Eurovision Song Contest

Engelbert Humperdinck the last to rehearse in Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-19 16:13:47

The arrival of international legend Engelbert Humperdinck in Baku had been an eagerly anticipated moment for the media. The United Kingdom representative got his first impressions of the Crystal Hall and stage today.

A gentle love song for Spain

Updated: 2012-05-19 15:09:25

Quédate Conmigo (Stay With Me) is the title of the Spanish Eurovision entry, and today Pastora Soler rehearsed her love song for the first time on stage in Baku. With her strong voice, she easily captured the attention of everyone in the arena on this late Saturday afternoon!

The music never dies for Sabina

Updated: 2012-05-19 13:47:18

Today for the very first time, Azerbaijan's Sabina Babayeva graced the Crystal Hall stage in her home town. We watched her first rehearsal so come and see how it went!

Italy's out of love and out on stage

Updated: 2012-05-19 13:14:22

Nina Zilli was next up stage today to rehearse the Italian entry L'Amore E'Femmina (Out Of Love) which, as the title implies, will be sung in a mixture of Italian and English. After their success in the contest last year, where they were the runners up, Nina Zilli will be aiming to take them one place higher in Baku.

Anggun echoes the Baku Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-19 13:05:13

After an extensive promo tour all around Europe, the echoes of Anggun, this year's French artist at the Eurovision Song Contest, reached the Baku Crystal Hall today for her first rehearsal.

High jinks on the high seas for Turkey

Updated: 2012-05-19 10:22:46

The fifth country to rehearse today were Turkey. Can Bonomo wrote both the music and lyrics to the Turkish entry Love Me Back.

Anri Jokhadze is the Georgian joker

Updated: 2012-05-19 09:39:33

The fourth country to rehearse today was Georgia. Anri Jokhadze has already visited Baku many times and feels like at home here. Today, the singer performed in his costume that he will wear on the Semi-Final night.

Loreen is u-u-u-u-u-u-up on stage

Updated: 2012-05-19 08:26:31

Several artists at the press conferences this year have tipped Sweden as a possible favourite to win this year's contest. It is also very popular with the fans, so the second rehearsal of Loreen with her song Euphoria was eagerly anticipated.

Heavenly sounds for Croatia

Updated: 2012-05-19 08:10:48

Second to rehearse today is Croatia, and this time the country is represented by one of their biggest stars, ina Badrić. Today, she as well as her backing vocalists performed in their Semi-Final outfits, which they presented to Eurovision.tv backstage before their rehearsal.

TV review: Maestro at the Opera

Updated: 2012-05-19 08:00:01

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Roman Lob being himself for Germany

Updated: 2012-05-18 23:40:15

Today it was finally time for the German representative, Roman Lob, to get on stage in Baku and rehearse his entry Standing Still for the first time. Before his performance, he was relaxing backstage, and he told Eurovision.tv the main idea behind his stage performance: "I will just be myself."

The Measure

Updated: 2012-05-18 22:59:45

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Abba join Beatles and Queen in 5m-sales league

Updated: 2012-05-18 18:29:13

Does the devil have all the best tunes? Freedom, repression and Eurovision voting patterns

Updated: 2012-05-18 14:12:07

Adrian Kavanagh, 18th May 2012 While the Eurovision Song Contest portrays itself as avowedly apolitical, as previous posts have shown there are strong political dimensions running through the contest, a factor that is no doubt increased by the fact that the contest is one of the few occasions that (often little known) countries get to [...]

Day 5 at Baku: Press Conference

Updated: 2012-05-18 12:22:44

The 5th day of Baku is really a busy day because of the hectic schedule. For today, there are 14 countries that conducted their final solo practice and after which is their 2nd time press conference. The first country who faced the press is Rambo Amadeus a representative of Montenegro. According to him “The people [...]

Day 4 Rehearsal at Baku Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-17 15:29:01

Fourth day of the rehearsal at Baku Crystal Hall, 10 countries are practicing for this moment. Below is some of the review of their presentation: Slovenia Eva the representative of the country is the first person who practices on the stage wearing the custom she would wear in the competition. It is really a powerful [...]

Day 3 Rehearsal At Baku Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-16 16:43:30

Third day of the practice for the upcoming Eurovision semi-final competition that will occur this May 24, this will be the second group of semi-finalist that is participated by 8 different countries. And to keep updated, we will provide some overview of 4 contestants who have great performance within their rehearsal. Serbia They are first [...]

Day 2 Rehearsal At Baku Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-15 16:26:22

It’s the second day of the rehearsal and also the second group of semifinalist time to “break a leg”. The practice started exactly 11:00 local time, 8:00CET. These are the following countries: Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Denmark, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Moldova and Ireland are performing their practice in the stage of Baku Crystal Hall. Here [...]

The First Day Rehearsal Of 9 Semifinalists At Baku Crystal Hall

Updated: 2012-05-14 14:46:46

In preparation for the first semifinals this coming May 22, several representative of different countries are performing their 1st practice for the Eurovision Song Competition for 2012. The rehearsal started May 13 at 11:00 local time, 8:00CET in most promising place Baku Crystal Hall. For the first semifinals, there are 9 countries that will be [...]

The Extensive Preparation Of Nigar Jamal And Dima Bilan

Updated: 2012-05-11 14:10:17

The final competition in Eurovision 2012 is fast approaching that is why every nation already has their rigid and thorough preparation for the great event of the year. In connection with this, there will be duet between the two previous winners of the said song competition. They are Nigar Jamal and Dima Bilan who will [...]

Famous Singers Support Pastora By Doing Special Covers

Updated: 2012-05-10 16:15:14

For showing their full support to their representative Pastora, several popular singers from Spain and even on other parts of the globe have created a special cover of Eurovision entry song “Quédate Conmigo”.They have work together and combined all types of voices in this distinctive cover plus additional documented video promoting this entry in the [...]

The Entire Preparation of Ivi Adamau

Updated: 2012-05-09 17:23:44

The long wait is nearly finished as this is the promising month to reveal who will be the next Eurovision winner for this 2012. But before going to the fabulous finals, we should take step by step of the competition. The best singers representing different countries in Europe are line-up to compete within the semi-finals [...]

Loreen From Sweden Tops The Online Poll

Updated: 2012-05-08 17:12:54

According to the latest poll that is conducted online as of May 5 update, Loreen from Sweden(at the left image) gains the crowd and become the people’s choice to win in the Eurovision competition 2012. Next in line is Mandinga from Romania who have just close votes between the first spot. Lorraine got 2098 votes [...]

Sabina Babayeva Visited Malta

Updated: 2012-05-07 14:01:12

Sabina Babayeva, a participant for Eurovision Song Contest 2012 went to Malta last May 3 and 4 as a part of her promotional visit. She is from the host country Azerbaijan where the Eurovision competition will happen. That was the first Sabina’s visit in Malta and a lot of her supporters there are welcomed and [...]

Politics, the Eurovision Song Contest and Ireland

Updated: 2012-05-03 09:30:46

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd May 2012 While the Eurovision Song Contest attests to be a non-political event, there are always strong political elements running through the different stages of this contest each year, whether it be issues to do with national song selections, the staging of the contest or the much discussed Eurovision voting patterns. This post [...]

ANZAC Day

Updated: 2012-04-25 00:58:27

April 25 is the anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand forces landing on Gallipoli in 1915. Now it is a day of national remembrance to honour those who died in military operations and wars. Learn more about the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day tradition at the Australian War Memorial site. © Jennifer Wagner for [...]