Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Greek fire drama

reuters.com

Trapped villagers are airlifted to safety while protesters demonstrate against the government's handling of the forest fires.

The demonstrators say they are angry at the government's response to Greece's worst forest fires in decades and they say the arsonists being blamed for starting many of the blazes have been allowed to get away.


Beauty Queens 2nd at the Ohrid Fest International

oikotimes.com reports:

Beauty Queens come 2nd at Ohrid Fest International 2007.
The song "Ja Mogu" ended up in 2nd place behind Montenegrin singer Bojan Marovic who won the competition with "Mi Ne Mozemo Vise".
3rd place went to Adrijan Gadza from Macedonia with "Sam se Lazam".

Bulgaria selects song for JESC on 29th September

Bulgaria is one of the newcomers in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year.
The first Bulgarian national selections for the junior contest were presented in Sofia on Friday. Bulgarian broadcaster BNT will hold the national final on Saturday 29th September, the same night as Ukraine and Belgium.
source:belgovision.com

Line up completed for London Eurodance

oikotimes.com reports:

This is the line up for the contest as we will see it next Saturday at 21:00 CET live from London, United Kingdom:
01. Switzerland - Denise Biellmann & Sven Ninnemann
02. Russia - Mariya Sittel & Vladislav Borodinov
03. Netherlands - Alexandra Matteman & Redmond Valk
04. United Kingdom - Camilla Dallerup & Brendan Cole
05. Austria - Andy & Kelly Kainz
06. Germany - Wolke Hegenbarth & Oliver Seefeldt
07. Greece - Rannia Koliou & Spyros Pavlides
08. Lithuania - Gabriele Valiukaite & Gintaras Svistunavicius
09. Spain - Amagoya Benlloch and Abraham Martinez
10. Ireland - Mick Donegan & Nicola Byrne
11. Poland - Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel
12. Denmark - Mette Elkjaer & David Jorgensen
13. Portugal - Sonia Araujo & Ricardo Silva
14. Ukraine - Ilya Sidorenko & Yuliya Okropiridze
15. Sweden - Martin Lidberg & Cecilia Ehrling
16. Finland - Jussi Vaananen & Katja Koukkula

Enrique Iglesias to perform at Eurovision Dance Contest

Enrique Iglesias will be the guest performer at the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest, taking place in London, United Kingdom next Saturday 1st September.
The international superstar is following in his father's footsteps, Julio represented Spain at the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gwendolyne.
source:esctoday.com

Lithuania: Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius

Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius won on August 23rd the national selection .
TELEVOTING
5.675 votes (12 pts) for Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius
2.958 votes (10 pts) for Lina Chatkevičiūtė & Donatas Vėželis
0.895 votes (08 pts) for Iveta Paurytė & Julius Šeniauskas
JURY VOTING
12 points for Lina Chatkevičiūtė & Donatas Vėželis
10 points for Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius
08 points for Iveta Paurytė & Julius Šeniauskas
source:oikotimes.com

Denmark dates and format finalised

Denmark will know their 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry on 2nd February.

DR will be using the same Melodi Grand Prix show format that was used this year to select their entry to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

The show will take the same formula as in 2007, with two semi finals of eight songs. The top four will automatically qualify and two wildcards will then be brought back from elimination to participate in the final.

Songs must be submitted to DR by October 10th 2007 for selection and only entries from Danish songwriters or with strong Danish connections will be eligable.

The national final of Melodi Grand Prix will take place on 2nd February 2008 with the semi finals taking place on 18th January and 25th January.

source:esctoday.com

Greek forest fire

Foreign fire fighters join the battle to quell the worst forest blazes to hit Greece in decades.



source:reuters.com