Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, held on 12th March, marked the end of the 2011 national finals season for the Eurovision Song Contest. Twenty-year-old Eric Saade who made his first attempt to represent Sweden last year with the song “Manboy”, coming third, this time scored the highest votes with both juries and televiewers. …

Serbia’s national final Pesma za Evropu took place on 26th February. The SMS voting brought a very clear result: 59.74% of the voters decided for the song “Čaroban” (Magical), performed by Nina, and written by Kristina Kovač. “Čaroban” is Serbia’s fifth Eurovision Song Contest entry as an independent nation, and …

The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest provides the rare case of four former Eurovision contestants to return to the contest for a second time, two former winners, Lena (Germany) and Dana International (Israel), plus Dino Merlin (Bosnia & Herzgovina) and the band Zdob și Zdub. The latter made their home country …

Slovenia’s representative at Eurovision 2011 is the young singer Maja Keuc who had her breakthrough last year with her participation in the TV show “Slovenia’s Got Talent”, where she came second. On 27th February, Maja won EMA, the country’s national final for Eurovision, with the song “Vanilija”, composed by Matjaž …

Portugal’s Festival RTP da Canção traditionally paves the way for the participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, since the country’s debut in 1964. This year’s winner was chosen by a 50-50 combined system of 20 regional juries and televoting. Homens da Luta, “Men of the Struggle” in English, won the …

“Live and let live”, that’s the theme of “One Life“,  Malta’s contribution to the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, and it will be performed in Düsseldorf by 27-year old Glen Vella who on his fifth attempt to represent the country at Eurovision, finally triumphed. “One Life”, penned by renowned writers Paul …