Georgia to participate in Junior Eurovision

Georgia, for the first time ever, will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands on December 8, 2007. Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) will present the Georgian participant, who will be selected through a national contest.

In addition, the song, which will be performed at Junior Eurovision – 2007, will be revealed through a competition as well. The essential precondition for entrants is to sing a song in the Georgian language. Children between ages of 10 to 15 will be eligible to participate.

The national contest will be held in three tours. All applications will be discussed during the first tour. Then the regional casting of participants will be held with the 12 best ones being selected. At the final concert, a person, who will depart for Rotterdam, will be revealed.

Deadline for submitting applications is July 10.


source:geotimes.ge

Svante Stockselius visits Belgrade and RTS

from oikotimes.com


Marija Serifovic's win at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest has brought much joy to the people of Serbia, but it also implies obligations and responsibilities. Svante Stockselius, the supervisor of the ESC, has come to Belgrade to provide the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation with the details of the tasks to be performed. Mr Stockselius talked to the head people of the RTS, visited the Sava Centre and the Expo Centre, the possible venues for the press centre and the fan club, and the Belgrade Arena where the 2008 ESC will take place.

Mr Stockselius was very impressed by Belgrade. 'It is a beautiful city, full of greenery. I was given a wonderful reception. The Belgrade Arena is impressive. It is neither too big, nor too small, which is perfect because we need a certain amount of intimacy, ' said Mr Stockselius. The supervisor of the ESC is satisfied with the way things are going. He pointed out that the RTS should be aware of the fact that there is a lot of work to be done. The RTS Entertainment Department will have the leading role in carrying out the project.

D'NASH win Star2 award!

After their return from Belgrade, Serbia, the boys from D'NASH attended the Star 2 Awards ceremony where they were nominated in the Me vuelves loca category.

They were competing with Andy and Lucas, Kiko and Shara, RBD, Tokio Hotel and SMS for the prize. Mikel, Basty, Ony and Javi performed their Eurovision Song Contest entry I love you mi vida and expressed their gratitude when they received their award. The Spanish boys were recently awarded the ESC Radio awards 2007 for best group and for best song .

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The Cyprus Music Awards 2007 winners

Last night the second edition of the Cyprus Music Awards took place in Nicosia, Cyprus. The show attended by many Greek and Cypriot Eurostars some of them performing on stage. The show will be aired by Sigma TV next week while a Greek TV station will also air it within the month. Here are the gatherings of awards which the Greek and Cypriot Eurostars got last night.

Best Newcomer - Tamta

Best Song Of The Year - Constantinos Christoforou - Stasou Ena Lepto

Best Female Singer - Evridiki

Best Male Singer - Michalis Hatzigiannis

Best Album - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Fili Kai Echtri

Best Single - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Ola I Tipota

Best Video - Anna Vissi - Everything


source:oikotimes.com

Sarbel rehearsal - Yassou Maria- VIDEO_1

Sarbel rehearsal Helsinki Eurovision 2007







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Spain - D'Nash rehearsal Eurovision 2007 - VIDEO

D'Nash rehearsal at Helsinki






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Sarbel - "Yassou Maria" Final Night -VIDEO

Sarbel singing "Takse mou" at Greek-Cypriot party

Czech Republic will take part in 2008

The Czech Republic will send its second entry to the Contest in 2008, where they will have to start in the semi again due to a non-qualification this year with Kabát, one of the country's top bands. Whether Kabát's 1 point will put off other famous Czech artists for next year remains to be seen. As yet, there is no news over how the Czech entry will be chosen for 2008.

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Malta won't withdraw

Many rumours have been circulating on the Internet about the possible withdrawal of several countries for 2008, one of the most popular ones being Malta. However, the Maltese broadcaster has confirmed today that Malta will be present in Belgrade, despite having to start in the semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the second consecutive year.

Estonia, who have so far failed to qualify on every single occasion since the semi final was introduced, will also be playing in Belgrade, although ETV are considering their options for Eurolaul, the national final.

Montenegro, who failed to qualify in 2007 on their first attempt as an independent state, have also confirmed their presence in Serbia.

The continued participation of the Czech Republic, however, is more of a confusing matter. After coming last with only one point on their first ever participation, with one of the country's most successful bands, it is as yet unknown whether Czech broadcaster CT will be willing to finance another entry in 2008. However, while esctoday.com awaits confirmation from CT itself, the Czech Eurovision site is still being updated with Eurovision news in Czech, suggesting a continued interest.

source:esctoday.com

D'Nash and Massiel at Europride

Past Eurovision entrants D'Nash and Massiel will be appearing on stage in Chueca at the annual Europride. The winner of the 1969 Eurovision song contest, will be at the Plaza Vázquez de Mella, on Wednesday June 27 at 22:00 local time. Later she will have a bit of a sing-song, featuing ''Busco un hombre'' that she sang in the Spanish national final 'Misión Eurovisión' earlier this year.

D'Nash will be appearing on Friday 29 at 19:30, also at the Plaza Vázquez de Mella, singing some of the songs from their album "Capaz de todo"- and it's highly likely that their Eurovision entry "I Love You Mi Vida" will get an airing as well.

Other Eurostars such as Andermay- who wrote Spain's 2003 entry "Dime"- will be in Pelayo on Wednesday 27 at 21:00.

Europride is the annual celebration of gay Pride Day. Over the last few year's it's been held in London, Stockholm, and most recently Madrid where over a million people turned up to take part and watch the parades that go through the streets.

Centered the Crooked district of and its environs, this celebration has become, by the own right, in most popular of Spain, surpassing in affluence from public to as important others as the Faults or San Fermines.

The festival is becming increasingly popular, playing second fiddle to the internationally famed 'Fallas' and 'San Firmines' festivals.


source:oikotimes.com

No Melodifestivalen plans ahead, Paparizou says

The fiasco of the Eurovision result in Helsinki is not going to recur. Next year Sweden has to participate in the semi-final. SVT have already started to plan so they can send the best they have. Highest on the list of ‘wants’ are two names: Carola Häggkvist (40) and Helena Paparizou (25)

"There is place for them both"It could be a scramble between the schlager-divas.- The competition has room for both of them. We don’t see that as a problem. It might be rather them who do that, says the competition’s organiser Christer Björkman.As late as in the middle of May, Carola told in Icelandic TV that she is going to arrange something for next year:- Next year I’m going to celebrate that’s 25 years since “Främling” – it would be cool to be able to invite the audience in on that, since it’s a great way to come out in Europe.

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photo:ANDREAS BARDELL - aftonbladet.se

Marija Serifovic in Norway, Germany, Belarus

In the following weeks, Marija Serifovic, the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winner, will be performing in concerts in her homeland Serbia, Montenegro, Norway, Germany and Belarus.

Marija's tour schedule for the next three weeks has been announced as follows:
June 24 - Solo concert at the Budva Festival in MontenegroJune 26 - Marija will sing at the European Greco Roman wrestling Championship in BelgradeJune 28- Eurovision Memory Lane in Oslo, NorwayJune 29 - Concert in Stuttgard, GermanyJune 30 - Concert on Offenbach, GermanyJuly 01 - Concert in Berlin, Germany and July 05-08 - Marija will participate in the Slavjanski Bazar festival in Belarus.


source:esctoday.com

Mihai Traistariu builds career

Mihai Traistariu hopes to work with famous producer Tommy Motolla, but the Romanian artist who finished 4th the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest is exploring all his options. That’s why he has also applied to take part in the L.A. Awards, and he is currently participating in the international New Wave Festival where he is a finalist for that contest.

If anyone in Romania doubted Mihai Traistariu when he declared his intentions to succeed in the international arena, the singer is working to prove them wrong. He is taking many small - but steady - steps on his way to realizing his career dreams. Naturally his 4th place finish in Athens introduced him to a larger audience. Now, he is taking part in the New Wave Festival where he has qualified for the finals in Latvia with the highest score from the semi-final round. This exposure will only benefit him should he attempt to represent Romania in another Eurovision Song Contest.

However, Mihai has recently said that his biggest dream is to make a career overseas in the USA - although he had not tried to get in contact with any US-American managers until a very well-known producer from Portugal and a good friend of Tommy Motolla heard his song contest entry Tornerò during a shopping trip.

The Portuguese producer contacted Mihai and suggested they record two songs for Motolla. These songs are finished, one of them is a duet with the famous female Romanian singer Nico (who also took part in various Romanian national finals) and now he is waiting for the producer to visit Romania: ”He will come in the 1st of July to listen to the songs and to find out the results. It’s a formality that has to be done”, Mihai declared.

The singer has also applied to take part in the L.A. Awards. Many prominent international singers like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas and Anastacia first attracted notice at these awards.

Next week Mihai will be visiting Norway with his girlfriend, perhaps he's also looking for a little summer vacation.

sources:esctoday;gardianul.ro