Roger Cicero who represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki and finished 19th with Frauen regier’n die Welt (Women rule the world) will release a new album. The CD In diesem Moment (In this moment) will be available from October 28th, 2011 on. Additionally he will go on tour in 2012. In… Read more
The Bulgarian broadcaster BNT has announced details concerning their selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. It was revealed that there will be two semi-finals and one final. A mixture of juries and televoting will choose the winner. Nine months before the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 taking place in Baku the Bulgarian broadcaster… Read more
Lena is back. Three months after representing Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf she finally releases her new single What a man on September 2nd. It is a cover version of Linda Lyndell’s evergreen from 1968. The song is also the theme song and the title of the German movie What a man… Read more
Who will represent the Alpine country in Baku? Like last year the Swiss broadcaster SF starts its selection very early. From September 1st on everyone who wants to take part can upload a song to a special internet platform. The deadline for the song submission is set for September 30th. Afterwards 14 songs will be… Read more
It has been almost two months since we have seen this year’s Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Düsseldorf. For me it was a very special Eurovision. It was not only the first time that I had the opportunity to go to a Eurovision Song Contest. No, I was even able to attend it as… Read more
Four weeks after the retirement of Stefan Raab it was announced that the German TV channels ARD and ProSieben continue their successful cooperation. After Unser Star für Oslo and Unser Song für Deutschland next year’s show will be called Unser Star für Baku. New jury president will be Thomas D (Thomas Dürr). He was born… Read more
Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan will be held without Stefan Raab. Today the popular German TV host and entertainer explained that he decided to quit the Eurovision Song Contest due to personal reasons. This means he will be no longer responsible for the selection of the German representative. Raab says that hosting this… Read more
Azerbaijan won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. After an exciting voting the duo Ell/Nikki won with a total of 221 points leaving Italy and Sweden behind them. A few minutes after 1:00 am the winner’s press conference finally started. Several fans from Azerbaijan cheered enthusiastically and wanted to convince everyone to come to… Read more
The final dress rehearsal of the second semi final started at 15.00 o’clock. It was the last chance for the participants to get everything well prepared for the live show tonight. Just like during the 3rd dress rehearsal of the first semi final, most of the artists wore casual clothes instead of the ones which… Read more
This afternoon we saw the first dress rehearsal for the first semi final. It was the first opportunity for the artists to present themselves in front of a smaller audience. The rehearsal started with a delay of 20 minutes. Note: The opinion expressed in this article are those of the author and are not necessarily… Read more
Lena just finished her second rehearsal and left a very good impression. When it was announced that she would represent Germany again, nobody thought she could repeat her success of Oslo. But does she manage to convince the European audience once again? In contrast to yesterday’s rehearsal nothing was changed except tiny things regarding Lena’s… Read more
Getter Jaani and her team just finished their second rehearsal. Fur sure Estonia is still among the favourites to do well in the contest, but not everything went right today. The first run had to be interrupted very shortly after the start due to technical problems. The second try went quite well. The choreography was… Read more
This was the moment most of the German Eurovision fans were waiting for. At a few minutes to 16:00 Lena finally entered the stage for her first rehearsal. She received a warm applause from the huge amount of interested fans and press. The choreography of Taken by a stranger was not changed after winning the… Read more
Yesterday some of us had the honour and the pleasure to be invited to the Dutch party. The Dutch broadcaster TROS chose a very special location for this event. The party was held on the very noble 5 star ship Royal Crown at the bank of the river Rhine. The party started at 21:00. To… Read more
Right after the finish of the Cypriot rehearsal Poli Genova and her team entered the stage. Poli also performed last night at the Dutch party, but she did not seem to be tired at all. Na inat starts off quiet with Poli kneeling down on the floor. After the first verse the song builds up… Read more
This rehearsal day kicked off with the Swedish representative Eric Saade. After some problems during the first rehearsal everyone was curious whether they could improve their performance. And they did. The choreography did not change between the first rehearsal and today. Eric has three dancers and two male backing vocalists on stage. He wears his… Read more
The Belgian group Witloof Bay had their second rehearsal today. After last year’s success with Tom Dice finishing in 6th position the Belgians hope to repeat this result. The song With love baby is sung a capella. Witloof Bay give a very good vocal performance. Their voices harmonize very well. The backdrop is mainly blue… Read more
Dino Merlin and his team just finished their second rehearsal. It took some time before they started with their first performance. Between each performance there were some discussions because Dino did not seem to be completely satisfied. Dino wore again his multicoloured jacket. Will this also be the outfit for the semi-final? He starts the… Read more
We just saw the Portuguese press conference. The lead singer explained the meaning of the song and talked about the carnation revolution, revolution in general, love, peace and happiness. Afterwards they offered Portuguese wine, bread and cheese. Read more
Next on stage was the Portuguese band Homens da Luta. After three years in a row of qualifying Portugal hopes to make it again to the final. But will this protest song be understood by the European audience? Homens da Luta wore the same costumes as in their first rehearsal. These will probably be the… Read more
After Belarus’ rehearsal it was time for the Latvian duo Musiqq to enter the stage. After two years of failure they hope to give Latvia a place in the final again. When the song starts the two guys of Musiqq are sitting on chairs with their backs towards the audience. Just before the first chorus… Read more
Next on stage was Estonia. The Baltic country was very successful between 1996 and 2002, but since the introduction of the semi-finals it could only reach the final once in 2009. Now the Estonians have high hopes in Getter Jaani. In total we have six people on stage. Getter Jaani is accompanied by three male… Read more
A few moments ago the first Georgian press conference ended. The Georgian representative Eldrine gave a nice performance, dressed in traditional Georgian costumes. Read more
Georgia participates only for the fourth time in the Eurovision Song Contest and so far the Caucasian country has been very successful. In every participation they managed to reach the final. Can they do this again in Düsseldorf? The performance is convincing. It is full of energy and the lead singer’s voice is very powerful.… Read more
Yüksek Sadakat just finished their first press conference in Düsseldorf. The band left a very positive and sympathic impression. Read more
After Manga‘s success in Oslo finishing as runner-up Turkey chose again a rock entry. Will the group Yüksek Sadakat be able to repeat last year’s success? After the sound check it took almost 20 minutes until Yüksek Sadakat finally started with their first performance. They seemed to have problems to find the right positions on… Read more