France this year continued the procedure from recent years to select internally their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Broadcaster France 3 chose Indonesian-born singer Anggun to fly the Tricolore in Baku. The title of her song is Echo (You And I), written by the prominent French songwriting duo of …

Georgia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. In this year’s national final, selected by a mixture of televoting and ‘expert’ jury, Anri Jokhadze took the victory with the song I’m A Joker. For the first time ever, Georgia’s Eurovision entry will be performed partly in Georgian language. I’m …

It’s certainly one of the most memorable first lines from all 42 ESC entries 2012: “I was born in distant nineteen-eighty, the year that Irish Johnny Logan won…”; written by Rolands Udris, and combined with the music by Ivars Makstnieks they are the opening lines to Beautiful Song, Latvia’s entry …

When FYR Macedonia’s broadcasting company MKRTV announced Kaliopi to represent the country in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest, she was already a familiar name for many Eurovision fans. She was supposed to be FYR Macedonia’s ESC debut entrant in 1996, but her song Samo Ti (Only You) got eliminated in …

For the first time in the country’s Eurovision history, Ireland sends the same act two years in a row. Last year, twin brothers John and Edward, better known as Jedward, rocked the stage at Düsseldorf’s Esprit Arena with their catchy Lipstick… “da da dum”; Lipstick gained Ireland its best result …

Sofi Marinova is one of Bulgaria’s most popular artists. In 2005, Sofi made a first attempt at representing Bulgaria in Eurovision, in a duet with Slavi Trifonov (Edinstveni, placed 2nd), and a second time in 2007. This year, Sofi won the country’s national final and will be flying the Bulgarian …