Azerbaijani broadcaster İçtimai TV has announced that the Azerbaijani representative will be chosen by only jury voting. According to the channel, this statement is showing how much importance Azerbaijan attaches to the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the APA Press Agency, who is the main foundation of İçtimai TV, the Azerbaijani representative will be selected… Read more
The dust has settled in Turkey after the storm of rumours about who would represent the country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. It has been announced that MaNga will represent Turkey, the band and the national broadcaster (TRT) were in negotiations for some time. TRT had opened a poll to receive fans’ opinions about… Read more
According to many Turkish press agencies, famous Turkish rock group MaNga will be representing Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Oslo this year. The winner of MTV Best European Act 2009, MaNga, will be representing Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest according to many respected Turkish press agencies such as… Read more
The Azerbaijani broadcaster İçtimai TV has announced more information about the national selection, including its rules and dates. As we have mentioned on EuroVisionary, Azerbaijan announced that they had set the date for the national final in early December. Today, İçtimai TV has detailed the Azerbaijani national selection for the next Eurovision Song Contest which will be… Read more
Armenian public broadcaster, CJSC, have announced the rules of the Armenian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which will be held in the capital of Norway, Oslo, in May. The country of mountains, Armenia, will have a national final in February for the next Eurovision Song Contest 2010. According to rules, songwriters from… Read more
While there have been rumours that Azerbaijan should have been disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest due to undemocratic voting, Azerbaijani Ictimai TV has announced 8 names for it’s national selections. After the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Moscow last May, Azerbaijan was criticised by many fans due to police intimidation of people who… Read more
OGAE United Kingdom won the OGAE Song Contest 2009, which was held by last year’s winner OGAE Croatia, with the song Viva la Vida by Coldplay with 241 points. Greece came second with 211 points and Italy placed 3rd with 152 points in the contest. The Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision, OGAE, which is… Read more
While speculation is increasing about the successor to Hadise, TRT, who is in charge of the Eurovision Song Contest broadcast in Turkey, has asked the public to share their opinions about 2010, just as they did last year. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, TRT, has opened a new poll on the Corporation’s official website. This… Read more
After four years without any national final in Turkey, TRT has announced that they will continue this new trend for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010. Here are some of the possibilities under consideration As in the past, TRT will declare the Turkish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest without holding a national final. We… Read more
A couple days ago, Hungarian broadcaster MTV announced that they will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest next year due to a financial crisis. After the Czech Republic announced that they will not be participating next year, a second announcement came from Hungarian MTV that they will not be able to participate in… Read more
Continuing with the series, it is time to analyse the Albanian voting results on EuroVisionary. Let’s see how this beautiful Balkan country has voted. Albania is one of the newcomers to the Eurovision Song Contest. This Balkan country participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 for the very first time. In that year, they… Read more
The Eurovision Song Contest ended a few months ago but it is still being talked about because of the new voting system. According to EBU officials, the new voting procedure opened new windows. On EuroVisionary, you will be able to find a voting analysis for each country based on the new system. Today our highlighted… Read more
The Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision, OGAE, which is the most famous fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest, is holding its annual contest, the OGAE Song Contest. Each country’s own section of the ODAE is participating. This year’s contest is being held in Croatia. The OGAE Song Contest has been held by OGAE… Read more
Last year’s Turkish representative, Belgian born Hadise, has been named by the Belgian media for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Hadise came 4th with her song Düm Tek Tek at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. It is commonly known that official EBU member channels from Belgium, VRT and RTBF, have been asking Hadise to represent… Read more
The former Turkish Eurovision Song Contest representative, Kenan Doğulu, continues his career with the new album Patron. Turkish music stores were surprised as Kenan’s previous album, Greatest Hits of Kenan, was released just one month ago. Kenan Doğulu, who actually has been having the highlights of his career since the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, continues… Read more
The former Eurovision Song Contest winner, Sertab Erener, returns to the stores with her new single, Bu Böyle (Like This). It is thought that Sertab will recover from her recent failure with the previous album Painted On Water. Sertab’s latest single includes five remixes of the song, Bu Böyle, from which the album took its… Read more
Turkish EBU member, TRT, has announced that it is planning to set a new price table for the adverts which are broadcast during the Eurovision Song Contest due to high viewing figures during the show in the 2000’s. With the new prices, it’s expected that TRT’s income will increase by an extra €62 million. TRT… Read more
The former Ukrainian representative, Ani Lorak, married a Turkish man, Murat Nalçacıoğlu, in a Turkish ceremony in Antalya, Turkey. Ani Lorak was the runner up in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with Shady Lady. Murat Nalçacıoğlu has been Ani Lorak’s manager for years and the couple have been engaged since 2003. According to Ani Lorak’s… Read more
Azúcar Moreno, the Spanish brown sugar, is the famous duo who have sold more than 2 millon albums. The duo are always remembered for the sound problems at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990. They didn’t win the contest, but their song achieved popularity worldwide. Azùcar Moreno, meaning brown sugar in Spanish, was founded by… Read more
The venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 has been announced by the European Broadcasting Union, even though the 2009 show hasn’t been held yet. The 8th Junior Eurovision Song Contest show will be held in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. It is already five months until the 7th Junior Eurovision Song Contest,… Read more
This year, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in Ukraine, will host the participants from 13 countries for its 7th running of annual contest. Three countries have withdrawn who competed last year, while one country returns. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, in which young singers aged between ten and fifteen years… Read more
Tonight, a special show will be aired on the Turkish National Broadcaster, TRT, where 10 Turkish Eurovision Song Contest entries will be performed by young contestants from the Genç Mikrofon Contest. It’s rumoured that the winning group will be representing Turkey at Junior Eurovision Song Contest next year with Turkey’s possible representation. The show will… Read more
The Greek companies, Eurocovers and Planetworks, have created a project with Eurovision Song Contest hits (mostly Greek songs) and covered the songs in the Bosso Nova style with Brazilian singers and released the album Bossavision. The project was mainly the work of Eurocovers with the organising coordinators, Easy Coutiel and Nektarios Tyrakis. The songs are… Read more
The Dutch national broadcaster TROS, has announced the results of the jury and televoting results. Although Norway is the jury favourite and gets the 12 points in the combined results, Turkey was the fans favourite. TROS, the broadcaster of Netherlands at Eurovision Song Contest, has also announced the jurors names who voted in the final… Read more
Sibel Tüzün, 2006 Turkish representative, became a musical actress after appearing in another Turkish movie, Çılgın Dershane, last summer. She has a role in the Turkish version of a Broadway musical, I Love You, You Are Perfect – Now Change. I Love You, You Are Perfect, Now Change is a famous musical which has been… Read more
Sertab Erener have won the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Everyway That I Can. Read more