Throughout the upcoming days, esctoday is going to let you know about the people behind the scenes at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest show: These include journalists, fans, composers, authors, heads of delegations, fashion designers, volunteers, organisational staff and many others.

Profiles of some people present in Athens for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest are going to be displayed on esctoday, giving you a more accurate idea of the backstage environment.

Among them there will be:

journalists from TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radios and websites, who will be covering the event;

fans who come to Athens to enjoy themselves in a very friendly, nice and peaceful atmosphere;

composers and authors of this year's songs;

people of the 36 delegations of the countries in the competition;

fashion designers responsible for the performers' outfits;

volunteers who help the delegations and journalists in their work and

organisation staff who help to put on a great organisation in an international TV show.

Therefore, if you want to know what is behind the scenes, you will have to stay tuned on esctoday for the next couple of days.