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...
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...
EUROVISION WAR IN MALTA
OVER NOTHING!
posted by TEAM
One of the countries where Eurovision is almost a matter of life is surely the Island of Malta. The Maltese selection for Eurovision and Eurovision itself is for the Maltese audience without any doubt one of the highlights of the year and 2012 is not changing it at all. However things are being played very hard these days. PBS is the official and legal broadcaster responsible for organising the national selection and selecting the maltese representative for the Eurovision Songcontest. In recent years the other main tv-stations, One TV and NET-TV (the respective tv-channels of the labour party and nationalist party) covered the Eurovision as...
PRELIMINARY FACEBOOK POLL FOR EURO...
posted by ELIAS (GREECE)
The oikotimes.com launched the Facebook 2012 Eurovision Poll just to get a first impression for the Eurovision 2012 entries so far. 14 countries are entering this poll (including Italy although there is no confirmation yet that the Sanremo song will go to Baku as well). YOU CAN CAST YOUT VOTE...
SVT: NO ISSUE OF DISQUALIFICATION
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Loreen’s “Europhoria” is one of the hot favorites to win Melodifestivalen 2012 but there are some issues according to Aftonbladet. The local newspaper claims that the song is also a soundtrack of the TV series “Gossip Girl” in Spain, as you can see below. Warner Music...
LITHUANIA DECIDES 2012: EURODIENA ...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Third semifinal of Eurodiena 2012 concluded and three more acts proceed to the final set for March 3rd: Monika, Vig Roses, Bekeso Vilkai. JURY & TELEVOTING RESULTS Monika, 24 points Vig Roses, 18 points Bekeso Vilkai, 17 points Donatas Simkus-Dumas, 15 points Liepa, 10...
ESTONIA DECIDES 2012: EESTI LAUL S...
posted by OLIVIER (BELGIUM)
The show is broadcast from a studio and it looks that the sound and camerawork is pretty ok. The two semifinals of Eesti Laul have been prerecorded at ERR’s studio in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. However the final will be live of course from the Nokia concert Hall and will be...
SWEDEN DECIDES 2012:
MELODIFESTIVALEN SEMIFI...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Molly Sandén and Björn Ranelid feat. Sara Li to the final. Andreas Johnson and Youngblood to ‘second chance’. This is the result from the third semifinal in Melodifestivalen after a thrilling show hosted by the lady-duo Sarah Dawn Finer and Gina Dirawi. Molly Sandén did an outstanding, emotional modern ballad and she is a well deserved finalist. During the whole week the Swedish media have put the focus on Björn Ranelid feat Sara Li. Ranelid is an established author and he has also participated in Let’s Dance and several other commercial TV-productions. He wrote the lyrics to the song “Mirakel”. How he ended up on stage...
MORE GUESTS ANNOUNCED IN BULGARIA
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
Bulgaria is deciding for Eurovision 2012 on February 29 and the national broadcaster seems to organize a big show for the final selection full of international acts from the contest. Today it was revealed the list with the guest performances in the show: Ivi Adamou (Cyprus 2012), Kurt Calleja...
FALSE INFORMATION SPREAD AGAIN
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
Kids are always kids and when you give them the right to write they always mess up. This is the case with today’s so called “exclusive” for Greek national final. The oikotimes.com would like to clear things up. As already posted on oikotimes.com recently the Greek national...
SANREMO 2012: THE STORY SO FAR
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
The 62nd edition of Sanremo started on 14 February. This is the second edition of the Festival with Gianni Morandi in charge. On February 18th the final show will take place and we will know the winner of Sanremo 2012 and the Italian representative to Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest as Ell...
THIS WEEKEND:
EIGHT SHOWS IN EUROPE
posted by TEAM
This weekend Europe is celebrating music and is gearing up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with eight national selection shows: Croatia presents the song for Nina Badric, Italy, Latvia, Ukraine and Georgia decide their representative artist and song while Sweden and Estonia hold their semifinals. Let’s see in details what will happen: UKRAINE 2012 FINAL 21 acts will compete today in the Ukrainian final which didn’t avoid the scandals again this year. The show begins at 11:30 CET and will be streamed by eurovision.tv. You can listen to the participating songs here and also cast your vote (up to 5 favorites) below. It seems...
CHANGE IN RUSSIAN FINAL DATE
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Russian national broadcaster, RTR announced a change for the Russian National Final 2012 from February 26 to March 7. Therefore the auditions will continue up to the end of the month and a special jury will select 25 acts for the grand show. The bidding acts will be presented on their official...
FINLAND DECIDES 2012: UMK SHOW 4
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Aili and The Spyro were eliminated in tonight’s Finnish semifinal. The Spyro was the wild card selected by the viewers. It will be interesting to see whether there will be a discussion afterwards as the jury neglected the viewer’s choice. Nine entries performed live in club D.O.M in...
ELL & NIKKI ANNOUNCE ITALIAN ...
posted by LUKA (SERBIA)
The winners of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, Ell and Nikki, will appear at the final of the Sanremo Festival, to be held tomorrow evening. However, the duo won’t be performing, rather they will appear on stage to present Italy’s representative for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in...
LISTEN TO THE 2012 UKRAINIAN
SONGS ONLINE
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Everything is ready for the Ukrainian 2012 National Final tomorrow at 11:30 CET in the morning with 21 acts (after the elimination of Matias over jury scandal). NTU present today the audio files of the songs (links available below) while they conduct a poll for the show in which Renata seems to be the top favorite. Special guest stars will be: Anggun (France 2012), Alyosha (Ukraine 2010), Zlata Ognevych (NF 2011) and the disualified Matias. Ольга Шаніс – “Dream” Віталій Галай – “I want to love” Макс Барських – “Dance” Оля Полякова –...