Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The Russian broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest, RTR, has announced 25 finalists. The winner of the 2008 contest, Dima Bilan, was anticipated to be among the 25 acts.

Next Saturday 13th March, Ukraine will choose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. More details of the selection have now been released. The collection of writers has a firm international flavour.

Miroslav Kostadinov with the simple artist name Miro will represent Bulgaria at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. That was decided already back in October. Tonight the TV viewers picked the song he will be singing in Oslo trying to bring the country back to the final they failed to reach last year.

Belarusian national broadcaster BTRC has announced that group "3+2" will represent Belarus with the song "Far Away" at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo on May.

Hot on the heels of Friday's first quarter-final, four more acts were chosen on Sunday evening to proceed to the semi-final stage.

The voters of Slovakia tonight selected the first four participants for the semi-final stage.

With Slovakia's first quarter-final less than 24 hours away, the ten songs are now online.

The dust has settled in Turkey after the storm of rumours about who would represent the country at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. It has been announced that MaNga will represent Turkey, the band and the national broadcaster (TRT) were in negotiations for some time.

According to many Turkish press agencies, famous Turkish rock group MaNga will be representing Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Oslo this year.

The Azerbaijani broadcaster İçtimai TV has announced more information about the national selection, including its rules and dates.