On Saturday, February 11th, the oikotimes.com will be as usual online to report you the Melodi Grand Prix 2012 Final. During the live report you will have the chance to vote for your favorite finalist and also if you comment the live review article, you will be drawn for an official CD of the...
LIVE FROM LISBON
RTP’S PRESS CONFERENCE
posted by NELSON (PORTUGAL)
OIKOTIMES.com live from RTP’s headquarters in Lisbon, to give you all the details regarding the Portuguese broadcaster’s press conference to present “Festival da Canção”, the national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest. In this meeting room, we can see the CEO Hugo Andrade, the head of delegation and TV-producer, José Poiares, and the hosts Silvia Alberto and Pedro Granger. All the singers and music producers are expected to attend this meeting. The press conference RTP has released more details and information regarding the forthcoming “Festival da Canção” in Lisbon during a press conference in RTP’s headquarters...
JEDWARD’S (2011, NF 2012) TV...
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
Edward Grimes tells us about his new CBBC show Jedward’s Big Adventure (weekdays) and why he’d like to live in a hot air balloon! Since X Factor, you’ve had a platinum album, your own reality show, represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest and starred in Celebrity Big Brother....
THE WISHLIST OF TVR FOR NF 2012
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Today, TVR released a list of artists recommended for songwritters who have a song for the Romanian preselection but don’t have an artist to sing it. Also, if the jury considers the original performer doesen’t suit the song, then the songwritter must chose an artist from the wishlist. You...
SERBIAN SONG PRESENTED ON MARCH 10
posted by LUKA (SERBIA)
Serbian broadcaster RTS will present Željko Joksimović’s entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, March 10. The song will be presented in a special show to be aired at 21.00 CET. It will be Željko’s fourth Eurovision engagement having competed in 2004, composed in 2006...
GERMANY DECIDES 2012
UNSER STAR FUR BAKU HEA...
posted by GEORGE (GREECE)
Welcome to the fifth heat of German national selection Unser Star Fur Baku 2012. The elimination shows continues as the Germans are ready to proceed to the semifinal this week and later on to the grand final. There is no official webcast for the show.
ISRAELI SINGER FOR BAKU TOMORROW
posted by MOSHE (ISRAEL)
Following the debate that was in the Cultural Commitee of the Knesset about the Eurovision Song Contest. Israel is going to select it’s represantative to the coming ESC 2012 tomorrow. There are 8 candidates of which one will be selected to carry the Israeli flag in Baku. Rumors says that...
TRIBUTE SONG FOR EUROVISION 2012
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The song on Eurovision-2012, composed by DJ Babayev Dark and DJ China, performed by singer Leyla Kafari, has been posted on YouTube. Azerbaijani mugam is also heard in the track about Eurovision. Eurovision track is composed in honor of the Eurovision-2012 international song contest to be held...
AUSTRIAN SINGER BIDS FOR BAKU?
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
PANARMENIAN.NET REPORTS Rumors have recently been afloat on the Internet, particularly in social media claiming Austrian singer Sankil Jones may represent Armenia at 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. A video by Jones titled “Fire” has already found a positive response among fans of the...
OIKOTIMES.COM BLOG THROUGH
MTV GREECE
posted by TEAM
The team of oikotimes.com is proud to announce a special collaboration with MTV Greece. Through their website at www.mtvgreece.gr you will be able to read the latest Eurovision Song Contest 2012 news in Greek. Preliminary date for the blog launch is set for February 10th. MORE INFO & LINK WILL COME UP SOON
OFFICIAL DETAILS ON ROMANIAN FINAL
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
TVR has just released official info about the Romanian Selection for Eurovision 2012. Starting today, artists can submit songs for the Romanian preselection. The deadline has been set at 23 February. On 28 and 29 February, a jury will select a number of songs to compete in the National Final,...
MGP 2012: LISE KARLSNES TO THE FIN...
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
The line-up for Melodi Grand Prix 2012 is complete. Lise Karlsnes got the wildcard and she will compete next Saturday to represent Norway in Eurovision 2012. You can view the full line-up below: Tooji – Stay Reidun Sæther – High On Love Lise Karlsnes – Sailors Plumbo – Ola...
THE FIRST NIGHT OF KURT AFTER VICT...
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
The winner of the 2012 Malta Eurovision Song contest, Kurt Calleja, who won over the audience and the jury with his aptly entitled This Is The Night, did not sleep a wink on Saturday night. “I didn’t sleep at all, I stayed up reading text messages from friends and people who were kind...
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR STELLA
MWANGI’S ...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Memorial services were held on Sunday for Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia, father of singer Stella Mwangi, after he was killed by a hit-and-run driver at Dal in Akershus last week. The 54-year-old native of Kenya was hailed for integrating his children into Norwegian life without letting them forget where they came from. The memorial was organized by The Kenyan Association in Norway and Stella Mwangi was among the mourners. She grew up in Norway and launched a singing career that led to her winning last year’s Norwegian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, called Melodi Grand Prix. She went on to represent Norway at the Eurovision finals. Police...
MADWALK 2012: SAKIS & NOMI ON...
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
MADWALK 2012 by VODAFONE is in 3 days and already the Greek visitors of oikotimes.com have the chance to win one double invitation for the show. Yesetrday we reported on the fitting rehearsal of Helena Paparizou with Deux Hommes. Today we have a huge surprise. It was announced that Sakis...
FANZY OIKOTIMES & WIN PRIZES
posted by TEAM
The oikotimes.com fan page on Facebook in collaboration with Fanzy present a brand new feature for the Eurovision fans. As of today you can go to our fan page on facebook and select Fanzy Top Fans feature here. Various methods you can win points in the scoreboard are: allowing the app,...