The long Azeri selection process continued with another week of semi-final shows in the host country. Eight qualifiers gave their all to win a place in the Gala Concert, to where only five of them would proceed. Winner of first heat, Orhan Kerimli was the winner of the semi-final. Qualifiers from each of the last… Read more
Malta will kick off their campaign for the Eurovision Song Contest this friday. Twenty four entries will try to qualify to the final stage where only sixteen will be proceed. Well known names Fabrizio Faniello, Jessica Muscat and Claudio Faniello are back for another attempt to represent this country. Let’s get to know the participants.… Read more
Azerbaijan continues non-stop its national selection, Milli Seçim Turu, with the semi-final shows. Orhan Kerimli, Meryem Kerimova, Hayyam Mustafazadeh, Feqan Seferov, Elton İbrahimov, Adil Bakışlı, Sabina Babayeva and Arzu İsmailova will perform to qualify to the final where only five names will be proceed. This year Azerbaijan’s national broadcaster, İçtimai TV went for another long… Read more
The selections in Malta will start with the semi final show on Friday evening. 24 entries will fight the battle where only a lucky 16 will go forward to the final on Saturday. Some well known names in Maltese music circles such as Fabrizio Faniello make a comeback to the selection this year. The shows in the… Read more
Tonight, we came to the end of the long process of Azerbaijan’s national final, Milli Seçim Turu 2012. Another group of nine participants fought for the last ticket to semi-finals where Arzu İsmailova got the winning award. The first elimination process in the host country’s selections, named Milli Seçim Turu, has ended with the eighth… Read more
After a long speculating period in Armenia, ARM TV has confirmed its participation in a rival country, Azerbaijan. The details of the act will be announced at the end of January. Rumours suggest that the Lucia Moon and 2008 representative Sirusho will represent the country. The two ex-Soviet countries Armenia and Azerbaijan don’t have a… Read more
They are on the way to Baku and Hungarian broadcaster MTV published online the full versions of the participating songs in A Dal, via its website. The first semifinal will take place 28 January, and last year’s representative name Kati Wolf will be back as a jury member this year. As we mentioned in our previous… Read more
Finland will kick off their selection named UMK (Contest for New Music) with its first show on Saturday. It has now up to forty acts revealed online by national broadcaster YLE via its website. The number of participants will be narrowed to twelve before the first show starts. First show in the Finnish UMK will… Read more
The period of submitting entries came to an end in Moldovan selection process. Yesterday, the national broadcaster TRM revealed the list of approved entries, which is a total of sixty, including former Moldovan representative in 2009 Nelly Ciobanu and 2008 representative Geta Burlacu making a return this year. After the deadline of the "call for… Read more
One of the Turkish host from Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Meltem Cumbul, suprisingly appeared on international 69th Golden Globe Awards which was held in Los Angeles, the United States Sunday night. Meltem was presented as Turkish delight. In the motherland, Turkey, Meltem Cumbul is mostly known as an actress and presenter who also recorded… Read more
The second and last semi-final in Eirodziesma was held tonight. Ten participants competed to earn their place in the semi-final where only five places were available. One of first semi-final qualifiers, Samantha Tina, also participated on tonight’s show, she didn’t make it to the final. Today, the last heat in semi-final stage kicked off in… Read more
Selections in the host country continue with its seventh heat this week where another group of nine participants fought the battle of the semi-final where Sabina Babayeva took the ticket. There will be a break in the selections next week when the day of mourning will be commemorated in Azerbaijan claiming genocide of Armenians in… Read more
After the news about Can Bonomo who will be representing Turkey has had time to settle it is time to look at the reactions. They are mainly positive towards, but critisms is being raised as well… At the same time it is also reported in Turkish media that the actual song is to be announced… Read more
The second semi-final in Eirodziesma 2012 will start in a little over 24 hours. Ten acts will participate in the first semi-final and only half will make it to the final. A first semi-final qualifier, Samantha Tina, will participate once again, but this time she will be alone on the stage. The songs can be… Read more
The national broadcaster, BNT, have revealed the system of their selections for 2012 with 22 hopeful names who will be participating in the semi final of the Bulgarian national selection. The semi final leg will be held on January 14th and 12 lucky names will make it to the final where they will try to follow Poli… Read more
After the premierre show of the songs which will compete at the Austrian national final, the eigth of participating songs are published online by the official broadcaster ORF. As the nine participating names secured their positions qualifying to the final in December, Mary Broadcast Band gets the wildcard as the 10th act. Austria made a… Read more
Eirodziesma 2012 continues with its second heat on Saturday. Another group of ten participants will fight for the battle of making it to the final. One of the qualifiers from first semi-final, Samantha Tina, will participate once again, but this time she will be alone on stage. The show will start at 20.20 CET and… Read more
On the way to Baku, Turkish broadcaster TRT made their final decision after all the speculations about who should represent Turkey at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. An unspeculated name, Can Bonomo, suprisingly gets the ticket, EuroVisionary has been told exclusively. The dust has settled in Turkey after the storm of rumours about who would… Read more
The warm up laps in the Baltics started today with the first semifinal in the Latvian selection process named Eirodzeisma 2012. Ten participants competed to earn their place in the semifinal where only half could make. Andris Ābelīte, member of Bonaparti.lv, who represented the Baltic country in 2007 also succeeded to qualify. Today, the first heat in semifinal… Read more
Today, the last show in the host country’s national final named Milli Seçim Turu was held via its official broadcaster İçtimai TV. A group of eight participants tried to get semifinal ticket but only Adil Bakışlı who participated in the selections in previous years, won the battle of for the semifinal! As in the previous editions, a… Read more
The national selection in Latvia, named Eirodziesma, will kick off in a bit over 24 hours. Ten acts will participate in the first semi-final – and only half will make it to the final. Andris Ābelīte, member of Bonaparti.lv, who represented the Baltic country in 2007, return as a solo singer this time. The songs can… Read more
Latvian broadcaster LTV is now set for the its national selections named Eirodziesma. The first five acts in the final of Eirodziesma will be known after the first semi-final, which will be held on Saturday evening, January 7th. Member of Bonaparti.lv Andris Ābelīte who represented Latvia in 2007, makes a return as a solo performer… Read more
Rumours are not unusual in Turkey since the national broadcaster, TRT, made the decision to select internally their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Last week, rumours circulated in the media, speculating many names. At last, has TRT given a declaration on their way to Baku announcing the names with whom they are still in… Read more
The last heat of the year was held tonight in host country’s national final, Milli Seçim Turu 2012. As usual, nine participants fought for the fifth ticket to the semi-finals where Elton İbrahimov joined the previous winners, Orhan Kerimli, Meryem Kerimova, Hayyam Mustafazadeh and Feqan Seferov. The fifth and the last leg of the year… Read more
Today, another rumour has been launched by some international websites around Europe and also in Turkey: Kıraç will be representing Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. TRT denies the story that an official offer has been made to Kıraç. TRT will be announcing the Turkish representative on either New Years Eve or January… Read more
One of the countries participating in Baku next year, Russia, is set for their national selections on the way to the 2012 contest. National broadcaster, RTR, announced that the national final will take place on February 26th. Twenty-five acts will try to follow Alexey Vorobyov’s mission in Azerbaijan, only one will get the ticket for… Read more