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Countries like Israel, Ireland and Norway were by fans and press mentioned as potential winners after successful rehearsals in Oslo. But on the actual night of the final they all failed to live up to the expectations and instead ended at the bottom of the scoreboard. What went wrong for them?

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 kicked off yesterday with the first 8 countries to rehearse for the first time on this stage and to meet an hungry press. Euroclub opened last night and I learned to pronounce the name of a certain Icelandic volcano - in Icelandic.

Following the reintroduction of juries for the voting in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU has decided to extend this to include the semi-finals.

Neighbour points doesn’t exist between Azerbaijan and Armenia – the political fight between the two countries have resulted in Azerbaijani police questioning people who voted for Armenia in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.  They are being classified as a potential security threat.

As promised a couple of days ago, the European Broadcasting Union has released the complete results from this year’s contest. This means that we can now see how the public voted, and how the juries voted.

In an announcement made on video website, Youtube, the EBU has announced that the results of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed.

Much interest in the voting for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest centered on the introduction of juries in each country to vote alongside the public phone vote.

After a little chock yesterday where Sakis Rouvas collapsed during rehearsals Greece continues the preparations for the big show tonight where a combination of jury and televoting will decide which song Sakis will sing in Moscow. You are invited to be a part of the international jury.