The story so far.....

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So with the start of 2008, let's start with a look at where we stand so far with the choice of entries for this year's contest. As more and more are chosen, we'll keep updating the list.

So here's the first installment.......


Albania - Olta Boka - Zemren e lame peng
Andorra - Gisela - Casanova
Armenia - Sirusho Harutyunyan - (song title not yet known)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Elvir Lakovic Laka - Pokusaj
Israel - Boaz Mauda - (song title not yet known)
Netherlands - Hind - (song title not yet known)
Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo
Turkey - Mor Ve Otesi - (song title not yet known)
Ukraine - Ani Lorak - (song title not yet known)



So we have details on 9 countries, only 34 left! :-)

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