Tonight the first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place. Our latest quiz for ESC Radio listeners gives you the opportunity to win one of 3 CDs by Sjonni’s Friends, Iceland’s representatives with the song “Coming Home”, competing tonight at starting position #14. “Coming Home” is composed by Sjonni Brink, who was supposed to sing the song in the Icelandic preselection when he sadly and unexpectedly passed away in January, the lyrics are written by Thorunn Clausen.
The 13-track CD contains a fine collection of Sjonni Brink’s compositions and recordings, the Eurovision entry by Sjonni’s Friends and the original Icelandic version “Aftur Heim” performed by the late Sjonni himself.

Just answer one question right and you will enter the competition. The question is: What’s the name of the band that performed Iceland’s 1986 Eurovision debut entry “Gleðibankinn”? Send in your answers to info@escradio.com along with your full name and postal address by 23:59 CEST next Monday, 16^th of May. The names of the three lucky listeners will be revealed here. Good luck!

Read more and check out the video clip of “Coming Home” and a very special video by Sjonni’s Friends which they released yesterday during their stay at Düsseldorf…

Tonight the first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place. Our latest quiz for ESC Radio listeners gives you the opportunity to win one of 3 CDs by Sjonni’s Friends, Iceland’s representatives with the song “Coming Home”, competing tonight at starting position #14. “Coming Home” is composed by Sjonni Brink, who was supposed to sing the song in the Icelandic preselection when he sadly and unexpectedly passed away in January, the lyrics are written by Thorunn Clausen.
The 13-track CD contains a fine collection of Sjonni Brink’s compositions and recordings, the Eurovision entry by Sjonni’s Friends and the original Icelandic version “Aftur Heim” performed by the late Sjonni himself.

Just answer one question right and you will enter the competition. The question is: What’s the name of the band that performed Iceland’s 1986 Eurovision debut entry “Gleðibankinn”? Send in your answers to info@escradio.com along with your full name and postal address by 23:59 CEST next Monday, 16^th of May. The names of the three lucky listeners will be revealed here. Good luck!

Check out the video clips of “Coming Home” and their special performance of the Eurovision classic “What’s Another Year”, Ireland’s 1980 winning song, originally performed by Johnny Logan:

For more info on Sjonni’s Friends please visit their website at http://sjonnibrink.is

And here’s the full line-up of tonight’s 1st Semi-Final. 19 songs compete for the 10 tickets to go through to the big final on Saturday, 14th May:

1. POLAND Magdalena Tul – Jestem
2. NORWAY Stella Mwangi – Haba Haba
3. ALBANIA Aurela Gaçe – Feel The Passion
4. ARMENIA Emmy – Boom Boom
5. TURKEY Yüksek Sadakat – Live It Up
6. SERBIA Nina – Čaroban
7. RUSSIA Alexey Vorobyov – Get You
8. SWITZERLAND Anna Rossinelli – In Love For A While
9. GEORGIA Eldrine – One More Day
10. FINLAND Paradise Oskar – Da Da Dam
11. MALTA Glen Vella – One Life
12. SAN MARINO Senit – Stand By
13. CROATIA Daria – Celebrate
14. ICELAND Sjonni’s Friends – Coming Home
15. HUNGARY Kati Wolf – What About My Dreams
16. PORTUGAL Homens Da Luta – Luta É Alegria
17. LITHUANIA Evelina Sašenko – C‘est Ma Vie
18. AZERBAIJAN Ell & Nikki – Running Scared
19. GREECE Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike – Watch My Dance

for more info please visit http://eurovision.tv