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Tonight, Cyprus has chosen their participant for the 55th Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Oslo. Nine competitors challenged to be the one at the end of the final but Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders managed to get the ticket.

Greece traditionally has a miniature melodrama before deciding on their participant for the Eurovision Song Contest.  This year sees a break with that tradition as ERT have confirmed that Sakis Rouvas will once again be the Greek representative at the contest.

The name Macedonia is a very troublesome one indeed and yet again the affect of the dispute is being felt in the Eurovision Song Contest.  The lyrics of Ireland's 2008 entry dared to include Macedonia in a list of countries that Dustin claims to love.