Cal Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Dates: Final 24 May 2008 Semi-final(s) 20 May 2008 (SF 1) 22 May 2008 (SF 2) Who is in which Semi-final? SF 1 - 20 May 2008 Montenegro, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Poland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Netherlands, Romania, Moldova, San Marino, Slovenia, Norway, Belgium, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia SF 2 - 22 May 2008 Croatia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Portugal, Ukraine, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, Albania, Sweden, Turkey, Lithuania, Georgia, Czech Republic, Malta The national selections Andorra: Gisela - Casanova Azerbaijan: Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh - Day after day Belgium: Ishtar - O julisi na jalini Estonia: Kreisiraadio - Leto svet Finland: Teräsbetoni - Missä miehet ratsastaa Ireland: Dustin the Turkey - Irlande Douze Points Israel: Bo'az Ma'uda - Ke'ilo kan Moldova: Geta Burlacu - A Century of Love Montenegro: Stefan Filipović - Zauvijek volim te Norway: Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong Poland: Isis Gee - For Life Romania: Nico & Vlad Mirita - Pe-o Margine De Lume Russia: Dima Bilan - Believing San Marino: Mi Odio - Complice Slovenia: Rebeka Dremelj - Vrag naj vzame Albania: Olta Boka - Zemrën lamë peng Belarus: Ruslan Alekhno - Hasta la Vista Croatia: Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents - Romanca Cyprus: Evdokia Kadi - Femme fatale Czech Republic: Tereza Kerndlová - Have some fun Denmark: Simon Mathew - All night long FYR Macedonia: Tamara, Vrcak & Adrian - Vo Ime Na Ljubovta Georgia: Diana Gurtskaya - Peace Will Come Hungary: Csézy - Candlelight Iceland: Euroband - This Is My Life Latvia: Pirates of the Sea - Wolf of the Sea Lithuania: Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night Portugal: Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar Switzerland: Paolo Meneguzzi - Era stupendo Turkey: Mor ve Ötesi - Deli Germany: No Angels - Disappear Spain: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - Baila El Chiki Chiki. Serbia: Jelena Tomašević - Oro
Cal Posted November 17, 2007 Report Posted November 17, 2007 Not that anybody actually cares ... Belgrade Arena: The stage will be located at the same place as the current construction in the back of the venue. Israel sends pop idol winner Israel, the winner of the 1978, 1979 and 1998 editions of the contest, will be represented by Boaz MAUDA who won the latest edition of the local casting show Kochav Nolad. Boaz MAUDA will perform 5 songs in a televised national final in February and televoters and a special jury will decide about the winner. Boaz - who is of Yeminite origin - has always said that it was a lifelong dream of his to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest and he hopes to continue his success with a good placing in Belgrade in May. The odds of this are very good: in 1978 and 1998 Israeli singers with Yeminite roots managed to win the Eurovision Song Contest! Leading female singer for Armenia Armenian television hopes to charm the European audience with the popular SIRUSHO who's seen as the leading female singer in her home country. Just like the Israeli singer Baoz MAUDA, Sirusho HARUTYUNYAN will have her own national final in January or February on Armenian television. She will perform several songs there which will be selected at a later stage. The 20-year-old singer released her first album in 1999 and her second one Sheram was published in 2005. For this, she managed to win the categories Best Album and Best Female Singer in the Armenian National Music Awards. Sirusho HARUTYUNYAN also had the opportunity to present her music outside of Armenia as she gave concerts in eg. the USA, Canada, Russia and Greece. Armenia finished 8th in the 2006 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contests - will Sirusho even top these great results?
Barbara Posted November 17, 2007 Report Posted November 17, 2007 I used to love watching the Eurovision song contest. But now, I think it's more a political thing. Most of the time people vote for their neighbouring countries (especially East European countries) and not for the songs or the artists. Besides now, it's more about stealing the show with costumes, masks and stuff than about the songs. Look at Lordi a few years ago. They were dressed like monsters and I still think they won partly because of that. But we've never heard of them after their song Hard Rock Hallelujah. Maybe they're still popular in Finland and some other countries but not elsewhere. This was not the case for Abba, Celine Dion, France Gall or Johnny Logan for instance. We heard other songs from those artists and some of them were really good. So it's not that I don't care but I don't see the point anymore. I hope the new revised format will work better.
Cal Posted November 17, 2007 Report Posted November 17, 2007 I agree with the Lordi thing. They got the votes because of their appearance. But I do think that this years winner was fair. The song was good and it definitely wasn't about performance...
Barbara Posted November 17, 2007 Report Posted November 17, 2007 Who won this year? I don't remember.
Lesley Bee Posted November 17, 2007 Report Posted November 17, 2007 The eurovision song contest used to be so much fun, ok it was cheesy, but it was great saturday night tv. I used to sit with the bowl of munchies and look forward to the outrageous costumes and the camped up songs but now i agree that it is totally political. No matter what the UK enters we hardly receive any points. Its just not worth watching anymore, what's the point The same applies to all the other countries, they all vote for their neighbours.
Cal Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 Who won this year? I don't remember. Serbia. The eurovision song contest used to be so much fun, ok it was cheesy, but it was great saturday night tv. I used to sit with the bowl of munchies and look forward to the outrageous costumes and the camped up songs but now i agree that it is totally political. No matter what the UK enters we hardly receive any points. Its just not worth watching anymore, what's the point The same applies to all the other countries, they all vote for their neighbours. With this new semi-final format, they are hoping that that won't happen. Countries can only air the semi-final that they are in, therefore they can only vote in one. Also, a judging panel picks 1 song in the semi-final to go through to the final after the others have been voted through by tele-voting.
Barbara Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 Who won this year? I don't remember. Serbia. I remembered that but I didn't remember the singer. I listened to the song (I forgot the name already ) and you were right: this year the song wasn't that bad.
Cal Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 The song was called 'Molitva' or something. Have no clue what it actually means. It was a well deserved win, but unexpected at the same time.
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