The fifth day of rehearsals saw most of the countries participating in the first semi-final rehearse for the second time. The day started in the Balkans with Montenegro and ended, well, in the Balkans with Bosnia.
It is quite common that the participants performs a bit at their press conferences. Some present their own entry, maybe in another version while others gives the audience a taste of what else they have to offer.
Every day, Eurovisionary will be bringing you a summary of all the press conferences held by each delegation soon after they have rehearsed. Today was the first day of rehearsals and Montenegro had the honour of getting things underway.
Tomorrow evening the Greek population will pick the entry that will represent the country in Belgrade. You can see the promotion videos of the three songs that are competing in the show, that features four of the songs the winner will be up against in May.
The night of the Slovene final was truly a night to remember. A very "tight" battle between Rebeka Dremelj and Skupina Langa ended with Rebeka winning the "ticket" to Belgrade.
The final of EMA 2008 will take place in Ljubljana. The show will be hosted by Bernarda Žarn & Mario Galunic. 10 songs will fight or two super final spots. These two song will go for another vote and the winner will be the 2008 ESC representative.
EuroVisionary have spoken to Paul Layton from The New Seekers who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972. We are asking him about his memories, how the contest was seen back then and what the band has to offer today.
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The album kicks off with the very catchy Get Me High. Simon sings: “I don’t need a prime time TV show to get me high” – it was such a show that brought him fame so can he do without it?
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