This evening Turkish song for the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest presented through TRT prime time news. The song is titled “Love me back” and the first web reactions are kinda negative as many fans expected more, although the tune seems catchy enough and could be memorable. OFFICIAL CAN BANOMO FACEBOOK PAGE
TVE KICKS OFF TELEVOTING 2012
posted by MARKUS (GERMANY)
15,000 Euros and a trip for two in Baku for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is the key motive for all Spanish people to follow the song selection of TVE and Pastora Soler and give thebest voting in the show. TVE launched the televoting marathon today and calls all Spanish nation to vote for...
NO PROBLEM AFTER LEAK OF SONG
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Swedish national broadcaster seems worried over a second leak in the 2012 Melodifestivalen edition but keeps both songs in the running for representing the country in the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest edition. After the leak of Loreen’s song “Euphoria” two days ago the...
COMPACT DISCO OFFICIAL VIDEO IN MA...
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
The record label of Compact Disco (Hungary 2012) who was also behind one of the successful Eurovision entries for Hungary in the recent years with Magdi Rúzsa (Hungary 2007) announced today that the band will release their official video for “Soung of our Hearts” in mid March...
UNACCEPTABLE RACIST COMMENT
ON GAITANA (2012...
posted by SUBMITTED
A Ukrainian nationalist party is under fire after a high profile member suggested a black singer cannot represent the country at a popular international song contest. Pop star Gaitana, 32, who was born in Kiev to a Congolese father and Ukrainian mother, was chosen last week to represent Ukraine at the 2012 Eurovision Song contest to be held in May in the ex-Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. Yuri Sirotyuk of the political party Svoboda (Freedom) was quoted by media as saying Gaitana does not represent Ukrainian culture, and Ukraine will be associated with Africa if she sings in the contest. Ukraine’s National Television condemned the...
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ACT BY SAKIS
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
Sakis Rouvas participated in the serenade campaign of world known beer through Facebook. In order to promote the event in Greece, the brand in association with MTV Greece asked Sakis Rouvas to submit his serenade and then shot a video with the performance, available...
BBC RUMORS TO END ON MARCH 12?
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
There are unconfirmed information that BBC will make the announcement for the Eurovision 2012 participant on March 12. The information comes from local blogs but the only hint we had from BBC is the facebook statement that “patience is a virtue and soon there will be...
NINA ZILLI (2012) KICKS OFF TOUR
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
Nina Zilli is about to kick off her Italian tour on April 10 until May 5 when she will prepare her luggage for Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The tour is titled “L’Amore e Femmina” and will focus on the new album she released on mid February. Nina might not have won the...
FEMINNEM (2005, 2010) FINALLY
SPLIT UP
posted by LUKA (SERBIA)
The 2010 Croatian Eurovision representatives, girl group Feminnem, which also represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 have split up and gone their separate ways. The decision was made when one of the three members, Nika Antolos, decided to move to Moscow. The other group members, Neda Parmać and Pamela Ramljak, will continue to work in the music industry, although separately. They say they will all remain close friends. Group member, Neda Parmać, says “I’m shaken up and I’m lost. I need to go through that stage where I let all the emotions come out and see where to go from there”. Nika says she is moving to Moscow to be with her...
NEW LINE UP & DATE FOR GREECE...
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
The Greek saga for national final 2012 continues and new line up rumored today in the media making the entire project even more hilarious. Let’s see the unconfirmed information in the most messy selection year for Greece, so far: The Greek national final is now moved between 12 to 15 of...
TIMATI & AIDA SUBMIT SONG FOR...
posted by TEAM
Russian UNESCO ambassador and rapper/DJ Timati is submitting a song to the Russian national final 2012 with Aida, becoming the ultimate favorite for the grand final set for March 7th. The song is mainstream hip hop and is penned by a very popular American composer. Timati has been...
IRISH DIVIDED OVER EUROVISION FUTU...
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
The thejournal.ie poll asks the visitors to vote whether Ireland should continue participating in the Eurovision Song Contest especially under the country been in crisis since last year despite the pedigree results in the history of the contest. 47% of the visitors so far are pro Eurovision...
THEY STICK TO EUROVISION
DESPITE THE CRISIS
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
It was a big need to write this post as many countries are suffering big time from the economic crisis around the world and Europe. It is important to see that no matter the big problems some countries have to deal with, they stick to Eurovision Song Contest as a mean to at least bring some pride to their nations even through a music television show. Eurovision Song Contest is quite popular in Europe, one of the top television family show. Despite practically bankrupt, countries like Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania and Ireland are entering the 2012 edition of the contest hoping that music can overcome the bad psychology in their...
GUESTS LINE UP FOR FINAL ANNOUNCED
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
ORF has announced that several Eurovision stars will attend the Austrian National Final, next Friday, as VIP Guests. Among them we can see: Marianne Mendt (1971), Petra Frey (1994), Eric Papilaya (2007) and Nadine Beiler (2011). The hosts of the NF will be once again Mirjam, Andi and Robert,...
OFFICIAL EUROVISION 2012 VIDEOS
posted by TEAM
Through this post oikotimes.com will keep you updated on the official video clips of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entries, plus the official facebook and twitter accounts of the participants for Baku. This post will be updated throughout the season so stay tuned. Only the official previews...
LISTEN TO LETICIA’S BID FOR ...
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Leticia, who finished 5th in the Romanian NF for Eurovision 2011 with “Dreaming of you” has submited a song for this year’s selection aswell. For this year, Leticia submited a pop-dance song entitled “My soul is Hollow” composed by Mihai Brasoveanu, with lyrics by Mihai Brasoveanu...