Both singers hail from different corners of the globe but have stood on the Eurovision stage representing France. Canadian warbler Natasha St. Pier and Indonesian beauty Anggun are poles apart in terms of musical genres but found common ground on the concept album Thérèse, Vivre d'Amour.
Dutch entrant Anouk has an explosive career to look back on in her native Netherlands. Since her breakthrough, platinum sales and sell out concerts have become the norm. Upon the release of her Eurovision entry Birds however, Anouk has just broken quite a special record in the Netherlands which hopefully is an omen for her success in Malmö.
With only a handful of entries to this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö remaining to be unveiled, excpectations surrounding the French entry are rapidly gaining momentum. Will Amadine Bourgeouis hotten things up with her entry L'Enfer Et Moi? The wait is finally over as her entry is revealed to the public today.
The Norwegian selection Melodi Grand Prix has normally been a huge hit with TV viewers, giving NRK viewing figures that most channels can only dream of. This year's edition however got off to a catastrophic start, but finally managed to turn defeat into victory at the weekend.
Last year San Marino drew a lot of attention to their song about the social network Facebook, but found themselves having to change the lyrics in order to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest and to be the joke of the evening for most. Added that it didn't reach the final it might be a little surprising to see Valentina back.
Swedish superstar and 2012 Eurovision winner Loreen has had an eventful, whirlwind year. You'd have thought that with all that has happened, she'd be in need of some respite? On the contrary, as the singer revealed yesterday, she is already preparing to record her new album!
Ivi Adamou has returned with a new single and promotional video. The song is called Ase Me and features Kleopatra from the Stavento group. The song has an r'n'b rhythm with some rapping from Kleopatra. Ivi has also recorded a song with Spanish DJ, Marshall Ventura, due for release soon.
With their submission deadling having closed almost a month ago, broadcaster MTV recently announced its intention to stick with and to develop the A Dal selection concept further when searching for the successor to Compact Disco and the Hungarian entrant for Malmö.
The 2012 Eurovision season will soon be history as the calendar writes 2013 in just a few hours. The past year gave us a lot of great moments, which we will store in our memory while we look forward to what the new season will bring. EuroVisionary's journalists wish you a happy new year with these, our favourite moments from 2012.
