Bulgaria is being backed on stage by a tradition folk group. At the Bulgarian press conference today they got the spotlight when they had prepared a folk song for the audience.
Last night Moje 3, representing Serbia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, surprised everyone when they were joined by the 2007 winner Marija Serifovic in a great entertaining at their press conference. This included Marija's winner song; Molitva.
It's not just the Eurovision Song Contest that the Dutch are gearing up towards in May. In a matter of weeks, for the first time in the Netherlands' Eurovision history, they will have a king as head of state, which will be celebrated with a huge concert featuring some Eurovision names.
Controversy usually surrounds the Belarussian entry and this year is no exception. Alyona Lanskaya was selected as the Belarussian entrant with Rhythm of Love. Following a change of song to Solayoh, Alyona has enlisted the help of Belarussian born Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak to promote her entry.
Today, it has been announced that Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov will fly the Bulgarian flag once again. They are the most successful act in the Bulgarian Eurovision history reaching the 5th place in 2007, being the only Bulgarian representatives that ever made it to the final. Why not give them another try?
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.
This Saturday the fourth qualification show from the Lithuanian national selection took place in Vilnius and in last night's show eight acts were competing for another three tickets to the semi-finals. The guest performance of the night came from Julija Ritčik, the lead singer of 4Fun.
BTRC has revealed the deadline for song submissions and announced that their song for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will be selected on 7th of December. Will they be able to qualify to the finals after two years of failure in a row?
The Government of Republic of Macedonia organised a concert in Skopje, with the attendance of famous Eurovision singers from the Balkans. The show hasn't only shown that the nation's reaction towards special historical dates is full of dignity, but it has also contented all of the viewers with Macedonian folk treasure.
Heart throb Andreas Lundstedt could do no wrong. He seemed to have it all - a successful solo career, followed by even greater popularity with the supergroup Alcazar. Things soon turned sour however, with his life hit by a series of personal tragedies. Lundstedt lifts the lid on his life, warts and all, in his autobiography released last week.
