Last night, Albania became the third country to begin their Eurovision Song Contest semi finals for 2008. Tonight, the second one takes place, along with Iceland's 11th semi final. Tomorrow, as Bulgaria hold their latest semi final, Albania will hold the first National Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest season. As ever, you can follow everything live with esctoday.com.
esctoday.com will continue with our live report articles throughout this year's Eurovision Song Contest season. They have become a great success, providing an English commentary to the shows, where many do not understand the local language. Our team of over thirty editors from across the continent will contine to translate, inform, and keep the excitement going when webcasts fail with the help of our local correspondants.
Next weekend, We have coverage from live shows in Belarus, Iceland and Bulgaria.
- 21/Dec/2007: Belarus: Eurofest – semi final
- 21/Dec/2007: Bulgaria: EuroBGVision – Voting 7th, 8th and 9th heat
The second weekend in January see's the start of the two Melodi Grand Prix shows in Norway and Denmark, along with the Cyrus national final.
- 5/Jan/2008: Iceland: Laugardagslögin – second chance round
- 11/Jan/2008: Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2008 – 1st semi final
- 12/Jan/2008: Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 – 1st semi final
- 12/Jan/2008: Cyprus: National final
You can find a list of all the national selection shows and important Eurovision dates in our calendar here.
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