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Aurela Gaçe - Kënga Ime ,was just proglaimed winner of the 49th Festivali i Këngës in Tirana, Albania, and shall thus represent the country at the 56th European Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. She won the competition with the song Kënga Ime. |
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| Emmy - she had been internally chosen to represent her home country in December already. A 50/50 combination of televoting and the votes of an expert jury decided that she should sing Boom Boom in Düsseldorf! | ||
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Nadine Beiler - The secret is love The song starts quiet and a capella, but builds up with the first chorus to a very strong ballad. Nadine is accompanied by five backing vocalists. They harmonize very well and Nadine gives an excellent vocal performance. According to the host Mirjam Weichselbraun Nadine Beiler is the bookmaker's favourite for tonight. |
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| Azerbaijan | |
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| Nigar & Eldar - Running Scared | ||
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| Belarus | |
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| The Belarusian entry for the 2011 European Song Contest has been announced today: Anastasiya Vinnikova has been internally selected by a jury to represent her home country with the song Born In Belorussia, a song citing memories of USSR times | ||
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Witloof Bay - With love baby Witloof Bay is an a cappella band. They have five singers and one beatboxer. The song is of course completely sung a cappella. It is very funky and reminds a bit of the Latvian entry I hear your heart. The chorus is vey repetitive and despite the good vocal performance it becomes annoying after some time. Jury: 4x yes. They praise the good vocal performance. The song is first class. The group did a great job and the song would be very good for Eurovision. |
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Dino Merlin to sing Love In Rewind in Dusseldorf Dino finally reveals the 2011 Eurovision song, Love In Rewind. The song is an upbeat Balkan song performed in English. He performs on stage with some musicians and a female dancer. |
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Poli Genova - Na
Inat Poli opened her number in a Michelle pose, sitting on the floor cross legged. With white hair and another black outfit, she looked striking in a startling way. The song began deceptively with a piano led ballad intro, lulling us into a false sense of security before transforming into a full blown rock number. She mad good use of the stage and certainly had stage presence. If a little weak tune wise, Poli definitelty gave it her all |
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| Croatia | |
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| The viewers chose Daria as the winner with the song Celebrate. | ||
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MylordosSan Aggelos SAgapisa
CyBC announced that Christos Mylordos' song San Aggelos SAgapisa will be go for Düsseldorf. |
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A Friend in London - New Tomorrow We end with what has turned out to be the big favourite. It is a catchy pop song with rock elements that catches your attention from the start - maybe also because you can't help thinking that you heard this a couple of years ago from Swedish Andreas Johnson. It has a strong similarity to his Sing For Me, but for this song they have added some interesting "Ċh Ċh" stadium chant that kicks in half way through. It sounds like a winning song. The band is quite sure in their performance and half way through they kick a ball out to the audience - this ends with more big balls falling on the audience. Pyros are added near the end. |
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| Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street | ||
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Vlatko Ilievski - Rusinka Eurovision.tv visitors could witness live in our WebTV Player the national selection of FYR Macedonia for the Eurovision |
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| Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam | ||
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| France | |
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Amaury Vassili - Sognu Composer(s) Daniel Moyne, Quentin Bachelet Lyrics writer Jean-Pierre Marcellesi |
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| Georgia | |
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| The Georgian national final was held tonight in Tblisi which decided the lucky act to be perform at the Song European Contest in Düsseldorf in this May. Eldrine won the battle with the song, One More Day, in competition with with 7 other acts. | ||
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| Taken by a stranger (Nicole Morier, Gus Seyffert und Monica Birkenes) Tonight's last song is the favourite in most of the internet polls. The song is something completely different, very mystic, dark and a bit 80s electro pop with an interesting and constant beat. Lena is again accompanied by four female dancers who wear a different outfit than in the semifinal. This time they are completed dressed in silver, while Lena wears another black jumpsuit and green high heels. The song receives by far the biggest applause of the evening. Lena Interview Video! | ||
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| Loucas Yiorkas featuring Stereo Mike Watch My Dance Tonight, in Athens the show Ellinikós Telikós 2011 has been held to determine who would represent Greece in Europe's Favourite TV Show in Düsseldorf. Loucas Yiorkas featuring Stereo Mike beat off the challenge of five other acts, and will represent Greece with the song Watch My Dance. |
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| Hungary | |
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| Kati Wolf, who became popular through the local version of X Factor, will sing What About My Dreams in Düsseldorf, a pop-song reminding of the 80s | ||
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| Sigurjón's Friends - Aftur Heim |
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Jedward - Lipstick This song is completely different. It is a very modern and catchy uptempo song and reminds a bit of Britney Spears' Womanizer. Jedward wear red jackets and have a fancy hairstyle. Their voices are not the strongest, but they suit to the song though. They have a good choreography and are accompanied by four backing singers/dancers. They receive a huge applause from the audience. Definitely one song to watch out! |
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| Dana International won the golden ticket for Düsseldorf song Ding Dong. She won the Contest in 1998 with Diva. | ||
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| An announcement has just been made by Sanremo presenter, Ginnai Morandi, that Raphael Gualazzi will represent Italy at the European Song Contest in Dusseldorf with the song, Follia d'Amore (The Madness of Love). | ||
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| Latvia | |
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Musiqq Angel in Disguise (Marats Ogleznevs) A moody intro quickly dispells any comparisons to the Proclaimers. Very slickly produced, with pulsating beats and a driving rhythm, the song is very danceable. Very modern sound, with vocals that almost become soulful towards the end. Another top notch number. |
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| Lithuania | |
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| Evelina Sasenko C'est Ma Vie - A classy performance. A big strong ballad with great use of strings and piano. Evelina has a great voice. | ||
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| Malta | |
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| Glen Vella One Life - The crowd loved this. Strong contender. |
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| Zdob si Zdub - So Lucky |
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Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba If you haven't heard of Stella Mwangi these past few weeks, then where on esarth have you been hiding? Riding high at the top of the Norwegian charts, Stella is definitely the one to watch with Haba Haba and her own brand of sunny african rhythms. Can't see how anyone can fail to fall for the charms of this entry with its positive vibe and Lion King feel. She enters the stage to tribal beats, asking Oslo Spektrum if they were ready to dance. She was at such ease in front of the camrea in a figure hugging red silk hot pants and bustier creation. Interacted great with her two backing singers, The Haba Haba dance is a great gimmick, which will help the song stick in the minds of the voters (not that Stella needs any help). Oranges and purples are her main background colours, and her performance went like a dream, with Stella having the audience in the palm of her hand. A deafening applause when the song came to a close. This is the one to beat. |
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| Magdalena Tul Jestem - An upbeat dance song. Magdalena is dressed short silver and black dress and black boots and is with 2 male dancers. The song is performed in Polish. | ||
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| Homens da Luta will represent Portugal at the 2011 European Song Contest with the song Luta É Alegria | ||
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| The participant for Düsseldorf - it's Alexey Vorobyov with the song Get You. | ||
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Senit, is the representative of the small republic in the 2011
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| Serbia |
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| Nina - Caroban composed by Kristina Kovac,Aleksandar Erakovic, Kamjan Dasic and Marko Calic. On stage there were three backing singers with a littlechoreography and two male trumpeters. Nina was in the middle of the stagewearing a blue dress and stockings of the same colour that goes together withher eyes. Nina's voice sounded very confident. The song is very cheerful and ithas a lot of rhythm. Especially at the end of the song, Nina can show off heramazing vocal qualities. | ||
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| Slovakia |
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| TwiiNS - I'm Still Alive |
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| Slovenia | |
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Maja Keuc - Vanilija Slovenia decided its representative in the 2011 Song European Contest through the highly anticipated selection show EMA. Ten contestants, internally selected by the Slovenian national broadcaster RTVSLO, were battling for that honour. The winner was Maja Keuc with the song, Vanilija, chosen by televoting. |
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| Lucía Pérez has been officially presented yesterday morning at a press conference in Madrid. She has shared her impressions after her election as representative of Spain in the 2011 European Song Contest. The Galician singer will perform the song Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao by Rafael Artesero. | ||
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| Sweden | |
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| Eric Saade - Popular The lucky winner Eric Saade got the last ticket for Düsseldorf with the song Popular! |
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| Anna Rossinelli - In Love For A While | ||
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| 3JS - Je Vecht Nooit Alleen Never Alone | ||
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| Turkey | |
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| Yüksek Sadakat presented their song, Live It Up, which will be participating at the European Song contest in Düsseldorf. Now, it's time to take a look other details from tonight's selection... | ||
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| United Kingdom | |
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| I Can" is a song by British boyband Blue to be released that will represent the United Kingdom at the European Song Contest 2011, to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is the first time in Eurovision Song Contest history that the British entry has been decided internally by the BBC. The announcement was made on 29 January 2011 through the BBC News and official Eurovision Song Contest websites | ||
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| Ukraine | |
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Mika Newton - Angel to Dusseldorf Ukraine's selection process for the 2011 European Song Contest started in October 2010. This evening, it finally came to an end. It proved worth it for Mika Newton, who emerged from the pack as the winner. |
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