:: Eurovision 24 :: Oslo 2010

During his recent visit to Belarus, Bjorn Erichsen, Director Eurovision TV, told local press that ONT, the broadcaster announced to be taking over the country's Eurovision Song Contest participation from BTRC, do not have the right to do so as they are not officially members of the EBU yet. ONT have applied for membership but their application will be discussed in December whereas country subscriptions for the 2010 contest must be submitted by mid November at the latest. Under the circumstances, the Belarussian call for songs by ONT seems invalid. -

Belarus will participate in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 for the first time, it has been learnt from Alexander Martynenko, Deputy Chairman of the National State TV and Radio Company (Belteleradiocompany). More here>> -

On the 19th January, the Belarussian national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest was held. The remaining five acts presented their songs and the televoters gave a landslide victory to Petr Elfimov with his entry Eyes that never lie written by V. Prokhozhy and Elfimov himself. Remember, all the songs will be available here when they are announced. Click on a Countries name at the top right of the blog to view the countries song entry and information. >>> -

Azerbaijani-native Belarus singer Gunash Abbasova is going to represent Belarus in the Eurovision-2009 contest. Abbasova confirmed her intentions to join the national qualifying tour, APA reports .

52 Ukraine 120 Portugal 112 Denmark 112 Croatia 107 Georgia 086 Latvia 085 Turkey 068 Iceland 067 Albania 064 FYR Macedonia 056 Bulgaria 054 Sweden* 047 Switzerland 038 Malta 036 Cyprus 030 Lithuania 027 Belarus 009 Czech Republic 006 Hungary *Indicated the jury's choice As you see Sweden was saved by the jury.

After finally reached the Top 10 in Helsinki, Belraus television were reportedly very unhappy at having to compete in the semi-finals in Belgrade. Belarus had a two stage selection process. Fifteen songs competed in the semi-final held on December 21st. Four songs made the final and then a jury selected "Hasta La Vista" sung by Ruslan Alekhno as the entry for Belgrade in the Eurofest final on January 21st. The song has been re-arranged for Eurovision.

As the media in western Europe still remain in shock, The 2007 Semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest has produced one major story. All ten qualifiers are from the East and Central Europe. Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia are all from ex-Yugoslavia. Moldova, Georgia, Belarus and Latvia are all former Soviet Union states. Turkey are the most South-Eastern outpost and Hungary and Bulgaria are to the East. Countries tipped to do well such as Switzerland, Cyprus, Malta, Norway, Denmark, Andorra and Netherlands along with Portugal, Iceland and Belgium once again miss out. Whether it is political voting taking a stronger hand than ever remains to be seen until the voting numbers are announced. The following is an extract from the doteurovision.com website and I think it tells a lot of what everyone else is thinking: What transpired last night was the end of the Eurovision as we know it. Never one to jump readily onto the death of the Contest bandwagon, in the past I have always thought it ...