The Nordic preview shows have kicked off tonight on NRK in Norway. The first of four shows organised by the five Nordic countries Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway previewed the songs for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. An expert jury voted.
Each of the five Nordic countries is represented by one judge, who can award 0 up to 5 points to each song. These are the five Nordic judges:
� Iceland: Eirikur Hauksson
� Sweden: Charlotte Perrelli-Nilsson
� Finland: Thomas Lundin
� Denmark: Keld Heick
� Norway: Jostein Pedersen
In the first show, the songs from Austria, Lithuania, Portugal, Moldova, Latvia, Monaco, Israel, Belarus and the Netherlands made their appearance. Norwegian broadcaster NRK was the first to start broadcasting the show tonight. In the other Nordic countries, the series of four weekly shows will be launched the upcoming days:
21/04 | Norway: previews on NRK – show 1
22/04 | Finland: previews on FST – show 1
23/04 | Iceland: previews on RUV – show 1
24/04 | Denmark: previews on DR – show 1
25/04 | Sweden: previews on SVT – show 1
For more detailed information on the previews in the Nordic countries and all over Europe, have a look at the calendar on the frontpage of esctoday.com.
