Hajtana takes the Ukrainian ticket for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Hajtana on stage in Ukrainian national final ©  NTU

A total of 22 acts were today competing for the honour of representing Ukraine at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The national final was at the end won by Hajtana. She will now be trying to bring the country into that final, they have never missed out on, with the song Be My Guest. 

Sanremo Festival - Fourth Evening: A Night of Shocks on the Riviera

Alessandro Casillo

Tonight was a busy night in Sanremo’s Teatro Ariston. The remaining twelve acts in the Artisti section sang for the right to be part of the final tomorrow evening. It was the biggest night in the young lives of the four acts left in the Sanremosocial section for new artists as one of them was crowned the winner.

Two more acts eliminated in UMK contest in Finland

UMK logo ©  YLE

The fourth phase of the UMK contest in Finland was broadcast tonight on YLE 2 channel in Finland.  Nine acts performed at Club Dom in Helsinki. Two acts were eliminated by the expert jury and the public will now vote for the top five performers to make it to the live final.

Slovenian songs aired today - Eurovision veteran Søren Bundgaard in unexpected comeback

Søren Bundgaard ©  Pixieland Productions

4 times Eurovision Song Contest participant for Denmark, Søren Bundgaard is one of the songwriters behind one of the Slovenian songs to be aired later today. Instead of his Eurovision partner Kirsten Siggaard he has, this time, teamed up with other well known songwriters. 

Sanremo Festival – Third Evening: International Stars Celebrate Italian Music

Francesco renga, Gianni Morandi and Sergio Dalma

The third evening of the Sanremo Festival saw stars from all over the world, such as Sergio Dalma, on stage at the Teatro Ariston singing Italian songs that have been hits in various languages and countries around the world.

Roman Lob is Germany's star for Baku

Roman Lob (c) Pro Sieben

After a total of eight shows Germany's national selection Unser Star für Baku finally came to an end tonight. The televoters decided that Roman Lob will represent Germany in Baku. He will sing Standing still and try to repeat the good results Germany scored in the last two years.

Eesti Laul 2012: First Estonian semi-final - Get to know the participants

Eurolaul (c) ERR

Estonia, the hosts of the contest 10 years ago kicks off its televised selection process this weekend, with the first semi-final of Eesti Laul 2012.  A record entry of 159 songs was submitted for the first sift, with a 10 person jury narrowing down the field to 20.  So let's meet the first 10...

Eirodziesma 2012 Final - Get to Know the Participants

Eirodziesma 2012 participants ©  eirovisija.lv

Ten qualifiers from two semifinals will meet in the grand final of Eirodziesma 2012. Let's take a closer look at the ten participants who will fight the battle in the Saturday show, that will serve as 10 years anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever. 

Two lucky winners found in our Anggun competition

Anggun - Echoes

After an interview with the Anggun, the French participant for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, she kindly provided us with two signed editions of her latest album. We offered those to our readers in a competition and the two lucky winners have now been selected. 

Sanremo Festival - Second Evening - 14 to 10 and 8 to 4

Gianni Morandi and Rocco papaleo

After yesterday’s slightly anti-climactic events in San Remo’s Teatro Ariston, the second evening had added drama as four songs were eliminated temporally from the festival instead of the scheduled two.

Melodifestivalen 2012: Third Swedish heat - Get to know the participants

Melodifestivalen 2012 - 2nd heat © SVT

Melodifestivalen continues with it's third heat on Saturday, February 18th. In this article we take a closer look at the performers.

Listen to the four possible entries for Pastora Soler to represent Spain with and vote for your favorite

Pastora Soler © RTVE

Besides having the opportunity to listen to the two songs already selected by Pastora, today starts the deadline for fans to help her to choose the third song to be performed in the televised show on March 3. The choice will be made between two up-tempo songs: "Me Despido De Ti' and 'Ahora o Nunca'.

Maya Sar will sing Karoke Ti Znam at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Maya Sar ©  mayasar.com

Earlier, Bosnian broadcaster, BHRT, announced that they had selected Maya Sar to represent their country in Azerbaijan. Today the broadcaster and Maya Sar came together for a press conference where they announced further details in the selection process and that Maya will be singing Karoke Ti Znam in Baku.

Lordi's drummer Tonmi "Otus" Lillman passed away - only 38 years old

Otus 1973 - 2012 ©  Lordi.fi

The Finnish hardrock band Lordi, that won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest today reports that their drummer Tonmi Otus Lillman has passed away only 38 years old. The band is sending their condolences to his family and friends, while thanking him for the time they had with him.

Amsterdam getting ready for Eurovision In Concert 2012 - Four acts confirmed so far

Eurovision In Concert 2012 ©  eurovision in concert

On the 21st of April, few weeks before heading to Baku, a long list of this year's Eurovision Song Contest participants will team up in Amsterdam for the anually Eurovision In Concert. So far four countries have been confirmed, but we should be able to expect a bit over 20 to take part. 

Il Festival di Sanremo - The First Evening

Matia Bazar

This evening saw the opening night of the 62nd Sanremo Festival.  All 14 the artists in the ‘Big’ section for well-known artists performed. The 8 ‘Giovanni’ (for new singers) will sing tomorrow. It is likely that the Italian entry for Baku will be among these eight songs.

Alena Lanskaya to represent Belarus at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Alena Lanskaya wins 2012 EuroFest

Minutes ago the Belarusians decided that it will be up to Alena Lanskaya to bring the country into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, something they missed out on last year as the rest of Europe didn't love Belarus just as much as Anastasiya Vinnikova did. Tonight's winner was chosen in a big show featuring a long list of Eurovision performers.

Final of Eirodziesma to be held on saturday - Will Andris Ābelīte represent Latvia once again?

Eirodziesma 2012 participants ©  eirovisija.lv

The final show of Eirodziesma 2012 will be held on Saturday, the 18th of February. Ten acts coming from two semifinals will once again compete to have the honour of representing Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku this year. A former participant; Bonaparti.lv's Andris Ābelīte is among the competitors.

Semifinal of Unser Star für Baku: Roman Lob and Ornella de Santis voted to the final

USFB Finale (c) ProSieben

Tonight the semifinal of the German national selection Unser Star für Baku took place, the last show before the big final. Four artists were left in the competition. At the end the German televoters sent Roman Lob and Ornella de Santis to the final while Shelly Philipps and Yana Gercke had to leave the show.

Il Festival di Sanremo - A Brief History

Sanremo 2012 Logo ©  RAI

Last year in Dusseldorf, Italy ended its 14 year absence from the Eurovision Song Contest with a second place. Perhaps heartened by this result, RAI have again entered the contest. Because of the return of Italy last year, Eurovisionary published a history of the festival, which we publish a revised version of here.

Azerbaijan Decided: Sabina Babayeva Wins the Milli Seçim Turu

Milli Seçim Turu 7th week - Sabina Babayeva ©  itv.az

In the long selection process in Azerbaijan, we reached the end of Milli Seçim Turu's 2012 edition. Five names, Orhan Kerimli, Elton İbrahimov, Feqan Seferov, Sabina Babayeva and Arzu İsmayilova participated once again to represent the host country where Sabina Babayeva got the honour. The song will be announced at a later date.

Ida Lohmann and Joakim Tranberg out of the Voice - Bjarne Langhoff continued

Bjarne Langhoff, Ida Lohmann and Joakim Tranberg

Saturday evening 12 participants were fighting to continue to next round in Voice - Danmark's Største Stemme. Among them were three former national finalists. As the show ended Ida Lohmann and Joachim Tranberg was voted out, whereas Bjarne Langhoff still is among the 8 left with the chance to win the talent show.

Gallery: Melodifestivalen 2012 - Second heat afterparty

Ulrik Munther {Viktoria Karlsson, EuroVisionary}
Gothenburg seem to be the city of sensations and 2012 are no exception to that rule. EuroVisionary attended the afterparty to see how the participants celebrated tonight's winners.

Jónsi and Greta Salóme win Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins and will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Jónsi and Greta Salóme © RÚV

Tonight, Iceland decided its representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Seven acts competed in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins and Jónsi and Greta Salóme won the Icelandic ticket to Baku. Former Eurovision participants Páll Óskar and Hera Björk performed as special guests during the show.


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