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  • 19 Feb 2012 •

    The Georgian national final, or შიდაშესარჩევი კონკურსის, was held early evening local time on Sunday, giving Central and Western Europe an afternoon treat treat to help wake them up again… Read More >>

  • 19 Feb 2012 •

    შიდაშესარჩევი კონკურსის will be aired this afternoon in order to select the Georgian entrant for ESC 2012! 9 songs out of 13 submissions will be performed, and a combination of… Read More >>

  • 19 Feb 2012 •

    Anmary won Eirodziesma 2012, the Latvian national final for ESC 2012! Her song, “Beautiful Song”, won the superfinal ahead of “Music Thief” (which was expected by many to win the… Read More >>

  • 19 Feb 2012 •

    Yesterday we had three semi-finals going on around Europe. Lithuania and Sweden both had their third of four semis, while in Estonia, Eesti Laul 2012 kicked off with the first… Read More >>

  • 18 Feb 2012 •

    The singer Gaitana won the Ukrainian national final this morning and will represent the country in Baku with the song “Be My Guest”. In the voting (which was a combination… Read More >>

  • 18 Feb 2012 •

    Saturdays are always busy at this stage of the Eurovision on-season, but it’s never been quite like this: Ukraine will select their entry in a show that apparently starts at… Read More >>

  • 17 Feb 2012 •

    Roman Lob tonight won the German preselection for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, Unser Star für Baku, and will represent last year’s host country in Azerbaijan in May with the… Read More >>

  • 16 Feb 2012 •

    Unser Star Für Baku comes to its end tonight, with the German final being aired on Das Erste (ARD). Two candidates are left from the original 20: Ornella de Santis,… Read More >>

  • 14 Feb 2012 •

    Another week went by, and there’s a lot to say – which is even harder when you want to say it within a few minutes! We didn’t quite manage to… Read More >>

  • 14 Feb 2012 •

    EuroFest 2012 will be held this afternoon to decide on the Belarussian entrant for Baku. Five entrants survived the semifinal a few weeks ago, and tonight a combination of juries… Read More >>

  • 14 Feb 2012 •

    Unser Star für Baku will be either Ornella de Santis or Roman Lob. In any case, these are the two finalists in the German preselection! After an endless search to… Read More >>

  • 14 Feb 2012 •

    Last Saturday also saw semi-finals in Lithuania and Sweden. Combined, we had to say goodbye to 10 entries. Three qualified for the final in Lithuania and two for the final… Read More >>

  • 13 Feb 2012 •

    After three semi-finals, the Icelandic preselection process Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins (a name that always looks like it would roll off the tongue more easily after a shot or three of Brennivín)… Read More >>

  • 13 Feb 2012 •

    Confession time: although the Hungarian semi-finals were really quite entertaining and yielded a pretty decent bunch of songs for the grand final, it’s hard for a website to properly report… Read More >>

  • 13 Feb 2012 •

    Saturday night saw the grand final of Melodi Grand Prix 2012, Norway’s four-week selection process to find an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku in May. And the… Read More >>

  • 13 Feb 2012 •

    Unser Star Für Baku comes to its 7th show tonight, where four remaining candidates will compete for the two spots in the final on this Thursday. It’s the last time… Read More >>

  • 12 Feb 2012 •

    “Mundu eftir mér” is the title of the Icelandic entry 2012! The duo consisting of Greta Salóme and Jónsi won the superfinal of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins ahead of Blár Opal (Stattu… Read More >>

  • 12 Feb 2012 •

    Compact Disco won “A Dal”, the national final of Hungary, with the song “Sound of our hearts”. The entry got 2 jury votes in the super final and hence achieved… Read More >>

  • 12 Feb 2012 •

    Tooji won the Norwegian national final “Melodi Grand Prix” with the song “Stay”, and will hence represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. With 155,480 points he left… Read More >>

  • 11 Feb 2012 •

    Not quite a Super Saturday yet, depending on which definition you use, but a very busy one! A Dal (Hungary), Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins (Iceland) and Melodi Grand Prix (Norway) have come… Read More >>