“I Love Belarus” is the plain and simple message of Anastasiya Vinnikova’s Belarusian effort for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the eighth Eurovision entry since the country debuted in 2004. Belarus made it to the final twice, in 2007 and 2010, with Koldun’s “Work Your Magic” being their most …
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“Haba Haba” – Stella Mwangi with an infectious happy tune for Norway
After winning the Contest in 2009 with Alexander Rybak’s “Fairytale”, and holding the musical competition in 2010 in Oslo, where Didrik Solli-Tangen defended the country’s honour, 2011 marks another special year for Norway: the 50th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest! And this time the honour goes to 24-year old …
Read More »“Change” – Romania sends Hotel FM to Düsseldorf!
Romania’s national final for Eurovision 2011 was held on 31th December, with 13 acts competing for the ticket to Düsseldorf. The three-piece band Hotel FM who already took part last year (“Come As One”, fourth place), became the lucky winners with the song “Change”, written by Gabriel Băruţa, with lyrics …
Read More »QUIZ: Win 5 CD-singles of „Taken By A Stranger“
It’s time for another quiz on ESC Radio. We’ll be giving away five CD-singles of Germany’s entry for the 2011 Contest, “Taken By A Stranger” by Lena. The single includes the Eurovision entry, plus the song “That Again” from this year’s German preselection. All you have to do is answer …
Read More »“Love In Rewind” – Dino Merlin to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina
For the sixth time in a row, Bosnia & Herzegovina selected their entry internally, and the country’s representative in Eurovision 2011 will be no one less than Dino Merlin, one of the greatest and most popular artists in the Balkans, who made his first Eurovision appearance at the 1999 Contest …
Read More »Evelina Sašenko tells us about her life: “C’est Ma Vie” for Lithuania
It was second time lucky for Evelina Sašenko, when, after coming third in last year’s national final, in this year’s selection she won the ticket to represent Lithuania at the Contest in Düsseldorf. With her musical-like ballad “C’est Ma Vie”, written by Paulius Zdanavičius and Andrius Kairys, she managed to …
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