Georgia to participate in Junior Eurovision

Georgia, for the first time ever, will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands on December 8, 2007. Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) will present the Georgian participant, who will be selected through a national contest.

In addition, the song, which will be performed at Junior Eurovision – 2007, will be revealed through a competition as well. The essential precondition for entrants is to sing a song in the Georgian language. Children between ages of 10 to 15 will be eligible to participate.

The national contest will be held in three tours. All applications will be discussed during the first tour. Then the regional casting of participants will be held with the 12 best ones being selected. At the final concert, a person, who will depart for Rotterdam, will be revealed.

Deadline for submitting applications is July 10.


source:geotimes.ge

Svante Stockselius visits Belgrade and RTS

from oikotimes.com


Marija Serifovic's win at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest has brought much joy to the people of Serbia, but it also implies obligations and responsibilities. Svante Stockselius, the supervisor of the ESC, has come to Belgrade to provide the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation with the details of the tasks to be performed. Mr Stockselius talked to the head people of the RTS, visited the Sava Centre and the Expo Centre, the possible venues for the press centre and the fan club, and the Belgrade Arena where the 2008 ESC will take place.

Mr Stockselius was very impressed by Belgrade. 'It is a beautiful city, full of greenery. I was given a wonderful reception. The Belgrade Arena is impressive. It is neither too big, nor too small, which is perfect because we need a certain amount of intimacy, ' said Mr Stockselius. The supervisor of the ESC is satisfied with the way things are going. He pointed out that the RTS should be aware of the fact that there is a lot of work to be done. The RTS Entertainment Department will have the leading role in carrying out the project.

D'NASH win Star2 award!

After their return from Belgrade, Serbia, the boys from D'NASH attended the Star 2 Awards ceremony where they were nominated in the Me vuelves loca category.

They were competing with Andy and Lucas, Kiko and Shara, RBD, Tokio Hotel and SMS for the prize. Mikel, Basty, Ony and Javi performed their Eurovision Song Contest entry I love you mi vida and expressed their gratitude when they received their award. The Spanish boys were recently awarded the ESC Radio awards 2007 for best group and for best song .

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The Cyprus Music Awards 2007 winners

Last night the second edition of the Cyprus Music Awards took place in Nicosia, Cyprus. The show attended by many Greek and Cypriot Eurostars some of them performing on stage. The show will be aired by Sigma TV next week while a Greek TV station will also air it within the month. Here are the gatherings of awards which the Greek and Cypriot Eurostars got last night.

Best Newcomer - Tamta

Best Song Of The Year - Constantinos Christoforou - Stasou Ena Lepto

Best Female Singer - Evridiki

Best Male Singer - Michalis Hatzigiannis

Best Album - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Fili Kai Echtri

Best Single - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Ola I Tipota

Best Video - Anna Vissi - Everything


source:oikotimes.com

Sarbel rehearsal - Yassou Maria- VIDEO_1

Sarbel rehearsal Helsinki Eurovision 2007







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Spain - D'Nash rehearsal Eurovision 2007 - VIDEO

D'Nash rehearsal at Helsinki






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Sarbel - "Yassou Maria" Final Night -VIDEO