• Weblinks: GO TO THE NEW OIKOTIMES.COM

    Updated: 2011-05-31 01:09:52
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  • Birthday celebrations and reactions at After Show Party

    Updated: 2011-05-30 15:28:37
    The After Show Party of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest took place directly after the Final had ended, in the Rheinterasse building in üsseldorf. The party marked the closure of Europe's Favourite TV Show and gave the opportunity for artists and delegations to bid their farewells to each other.

  • What connects Karl Lagerfeld to Eurovision?

    Updated: 2011-05-30 10:22:28
    Karl Lagerfeld, the emperor of fashion and head designer of Chanel, did something that had never been done for the Eurovision Song Contest - he designed an entire shop to be built in the host city of the 2011 edition of Europe's favourite TV-show, Düsseldorf.

  • Ireland’s prospects with Eurovision jury voting and televoting, 2010 and 2011

    Updated: 2011-05-26 09:20:39
    Adrian Kavanagh, 26th May 2011 The return of juries in the late 2000s as part of a new 50-50 voting system combining the votes of televoters and professional juries was generally viewed as a positive development by Ireland, espeically given our run of successes in the 1980s and especially the 1990s during the jury voting era and [...]

  • Release of 2011 Eurovision Televote and Jury Vote figures

    Updated: 2011-05-26 08:38:11
    Adrian Kavanagh, 26th May 2011 The EBU has just released jury vote and televote details for the recent Eurovision Song Contest final and two semi finals – almost a month earlier than the 2010 figures were released last year – which throw up some interesting findings as was the case for the 2010 figures. These [...]

  • EBU reveals split televoting and jury results

    Updated: 2011-05-25 23:09:07
    Today, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) officially reveals the split televoting and jury voting results of the Semi-Finals and Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers at home also ranked winner Azerbaijan first, while juries of music industry professionals had Italy on top of their list. 

  • Happy Birthday Eurovision Song Contest!

    Updated: 2011-05-24 18:26:11
    It all began 55 years ago on a 24th of May, just like today. Seven nations gathered in the Swiss resort of Lugano to take part in the very first Eurovision Song Contest, on a Thursday evening in 1956. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Italy joined the host country in the first edition of what would become Europe's favourite TV-show.

  • Jedward performs for US president

    Updated: 2011-05-24 12:42:09
    Jedward, the duo that represented Ireland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, has enjoyed growing success after the contest. The latest of their triumphs was to perform before the US president Barack Obama.

  • Greetings from Slovenia

    Updated: 2011-05-22 17:56:14
    Slovenia is lovely! We are staying in Portoroz and walked to Piran this afternoon. The weather is gorgeous and the scenery is beautiful. I’d like to spend more time here but we have to go to Italy tomorrow to get on our Greek isles & Turkey cruise. This is the last day I’ll have free [...]

  • 'It's just amazing', Ell/Nikki say

    Updated: 2011-05-20 13:49:42
    Just a few days after they won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest with the song Running Scared, Eurovision.tv met with Ell/Nikki to talk about their experience after the contest. 

  • Stefan Raab ends Eurovision career

    Updated: 2011-05-19 16:23:55
    After being one of the leaders of the team that won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with Lena's Satellite nd the male host of the 2011 edition of Europe's favourite TV-show, the German entertainer Stefan Raab, announced he's ending his career in this aspect.

  • Who knew, it’s Baku!

    Updated: 2011-05-18 16:03:25
    (picture the scene – I’m was writing this in Heathrow terminal 5, waiting to get my connection back to Manchester… and then Euro-flu took hold when I got home so I’m posting the final update for the year uncharacteristically late. Sadly, no pics –  camera lead is still missing!) Another year, another Eurovision Song Contest. [...]

  • Eurovision 2011 – Ireland’s Circle of Friends!

    Updated: 2011-05-17 09:29:09
    Adrian Kavanagh, 17 May 2011 Ireland finished 8th in both the Final and the second Semi Final of Eurovision 2011, winning 119 points from 42 other voting countries (average of 2.8 points) in the Final and 68 points from 21 other voting countries in the semi final (average of 3.2 points) – the slightly higher [...]

  • Interview with the first ever winner Lys Assia

    Updated: 2011-05-16 21:20:40
    Saturday night saw ll/Nikki take the title s Eurovision Song Contest winners, and many former winners were present in Düsseldorf to see the new champions take the crown. Amongst them was Lys Assia, who was the very first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland in 1956 with the song Refrain.

  • Ratings success in United Kingdom

    Updated: 2011-05-16 16:27:34
    The United Kingdom broadcaster BBC has today announced that Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest was the most watched in the United Kingdom since 1999.

  • We are the real winners of Eurovision!!! (Well, sort of…)

    Updated: 2011-05-16 08:54:56
    Adrian Kavanagh, 16th May 2011   Congratulations to Jedward and their team on a great perfromance in Dusseldorf and a great result in taking 8th place for Ireland in the final (and also the semi final, proving earlier point that getting out of the semi final would be as difficult as doing well in the [...]

  • Articles: France, Cyprus & Armenia, currently in the guest list

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:51
    ERT confirmed the already the date for Greek national final 2011 which was mentioned by www.oikotimes.com. On March 2nd we will enjoy of course ...

  • Articles: Tonight, Spain & Germany decide, Slovakia announce

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:51
    One more exciting Friday comes with several shows and news across Europe. First of all today Slovakia announce the representative and presents the song for the 2011 Eurovision So...

  • Articles: Sanremo 2011: the third night report

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:51
    The third night of Sanremo Festival is celebrating the 150 years of Italy as a state and the show will feature all participants performing together. In the festival section tonight we will see th...

  • Articles: Stereo Mike: CD album presentation - Watch new video

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:50
    Stereo Mike is one of the top upcoming Hip Hop artists in Greece the past few years. We all remember his duet with Tamta at the 2008 Mad Video Music Awards, a song that is still aired in the Greek rad...

  • Articles: Blue, guest performers in Spanish final

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:50
    BBC seems to have seriously taken the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and the promo tour kicked off for their representatives, Blue is a proof! Blue will sing tomorrow in the Spanish national final. Alon...

  • Articles: Listen to the 2011 Bulgarian finalists online

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:50
    Bulgarian national broadcaster released previews of the 2011 national final songs. You can listen to them ere. The national final is t...

  • Articles: Elisabetta Canalis charms everyone in Sanremo

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:50
    DAILYMAIL.CO.UK REPORTSYesterday we saw her busting a move on TV in black PVC tights and a sequinned top. ut last night, Elisabetta Canalis went back to her glam...

  • Articles: Sanremo 2011: the second night report

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:50
    The second night of Sanremo Festival 2011 egan on time and the 61st edition seems already special event for everyone across Europe as it will be through this show that the ...

  • Weblinks: Listen to the 9 songs for Spain online

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    The Anna Vissi rockumentary reality show Oso Eho Foni (As Long As I Have A Voice) will premiere on ALPHA TV (RTL group) on March 16. The titles of the show is from one of the most famous songs An...

  • Articles: Stella takes criticism in her stride

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    EUROVISIONARY REPORTS:Even though she managed to emulate "the Alexander Rybak effect" in romping to victory with 120,000 votes more than runners-up The Blacksheeps,...

  • Articles: RTS announce participants and songs

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    RTS has released the final version of the singers competing in the national final. ornelije Kovač’ song “Ring, ring, ring” will be sung by the band The Breeze. The song ...

  • Articles: Eurovision party tomorrow in Skopje

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    For the 7th year in the row, OGAE FYR Macedonia and the public TV broadcaster MKRTV features the annual Eurovision party. The event is scheduled for the Club 69, in the city-capital of Skopje, tomo...

  • Articles: The Anna Vissi rockumentary begins on March 16

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    The Anna Vissi rockumentary reality show Oso Eho Foni (As Long As I Have A Voice) will premiere on ALPHA TV (RTL group) on March 16. The titles of the show is from one of the most famous songs An...

  • Articles: Belgrade Chronicle to be aired today

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:49
    The three singers that will compete in the Serbian national final entitled “Pesma za Evropu – Dizeldorf 2011” (Song for Europe – Dusseldorf 2011), to be held on February 2...

  • Articles: Sanremo 2011: the first night report

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:48
    The first night of the 2011 Sanremo festival is concluded and anticipating the Saturday announcement of the 2011 Eurovision representative, here is a brief report from the first night of the most...

  • Articles: Tonight on Radio International's Eurovision show (Edition 07)

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:48
    The Team of Radio International would like to invite you to the seventh edition in 2011. The Show is broadcast on 106.8FM in the Netherlands and also via the internet via

  • Articles: We have the winners of the NF tickets!

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:48
    The oikotimes.com team is following very closely the Portuguese Eurovision national selection, the preparations and the show itself with exclusive articles, interviews, reports and multimedia galle...

  • Articles: ERR disqualified Uku Suviste's entry

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:48
    Estonian national brodcaster announced the disqualification of ku Suviste from the 2011 Eesti Laul as the lyrics of his song "Jagatud öö" ere published publicly be...

  • Articles: Reviewing the 2011 Greek Eurovision entries

    Updated: 2011-05-16 03:24:48
    With lots of scandals and a full time leak last night, ERT presented tonight the entries for the 2011 Eurovision national final which takes place on March 2nd. The show was available through the offic...

  • Bloc-ed Out? How Eurovision voting blocs voted in 2011

    Updated: 2011-05-16 01:26:18
    Adrian Kavanagh, 16 May 2011 Despite our good result on Saturday night, there has again been some disgruntlement at the impact of what is perceived to be bloc voting, but actually amounts to a combination of geographical (or classic “friends and neighbours”) voting and diaspora voting. Analysis I did on televoting patterns by different Eurovision countries [...]

  • After the Final: Emotional scenes among artists backstage

    Updated: 2011-05-16 00:50:38
    Backstage after Saturday's Grand Final, emotions were running high among the artists. Among celebrations and stern faces, Slovenia's Maja Keuc were happy for recovering after losing her voice on the day of the Final, and Denmark's Tim Schou wanted to apologise to Europe for screwing up in the greenroom. Read all the comments here!

  • Eurovision 2011 Results

    Updated: 2011-05-15 17:05:18
    So here are the final results of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, which was held on May 14 2011, in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1. Azerbaijan    221 2. Italy     189 3. Sweden    185 4. Ukraine     159 5. Denmark     134 6. Bosnia & Herzegovina    125 7. Greece     120 8. Ireland     119 9. Georgia     110 10. Germany     107 11. United Kingdom     100 12. [...]

  • Eurovision 2012 Goes to Azerbaijan!

    Updated: 2011-05-14 23:48:27
    Finally, the Eurovision Song Contest Chose Its Favor – El and Nikki! The Grand Final began from an amazing show and the song Satellite, which was chosen to be the best last year. Lena performed it with her producer and presenter Stefan Raab. This Eurovision is thought to be one of the most creative, because songs [...]

  • Eldar Gasimov & Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijan, Won Eurovision 2011

    Updated: 2011-05-14 23:35:10
    Eldar Gasimov & Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijan, Won Eurovision 2011! Eldar Gasimov & Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijan, Won Eurovision 2011 Let the World Know:

  • Time to ‘feel your heart beat’…

    Updated: 2011-05-14 14:46:01
    It’s been a really quick week.  I’m a little exhausted by now, and I’m still battling this bloomin’ cold that’s been lingering since Wednesday.  I will not succumb! The academic events have all now finished, so the ERN and the ‘New Europe’ activities can give way for all things giddy and Eurovision from now on! [...]

  • Who Will Win Today’s Eurovision 2011 Final?

    Updated: 2011-05-14 12:52:15
    Are You Ready For The Final? Just few hours separate us from the beginning of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. More than 120 million viewers are waiting for the competition of the most talented singers, who were given the honor to represent their country. So the last preparations for the Grand Final have [...]

  • Tonight – the Eurovision 2011 Grand Final!

    Updated: 2011-05-14 11:12:35
    Tonight we will watch the Grand Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The Grand Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, May 14 2011. Live from Düsseldorf, Germany. Participants from 25 countries take part - 10 qualified from the first Semi-Final, 10 from the second Semi-Final and the "Big Five" - Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain and [...]

  • Eurovision 2011: Live Blog

    Updated: 2011-05-14 01:13:33
    Refresh this page for the latest updates. Join in my live Eurovision Song Contest blog by commenting below, emailing me at neil.midgley@telegraph.co.uk, or finding me on Twitter - @neilmidgley. 23.28 Someone’s just tweeted that there are only 58 hotels listed on TripAdvisor for the whole of Azerbaijan. Eurovision’s just taken on a whole new post-Soviet dimension… Goodnight all! 23.19 [...]

  • Lukashenko attacks West over Belarus early exit from Eurovision

    Updated: 2011-05-14 01:05:57
    BELARUSSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Western powers of rejecting the country's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest - titled I love Belarus - for political reasons. Belarus's entry to the famously cheesy song contest was voted out by viewers of the second semi-final on Thursday, in which 19 contestants competed for 10 places in Saturday's [...]

  • g-Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh…ing To Win Eurovision?

    Updated: 2011-05-13 15:33:39
    Adrian Kavanagh, 13th May 2011 In terms of working out who may win this year’s Eurovision (and hopefully making a few bob in the process) various factors can be looked at, but the three most significant ones are the Eurovision betting odds, past voting histories involving the contestants and the countries voting in the contest, and draw position. [...]

  • 8 out of 10 cool Eurovision cats…

    Updated: 2011-05-13 15:28:41
    I was keeping it in the family last night.  My ‘secretary’ – who came to my rescue – was my sister Helen. Ain’t technology marvellous – sitting in a Greek (suitably European) restaurant and relaying the NoD to the blog via Kendal back in the UK.  Big sisters can save little brother’s lives once in [...]

  • Canon 50mm 1:1.4 II rumour

    Updated: 2011-05-13 07:54:47
    Canon Rumors just posted a [CR2] rated rumour that a new Canon 50mm f/1.4 II lens is on its way. This sounds like great news to me, since the current one really isn’t very sharp off-centre when used at the larger apertures. I’ve been considering switching to Sigma’s 50mm f/1.4 for the more consistent sharpness [...]

  • 2011 The Second Semi-Final Results

    Updated: 2011-05-13 05:30:08
    No one's performance in the Second Semi-Final caught the breath. There were energetic and vigorous shows, but the Eurovision Song Contest seemed to be as perfect as Alexander Rybak's or Lena's show.

  • The return of the napkin of death

    Updated: 2011-05-12 17:52:40
    My secretary is typing this in whilst I am having dinner in a restaurant without a wireless connection! Some of you have been asking so here are the songs that I think will get through tonight: Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria Ukraine Sweden Cyprus Israel Romania Estonia Denmark Ireland I`ll report back tomorrow, hope you all [...]

  • Tonight – the Second Semi-Final

    Updated: 2011-05-12 09:33:33
    Tonight we will watch the second Semi-Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Participants from the following 19 countries take part: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Ukraine. Eurovision 2011, Poli Genova, Bulgaria The Eurovision 2011 Second Semi-Final Show Order 1. Bosnia and [...]

  • The Next Day After the First Semi-final All Technical Issues Were Explained

    Updated: 2011-05-12 09:17:36
    There can't be everything ok in the organization of such a huge event as the Eurovision Song Contest. And, of course, the organizing team has met some technical problems. The most annoying for the Spanish TV viewers was losing sound, that's why they missed Norway representative. But Jon Ola Sand said that there wasn't any [...]

  • The Date of the Eurovision 2012 Was Announced!

    Updated: 2011-05-12 09:03:23
    Today the EBU (the European Broadcasting Union) has decided when the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 the semi-finals and the final will be. The final is set on the 26th May 2012, the first and the second semi-finals – respectively on 22nd and 24th of May 2012. Where the next Eurovision 2012 will take place is a [...]

  • Seconds out…

    Updated: 2011-05-11 23:29:10
    Thursday was always going to be the more competitive of the semi-finals. There are a batch of good songs, good looking men, two sets of twins and a returning winner -Dana International (who I met in 2008, when in Belgrade – go on, look back on the blog!).  And yet today, in the semi-final dress [...]

  • Ice, Ice baby!

    Updated: 2011-05-11 22:35:29
    The venue was busy, considering it was the first semi-final (it has been quiet in previous years, and this wasn’t exactly the most competitive of semi-finals)… Big story of the night for me – how great was Iceland last night! I am man enough to say that I actually teared-up during the song – it [...]

  • På jobbet

    Updated: 2011-05-11 19:10:45
    Hittade en fin Lightroom-guide för att få en snygg gammaldags look på sina bilder. Behövde något att prova på så jag tog det första bästa, en bild som jag utan anledning tog på Kuriren i dag. Och då kommer man till den oundvikliga frågan … varför lägger man ner tiotusentals kronor på fotoutrustning för att [...]

  • En solig morgon på 55:an

    Updated: 2011-05-11 16:42:48
    Filmade lite i morse på väg till jobbet. Ni får ursäkta att det är lite skakigt, jag tyckte det var viktigast att hålla bilen på vägen. Det här är vid kvart över femtiden, på vägen mellan Enköping och Strängnäs. Vi passerar bland annat Hjulstabron.

  • You Only Live Twice

    Updated: 2011-05-11 15:00:31
    This morning my old friend Paul Giordimaina (who composed Malta’s 2011 Eurovision entry) wrote the following note on Facebook:  “Irrelevant to certain comments made by some ‘armchair critics’ or self proclaimed music experts i want to congratulate Glen for an amazing performance filled with great positive energy.Also well done the backing vocalists and dancers for [...]

  • Ireland and 2011 Eurovision Semi Final – Where oh where will the points come from?

    Updated: 2011-05-11 10:56:13
    Adrian Kavanagh, 11 May 2011 It’s the day after the first Eurovision semi final and a number of the stronger countries over the past decade have failed to make it to the final, most notably Armenia and Turkey, but also Norway, Portugal, Albania and Croatia. The die was probably cast for Armenia and Turkey some [...]

  • 10 of the best, or 10 of the rest?

    Updated: 2011-05-10 14:51:15
    I’m not sure how the weather is in the UK,  but it’s absolutely baking hot again here in Cologne.  I’m just off to the press centre, and to the first semi-final, so ahead of tonight, here is my ‘napkin of death’… (Remember, we are predating who we think will go through, not necessarily our favourite [...]

  • Going through, or going home? Semi-final 1 and the ‘Napkin of Death’

    Updated: 2011-05-09 22:52:26
    Yes regular readers,  like waistcoats way back @ ESC2008 in Serbia, the “Napkin of death” is back, BACK, B-A-C-K ! For the last three years my euro chums and myself have tried to predict what is going to make it through to the final, and which ten songs will make it through from each of [...]

  • If There’s Any Justice in the World

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:55:52
    Once again I find myself in a European city in May for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. This year we’re in Düsseldorf, Germany. If I’m to be honest, this year I’m here almost exclusively for the Eurovision Research Network (ERN). We’ve organized three events this year: our annual symposium, our annual round-table, and the final [...]

  • The heat is on…

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:48:45
    It’s not just the Contest that is hotting up. The weather has been a scorcher.  Moving around the two cities, and between the press centre and the arena, you can feel the heat.  Upwards of 29/30 degrees today.  Luckily, the press centre is well ventilated – otherwise there would be blood, sweat and tears both [...]

  • A tale of two cities…

    Updated: 2011-05-09 09:28:45
    Greetings from Dusseldorf! Well, actually it’s greetings from Dusseldorf and Cologne… Dusseldorf does not have the capacity to cope with the thousands of people that have flooded into the area for the event. And also, we’re not willing to pay *hundreds* of euros each per night for a room in Dusseldorf. So as a result [...]

  • Snart grönt

    Updated: 2011-05-06 12:43:58
    Det börjar bli riktigt grönt ute. Den här bilden tog jag vid en gård som heter Åby utanför Enköping. Dra över bilden för att se före behandlingen i Lightroom.

  • Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest

    Updated: 2011-05-06 08:49:21
    Embracing the universal language of music, the Eurovision Song Contest first took place in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1956, and has grown to include participants from 43 countries, with Russia being among them. Performing the song Get You, Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov (aka Alex Sparrow) will be representing his home country at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Düsseldorf in May.

  • Grannäsfjärden

    Updated: 2011-05-05 01:37:45
    Tog ett tag att få ut de här bilderna ur Lightroom. De är tagna vid Grannäsfjärden längs 55:an mellan Enköping och Strängnäs, vid halv sextiden på morgonen. Såg förresten att jag passerade 1000 bilder på min 7D under just denna morgonstund. Alla dessa utom den inzoomade bilden på solen tog jag med vidvinkeln 11-16mm.

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