The Winners of the Golden Stag International Festival 2008 - videos

Razvan Krivach from Romania won the Golden Stag 2008, Brasov, Romania

Biondo, the Swedish band who came second after Nico and Vlad Mirita this year in the Romanian final with Shine, won the Silver Stag.

Tony Poptamas & Desperado who competed in the 2007 Romanian preselection won the Bronze Stag.

Miodio, the first ever representatives of San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, and Moldavian finalist this year, Olia Tira, missed out on a place in the final.

Razvan Krivach singing "Too much love will kill you" at Golden Stag Final



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Biondo, Sweden singing Shine and Cerul (The sky) at Golden Stag 2008




Tony Poptamas &Desperado singing "The Universe" at Golden Stag Final

Second Semi-Final - Winners press conference and draw

After the Second Semi-Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest had finished, representatives of the ten qualifying countries gathered for the official winners press conference.

At the same time, their starting positions in the Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday were decided by drawing lots.

The winners press conference took the same format as that of the First Semi-Final on Tuesday. The winners made the journey back from the Beogradska Arena to the press conference hall. Upon arrival photographers were allowed two minutes for quick photographs. The conference then began and each country was allowed to answer two questions.

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Ukraine was drawn 18th in the final

Croatia was drawn 9th in the final

Albania was drawn 3rd in the final.

Iceland was drawn 11th in the final.

Denmark was drawn 16th in the final.

Sweden was drawn 15th in the final, the same position Charlotte won from in Jerusalem.

Latvia was drawn 14th in the final

Turkey was drawn 12th in the final.

Portugal was drawn 13th in the final.



EUROVISION 2008 FINAL DRAW






from oikotimes.com

The ten qualifiers of the second semifinal

The following countries have qualified for the Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest (in order of announcement):



Ukraine
Croatia
Albania
Iceland
Georgia
Denmark
Sweden
Latvia
Turkey
Portugal

Poland LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Isis Gee performed the song "For Life" in the 1st Semi Final and she has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final.




Poland was drawn 10th in the Final.

Norway LIVE - 1st Semi Final - video

Maria performed "Hold on be strong" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and she has qualified for the final.






Norway was drawn 25th in the Final.

Armenia LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Sirusho performed "Qele Qele" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and she has qualified for the final.





Armenia was drawn 5th in the Final.

Azerbaijan LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Elnur and Samir performed "Day after day" in the 1st Semi Final and they were qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final.





Azerbaijan was drawn 20th in the Final.

Israel LIVE - First Semi Final -video

Boaz performed "The fire in your eyes" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and he has qualified for the final.





Israel was drawn 7th in the Final.

Russia LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Dima Bilan performed toghether with Evgheny Pluschenko and Edvin Marton the song "Believe" and he has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final.





Russia was drawn 24th in the Final.

Finland LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Teräsbetoni with "Missä miehet ratsastaa" has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final.




Finland was drawn 8th in the Final.

Bosnia & Herzegovina LIVE First SemiFinal -video

Bosnia & Herzegovina has qualified with Laka - "Pokusaj" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final




Bosnia and Herzegovina was drawn 6th in the Final.

Nico and Vlad LIVE - First Semi Final - video

Romanian representatives, Nico and Vlad performed "Pe o margine de lume" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and they were qualified for the final.




Romania was drawn 1st in the Final.

Kalomoira LIVE -First Semi Final - video

Kalomoira performed "Secret Combination" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and she has qualified for the final.




Greece was drawn 21st in the Final.

Romania: Nico and Vlad Mirita to Belgrade

Nico and Vlad Mirita won the national final in Romania.

They will represent the country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade with the song Pe o margine de lume.

With 144 points from televote and 127 points from jury votes, Nico and Vlad Mirita won saturday night the national final in Romania.

The jury votes for the song "Pe-o margine de lume":

1.Cristian Faur - 11 pts
2. Mihai Ogaseanu - 11 pts
3. Dan Teodorescu - 11 pts
4. Dida Dragan - 12 pts
5. Victor Socaciu - 12 pts
6. Dani Constantin - 10 pts
7. Flavius Teodosiu - 11 pts
8. Florin Ionescu - 9 pts
9. Titus Andrei - 12 pts
10. George Zafiu - 9 pts
11. Sebastian Secan (oikotimes.com) - 7 pts
12. Tatiana Solomon - 12 pts.

NICO si VLAD MIRITA - Pe-o margine de lume - Final



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The complete results:

Nico & Vlad Mirita - Pe-o margine de lume - 271 points
Biondo - Shine - 264 points
Paula Seling & Provincialii - Seven days - 208 points
Catalin Josan - When we're together - 197 points
Zero - Come this way - 181 points
Leo Iorga & Pacifica - Prea mici sunt cuvintele - 164 points
Nicola - Fairytale story - 162 points
Tabasco - Love is all I need - 126 points
Rednex feat. Ro-Mania - Railroad, railroad - 96 points
LaGaylia Frazier - Dr Frankenstein - 93 points
Simona Nae - The key of life - 73 points
Yana - C'est la vie - 37 points

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related: Nico and Vlad Mirita in Greece

Romanian National Final: VH2 out, New Effect feat. Genţiana in

An anonymous email reached VH2 pointing out that their song was identical to a 10-year old song (that has not been named). The band deny all accusations of plagiarism but admit that the songs are very similar musically.

VH2 have decided to withdraw the song Follow me and now Zamira - New Effect feat. Genţiana will participate in the final.

Zamira - New Effect ft Gentiana - Eurovision 2008

Romania: Shine - Biondo -video

Biondo with the song Shine won the 2nd semifinal of the Romanian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest with 278 points.


Shine - Biondo(Sweden) - Eurovision 2008

Evdokia Kadi will represent Cyprus in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

Saturday night, Evdokia Kadi won the national final in Cyprus with the song Femme Fatale. Despite the French title the song is entirely in Greek language.

Femme Fatale is the creation of Nikos Evagelou and choreographed by Elena Shakalli.

Dancers and Vocals by Tefkros Neokleous, Andreas Vanezis, Polys Kourousides and Christos Shakallis.

Femme fatale Lyrics (greek) HERE

Evdokia Kadi is an experienced singer who performs in night clubs as well as with the CyBC orchestra.

Here are the results of the Cypriot final:

Below you can watch the song Femme fatale.

sources:oikotimes.com;CyBC.com.cy

ERT announces the national final participants

In an official statement the Greek national broadcaster announced the national finalists for the Greek 2008. The participants are:

Chrispa (MINOS EMI)

Kostas Martakis (SONY BMG)

Kalomira - Maria Saranti (HEAVEN MUSIC)

source:oikotimes.com

JESC 2007: The full running order

The final running order for this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been decided by the EBU Steering Group.

01. Georgia :Mariam Romelashvili- Odelia ranuni

02. Belgium :Trust- Anders

03. Armenia: Arevik- Erazanq

04. Cyprus: Yiorgos Ioannides -I mousiki dinei ftera

05. Portugal: Jorge Leiria- So quero e cantar

06. Russia: Alexandra Golovchenko- Otlichnitsa

07. Romania: 4 Kids -Sha la la

08. Bulgaria: Bon bon- Bonboladiya

09. Serbia: Nevena Bozovic Pisi mi

10. The Netherlands: Lisa, Amy and Shelley- Adem in, adem uit

11. FYR Macedonia: Rosica Kulakova and Dimitar Stojmenovski -Ding ding dong

12. Ukraine: Ilona Galytska -Uroki glamourou

13. Sweden: Frida Sanden -Nu eller aldrig

14. Malta: Cute- Music

15. Greece: Stephanie, Suzan, Anna, Sophia, Andromachi -Kapou mberdeftika

16. Lithuania: Lina Jurevičiute- Kai miestas snaudžia

17. Belarus: Alexei Zhigalkovich- S druzyami

source:junioreurovision.tv

Three idols in the running for representing Israel

belgovision.com reports:

Boaz Mauda, Marina Maximillian Blumin or Shlomi Barel will represent Israel at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrado. The three of them qualified for the final of Kohav Nolad on Channel Two. The Israeli version of Idols is used as first selection round for Belgrade by national broadcaster IBA.

How the Israeli selections for the Eurovision Song Contest will proceed remains unclear. Fact is that Israeli broadcaster IBA and the producers of Kohav Nolad, the Israeli version of Idols, agreed that one of the three finalists in Kohav Nolad would go on to represent Israel at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. In the Serbian capital, Boaz Mauda, Marina Maximillian Blumin or Shlomi Barel will take part in the semifinals.