The United Kingdom has often done very well with bands at Eurovision, and it has never turned out to be a mistake for the country to send a successful, well-known name to the Contest. The last three UK Eurovision winners were Katrina & The Waves (1997), Bucks Fizz (1981), and …

Hungary made it’s Eurovision debut at the 1994 Contest in Dublin, Ireland, finishing a very respectable 4th place (“Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?”, performed by Friderika Bayer). For the contest in Düsseldorf, Hungarian broadcaster MTV internally selected Kati Wolf with the song “What About My Dreams”, composed by Viktor Rakonczai and …

The Irish pop duo Jedward, aka twin brothers John and Edward Grimes, became a huge hit after participating in the UK’s X-Factor in 2009. In Ireland‘s national final for Eurovision 2011, held on 11th February, they took victory with their catchy, upbeat song “Lipstick”, written by Daniel Priddy, Lars Halvor …

“Rusinka” (“Russian Girl” in English), composed by Grigor Koprov and Vladimir Dojchinovski, with lyrics by Marko Marinkovikj-Slatkaristika and Jovan Jovanov, is the title of the song that will be representing F.Y.R. Macedonia in Düsseldorf 2011, and it will be performed by Vlatko Ilievski, one of the country’s most popular pop …

Estonia had quite an impressive streak of success between 1996 and 2002, with six top ten placings, including one winning song. However, since the introduction of semi-finals at Eurovision in 2004, the country’s record has been poor. Only on one occasion, in 2009, Estonia made it to the final and …

Instead of holding a national final, broadcaster Channel One opted for an internal selection to represent Russia this year. In March it was announced that 23-year old actor and singer Alexej Vorobjov would fly the Russian flag at the Contest in Düsseldorf. Alexej had participated in national finals on two …