Terminal 3.... The Eurovision Blog

Well, it might be for some countries in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. I wonder whether the 2 semi final system will bring a better class of song and singer to the contest...........I certainly hope so. I think 2 semi finals will change the face of the contest! I think that the diaspora voting wont change and I don't think the block voting will stop either! I think that the block voting is a part of the Eurovision and has been for years now. We all know that Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, FYR of Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro will swap points with each other. We know that Greece and Cyprus will give each other 12 if they get the chance and we know that Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland will swap marks. Even the former Soviet republics still swap votes and there are so many of them - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Georgia and Armenia. So you can guarantee that some of them will meet in the semi finals. What will hap...

Cyprus will be holding their National Final on January 12th. Cyprus as Colin added on a previous blog will be going back to the National Final format following their disappointing placing in Helsinki. Evridiki one of my favourites to qualify to the final in Helsinki finished 15th

My god I am so happy I booked my hotel for next years Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade as it is going to turn into one hell of a party. The EBU have confirmed today that there will indeed be 2 semi finals in Belgrade and the top 10 from each will qualify..........well I say top 10 very loosely because word has it that in fact the top 9 from each will definately qualify and then the 10th place in each semi final will be decided by the results of the back up juries. It is not known yet whether the countries allowed to vote in the semi will only be those competing in semi 1 or semi 2but further news will be reaching my ears very soon.........hopefully. The EBU have confirmed that the only countries who are directly qualified to the final now will be Serbia(as the hosts, France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. I am assuming that it has been decided that without the Big 4 the Eurovision Song Contest will not be financially viable so they have once again been given their automatic f...

Well we finally have our first bit of news from one of the "BIG 4". German TV Broadcaster NDR have announced today some of their plans which will decide who will represent them in the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. It seems that NDR have decided that they are going to choose from 5 songs this time rather than 3 which is the number of songs performed in their last 2 National Finals. Germany have over the years have sent some absolute classics (in my opinion. More recently however German entries have not received the positions in the final which they have deserved. Texas Lightning finished 14th in Athens with "No No Never" and Roger Cicero finished 19th in Helsinki with "Frauen regier'n die Welt". Hopefully German fortunes along with those of the other members of the "BIG 4" UK, France and Spain changes for the better in Belgrade.

Following the disappointment of Guri Schankes 18th place in the semi final of this years contest in Helsinki, Norway will once again start in the 2008 semi final. However they have now joined the race to be the next country to win the Eurovision Crown. Norway have well and truly started their search for their 2008 Eurovision entrant by announcing today that 600+ songs have been submitted to the Melodi Grand Prix which is the selection process to choose the 2008 Norwegian Eurovision Entry. NRK the Norwegian broadcaster has opened the competition once again to song writers from other parts of the world.

The Andorran national broadcaster seem to have not to have the best view on the Eurovision Song Contest. After their 12th place in Helsinki is seems that that there are people within the broadcaster asking why the ATV management spend the amount of money that they do when really it is for nothing. The general impression in Andorra was after Helsinki, that if Anonymous couldn't manage to qualify then it will be hard for the country to do something in the contest. It is believed at this time that Andorra will be in Belgrade in May 2008. Mind you 12th place is better than their previous attempts and sorry but I have to say it as much as I love the precious Andorran Entries a far more superior entry. GOOD LUCK ANDORRA IN 2008

Well it looks like the race is well and truly on now for the hunt for the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest:- Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland so far have started the hunt for their songs and singers to represent them in Belgrade. Today they are joined by Bulgaria who are starting their search on October 7th and Malta who have announced their rules for the next edition of Maltasong. It is interesting to note that really the only finalist to give any details at the moment are the Bulgarians..............could they be mounting a major assault to keep the contest in Eastern Europe.