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A letter from Ralph Siegel

The Eurovision Song Contest is nearing its 50th edition. Since 1956, many people have contributed to the world's biggest music

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Line-up Danish Melodi Grand Prix announced

Our colleagues of esconnet.dk have revealed the order of appearance for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2005. The Danish national final

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Lithuania: LRT launches Eurovision website

Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has launched its Eurovision Song Contest website. On the website you can find the latest news about

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Bulgaria to announce 24 songs on 19th January

On 19th January, Bulgarian broadcaster BNT will officially announce the 24 songs selected for the first ever Bulgarian national Eurovision

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Turkey: Sedat Yüce among the 7 finalists

The number of former Eurovision Song Contest participants taking part in the national selections for the upcoming contest in Kiev

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ORF publishes audio snippets of Austrian finalists

Austrian broadcaster ORF has published audio snippets of the 10 songs that have been selected for the Austrian national final

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Is Alf Poier xenophobic?

The controversy about the lyrics of Alf Poier's song for the Austrian national final, Good old Europe is dying, continues.

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Lise Darly to represent Monaco

Lise Darly (real name Elise Granier) has been selected to represent Monaco at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.

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Malta: 6 songs need another singer

Thanks to Mr. Gauci of the Maltasong Board, we can now officialy inform you that 6 songs selected for Malta

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New dispute over Kdam's shortlist

Israeli news portal, nrg.co.il, reports about a new dispute which might result in a change of participants in the Israeli

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NRK to reveal one finalist a week as of Friday

Following last years disappointing results in Istanbul, Norwegian broadcaster NRK is now looking for revenge. Melodi Grand Prix 2005 will

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National final to select Russian representative

For the first time, the Russian broadcaster Channel 1 organises a national final to select its 2005 Eurovision Song Contest

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Latvia: audio files 20 songs available

Latvian broadcaster LTV has published audio files of the 20 semifinalist of Eirodziesma 2005. The songs can be heard on

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Cheezy Keys first Norwegian finalist

The group Cheezy Keys has been selected for Melodi Grand Prix 2005, the Norwegian national final. The comedy group that