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Tonight: second newcomers heat in Lithuania

Tonight, LRT organises the second heat of Eurovision Studio, the primary preselection round for �newbies� in Lithuania. Ten participicants will

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UPD Tonight: first semifinal in Iceland

Tonight, RÚV organises the first of three semifinals of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2006. Four of eight participicants will qualify for the

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Two acts qualify for Norwegian final

Two more acts have qualified for places in the Norwegian final in the second semifinal, held in Bodø. In a

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Finland chooses another three songs

The second semifinal of Eurovision Laulukilpailu, has finished. This evening Finnish television viewers chose the following songs for the final:

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Andre to represent Armenia

On 7th January, Armenian public television confirmed to OGAE Germany that a national selection will take place to select the

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Athens 2006, the rendez-vous contest?

The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest might end up in the history books as the rendez-vous year! A number of former

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Exclusive: Birgitta in third Icelandic semifinal

Birgitta Haukdal, who represented Iceland at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest with Open your heart, takes part in the third

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Latvia: Amberlife sings with Anna Polanski

Amberlife will sing Day or night with Anna Polanski instead of Jenny May in the second semifinal of the Latvian

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Tonight: Finland�s second semifinal

In tonight�s second Finnish semifinal we will hear ánd see what Johanna Pakonen, Ville Pusa and Nina & Hanna-Riikka (pictured)

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Tonight: second Norwegian semifinal

The coastal town of Bodø is preparing to showcase another six acts in the second Norwegian semifinal on Friday, 20th

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Ireland selects on 17th February

Ireland will select Brian Kennedy's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry during a live show on 17th February. Irish broadcaster RTÉ

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Hosts Greek national selection announced

More news from Greece today. Giorgos Capountzides and Zeta Makripoulia have been asked to host the Greek national selection for

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The cat, the bird and… the butterfly!

For the third time in history, the Eurovision Song Contest will have its very own mascot! After the Eurocat in

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Reference Group: what's on the agenda?

Today, the members of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group arrive in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, to discuss