 2: The six finalists revealed in Cyprus

The second round of EuroChallenge was held tonight in Cyprus. The ten songs that were still in the competition were reduced to six that qualified for the final of Eurovision Song Prtoject, Sunday the 1st of February. One of those six will represent Cyprus in Vienna in May. After two months we now know the… Read more

EuroChallenge1: 10 songs continue in the Cypriot marathon

Cyprus kicked off the Eurochallenge part of their Eurovision 2015 selection process last night. After 6 weeks with audition rounds, the 20 artists who quallified competed for a place in the top10 and the next Eurochallenge round. After concluding the auditions’ round last week, Cyprus’ Eurovision Song Project went to phase 2 today: the EuroChallenges.… Read more

20 Eesti laul songs to compete for Vienna trip

The national broadcaster ERR has published the 20 songs that will compete in the two semifinals of Eesti Laul, the show held every year to choose the country’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year 219 applications were made for the national final scheduled for 21st of February Below you can see the 20… Read more

Elhaid Dani will fly the albanian flag to Vienna

After two semifinals the previous days the final of the 53rd edition of Festivali i Kenges was held last night. After a four hours show an expert jury decided that Elhaida Dani with her song Te Kerkoj will be the 12th entry of the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. The show:  Eighteen acts fought… Read more

Scandal in Cypriot national selection involving Despina Olimpiou and Konstantinos Christoforou

A scandal in Cyprus has gotten its take in the social media and various websites. Despina Olimpiou, one of the jury members in Eurovision Song Project appeared professional in a live stage performance together with Konstantinos Christoforou, one of the composers in the national selection. Something that is against the rules of the contest. Christmas… Read more

Uzari and Maimuna win national final in Belarus

After a two hours show in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, we have eventually the fourth song of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. In studio 600 Metres, 15 artists fought for the right and the honour to represent Belarus in the upcoming Eurovision. At the end Uzari and Maimuna won after an exciting voting. Teo… Read more