Romanian national selection - All songs online

The 24 songs that have qualified in Romanian national selection are now available to listen to through the TVRomania official website.

On each song you can leave your comment and state whether you think the song is an original one.

01. Yanna - C’ est la vie


02. Zero - Come this way


03. Lucia Dumitrescu - Dragostea mea


04. Master Mån (Sweden) - Dr Frankenstein


05. Nicola - Fairytale Story


06. Nico - Fight For Life


07. VH2 -Follow Me

08. Ana Mardare, Irvin Doomes - Heaven


09. Tabasco - Love Is All I Need


10. Viper - Mas conmigo


11. Nico & Vlad Miriţă - Pe-o margine de lume


12. Leo Iorga & Pacifica - Prea mici sunt cuvintele


13. Rednex feat. Ro-mania - RailRoad, RailRoad


14. Paula Seling and Provincialii - Seven days


15. Oscar, Lars, Alexander, Fredrik (Sweden) - Shine


16. Adrian Enache - Te iubesc


17. Simona Nae - The Key Of Life


18. Maya (Slovenia) - Time To Rise


19. 3Sud-Est - Vorbe care dor - withdrawed


20. Cătălin Josan - When We’re Together


21. Daniela Nicol - Why


22. Imba - Yeke Yeke


23. Paradise - Your Love - disqualified


24. New Effect feat. Genţiana - Zamira



La storia della pioggia - Inesa

Run Away - Catalin Josan

Romania national selection - Catalin Josan - When we`re together (live)

One of the semifinalists of the Romanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 is Catalin Josan.

Watch him singing live the song When we`re together qualified for the the Romanian semifinals.

[UPD]Romanian national selection - the 24 semifinalists

TVR announced the semifinalists for the Romanian national selection which will end up with the final on February 23.

Here are the 24 songs selected for the two semifinals.

01. Yanna - C’ est la vie (Alexandrescu, Badiu, Irenne, Gherescu, Zanfir, Fornea)
02. Zero - Come this way (Marius Moga)
03. Lucia Dumitrescu - Dragostea mea (Adrian Romcescu, Cristina Ştefan)
04. Master Mån (Suedia) - Dr Frankenstein (Henrik Wikström, Niklas Edberger, Kent Olsson)
05. Nicola - Fairytale Story (Andrei Stanoevici, Nicoleta Alexandru)
06. Nico - Fight For Life (Radu Marius Alin) - ????
07. VH2 -Follow Me - ( Mihai Pocorschi, Mihai Pocorschi, Gabriel Cotabita)

08. Ana Mardare, Irvin Doomes - Heaven (Tudy Zaharescu, Irvin Doomes)
09. Tabasco - Love Is All I Need (Norbert Kovacs, Mircea Adrian Piper)
10. Viper - Mas conmigo (Mihai Alexandru, Viper)
11. Nico & Vlad Miriţă - Pe-o margine de lume (Andrei Tudor, Andreea Andrei, Adina Şuteu)
12. Leo Iorga & Pacifica - Prea mici sunt cuvintele (Mihai Alexandru, Cezar Cristea)
13. Rednex feat. Ro-mania - RailRoad, RailRoad (Alexandrescu, Presel, Fornea, Ljungberg, Jens Sylsjo, Anders Lundstorm)
14. Paula Seling şi Provincialii - Şapte zile (Eduard Cârcotă, Cristian Hrişcu Badea)
15. Oscar, Lars, Alexander, Fredrik (Sweden) - Shine (Henrik Wikström, Niklas Edberger, Måns Zelmerlöw)
16. Adrian Enache - Te iubesc (Cristi Nistor, Ionuţ Turburaş)
17. Simona Nae - The Key Of Life (Dinu Maxer, Simona Nae)
18. Maya (Slovenia) - Time To Rise (M. Slatinsek, Ziga Pirnat)
19. 3Sud-Est - Vorbe care dor (Laurenţiu Duţă) - withdrawed
20. Cătălin Josan - When We’re Together (Marius Moga)
21. Daniela Nicol - Why (Marin Petrache Pechea)
22. Imba - Yeke Yeke (Imba)
23. Paradise - Your Love (George Popa, Irina Gligor) - disqualified
24. New Effect feat. Genţiana - Zamira (Raoul Bogdan, George Lazăr)

The two songs the two songs were replaced by:

03. Cătălin Josan - Run Away (Radu Bolsea, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan)

04. Monique - Vânt de vară (Dincă Zamfira Maria)

RESERVED

01. Tom Boxer feat. Anca Parghel & Fly Project - Brasil (Cosmin Simionică, Tudor Ionescu, Anca Parghel)
02. Inesa - La storia della pioggia (Sandu Gorgos, Adriana Filip)
03. Cătălin Josan - Run Away (Radu Bolsea, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan)
04. Monique - Vânt de vară (Dincă Zamfira Maria)

Evdokia Kadi will represent Cyprus in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

Saturday night, Evdokia Kadi won the national final in Cyprus with the song Femme Fatale. Despite the French title the song is entirely in Greek language.

Femme Fatale is the creation of Nikos Evagelou and choreographed by Elena Shakalli.

Dancers and Vocals by Tefkros Neokleous, Andreas Vanezis, Polys Kourousides and Christos Shakallis.

Femme fatale Lyrics (greek) HERE

Evdokia Kadi is an experienced singer who performs in night clubs as well as with the CyBC orchestra.

Here are the results of the Cypriot final:

Below you can watch the song Femme fatale.

sources:oikotimes.com;CyBC.com.cy

Ticket reservation via internet for Eurovision on January 13

Reservations for the Eurovision Song Contest tickets 2008 via internet will start between 13th and 20th of January, executive producer of the event, ms. Sandra Susa said to Beta agency.

Ms Suša also stated that the prices will be lower than in Helsinki, mainly because of the two semi finals format.

The exact cost is not known yet but Ms Suša said that they will be cheaper than in Helsinki as "RTS's main objective is not to make a profit from ticket sales".

Regular ticket sales will start at a later date when the agreements with the sponsors have been finalised.

sources:oikotimes.com;esctoday.com

43 countries to be represented in Belgrade

A record number of 43 countries will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, the EBU confirmed today.

Two semifinals will take place.

In each semifinal, ten participants qualify for the final: nine of them through televoting, the tenth entry is the highest ranked non-qualified entry of the back-up juries.

The following 38 countries will be represented in the two semifinals of the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest:

Albania (RTVSH),

Andorra (RTVA),

Armenia (PTV),

Azerbaijan (iTV),

Belarus (BTRC),

Belgium (VRT),

Bosnia & Herzegovina

(PBSBIH),

Bulgaria (BNT),

Croatia (HRT),

Cyprus (CBC),

Czech Republic (CT),

Denmark (DR),

Estonia (ETV),

Finland (YLE),

FYR Macedonia (MKRTV),

Georgia (GEGT),

Greece (ERT),

Hungary (MTV),

Iceland (RUV),

Ireland (RTE),

Israel (IBA),

Latvia (LT),

Lithuania (LRT),

Malta (PBS),

Moldova (TRM),

Montenegro (RTCG),

The Netherlands (NPB),

Norway (NRK),

Poland (TVP),

Portugal (RTP),

Romania (TVR),

Russia (C1R),

San Marino (STV),

Slovenia (RTVSLO),

Sweden (SVT),

Switzerland (SRG SSR idée suisse),

Turkey (TRT)

Ukraine (NTU)

These 38 countries will be drawn into two semifinals, taking place on 20th and 22nd of May in Belgrade, Serbia.

The draw to determine on which night the 38 semifinalists will perform takes place on the 28th of January in Belgrade.

The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest will web-cast the event live.

The draws for the running order of the semifinals, the final and voting order takes place in mid-March. France, Germany, Serbia, Spain and the United Kingdom are automatically qualified for the final, scheduled for the 24th of May.

source:belgovision.com

ERT announces the national final participants

In an official statement the Greek national broadcaster announced the national finalists for the Greek 2008. The participants are:

Chrispa (MINOS EMI)

Kostas Martakis (SONY BMG)

Kalomira - Maria Saranti (HEAVEN MUSIC)

source:oikotimes.com