:: Eurovision 24 :: Oslo 2010

It seems Johnny Logan wants to keep far away from Ireland as possible as it has been reported that France will be represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo with a song written by Mr Eurovision Johnny Logan, according to the German magazine Bunte. Johnny Logan, who won the Eurovision Song Contest three times in 1980, 1987 and as a writer in 1992, would have been asked by the French public broadcaster to write the French entry. Johnny Logan told in an interview with the German magazine Bunte that "I was asked if I wanted to write a song and I said yes." The australian born Irish singer won the Eurovision Song Contest twice with What's Another Year and Hold Me Now and as composer of the song Why Me? performed by Linda Martin. -

One of Eurovision 24's favourite countries, France have won the contest 5 times, their last win in 1977, quite a long time. Despite appearing in the Contest for over 50 years, France has never taken last place, although they ended up placing second to last six times. Now 32 years later after their last win in 1977, France 3 have appointed Patricia Kaas as the 2009 representative with this marvellous song entry S'il Fallait Le Faire . It goes to show that France is really taken seriously the contest this year. The French song will go some changes. The first change is to narrow the duration of the song as it exceeds the EBU rule of the three minutes. Sources close to the French broadcaster told that the song will also be revamped and will be presented in a Eurovision version in March. Could this be France's 6th win on the cards? -

Song: S'il fallait le faire Singer: Patricia Kaas Composer: TBC __________________________________ In an interview with Daily Nord, a French daily newspaper, Patricia Kaas the French representative in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest has revealed the song with which she will participate in Moscow. It is called S'il fallait le faire and features on her new album, Kabaret. Below you can watch the official video of S'il fallait le faire, this is a longer version which will have to be cut down to the three minutes required by EBU rules. We will update the video once we get the official Eurovision Video. en Français Dans un entretien avec le quotidien Nord, un quotidien français, Patricia Kaas le représentant de la France dans le Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2009 a révélé la chanson avec laquelle elle participera à Moscou. Il est appelé S'il fallait le faire et les caractéristiques de son nouvel album, Kabaret. Ci-dessous, vous pouvez regarder la vidéo officiel de l...

Patricia Kaas has spoken for the first time about her decision to represent France in a television interview. The pre-recorded show will be broadcast on Sunday 8th February according to ESC Today . Patricia Kaas has confirmed for the first time that she is to be the French entrant for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. The broadcast will take place on Sunday 8th February on France 2's talk show "Vivement Dimanche". -

More news from meetings in Moscow today have confirmed that France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom will not lose their 'Big Four' privilege of an automatic place in the Eurovision Song Contest final. Are we surprised? no. I get the sudden feeling that if they lost that "privilege" of their place in the final, then I would not be surprised if one or two countries withdrew. We must admit though, they do finance about 40% of the contest. Following another year of poor results for the Eurovision Song Contest 'Big Four', many media speculated that the four countries would surrender their automatic place in the final of the competition. As the four large financial contributors to the competition, their entries have been automatically qualified for the final since the introduction of a semi final in 2004. There will be no change in that status in Moscow. In Belgrade, Spain finished in 16th place and France could only manage 19th position, despite having two of...

The United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain (also known as the 'Big 4' countries) could lose their guaranteed place in the Eurovision Song Contest final following criticism that the event is becoming increasingly biased against western European countries. Read more UK could lose free pass to final

At a press conference yesterday in Belgrade, Bjorn Ericsson of the EBU, said that the position of the "Big 4" in under review. The reference group are considering the option of only have the host country as an automatic finalist. [ Source ]

Running order was decided at a press conference just now. Running Order for the Eurovision final: ROMANIA (Semi Final 1) UNITED KINGDOM From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) GERMANY ARMENIA (Semi Final 1) BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (Semi Final 1) ISRAEL (Semi Final 1) FINLAND (Semi Final 1) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) POLAND (Semi Final 1) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) From Semi Final 2 (To be decided on Thursday) FRANCE AZERBAIJAN (Semi Final 1) GREECE (Semi Final 1) SPAIN SERBIA RUSSIA (Semi Final 1) NORWAY (Semi Final 1)

According to ESC Today , French deputy François- Michel Gonnot (UMP - French president's party) officially complained about the fact that the French song is performed in English, "something that has never happened since more than half a century", he says. François- Michel Gonnothas launched an official complaint in the French Parliament concerning the choice of English in the country's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. " This is a very bad thing for the defence of French language, which is already threatened in many ways ", Gonnot emphasises this morning, on France Inter, one of France's biggest radio stations. As for Marie-Claire Mézerette, France 3's head of entertainment, she declares that Sébastien Tellier had tried to translate Divine in French but that the artist said it was not possible, "We respect his choice", Mrs Mézerette concludes. The complaint is on the home page of Gonnot's blog , under the title "Shame on Fra...

Having had one of the best national finals of 2007, France's entry once again failed to make the Top 10 at Eurovision. Consequently France 3 reverted to an internal selection for 2008. After several rumours involving high profile singers such as Tina Arena, Alizee and Laam, the French entry was announced on March 7th and Sebastien Tellier will perform "Desire", the first ever Eurovision entry from France, sung totally in English. Listen to the Song [From All kinds of Everything]

For the first time in recent years, there are three Eurovision Song Contest entry in the official UK Chart top100 . Scooch successfully held onto 8th spot that they occupied on the midweek chart as reported by esctoday.com. Verka Serduchka dropped from 20th on Wednesday to 28th on the final chart, and Serebro, who finished third for Russia just scraped into the top 100 at 99. Contest winner, Marija Serifovic dropped out of the top 100 but was still placed 112 in the chart, which officially lists the top 200 purchased songs including hard copy and download sales. In total, 10 Eurovision Song Contest entries can be found on the list, including the 2006 winners, Lordi as Hard Rock Hallelujah made a re-entry at number 164. Scooch were at number one on the midweek chart based solely on hard copy CD sales, and tomorrow, there will be confirmation as to whether they were the highest selling cd single of the week. All other eight songs from the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest have charted based o...