ESCTODAY.COM AWARDS 2007

Last year, esctoday.com launched the annual esctoday.com awards. The scheme captured the hearts and minds of the Eurovision Song Contest community, international media, singers and record companies. Almost 18,000 people cast their votes. The 2007 Awards nominations are now being prepared and next week, the nominees will be announced.

Voting will begin on 23rd November and will remain open until December 23rd. The polls for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest awards will open the day after the event. To vote, you must be a registered esctoday.com member. Membership is free and allows you to vote in our online polls, react to articles and enter all competitions on the website.

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The full list of esctoday.com award categories:

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2007:

SONG OF THE YEAR

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

LYRICIST OF THE YEAR

COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

BEST BAND PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

BEST ENTRY NOT TO QUALIFY FROM THE SEMI FINAL

BEST DRESSED PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR

WORST DRESSED PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL FINALS 2007:

BEST NATIONAL FINAL 2007

BEST NATIONAL FINAL PERFORMANCE (EXCLUDING WINNER) OF THE YEAR

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION

BEST BAND PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION

JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2007:

BEST SONG

BEST SINGER(S)

BEST PERFORMANCE

EUROVISION DANCE CONTEST 2007:

BEST PERFORMANCE

BEST COSTUMES

ESCTODAY.COM TEAM AWARDS:

BEST ARTICLE

EDITOR OF THE YEAR

BEST NEWCOMER

BEST REGIONAL PARTNER WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO EUROVISION AWARD:This award will be given based on services to the Eurovision Song Contest, whether it be by broadcaster, artist, individual or fan.

Dima Bilan's new single Gore-Zima. Watch the video!

According to the official website of the singer,Dima Bilan released a new single called Gore-Zima.The song was heard for the first time on "Russkoe Radio"on 3 november. But the same song was uploaded on youtube 4 weeks ago. Is this the new song?

Dima Bilan won MTV Best Russian Act

Dima Bilan won the MTV European Music Award (EMA) for the Best Russian Act, was announced last evening live from Munich, Germany. The other Eurovision Song Contest stars included in the Regional Best acts looses the prizes: In Turkey Sertab Erener and Kenan Dogulu, and in Sweden The Ark.

Avril Lavigne was elected artist of the year during the EMA. The female pop star defeated her US rival, Justin Timberlake. Linkin Park won Best Band Award. The Canadian/Portuguese artist Nelly Furtado won “Best Album” to her last hit "Loose".

You can see the complete list on oikotimes.com

source:oikotimes.com

European Songfestival for people with disabilities

12 countries in European Songfestival for people with disabilities.

Portugal is the host country of the 7th “European Songfestival for People with Mental Disabilities”, held next November 9.

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Portugal are the European selected entrants, in a contest unfortunately little spread in the media.

The last edition, held in Austria in 2005, was win by Portugal with the duo Rita Joana and Márcio Reis.

Since its first edition in 1994, six editions was already held. The organiser is EAPH - European Association for People with a Handicap. The main sponsor of each country is the Ministry of Social Affairs. The European Songfestival for People with Mental Disabilities shows the solidarity that gathers all the participants and supporters within the same goal.

READ MORE ON OIKOTIMES.COM

Nana Mouskouri performed in London

To mark 45 years on stage the internationally-acclaimed star had initiated a four-year World Fairwell tour.

Her next stop was London where the star had performed to a sold-out crowd at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday 29 October.

The other dates:

01/11 Glasgow / Royal Concert Hall
03/11 Birmingham / Symphony Hall
15/11 Saarbrücken / Saarlandhalle (Germany)
17/11 Liège / Le forum (Belgium)
18/11 Esch / Rockhal (Luxembourg)
20/11 Geneva / Arena (Switzerland)
24/11 Paris / Opera Garnier (France)

Nana Mouskouri has sold more than 300 million records internationally, recording about 1,500 songs in 15 languages on 450 albums.

source:lgr.co.uk

Serebro - Dyshi - VIDEO

D'NASH new album out on December 4th!

D'NASH , the Spanish boyband that represented Spain in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, will be releasing their latest album Todo Va A Cambiar on the 4th of December.

The new album will be featuriing the song Amanda which will be released as a single.

D'NASH will be presenting their latest single Amanda on the 3rd of November in a concert in Palma De Mallorca.

The boys shot to fame last February when they won the Spanish Eurovision heats of Mision Eurovision and got the chance to represent Spain with their song I Love You Mi Vida.

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