Regional fan clubs across Europe are casting (through their members) their votes for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entries. This year oikotimes.com decided to present them in specific parts as every day one more fan club keep casting the voting changing the overall. Through this post we get...
BIG FINE & WARNING TO ARMENIA
posted by SUBMITTED
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) fined Armenia for withdrawing from “Eurovision-2012″ song contest to be held later this month in Baku, the Director of Media Relations of Geneva-based EBU Annika Nyberg-Frankenhauzer told ITAR-TASS today. According to her, the decision was...
FRANCE STARTS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIG...
posted by GREG (GREECE)
The French national broadcaster has announced it will use social media to engage with viewers during the Eurovision Song Contest. France Télévisions will tweet the event from accounts @france3tv @franceotv and @francetvdirect with the associated hashtag #eurofrancetv. Viewers will be able to...
ERT SENDS DELEGATION TO BAKU
posted by GREG (GREECE)
According to some news that popped up on the Greek television, ERT, changed their mind and finally decided to send delegation to Baku! This “poor” delegation will contain only the HOD and the commentator, Maria Kozakou. This decision was made because, as they said, it would be...
STAGE PROGRESS IN FULL SWING
posted by GREG (GREECE)
Today we were surprised by some photos that came up. As we understand, EBU and the Azeri television, want the stage to be kept as a secret, but we maybe broke that secret today. This photos shows us the inside of Baku Crystal Hall and the stage preparations. As we can see, the stage is...
3D EFFECTS IN EUROVISION
2012 STAGE
posted by LUKA (SERBIA)
The stage for the upcoming Baku edition of the Eurovision Song Contest has been kept a closely guarded secret so far. However, with the event less than a month away news about, what will be a unique staging of the contest, has appeared. Head of the PR and monitoring department of the ITV channel Tahir Mammadov has said that the stage will have 3D effects. “Monitors, scanners and lights installed at different angles will serve the show. For the first time the show will use next generation light equipment. These are mobile lights. They will increase the effect of the show even more”, Mammadov says. The three big nights of...
GREEN ROOM INSIDE THE ARENA?
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
Thanks to www.escromania.ro and aze.az we got a first glance of the Eurovision 2012 Green Room which according to a first glance it seems it will be located inside the arena this year. The photo leaked on the Azeri website depicts the Green Room inside the arena as someone can see. no...
ERT COMMENTATOR FROM ATHENS
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
Greek national broadcaster officially now joins Italy and Cyprus (so far) becoming one more country the commentator of which will air the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 from Athens. The decision reached due to the economic crisis as secure source informed oikotimes.com moments ago. From ERT...
EUROVISION 2012 STAGE DEMO
PHOTO REVEALED?
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
The photo of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 seems to have been revealed on facebook although it seems to be a grab from the demo design of it. At a first glance it seems completely duplicate from the Eurovision 2011 edition and still we haven’t see anything new or innovative on the demo photo although technology and use of led backdrops will make something...
OFFICIAL WEBSITE UNDER ATTACK
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
Eurovision Song Contest’s official website “eurovision.tv” website was hit by cyber attack. APA reports that it is impossible to enter the site. The work is carried out on solving the problem. Communications Coordinator for the Eurovision Song Contest Jarmo Siim confirmed the fact....
PEREZ HILTON PRAISES SWEDEN
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The go-to source for daily happenings in Hollywood, Perez Hilton blog, decided to deal again this year with Eurovision Song Contest. The blog praises Sweden’s entry “Euophoria” as the top of the songs. That’s a nice opening for the song to the US. “Euphoria”...
NINA PRESENTS BACKING SINGERS
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Nina Zilli, the Italian representative in Eurovision 2012, will be accompanied by three backing-vocalists on the stage in Baku: Christina Laura Bertarello, Vhelade Bare Mura and Marco Guerzoni. Christina was borned in Kinshasa and has worked in clubs and theaters and been singing in a...