Next on stage was the Albanian delegation. Aurela Gace who is very popular in her home country Albania managed to give an outstanding vocal performance. Again we have six people on stage. Beside Aurela there are three backing vocalists (two female and one male), one drummer and an e-guitarist. They all wear casual clothes. Aurela’s… Read more
Poland kicked off the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. A few moments ago Magdalena Tul finished her first rehearsal which left a good impression. Performance: In total we have six people on stage. Magdalena is accompanied by four female dancers – two of them backing her as well – and a male backing vocalist.… Read more
Three weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest the host city Düsseldorf is getting ready for the event. The stage of the Esprit Arena is nearly built up, Eurovision flags are waving in the city and the Düsseldorf International Airport is preparing another interesting event – the Airport Grand Prix. On May 1st visitors of Germany’s… Read more
After several years of selecting the Israeli representative internally, the Israeli national final KDAM is finally back. Tonight it was held in Rishon Le’Zion. The combination of professional jury (40%), fan jury (12%) and public vote (48%) decided to send Dana International to Düsseldorf singing Ding Dong. The show kicked off on 20:30 CET and… Read more
Two weeks after the German final it seems that Lena Meyer-Landrut’s success continues. Five songs she performed during the Unser Song für Deutschland shows have entered the German charts. Her album is even number one. Today the latest German Top 100 was released and we see Lena with a total of six songs there. The… Read more
After 2 semi finals tonight was the night Estonia decided who will represent them at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf. Getter Jaani and Outloudz qualifed for the superfinal. Who would take the ticket to Germany? The show took place in the Nokia hall in Tallinn and was presented by the semi final hosts… Read more
A few minutes ago the Austrian national final finished. The public decided to send Nadine Beiler to Düsseldorf. She will represent the country with the song The secret is love. The show started on 20:15 CET and was hosted by Robert Kratky, Mirjam Weichselbraun und Andi Knol. The crowd is nearly going wild, when they… Read more
Tonight the first Austrian representative since 2007 will be chosen. After a long voting procedure in the internet and via sms 10 acts were finally chosen for the national final. Who will win the ticket to Düsseldorf? Get to know the participants: 1 Band WG – 10 Sekunden Glück (Ten seconds of luck) The band… Read more
The line up for the final of this year’s Eesti Laul is complete. Tonight five more acts qualified by a mixture of public and jury voting and will perform in the final on February 26th. Like last week, the second semifinal was also presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa, both members of Vanilla Ninja… Read more
Tonight the final of Unser Song für Deutschland was held in Cologne. Lena performed six songs which received the highest amount of votes during the two semi finals. Finally Taken by a stranger was chosen as the German entry with 79% of the votes. The show was again presented by Sabine Heinrichs and Matthias Opdenhövel… Read more
After several weeks and preselections the Belgium final was held in Liège tonight. The winner was chosen by a 50:50 mixture of televoting and jury vote. Finally Witloof Bay will represent Belgium in Düsseldorf with the song "With love baby". The broadcaster RTBF already started their national selection last autumn with a web based contest.… Read more
Tonight the Irish representative for Düsseldorf was chosen. After Niamh Kavanagh coming only 23rd in Oslo, a new selection concept was developed. The combination of public and jury vote finally decided to send the duo Jedward to Düsseldorf. The show started on 22:35 CET and was broadcasted during the Late Late Show. At first tonight’s… Read more
Ireland is the most successful Eurovision country. They won the contest seven times, but since 2001 they have not done very well including several failures to reach the final. That is why Ireland changed their selection procedure for this year. The Irish broadcaster RTÉ invited five music professionals with a lot of experience. These mentors… Read more
The second semi final of Unser Song für Deutschland has just finished. Like last week Lena performed six songs. Push forward, Mama told me and A million and one received the highest votes of the viewers and will compete in the final on February 18th. The show was again presented by Sabine Heinrichs and Matthias… Read more
On February 17th, 2008, almost three years ago, the government of Kosovo declared their independence from Serbia. Since this date, there have regularly been speculations about a possible participation of the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. But does the Kosovan music scene offer anything to the Eurovision Song Contest? Or would it be just… Read more
ERR, the Estonian broadcaster announced the running order of the songs for the two semi finals. They will be held on February 12th and February 19th. Five songs of each semi final will proceed to the final of Eesti Laul which is set for February 26th. Semifinal 1 Marilyn Jurman – Veel on aega Elmayonesa… Read more
Today the Austrian broadcaster ORF announced the ten acts who reached the national final. The public could vote until January 31st. This result was combined with the result of the jury voting. These ten acts will perform at the final on February 25th: Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner – Paris, Paris Nadine Beiler – The secret… Read more
Tonight the first semi final of Unser Song für Deutschland was held. Germany will again be represented by last year’s winner Lena Meyer-Landrut who performed six songs. Three of them Maybe, Taken by a stranger and What happened to me proceeded to the final on February 18th. The show started on 20:15 CET and was… Read more
The Macedonian broadcaster MKRTV announced that their national final will take place in Skopje on February 26th, 2011. 20 participants will compete to represent the Balkan country in Düsseldorf. They were picked out of a total of 88 songs. These are the participating acts: Mir – Ne se menyva lyubovta Mravka – Ludost Natan –… Read more
The Belgian national final for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf will take place in Liège on February 12th . 30 participants were elected during an online selection. To reduce the number of candidates there will be a special radio programme on VivaCité radio on January 30th. In total 14 candidates will be selected… Read more
The citizens of Düsseldorf were asked to help to organize accommodations for the visitors of the Eurovision Song Contest. A special network was created to offer private rooms. The city expects 35.000 spectators for the Eurovision final on May 14th, 2011. Additionally there will be spectators at the dress rehearsal as well as the two… Read more
Today the Slovenian national broadcaster RTVSLO announced that there will be ten participants at this year’s EMA festival. The song titles have not been published yet. Among the ten acts we find Omar Naber who represented Slovenia in 2005 with Stop and Nina Pušlar who is one of the most popular singers in Slovenia. She… Read more
On January 3rd the sms voting for the Austrian final kicked off. 30 songs are left in the race for one of the ten places in the final which will be held on February 25th in Vienna. After 14 days the current standing is as following: 1 Alkbottle 2 Richard Klein 3 Trackshittaz/Lukas Plöchl 4… Read more
Yesterday the theme of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was presented: Feel your heart beat. The logo shows a pulsating heart consisting of different coloured rays of light. The logo and the motto will shape the visual branding of the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. It was created by the agency Turquoise in London. The… Read more
The Austrian broadcaster ORF received in total more than 200 songs for the national final. Now 30 songs are left to vote for. The public can vote via sms until January 31st. A jury will complete the voting and determine the other 50% of the votes. The ten songs with the highest amount of votes… Read more
Today the European Broadcasting Union announced that 43 countries will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. This is the biggest number of participating countries since 2008 in Belgrade, when the same number of countries took part. Four countries return after some years of absence. The biggest surprise is Italy who returns after… Read more