In the Dutch national final on February 26, voted by a mixture of televoting & ‘expert’ jury, Joan Franka was chosen to represent The Netherlands in Baku. Her song You And Me, composed by Joan Franka and Jessica Hoogenboom, with lyrics by Joan Franka, is The Netherlands’ 54th entry to …

For this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Turkish broadcaster TRT internally selected the 24-year-old singer and musician Can Bonomo to represent the country. Can Bonomo burst onto the Turkish music scene early last year with his very successful debut album “Meczup”. For the Contest in Baku, Can wrote a …

In 2004 Rona Nishliu made her first attempt at representing Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest, eight years later she returned to Festivali i Këngës, the country’s national selection for the Contest, and won the ticket to Baku. The song Suus (Personal), composed by Florent Boshnjaku, with lyrics by Rona …

Finland’s entry to the 57th Eurovision Song Contest, När Jag Blundar (When I close my eyes) will be performed by the 21-year-old Pernilla Karlsson. Pernilla belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, and the song was composed and written by her brother Jonas Karlsson. It’s the first time since 1990 …

The four-piece band Compact Disco won Hungary’s national final on February 11th and will have the honour of representing the country in Baku with their Sound Of Our Hearts. The song was written by the members of the group, Behnam Lotfi, Gábor Pál, Attila Sándor, and Csaba Walkó, and will be …

Already in August 2011, Ivi Adamou was internally selected by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) to represent the country in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. In a televised national final on January 25th, and decided by a mixture of televoting and expert jury, La La Love came out the clear …