Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 will take place in Glasgow

The EBU have officially announced that the second Eurovision Dance Contest will take place this year in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, on Saturday, 6th of September.

The two-hour and fifteen minute European co-production is organised by the EBU, and will be hosted by the BBC, and produced by two UK production companies, Splash Media and Sunset+Vine, with assistance from the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF).

The show will be broadcast live on television across Europe at 21:00 CET, in the 5,000m² SECC Arena Hall, where up to 2,000 spectators will be able to witness this event live.

As was the case in 2007, the show will be hosted by one of the BBC's most popular talents, Graham Norton, and co-hosted by Claudia Winkleman.

Thursday and Friday, delegation leaders and organizers meet in Glasgow to officially present their contestants, and to inform each other on the progress of the preparations.

The website of the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest is expected to be launched in the next couple of weeks.


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Ukraine to host 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ukrainian broadcaster NTU has won the bid to host the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The seventh running of the competition, which was introduced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 2003, will take place in Kyiv. The election took place in Lemesos, Cyprus, where the 2008 running will take place.[..]

In 2005, NTU successfully hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv.

"We are very proud and honoured to welcome children from all over Europe to Ukraine next year, and we are looking forward to host a great show," said Viktoria Romanova, Head of Delegation on behalf of NTU.

More informations here

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Jovana Jankovic and Zeljko Joksimovic will host Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Jovana Jankovic, the TV presenter of RTS morning program, and Zeljko Joksimovic, the renowned singer, will host this year’s “Eurovision Song Contest”, taking place between May 20th and 24th at "Belgrade Arena".

Jovana hosted the 2008 Draw phase on late January while Zeljko is known from his participation as singer in 2004 and in 2006 as a composer for Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively.

26 years old Jovana Janković is hosting morning show on RTS every day.Zeljko Joksimovic is one of the most popular singers of Serbia and he represented Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Lane moje.

They have started preparations for this important assignment and they both admit feeling great excitement because they will host this prestigious music manifestation. We will be able to see Jovana and Zeljko’s first hosting on March 17th in a draw for the semi-finals.

The Serbian entry is to be chosen at the Beovizija Festival on 9-10 March.

sources:oikotimes.com;blic.co.yu;.rts.co.yu
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