Host country Azerbaijan continues non-stop with their national selection, Milli Seçim Turu’s, fifth heat this week. Another group of nine participants will fight for the semi-final battle and the winner will be placed alongside the previous semi-finalistsl; Orhan Kerimli, Meryem Kerimova, Hayyam Mustafazadeh and Feqan Seferov. In the last selection week of the year in… Read more
There are only a few days to kick off the first semifinal in Albanian national selection Festival i Këngës. The complete line ups of both semifinals, also jury names and guest acts were revealed by the broadcaster RTSH. For the 50th anniversary edition, there will also be special show dedicated to the history of this… Read more
Tonight, we have reached the half-way point in the elimination stage of the host country’s national final, Milli Seçim Turu 2012. Eight participants in total have fought the battle this week to qualify for the semi-final. Feqan Seferov was the lucky singer who won the ticket. The fourth leg in Azerbaijan’s national final selection process… Read more
Successful Slavic country, Ukraine, continues their national selection via its broadcaster NTU to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Baku. Besides twenty semi-final qualifiers, a wildcard via internet selection will have the honour of participating in grand final which will be held on February, 10th. National broadcaster in Ukraine, NTU, co-works with… Read more
Polish national broadcaster, TVP, has announced its withdrawal from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest due to the busy schedule of the corporation. TVP is one of the host broadcasters of the Euro2012 football tournament with Ukraine. Fortunately, Poland is looking for a comeback in 2013. Among the Polish fans, there have been rumours that a… Read more
Host country Azerbaijan continues with the 4th heat of its national selection, Milli Seçim Turu. Another group of nine participants will try to follow the previous semi-finalists Orhan Kerimli, Meryem Kerimova and Hayyam Mustafazadeh. One from last year’s Milli Seçim Turu, Group Emphaty, will give it another try in Azeri selections this year too. The… Read more
This week, the selection Milli Seçim Turu continued with its 3rd heat in Azerbaijan. Another group of nine participants have fought the battle to qualify for the semi-final, where Hayyam Mustafazadeh got the ticket. The third week of Azeri Milli Seçim Turu, kicked off Tuesday instead of Monday and ended on Saturday evening this week.… Read more
The Maltese national broadcaster, TVM, has revealed the participating songs in their full versions in the country’s national selection via its website. The selection will include a semi-final and a final which will be held on 3rd and 4th February 2012. The Maltese selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has officially kicked off after revealing… Read more
While the time is counting down to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, the host country Azerbaijan is working on the details of the contest, also preparing some surprises for their visitors, such as The Museum of Eurovision. As is tradition, thanks to Ell & Nikki winning in 2011, the country is honoured to host the… Read more
The Turkish representative from 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, Ajda Pekkan, has surprisingly announced that she has ended her musical career at the top. Her fans should not worry, Ajda will be back with more TV shows in near future, no matter how old she is. Ajda Pekkan was the Turkish representative at the Eurovision Song… Read more
Today in Azerbaijan’s national final, it was time for Milli Seçim Turu’s final show in the second heat. The nine competitors had their last chance in the "to be or not to be" battle which was won by Meryem Kerimova, who joins Orhan Kerimli in the semi-final heat. This evening’s show started with the introduction… Read more
In a bit over 24 hours we’ll know the Swiss representative who will compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. Fourteen participants will be fighting a golden battle where also the very first winner Lys Assia makes a return. Let’s get to know the Swiss participants. Patric Scott feat. Fabienne Louves – Real… Read more
Host country Azerbaijan goes non-stop on their national final Milli Seçim Turu 2012 with the second heat, which will continue for this week. Nine participants will compete to follow Orhan Kerimli into the final. The two out of five shows has already been held by the broadcaster, İçtimai TV. After the first heat’s winner was… Read more
The Swiss national final named Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow will be held in Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen on Saturday, the 10th of December. Fourteen participants will be fighting for the ticket of Baku. The very first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Lys Assia will also be attempting to represent her homeland once again. The preparations for the… Read more
Today in Azerbaijan’s national final, it was time for Milli Seçim Turu’s final show in the first heat. The nine competitors had their last chance in "to be or not to be" battle which was won by the current leader Orhan Kerimli. This evening’s show started with the introduction of a few well-known names by… Read more
Last night, Azerbaijan’s national final Milli Seçim Turu’s fourth day in the first heat continued with the Perfomance Day. Two days in a row has given a new first postition – and with only one day left the 9 competitors are fighting still to be in the run to represent their country on homefield in… Read more
As leaked to the public last week, Turkish broadcaster, TRT’s poll resulted in around five popular names, including Şebnem Ferah, Atiye, Hande Yener, Murat Boz and Duman; these nominees have reacted after the results with their hopes and disappointments. In the meantime, we will know the Turkish representative on New Year’s Eve. The first reaction… Read more
Azerbaijan’s national final Milli Seçim Turu’s continued with the third show of the first heat which was held in Baku Wednesday evening. The same nine participants from the two previous days showed their skills when it came to Eurovision Hits. New in the lead was Orhan Kerimli. Today’s show started with the presentation of a… Read more
Azerbaijan’s national final Milli Seçim Turu’s second show of the first heat was held in Baku this evening. With the Azeri national music being the theme the same nine participants from yesterday’s show gave it another go. From day 1 Samra Rahimli was clearly in the lead. Yesterday, the 2012 host country Azerbaijan started their… Read more
The 2012 host country Azerbaijan has started their national selection called Milli Seçim Turu with the first heat last night. The selection will have 7 more heats and each heat will continue five days. This year more than 100 people submitted their participation to the national broadcaster İçtimai TV. A special jury minimized the entrants… Read more
Turkey, via its broadcaster TRT, is one of the participating countries who pick the Eurovision Song Contest representative by an internal selection. The fan poll, which was held by the corporation to get to know public opinion has resulted in five names being suggested; Atiye, Murat Boz, Şebnem Ferah, Duman or Hande Yener. This year… Read more
After its confirmation to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest next year, the national Slovak broadcaster RTVS today announced its representative internally. 22 year old Miro has been chosen after he offered to fund the participation himself as the broadcaster was considering pulling out. As the season for national finals are slowly starting, Slovakia is… Read more
The former Turkish representative group Yüksek Sadakat announced that their latest album is on the way for their fans. This is just their third album on their very long musical career. The group have planned very special premiers which will be held both in İstanbul and Ankara. After one of the biggest failures in Turkey’s Eurovision Song Contest history,… Read more
Former Turkish representative Hadise, who gave Turkey a fourth place at the Eurovision Song Contest, behaved scandalously as a member of the jury panel in the latest episode of The Voice of Turkey when she failed to recognise theTurkish representative from 2001, Sedat Yüce. Four episodes of The Voice of Turkey have already been broadcast… Read more
Rumours points at Atiye Deniz to represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest next year. In that case she would be picked internally by the Turkish broadcaster, TRT. First she will be trying to win the award as best Turkish act over Hadise and Mor ve Ötesi. The annual poll for people to suggest candidates for… Read more
The Azeri host broadcaster İçtimai Tv will start looking for its 2012 Eurovision Song Contest participant in a couple of days. The window to submit an entry will only be open for ten days. The winner of their national selection will, as usual with a host country, be guaranteed a place in the final in… Read more