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The rehearsals for the 57th Eurovision Song Contest are well underway, and ESCradio.com has moved to Baku for the live coverage of the 2012 Contest. We will bring you exclusive live interviews with all your favourite artists of the show. The interviews will be part of our regular playlist and will be broadcast hourly at about a quarter to the full hour, starting tonight, Wednesday, 16 May, at midnight CET.
Meanwhile we continue featuring the 42 entries of this year’s contest on our playlist, together with a varied mix of ESC classics, language versions, remixes and songs from national preselections. Stay tuned to ESCradio.com and keep an ear out for our exclusive interviews broadcast!
Baku welcomes Europe! …and Sabina Babayeva will be defending the Azeri colours on home ground
As usual we finish showcasing the Eurovision contestants with the host country: Azerbaijan enters the competition once again with a Swedish composition, When The Music Dies, written and composed by Anders Bagge, Johan Kronlund, Sandra Bjurman & Stefan Örn. Bjurman and Örn already co-wrote the previous two Azerbaijani entries, Drip Drop (2010) and Running Scared (2011). The song will be performed by Sabina Babayeva.
When The Music Dies is Azerbaijan’s 5th entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and it will be performed in the grand final on 26th May, at starting position #13.
Read more and check out the video clip…
Nina Zilli to fly il Tricolore in Baku
Just like last year, Italian broadcaster RAI chose the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest among the participants in the Festival di Sanremo. Italy‘s chosen artist is 32-year-old Nina Zilli who debuted in Sanremo in 2010 with L’Uomo Che Amava Le Donne and won the ‘Mia Martini’ Critics’ Award and the Press, Radio & TV Award as well as the Best Live Performance in the Newcomer’s category. Nina’s song for Baku is called L’Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) and it was written by Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjökvist, Frida Molander & Charlie Mason.
L’Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) is Italy’s 39th entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and it will be performed in the grand final on 26th May, at starting position #10.
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Belarus sends Litesound – “We Are The Heroes”
The band that will be representing Belarus at the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, is already a familiar name from previous editions of “Eurofest”, the Belarusian selection for Eurovision. Litesound took part in four “EuroFest” projects before, taking the second prize twice and furthermore reaching the finals in 2008 and 2009. This year they finally won the honour to represent the country in the Contest. The title of their song is We Are The Heroes, and it’s written and composed by the band members Dmitry Kariakin and Vladimir Kariakin.
We Are The Heroes is Belarus’ 9th entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, and it will be performed in the 2nd semi-final on 24th May, at starting position #5.
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Will Sweden’s Euphoria prevail…?
For the winner of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, the country’s national selection for Eurovision, it’s not unusual to make it to the top of the Swedish singles chart. But this year it’s a special case, Loreen’s Euphoria reached the no. 1 position on 9 March, remained there for six weeks and has reached 5 times platinum status meanwhile. Euphoria was written by Thomas G:son & Peter Boström, both of them have been regular contributors to the Melodifestivalen for years.
Euphoria is Sweden’s 52nd entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, and it will be performed in the 2nd semi-final on 24th May, at starting position #11.
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Roman Lob to perform “Standing Still” for Germany
After Lena’s successful participations in 2010 and 2011, 1st place and 10th place, respectively, German broadcaster NDR opted once again for the casting format to find the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Starting January 12, ten talents competed for the ticket to Baku. 21-year-old Roman Lob was the hot favourite early on, and triumphed in the Final. The televoters chose the song Standing Still as Germany’s entry 2012. The song was composed & written by Wayne Hector, Jamie Cullum and Steve Robson.
Standing Still is Germany’s 57th entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and will be performed in the grand final on 26th May, at starting position #20.
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