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Sucess on homeground for De Toppers and Hadise

Posted 25 May, 2009 - 17:51 by Charlotte Jensen

De Toppers - Shine and Hadise - Düm Tek Tek singles

Eurovision Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak is popular in both the Netherlands and Belgium. De Toppers is doing well on the Dutch chart and in Belgium Hadise is on both the ones from Flanders and Wallonia, although the two charts are very different.

Video: Carola -Invincible, Främling and Fångad av en stormvind (From opening party)

Carola performed all three of her Eurovision Song Contest entries at the official opening of the 2009 Contest: Invincible from 2006, Främling from 1983 and her winner from 1991 Fångad Av En Stormvind.

Video: Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go and Believe (From opening Party)

Dima Bilan performed both his Eurovision Song Contest entries, Never Let You Go from 2006 and Believe from 2008, at the official opening party in relation to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.

Mihai Trăistariu: The 2009 songs part 3

Posted 28 April, 2009 - 14:55 by Mihai Trăistariu

In the third out of four blogs about the 42 songs competing at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest Mihai Trăistariu, former participant, has been listening to Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Portugal.

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Mihai Trăistariu: The 2009 songs part 2

Posted 24 April, 2009 - 13:33 by Mihai Trăistariu

Mihai Trăistariu continue sharing his opinion about this year’s 42 participating songs. In part two of four he looks at Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland and Israel.

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Mihai Trăistariu guest blogger on EuroVisionary

Posted 18 April, 2009 - 15:43 by Charlotte Jensen

He represented Romania at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest where he came 4th with the song Tornerò. He would have liked to give it another go in Moscow, but new rules for the national final kept him out. Instead he is now a guest blogger on EuroVisionary giving his opinion about the songs competing to win the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

Mihai Trăistariu: The 2009 songs part 1

Posted 18 April, 2009 - 15:39 by Mihai Trăistariu

Mihai Trăistariu, who represented Romania at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest will, as a guest blogger on EuroVisionary, be sharing his opinion about this year’s 42 participating songs. In part one of four he looks at Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus.

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Carola thought about committing suicide

Posted 25 January, 2009 - 19:53 by Charlotte Jensen

When Carola won the Swedish final in 1983 and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest she was only 16 years old. She had problems dealing with the pressure that was suddenly put on her and in an interview with the magazine Filter she reveals that she had thoughts about taking her own life.

Paul de Leeuw celebrates 25th anniversary in show business

Posted 14 November, 2008 - 00:32 by Charlotte Jensen

Famous Dutch TV host, singer and actor Paul de Leeuw will celebrate his 25 years in show business with releasing a DVD box and hosting a 12-hour long live TV show. He is known for flirting with Sakis Rouvas and an uncountable number of Eurovision Song Contest covers.

Lordi on tour in North America

Posted 12 November, 2008 - 17:08 by Charlotte Jensen

The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest winners Lordi have started their North American Fall Tour that brings them to six states. The Finnish monster band is putting a lot of effort into making it in the states with the new album, a video competition only for American fans and this tour.

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