It was the first nomination of the 2011 ESC season when Dutch broadcaster TROS announced that the country would be represented by the three-piece band 3JS. At the national final held on January 30th, a 50-50 televote and and jury vote system decided for the song “Never Alone”, written by …
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011 – Meet the Contenders
With a little more than a month to go before the 1st Semi-Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the Düsseldorf Arena in Germany, we will showcase the 43 contestants on our website and broadcast first exclusive interviews. You get to meet the contenders, watch their …
Read More »Running Order Draw Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Today, on the second day of the Head of Delegations meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany, the running order for the First and Second Semi-Finals of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest was drawn. Under scrutiny of Jan Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, the procedure was carried out based …
Read More »National selections entering home stretch – Playlist update
An eventful week is behind us. Since last Wednesday, no less than eleven countries held their national finals for Eurovision 2011: Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia and FYR Macedonia. So, it’s time for another playlist update with lots of new preselection tracks, effective tonight at …
Read More »Italy’s return to Eurovision – San Remo festival to pave the way for Düsseldorf 2011 – exclusive interview with Jalisse (ESC 1997)
It was the biggest news at the start of the Eurovision season: Italy, after 13 years of absence, applied to take part in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Italy was one of the seven countries which participated in the debut contest in 1956. For 25 years the country remained a …
Read More »Playlist update: introducing preselection songs 2011
Many of you had been waiting for this, and now it’s finally happening: This weekend we have started playing songs from the international preselections for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Europe is still underway with national selections for the big event to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in May. As …
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