Eurovision 2010: Semi-Final Draw

This is the draw for the semi-finals of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, with the Big Four countries and host Norway already selected for the Final.

First Semi-Final: 25 May, 2010.

01	Moldova		SunStroke Project and Olia Tira	"Run Away"
02	Russia		Peter Nalitch Band	"Lost and Forgotten"
03	Estonia		Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4	"Siren"
04	Slovakia		Kristina	"Horehronie"
05	Finland		Kuunkuiskaajat	"Työlki ellää"	One can work for a living, too
06	Latvia		Aisha	"What For?"
07	Serbia		Milan Stanković	"Ovo je Balkan" (Oво je Балкан)	This is the Balkan
08	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Vukašin Brajić	"Thunder and Lightning"
09	Poland		Marcin Mroziński	"Legenda"	The legend
10	Belgium		Tom Dice	"Me and My Guitar"
11	Malta		Thea Garrett	"My Dream"
12	Albania		Juliana Pasha	"It's All About You"
13	Greece		Giorgos Alkaios and Friends	"OPA" (ΟΠΑ)	OPA
14	Portugal		Filipa Azevedo	"Há dias assim"	It's one of those days
15	Macedonia		Gjoko Taneski	"Jas ja imam silata" (Јас ја имам силата)	I have the strength
16	Belarus		3+2	"Butterflies"
17	Iceland		Hera Björk	"Je ne sais quoi"	I don't know what

Second Semi-Final: 27 May, 2010. 

01	Lithuania		InCulto	"East European Funk"
02	Armenia		Eva Rivas	"Apricot Stone"
03	Israel		Harel Skaat	"Milim" (מילים)	Words
04	Denmark		Chanée and N'evergreen	"In a Moment Like This"
05	Switzerland		Michael von der Heide	"Il pleut de l'or"	It's raining gold
06	Sweden		Anna Bergendahl	"This Is My Life"
07	Azerbaijan		Safura Alizadeh	"Drip Drop"
08	Ukraine		Alyosha	TBA
09	Netherlands		Sieneke	"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"	I'm in love (Sha-la-lie)
10	Romania		Paula Seling and Ovi	"Playing with Fire"
11	Slovenia		Ansambel Roka Žlindre and Kalamari	"Narodnozabavni rock"	Popular Folk Rock
12	Ireland		Niamh Kavanagh	"It's for You"
13	Bulgaria		Miro	"Angel si ti" (Ангел си ти)	You're an angel
14	Cyprus		Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders	"Life Looks Better in Spring"
15	Croatia		Feminnem	"Lako je sve"	Everything is easy
16	Georgia		Sopho Nizharadze	"Shine"
17	Turkey		maNga	"We Could Be The Same

Automatic Finalists: 29 May, 2010.

Country	Artist	Song
2) Spain	Daniel Diges	Something Tiny
3) Norway	Didrik Solli-Tangen	My Heart is Yours
12) United Kingdom	Josh Dubovie	That Sounds Good to Me
18) France	Jessy Matador	Allez Ola
22) Germany	Lena Meyer-Landrut	Satellite

Eurovision 2010: Is Israel Now the Favourite?

Last night, Israel was the first of the three remaining nations to decide on their song for Eurovision 2010.

After singing a selection of four songs and following a combined televote/jury vote, vocalist Harel Skaat will be singing Milim (Words) in Oslo in May.

Suddenly, all bets are off as the reaction to the Israeli entry has been very positive amongst the Eurovision community.

Is the Israeli song your favourite?

Eurovision 2010: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Vukašin Brajić

Over the weekend, the first performance of the song selected by Bosnia and Herzegovina was shown on the country's national television broadcaster.

So, here is that nation's choice for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010: Munja i grom - English translation: Thunder and Lightning and sung by Vukašin Brajić.

So, what are your thoughts about the Bosnian song?

Eurovision 2010: Serbia and Sweden Song Entries

Last night saw both Serbia and Sweden select the entries that will represent them at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Serbia chose the song Ovo je Balkans (This is the Balkans) which will be performed by Milan Stanković.

Sweden decided on the song This is My Life sung by vocalist Anna Bergendahl.

So, what do you think of the Serbian and Swedish Eurovision songs?

Four More For Eurovision 2010

March 12th saw four more countries throwing their songs into the Eurovision 2010 ring.

Here are the entries that will represent Estonia, Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in Oslo in May.

Both Germany and the United Kingdom will automatically feature in the Final, while Estonia and Greece will have to fight for a spot there in the semi-final stages.

Estonia picked Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4 singing Siren.

Germany chose Lena Meyer-Landrut with Satellite.

Greece picked Giorgos Alkaios singing OPA.

The United Kingdom chose Josh Dubovie with That Sounds Good to Me.

So what do you think of these latest songs? And remember, you can see every currently announced entry at The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 page.

Eurovision 2010: Josh to Represent the United Kingdom

Josh Dubovie by Oslo.no from Oslo, Norwayderivative work: HOUZI  [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Nineteen-year-old vocalist, Josh Dubovie has been selected by UK television viewers as the country's representative at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. He will be singing a Pete Waterman composition called That Sounds Good to Me.

Josh won the vote over two other finalists (Esma and Alexis) selected by the judging panel of Waterman, Jade Ewen (last year's UK representative) and dance guru, Bruno Tonioli.

So, what do you think of the UK's song, and its chances?

Eurovision 2010: Meet the Hosts

The hosts for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo have now been announced.

Instead of a usual duo from past years, Norway has chosen three hosts - two girls and a guy. They are Erik Solbakken (right) and Haddy N'jie (left), who will open the show, together with Nadia Hasnaoui (bottom) who will take care of the voting and scoreboard.

The Eurovision 2010 Hosts