2007 esctoday.com awards: THE NOMINATIONS

At midnight tonight, the second annual esctoday.com awards voting begins. Below, you can see the final nominations for 2007. This year, some new awards have been added. For the first time, we are honouring lyricists alongside composers, vocal performances as well as overall performances, the best act not to qualify from the semi final and of course, the Eurovision Dance Contest. From midnight tonight, you will be able to vote for all your favourite entries from the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Polls remain open until 23rd December, and on Christmas Eve, 24th December, the readers of esctoday.com and Eurovision Song Contest fans will know who they have chosen to be honoured for their efforts this year.

NEW AWARDS CATEGORIES
Alongside the new awards forlyricist of the year, best male and female vocalists and the Eurovision Dance Contest awards, esctoday.com has introduced another award this year: Most traditional Europop Song. This award is for fans of the Eurovision Song Contest that enjoy entries that are seen as 'traditional' or 'old style' Eurovision Song Contest entries. We have introduced this award because we recognise the variety of entries in the competition, and that some songs are their to please the fans whilst they may no longer expect to achieve victory in the current music scene.

We have also decided to remove the Commentator of the year category, primarily because viewers will only have seen the broadcast with their home country commentator. The esctoday.com team felt that this award would not be objective. We considered introducing a 'most complicated national final of the year' award, but decided there would be no competition for Lithuania's traffic light system.

We've tried to include as many people as possible whilst staying true to the categories in which they appear. These awards are not designed to cause catfights in the reactions, quite the opposite. We are just over a month away from Christmas, Channukah is round the corner and Europe is sliding into a wintery chill once again. It's also a stressful time with ticket sales stress shoving up the international price of prozac and we're only four weeks from the first national final for the2008 Eurovision Song Contest. So, here's your chance to have some fun!

Click here to vote.

To vote, you must be a registered esctoday.com member. Membership is free and allows you to vote in our online polls, react to articles and enter all competitions on the website. As a member, you can also subscribe to our newsletter. Click here to register.

Without further ado, here are the nominations for the 2007 esctoday.com awards:

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2007

Song of the year

This category is for the overall best song in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, including its composition, lyrics and arrangement.

1. Molitva by Marija Šerifovićof Serbia
2. Dancing lasha tumbai by Verka Serduchka of Ukraine
3. Song #1 by Serebro of Russia
4. Shake it up shekerim by Kenan Doğuluof Turkey
5. Water by Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov of Bulgaria
6. Unsubstantial blues by Magdi Rúzsa of Hungary
7. Visionary dream by Sopho of Georgia
8. Frauen regier'n die Welt by Roger Cicero of Germany

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Performance of the year

This award will be given out for the best overall performance in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

1. Marija Šerifovićof Serbia for Molitva
2. Verka Serduchka of Ukraine for Dancing lasha tumbai
3. Magdi Rúzsa of Hungary for Unsubstantial blues
4. Natalia Barbu of Moldova for Fight
5. Alenka Gotar of Slovenia for Cvet z juga

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best act not to qualify from the semi final

1. Sabrina of Portugal with Dança comigo (Vem ser feliz)
2. Anonymous of Andorra with Salvem el món
3. Eiríkur Haukssonof Iceland with Valentine lost
4. Evridiki of Cyprus with Comme ci, comme ça
5. Edsilia Rombley of the Netherlands with On top pf the world

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Most traditional Europop song of the year

1. Yassou Maria by Sarbel of Greece
2. I love you mi vida by D'Nash of Spain
3. Flying the flag by Scooch of the United Kingdom
4. Drama queen by DQ of Denmark
5. On top of the world by Edsilia Rombley of the Netherlands

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Composer of the year

1. Vladimir Graić for the Serbian entry Molitva
2. Magdi Rúzsa for the Hungarian entry Unsubstantial blues
3. Beqa Jafaridze for the Georgian entry Visionary dream
4. Andrej Babić for the Slovene entry Cvet z juga
5. Thomas G:Son for the Spanish entry I love you mi vida and the Norwegian entry Ven a bailar conmigo

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Lyricist of the year

1. Saša Milošević Mare for the Serbian entry Molitva
2. Aleksandra Milutinović for the Bosnian entry Rijek bez imema
3. Julija Ritčik for the Lithuanian entry Love or leave
4. Peter Fenner for the Icelandic entry Valentine lost
5. Kobi Oz for the Israeli entry Push the button

Follow the links above to read the lyrics (along with their translation) on the diggiloo.net.

Best male performance

1. Kenan Doğulu of Turkey for Shake it up shekerim
2. Koldun of Belarus for Work your magic
3. Hayko of Armenia for Anytime you need
4. Roger Cicero of Germany for Frauen regier'n die Welt
5. Eiríkur Hauksson of Iceland for Valentine lost

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best female performance

1. Marija Šerifovićof Serbia for Molitva
2. Magdi Rúzsa of Hungary for Unsubstantial blues
3. Natalia Barbu of Moldova for Fight
4. Sopho of Georgia for Visionary dream
5. Edsilia Rombley of the Netherlands for On top of the world

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best male vocal performance

1. Hayko of Armenia for Anytime you need
2. Bonaparti.lv of Latvia for Questa notte
3. Roger Cicero of Germany for Frauen regier'n die Welt
4. Eiríkur Hauksson of Iceland for Valentine lost
5. Frederik Ndoci of Albania for Hear my plea

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best female vocal performance

1. Marija Šerifovićof Serbia for Molitva
2. Magdi Rúzsa of Hungary for Unsubstantial blues
3. Natalia Barbu of Moldova for Fight
4. Alenka Gotar of Slovenia for Cvet z juga
5. Edsilia Rombley of the Netherlands for On topof the world

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best duo / group performance

1. Serebro of Russia for Song #1
2. Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov of Bulgaria for Water
3. Bonaparti.lv of Latvia for Questa notte
4. D'Nash of Spain for I love you mi vida
5. Anonymous of Andorra for Salvem el món

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best preview video

1. Serebro of Russia for Song #1
2. Kenan Doğulu of Turkey for Shake it up shekerim
3. Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov of Bulgaria for Water
4. Magdi Rúzsa of Hungary for Unsubstantial blues
5. Olivia Lewis of Malta for Vertigo

Click here to watch the videos of the nominees

Best dressed performer/s

1. Sopho of Georgia
2. Roger Cicero of Germany
3. D'Nash of Spain
4. Sabrina of Portugal
5. Edsilia Rombley of the Netherlands

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Worst dressed performer/s

1. Verka Serduchka of Ukraine
2. The Ark of Sweden
3. Gerli Padar of Estonia
4. Teapacks of Israel
5. Olivia Lewis of Malta

click here to view the videos of the nominees

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST NATIONAL FINALS 2007

Best national final

1. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Denmark)
2. Et si on gagnait? (France)
3. Malta Song for Europe
4. Misión Eurovisión (Spain)
5. Melodifestivalen (Sweden)

Best national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision

1. Hele Kõre & Kristjan Kasearu with Romeo ja Julia (Estonia)
2. Gunars Kalninš & Jolanda Suvorova with What a love can do to me (Latvia)
3. Jannicke Abrahamsen with Rocket ride (Norway)
4. Hania Stach with Re-group(Poland)
5. Mirela with La reina de la noche (Spain)

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best male national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision

1. Jónsi with Segðu mér (Iceland)
2. Kevin Borg with Whenever (Malta)
3. Ionuţ Ungureanu with Time (Romania)
4. Slobodan Trkulja with Nebo (Serbia)
5. Måns Zelmerlöw with Cara mia (Sweden)

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best female national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision

1. Meri Voskanyan with Carry me in (Armenia)
2. Ruta Šciogolevaite with If I ever make you cry (Lithuania)
3. Hania Stach with Re-group (Poland)
4. Mirela with La reina de la noche (Spain)
5. Sonja Aldén with För att du finns (Sweden)

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best duo / group performance not to qualify for Eurovision

1. Hele Kõre & Kristjan Kasearu with Romeo ja Julia (Estonia)
2. Medi-T with On and on (France)
3. Monrose with Even heaven cries (Germany)
4. Gunars Kalninš & Jolanda Suvorova with What a love can do to me (Latvia)
5. Crash! with Wannabe (Norway)

click here to view the videos of the nominees

PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT OF THE YEAR

1. Bucks Fizz (United Kingdom 1981) for re-forming after more than 20 years
2. Nana Mouskouri (Luxembourg 1963) for her charity work
3. Ruslana (Ukraine 2004) for her work in politics and charity
4. Mickey Harte (Ireland 2003) for his Olympics World Summer Games contribution
5. Celine Dion for returning to recording and her world tour

EUROVISION DANCE CONTEST 2007

Best Eurovision Dance Contest performers

1. Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänenof Finland
2. Yulia Okropiridze & Illya Sydorenko of Ukraine
3. Sónia Arújo & Ricardo Silva of Portugal
4. Wolke Hegenbarth & Oliver Seefeldt of Germany
5. Camilla Dallerup & Brendan Cole of the United Kingdom

click here to view the videos of the nominees

Best costumes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

1. Yulia Okropiridze & Illya Sydorenko of Ukraine
2. Kelly Kainz & Andy Kainz of Austria
3. Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel of Poland
4. Ourania Kolliou & Spiros Pavlidis of Greece
5. Gabrielë Valiukaitë & Gintaras Svistunavicius of Lithuania

click here to view the videos of the nominees

ESCTODAY.COM TEAM AWARDS

Best article

1. Piero Esteriore arrested for attack on tabloid
2. Exclusive: Silvia Night demo and interview
3. Eurovision 2008: two semi finals proposed
4. More news about the 2008 format
5. Eurovision 2007: voting analysis

Best editor

1. Stella Floras: workload
2. Marcus Klier: national final live coverage
3. Victor Hondal / Sergio Jiandani: Spanish coverage
4. Ilari Karhapää: host country coverage
5. Richard West-Soley: coverage on location in Helsinki

Best newcomer

1. Dominique Dufaut
2. Luis Florindo
3. Anna Krasilnikova
4. Aris Kalimeris

Best regional partner website

1. 12points.tv (Belgium)
2. Belgovision.com (Belgium)
3. BHeurovision (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
4. escaustria (Austria)
5. escfinland.eu (Finland)
6. esconnet.dk (Denmark)
7. escmalta.com (Malta)
8. escsweden.com (Sweden)
9. ESC-DK.dk (Denmark)
10. EurovisonArtists.nl (Netherlands)
11. Eurovision-Croatia.com (Croatia)
12. Eurovision-Spain.com (Spain)
13. Gylleneskor.se (Sweden)
14. Songcontest.nl (Netherlands)
15. Songfestival.nl (Netherlands)
16. Songfestival Weblog (Netherlands)

So, from midnight tonight until midnight on 23rd December, you, the readers and members of esctoday.com have the chance to enjoy some of the highlights of 2006 and vote for your favourite performers from this year's Eurovision Song Contest, National Finals and muchmuch more. We hope you enjoy them.

This article reflects the sole opinion of the reviewing editor and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of esctoday.com