Kalomoira starts promo tour in Azerbaijan and Romania

Eurovision.ert.gr reports:

Upon the completion of the video clip of "Secret Combination", the first two legs of Kalomoira's promo tour have been decided.
The Greek performer will be visiting Azerbaijan from 22 to 26 March, and Bucharest, Romania from 27 to 30 March.
The Azerbaijani and Romanian entrants have already visited Greece. Invited as guests to the Greek national final, they presented their songs.

Kalomoira is expected to appear in television shows, give interviews and unveil her... secret combination to the ESC fans of the two countries. And this is just the beginning, as the rest legs of her promo tour are to be announced shortly.

The running order for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest

The running oder for the first semifinal:

1.Montenegro
2.Israel
3.Estonia
4.Moldova
5.San Marino
6.Belgium
7.Azerbaijan
8.Slovenia
9.Norway
10.Poland
11.Ireland
12.Andorra
13.Bosnia & Herzegovina
14.Armenia
15.Netherlands
16.Finland
17.Romania
18.Russia
19.Greece

The running order for the second semifinal:

1.Iceland
2.Sweden
3.Turkey
4.Ukraine
5.Lithuania
6.Albania
7.Switzerland
8.Czech Republic
9.Belarus
10.Latvia
11.Croatia
12.Bulgaria
13.Denmark
14.Georgia
15.Hungary
16.Malta
17.Cyprus
18.F.Y.R. Macedonia
19.Portugal


For the final:

2. UK
4. Germany
22. Spain
23. Serbia

Watch the official videoclip of Kalomoira - Secret combination

Kalomira - Secret Combination

Romania: Watch the official videoclip of Nico and Vlad Mirita

Nico and Vlad Mirita have shot the videoclip of the Romanian Eurovision entry "Pe-o margine de lume".
The location was chosen by the director of the video, Petre Nastase on the Black Sea Beach.

Nico and Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume

Ruslan Alehno - Hasta La Vista -promo video

The video was shot in Ukraine by the same team responsible for Verka Serducka's video Danzing.



source:esctoday.com

The story behind Dima Bilan's song

esctoday.com reports:

Dima spoke about his song and the inspiration behind it and stated that the version heard in the Russian national final is not the finalised one as some improvements are underway.

"My song was made in just 2 days." Dima says, "but these were such magical days, in which we gave all of our energy, all our emotions and feelings. I composed the song with Jim Beans, famous songwriter, composer and producer. Personally I wrote the refrain." read more...

Heads of delegation meeting in Belgrade

The Heads of the Delegations of 43 countries participating in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will meet in Belgrade, on 17-18 March.



During the meeting, the Host Broadcaster will present its plans and prepare the heads of delegations for the upcoming contest. The draw for the starting order of the participants willl take place at the Sava Centre on Monday, 17 March. At the end of January, it was decided by a draw which countries will compete in Semifinal 1 and Semifinal 2.

FIRST SEMIFINAL:
Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino and Slovenia. Ten countries will qualify for the Final.

SECOND SEMIFINAL:
Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine. Ten countries will qualify for the Final

FINAL:France, Germany, Serbia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The draw for the starting order will be broadcast live on RTS and through the official 2008 Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv

source:RTS

later edit: The Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation will broadcast live the draw from Sava Center in Belgrade.

source:esctime.com