National finals and semi-finals take place tonight in Sweden (Melodifestivalen), Norway (Melodi Grand Prix), Malta, Hungary and Lithuania. Here’s where to watch live web streams as the people of Europe move one step closer to choosing contestants for Eurovision 2012! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it
Reidun Sæther, the Carburetors, and Nora Foss Al-Jabri have advanced from the first Melodi Grand Prix semi-final in Ørland. They’ll compete in the February 11 final against six other acts who advance from the semis on January 28 and February 4. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it
Saturday night is gonna be hot in northern Europe, y’all! Tonight Denmark will select its 2012 Eurovision contestant during its live Dansk Melodi Grand Prix broadcast, and Norway will stage the first semi-final of its Melodi Grand Prix 2012 selection contest. Here’s who and how to watch. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with [...]
If Danny Zuko from Grease and the Hells Angels had five love-children who later decided to form a band, they would’ve called themselves The Carburetors. Coincidentally, this is also the name of the newest qualifier to the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix who are sure to rock your jocks! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share [...]
Stella Mwangi just dropped it like it’s hot! The Haba Haba singer has just released the fourth single from her album Kinanda. It’s called “Hula Hoop” and it is gonna spin round and round yo head once you hear it! The Haba Haba singer has teamed up with Swedish-Congolese hip-hop artist Mohimba and she definitely [...]
Norway went into mourning after 2011 Melodi Grand Prix winner Stella Mwangi crashed out during the first semi-final of Eurovision last May. But Norwegian broadcaster NRK has dusted itself off and slowly drip-fed the names of the ten acts who will take their chances at MGP in 2012. Here are the names we know so [...]
After watching and reviewing the first semi-final at Eurovision 2011, Wiwi and Vebooboo high-tailed it to the EuroClub afterparty held at the Quartier Boheme restaurant-bar in Düsseldorf. Plenty of contestants from the first semi-final stumbled over, and we cornered them to snap some pics and steal their alcohol. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share [...]
For folks living outside of Norway, the country conjures up images of well-to-do white people eating smoked fish and living large off state oil funds. But amid the sea of blonds that color foreign conceptions of the country live Sikhs and Vietnamese, Pakistanis and Poles, and a thriving community of African immigrants. By winning the [...]
In part one of our interview, Stella Mwangi dished on her Eurovision dress and why she wanted to compete at Eurovision 2011. In Part 2 of our interview below, the queen of Norwegian hip-hop explains why she can’t do gangster rap and admits that she’s been taking some singing lessons ahead of Eurovision. Digg this [...]
The first ten acts competing in the first semi-final rehearsed this morning. That means bookies and oddsmakers will be busy re-calibrating their predictions for Eurovision 2011. As such, Wiwi has taken an average of odds from 11 leading agencies. Here’s how things stand as of May 1. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share [...]
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