Eurovision 2008 Belgrade

Winner of the Eurovision 2008 is Dima Bilan with his song Believe

Spale — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:17:50 +0000

Televoters from 43 countries have decided - the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest is Dima Bilan representing Russia with his song Believe!

After a spectacular Final tonight at the Belgrade Arena, the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest was finally found: Russia won this year’s edition receiving 272 points. The runner-ups were Ukraine’s Ani Lorak and Greece’s Kalomira.

The Grand Final consisted of entries from 25 countries: Serbia was already qualified due to being hosts, the big four contributors (UK, Spain, France and Germany) and two times 10 qualifiers from the respective Semi-Finals earlier this week.

Winner of the Eurovision 2008: Dima Bilan - Believe

Winner songs of the first semi final

Spale — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:28 +0000

We exclusively present you the winner songs of the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest - Belgrade 2008!

Romania - Nico & Vlad Mirita - Pe-o Margine De Lume

Greece - Kalomira Sarantis - Secret Combination

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Elvir Laković Laka - Pokušaj

Finland - Teräsbetoni - Missä miehet ratsastaa

Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe

Israel - Boaz Mauda - The Light In Your Eyes

Azerbaijan - Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh - Day After Day

Armenia - Sirusho - Qele, Qele

Poland - Isis Gee - For Life

Norway - Maria - Hold On Be Strong

First Semi-Final: The qualifiers!

Spale — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:47:29 +0000

The First Semi-Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest has just finished, and the ten countries qualifying for the Final are known.

The representatives of nineteen countries have presented their songs tonight in the First Semi-Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. The theme of the show, presented by Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović, was “City”, whereas the theme of the Second Semi-Final will be “Water”. After all songs had been presented, televoting started in all the participating countries as well as in Spain and Germany, who are already qualified for the Final, but were drawn to vote in the First Semi-Final, while the other directly qualified finalists - France, The United Kingdom and Serbia - get to vote in the Second Semi-Final. Nine of the qualifying countries were decided by televoting. Furthermore, the highest placed song in the result of the national backup juries which was not yet qualified through televoting got a place in the Final as well. However, the TV public will only find out which country it was after the Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.

The qualifiers

Greece
Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finland
Russia
Israel
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Poland
Norway

Events held in the Belgrade Arena

Spale — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:45:45 +0000

The biggest events held in the Belgrade Arena include concerts of popular Serbian artists and international stars, such as The Chemical Brothers, Joe Cocker and Andrea Bocelli and numerous sporting events, such the European championships in basketball (EuroBasket 2005), volleyball 2005 Men’s European Volleyball Championship), judo (2007 European Judo Championships) and table tennis (2007 European Table Tennis Championships).

Belgrade Arena is in top five largest halls in Europe

The largest halls in Europe
Name	Country	Capacity
SCC Peteburgskie	Russia	25.000
Sinan Erdem Dom	Turkey	22.000
Sports Palace Merksem	Belgium	21.000
Cologne Arena	Germany	20.000
Belgrade Arena	Serbia	19.982

Because of all mentioned above, we are more than certain that Belgrade Arena is going to be a great venue for the the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision 2008 hosts - Jovana & Željko

Spale — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:51:58 +0000

Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović will be will be hosts at the all tree evenings for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2008. RTS, the host Broadcaster, revealed that tree days ago. They sad that such decision was taken after very careful consideration.

Jovana Janković has great experience in hosting live television shows. In connection, earlier this year, with the upcoming Eurovision song contest, she hosted the Semi-Final allocation draw, which was broadcast live across entire Europe. It was a successful test case, as we think.

Željko Joksimović is one of greatest musicians in Serbia. In 2004, he represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turkey, Istanbul, with song “Lane Moje”, and he has finished second. He composed, in 2006, the song “Lejla” for the Eurovision Song Contest for Bosnia & Herzegovina, performed by musician Hari Mata Hari. The song placed at third place. Željko Joksimović also composed a great song for the Serbian national final this year, and it will going to be performed by “Jelena Tomasević”.

Semi-Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 will take place on 20th and 22nd of May, the Final on the 24th in Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia. 43 countries are taking part, of which so far 31 country has presented their entries. By the 17th of March, all 43 contestants and their songs will be known.

The contest stays in Belgrade

Spale — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:29:06 +0000

The preparations for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, capitol of Serbia, continue as planned, the European Broadcasting Union says in an official statement tonight.

After escalations during protests in Belgrade, following Kosovo’s declaration of independence, media have speculated that the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest would be moved to another country.

European Broadcasting Union official statement

The European Broadcasting Union has of course closely been following the recent development in Serbia and has been in close contact with the organizers of Host Broadcaster RTS. We concluded that the recent irregularities in Belgrade will not cause any delays in the planning of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, or complications during the event in May. The EBU has no plans to move the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest from Belgrade. Having complete understanding for all the concerns, RTS will obtain a security guarantee from the government of Serbia regarding a complete and absolute safety of all participants and visitors of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.

The EBU is giving its full support and trust to RTS in producing a successful Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Bjørn Erichsen, Director of Eurovision TV
Svante Stockselius, Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor
European Broadcasting Union

After this official statement from EBU, 2008 Eurovision Song Contest Executive Producer Sandra Šuša (RTS) stated to media that the preparations for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade are not in danger.

The two Semi-Finals of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 20th and 22nd of May, the Final on the 24th of May.

Belgrade 2008 - The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest

Spale — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:59:52 +0000

Welcome Europe!

In May this year, the eyes of musical Europe will be focussed on Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, for the 2008. Eurovision Song Contest.

A record number of 43 countries will take part in the 53rd running of contest for the Europe best song in 2008.

First Semi-Final
Tuesday, 20th of May

Second Semi-Final
Thursday, 22nd of May

The Final
Saturday, 24th of May