Eurovision Oslo 2010:Juries will decide 50% of the Semifinal's votes

After the introduction of professional juries in the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, it was decided by the contest's Reference Group that music industry professionals will also get a 50 percent stake in the outcome of the Semi-Finals.

Participating EBU Member Broadcasters overwhelmingly reviewed the introduction of professional juries in the Final as a positive development. At the same time, viewers, journalists and dedicated fans welcomed the introduction of over 200 judges from the music industry, and sent the EBU letters and emails to ask for implementation of the format in the Semi-Finals as well.

To increase consistency in the format of the Eurovision Song Contest, juries will thus also get a 50 percent stake in the results of the Semi-Finals of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, as well as in the Final. Viewers decide upon the other 50 percent of the outcome. The top-10 of the combined result in each Semi-Final qualifies for the Final of Europe's favourite TV-show.

Strict rules were introduced last year to secure the integrity of jury voting. Those rules will remain in place.

source: eurovision.tv

Marija and Bobbysocks head Eurovision Memory Lane

from esctoday.com

This year's Eurovision Song Contest winner, Marija Serifovic, will be appearing in the third edition of Eurovision Memory lane in Oslo together with many more past winners and participants such as Bobbysocks, Katrina and Mihai Traistariu among others.

For the third year running the Oslo Pride Festival are organising the Eurovision Memory lane show, on June 28, in Oslo.

The event will feature Norway's first Eurovision Song Contest winners, Bobbysocks, 1997 winner Katrina (without the Waves), Mihai Traistariu, Jostein Hasselgård, Wenche Myhre, Kirsten Siggard and many more. Marija Serifovic will be performing this year's winner song Molitva on the outdoor stage at the City Hall Square.
Elisabeth Andreasen and Hanne Krogh will perform both solo and together as Bobbysocks. Elisabeth Andreasens other duet partner, Kikki Danielsson will also sing, both together with Elisabeth and solo, or together with a chorus of 6 dancers.

Mihai Traistariu- the 2006 Romanian entrant will also be there to sing his Tornero. Danish "Queen of Eurovision" Kirsten Siggard, will sing all her Eurovision songs, and Jenny Jensen, Måns Zelmerløw and Andres Esteche from Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix and Swedish Melodifestivalen will perform as well. There will also be some great surprises from the stage.

The event will be hosted by another famous Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest name, the enigmatic Norwegian King of Eurovision, Mr. Jostein Pedersen.

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