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Iceland: Participants of first semifinal announced

The Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV has announced the five candidates to compete in the first semifinal of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011,

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Eurovision 2011: Tickets for semifinals on sale January 18 and 19

Tickets for the first and the second semifinal of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest are announced to go on sale

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Iceland: Kristján Gíslason bids for Eurovision 2011

Kristján Gíslason, who represented Iceland in 2001 as part of the group Two Tricky, will try his luck this year

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UPD Turkey: Yüksek Sadakat to sing in English?

Following controversy over their election as Turkey's representatives in Eurovision 2011, music director of the band Yüksek Sadakat, Afsin Akin,

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France Télévisions rule out national final for 2011

The choice of the French representative in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will be made internally once again. France Télévisions

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esctoday.com meets Niamh Kavanagh and Chiara in Bucharest

esctoday.com had the privillege to meet former Irish Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh as well as former Maltese Eurovision contestant Chiara

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Sweden: Running order for MF 2011 announced

The running order for the 2011 Melodifestivalen, Sweden's selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, has been announced moments ago. Dilba

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Lithuania: First entries for national selection known

As January 3 was the last day to submit songs for national pre-selection in Lithuania, it's today that we find

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Spain: First semifinal on January 24th?

OGAE Spain reports that the Spanish Eurovision 2011 galas will kick off on Monday the 24th of January in Barcelona.

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Norway: Running order for semifinals 1 and 2 announced

Norwegian public broadcaster NRK have announced the running order for the first and second semifinals of the country's selection for

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Azerbaijan: One more qualifying round to be held

The Azerbaijani selection for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will feature one more stage before the national final, expected to

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Austria: 30 participants left in the competition

Austria's national broadcaster has published moments ago the list with the lucky 30 participants that will fight for the chance

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Denmark: Flemming Jørgensen dies aged 63

Flemming Jørgensen, who represented Denmark in 1980 as part of the group Bamses Venner, passed away on New Year's Eve

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Exclusive: Aurela Gaçe speaks to esctoday.com

The Albanian representative for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, Aurela Gaçe, has spoken to esctoday.com. In this interview, Aurela gives