The Estonian television announced that there has been another change in the line up for the semi finals. The song Ilusad inimesed by Laika Virgin feat. Fredy Schmidt had to be disqualified because it was already published on August 31st, 2010, one day too early. The entry will be replaced by Meister ja Mari and… Read more
The starting field for the two semi finals of this year’s Eesti Laul had slightly to be changed. The song Meeting the wolf by the performer Janne Saar who also wrote this song together with Carola Madis had to be disqualified. As the Estonian television ERR found out this song was published before September 1st,… Read more
Soon after the announcement of the details concerning the German final “Unser Song für Deutschland” the NDR announced the hosts of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf: Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab. Since a few weeks there have been rumours about Engelke and Raab to host the event. These rumours are now… Read more
We know for a while that Lena Meyer-Landrut will once again represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. But something is still missing – the song that she will perform in Düsseldorf. Just like this year the audience will decide about the German entry. The NDR announced today that there will be three live… Read more
32000 tickets for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 14th, 2011 in Düsseldorf are already sold, but it seems that not all tickets could be bought by fans. A lot of tickets are now sold for extremely high prices on a black market on the internet. The NDR cautions everybody to buy… Read more
Yesterday the deadline to submit a song to next year’s Eesti Laul ended. In total 140 songs were submitted. Now a jury will decide which 20 entries will proceed to the two semi finals on February 12th and February 19th, 2011. The result is expected to be published this Thursday, December 16th. Read more
The first step on the Austrian road to Düsseldorf is done. The deadline to make an application for the Austrian final ended today at 12 o’clock. 147 entries were submitted. According to the Austrian radio station Ö3 there are different kinds of music – Schlager, electro pop and even Reggae. Among the candidates we find… Read more
A lot of Eurovision fans have been waiting for this moment: On Sunday, December 12th at 12:12 pm the ticket sale for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will start. The tickets can be ordered via the homepage www.dticket.de. While the cheapest tickets will cost 89 €, the highest price category will be… Read more
Since our last article about the Belgian National final six acts more have reached the amount of 20.000 € and qualified for the final. In total we have 11 participants so far: The Blazing – Our way Léa Clément – Où s’en vont nos rêves? Syla K. – Simple love Hélène – Our home Steve… Read more
In the middle of October it was reported by the NDR that the ticket presale for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest should start in November. Now it is December, but there are still no tickets available. Asking the NDR about this topic we received the information that the plans about the stage building are not… Read more
Good news from Austria! The country will definitely return to the Eurovision Song Contest. The national broadcaster ORF announced that there will be a national final on February 25th, 2011. The preparations have already started in cooperation with the radio channel Ö3. In the meantime several artists have applied for a participation such as Alf… Read more
The Belgian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 already kicked off some time ago. In the meantime five entries have reached the final and will compete for the Belgian ticket to Düsseldorf. The French speaking Belgian broadcaster RTBF conducts in association with AKAMusic the web selection for the 2011 national final. The candidates who… Read more
The Slovenian entry for Düsseldorf will again be chosen in the EMA festival. The national broadcaster RTVSLO announced that their final will be held on February 27th, 2011. The performers are invited to participate in the selection. They have to propose a team of composers and lyricists to write their entry and who have to… Read more
About 4 weeks after Düsseldorf’s appointment as the host city of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the city has started its preparations. At first, they began to search for voluntary helpers who should be responsible for a warm and friendly welcome of all guests. These volunteers shall also accompany bigger groups and give them information… Read more
ERR, the Estonian broadcaster, has announced the start of their national final, called Eurolaul, today. On February 12th and February 19th there will be two semi-finals with a total of 20 songs. These entries, which can be submitted until December 17th, 2010, will be chosen by an internal jury. Five songs of each semi final… Read more
Soon after Düsseldorf’s appointment as the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, thousands of fans contacted the ARD and the Esprit Arena to ask for tickets. In general, the tickets are sold from January onwards, but now, NDR (North German Broadcaster) announced that the presale shall already start within the next 3-4 weeks.… Read more
After Michael von der Heide’s failure in Oslo, Swiss television prepares a new selection procedure for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The Swiss audience shall decide who will represent the country next year in Germany. A decision will be made already in December. In the past all artists who wanted to represent Switzerland had to… Read more
Four cities are finally left as a possible host of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. That is the conclusion after the deadline ended on August 20th. The contest will be held in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover or Düsseldorf. Thomas Schreiber who is the entertainment coordinator of the TV channel ARD says that all four cities seem… Read more
The popular German girl band, No Angels, who represented Germany in 2008 and finished last with Disappear, loses another member. It was announced Nadja Benaissa has decided to leave the band. The last year has been very hard for Nadja. In 2009, it became public that she is HIV positive. She was accused of having… Read more
Representatives of the EBU and the German broadcaster NDR finally agreed on May 14th as the date of the final of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The semi finals will be held on Tuesday, May 10th and Thursday, May 12th. Originally the provisional date of the final was May 21st, but on this date there… Read more
About three weeks after Lena Meyer-Landrut won the contest with Satellite there is still no decision as to where the next Eurovision Song Contest will take place. Host broadcaster has selected a task force and so far seven cities are willing to take the stick over from Oslo. The German broadcaster NDR has founded a… Read more
The Eurovision Song Contest just ended and the FIFA World Cup just started, but we have a connection in terms of an unofficial World Cup song. A group of students from Münster in Westphalia, called Uwu Lena, made a cover version of this year’s Eurovision winner Satellite by Lena Meyer-Landrut. The song is now called… Read more
Is this just because of Lena’s victory? The songs of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have become very popular in Germany. In previous years, there were mostly only the winners who could reach a mediocre position in the German charts. But this year, you can find three Eurovision songs in the current top 30. After… Read more