Watch Bilan, Pluschenko and Marton in Prague

On 17th April, during the Ice Skating show in the Arena HC Sparta in Prague which was packed with over 10.000 spectators, Dima Bilan, Evgeny Pluschenko and Edvin Marton performed Believe for the first time in public as a trio and talked about their staging plans for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.




"Ice will be on the Eurovision for the first time, as well as Stradivarius's violin. I will be for the second time. And I hope this time we will smile" said Dima after the show, going on to reveal that there will be five more people accompanying him on the Belgrade Arena stage.

Apart from Olympic figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko and Hungarian violonist Edvin Marton, there will be two backing singers and one dancer. The three performers, each in his own way, will attempt to tell the European audience how to be strong and never stop going after their dreams.

A fighter by nature, Evgeny Plushenko, says: "This song is also about me, Dima and Edvin. Of course, we had much success and a lot of victories, but we have also faced defeat many times. That is why you should never lose heart! When I represent Russia, I want to climb the pedestal only on the first place and listen to the anthem of my country".

source:esctoday.com;youtube.com

Moldova: Geta Burlacu - "A century of love"

Geta Burlacu was born in Moldova and is a famous jazz singer.

She started as a violonist and she continued her studies as a jazz singer. Geta is married and she has two children.

The videoclip of her song "A century of love" was shot in Leusani, at 30 km far away from Chisinau. Geta Burlacu wanted to be shown in her Eurovision promo video the feeling of love in different life period by symbols.

The videoclip cost more than 12,000 USD and in it appeared professional actors, but also Geta`s daughter Elvira, who played the role of a painter.

Moldova will participate in the first semifinal that will take place on the 20th of May in slot 4.