Eurovision 2012 – After the first day’s rehearsals, some betting odds are already changing for the first semifinal. Strong performances from Iceland and Romania (left) have seen their odds cut already, as Greece’s odds decrease after a predictable and lacklustre first rehearsal. Check out the current odds for semifinal 1.
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Eurovison 2012: Betting Odds Shift After Rehearsals
Posted: May 13, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Greece, Iceland, Romania18
Eurovision 2012 : More of the First Rehearsals
Posted: May 13, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Greece, Iceland, LatviaEurovision 2012 – Three more acts have completed their rehearsals at the Crystal Hall in Baku. We have now had our first sighting of the routines for Iceland, Greece and Latvia. Iceland were very polished and professional. The special 3D video effects in the background of the acts this year is stunning. Check out videos [...]
Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou Takes Aphrodisiac to Baku
Posted: March 12, 2012 by hulluna in GreeceGreece – After a bizarre national final in a shopping centre, and a broken internet stream, Greece tonight chose Eleftheria Eleftheriou to go to Baku. She finished above Dora, Cassiopeia and Velvet Fire after the televoting. Anggun from France, Ivi Adamou from Cyprus and Bulgaria’s Sofi Marinova all performed whilst the votes were counted.
Greece – Official preview videos of the 4 finalists have been released online by Greek broadcaster ERT. The running order for the final was also drawn. After the initial release of the songs, then the names of the acts, now comes the video clips. The Greek final will be held on March 12th in Athens. [...]
Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has today revealed snippets of the four finalists for Greece. The final is to be held on March 12th and will be broadcast by ET1 channel at 20.00 (CET) from Athens. Bizarrely the names of the performers have not been revealed yet and won’t be known until March [...]
Greece – Rumor has it that the Greek band “Melisses” will soon be confirmed as the country’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan. ESCDaily reports that one of their sources has been told that the rock/pop band will fly the Greek flag in Baku. A national final will only concern the [...]
Rumors: Sergey Savin for Russia, Kostas Martakis for Greece, Marco Mengoni for Italy
Posted: December 16, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Greece, Italy, Rumor, RussiaRumors – At this early point of the Eurovision season, rumors are floating around like tourists in the Mediterranean at summer time: There are too many, some are pretty others not so much. Apart from the good old “Dima Bilan is returning” rumor, Russia has yet another rumor up its sleeve: X-Factor winner Sergey [...]
Greece: ERT and Record Labels Discuss Eurovision
Posted: November 17, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GreeceTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Greece
Greece – No country has dominated the international media (unfortunately mostly with bad news) as Greece has. The country is going through one of the biggest crisis of its history, with impending bankruptcy and social unrest. In this situation of economic turmoil and extreme budget cuts, the Greek national broadcaster ERT tries to find [...]
Greece – Who remembers the Greek singer Sarbel and his song “Yassou Maria”? It has been about four years since he represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sarbel, who was actually born in London, has released five albums and even more singles.His albums are Parakseno Sinesthima (2004), Paraxeno Sinesthima (Second Edition - sponsored by Wella) (2005), [...]
Official Preview Videos of Estonia, Turkey And Greece Released
Posted: March 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Greece, TurkeyEurovision 2011 – Today the official Eurovision site’s YouTube channel has uploaded the official preview videos of the Greek, Estonian and Turkish entries. Unfortunately Estonia and Turkey did not put a lot of effort in their videos as they are simply performances from the national finals. Greece’s video is also a performance of the song, [...]
Greece sends “Lukas Giorkas ft Stereo Mike – Watch My Dance” to Eurovision
Posted: March 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GreeceGreece – The Greek national final just ended in Athens and Lukas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike was chosen as the Greek representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.Yiorkas and the rapper Stereo Mike emerged as winners against 5 competitors and will thus represent Greece in the first semi-final in Düsseldorf. Lukas Yiorkas was born in [...]
Greece – Tonight Greece will decide which artists to send to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. Six artists will compete for the honour to fly the Greek flag in Düsseldorf. The result will be determined by a combination of 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. The show will also feature performances by Cyprus’ [...]
Greece – Last night ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, aired a special show presenting all six songs competing to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The songs had leaked yesterday but ERT decided not to disqualify any entries. The national final will be held in the beginning of March. An exact date [...]
Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster will most certainly not be too happy about this: The website newsit.gr has leaked full versions of five of the Greek national final entries. They were originally set to premiere tomorrow in a special show on ERT. Last year the same website had leaked a national final entry [...]
Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has revealed the running order of this year’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. Furthermore, Radio Deftero played snippets of the 6 songs vying to represent Greece in Germany. The national final is set to be held at the beginning of March. In recent years [...]
Greece – ERT, the Greek national broadcaster has just announced the line-up of their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. 6 artists will be competing. In view of the financial crisis and the economical troubles Greece and ERT are suffering from, the national final is supposed to be modest. Yannis Savidakis (Cyprus [...]
Rumors: Shy’m, Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins
Posted: January 6, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Bulgaria, France, Greece, United KingdomRumors – What would Eurovision season be without tuns of rumors about participants national finals e.t.c. Ever heard that Tarkan would represent Turkey? That David Guetta will write the song for France? Every year? Well…you’re not the only one. This week a number of new rumors have started circulating. Artists like Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins and [...]
Eurovision recap (19)
Posted: December 15, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, SpainThis time with news from the Netherlands, Düsseldorf, Spain, Greece and Estonia Greece – According to oikotimes, the deadline for artists to submit entries for the Greek national final will pass this Friday. Apparently the financially strained national broadcaster has asked record labels to cover 60% of the costs of the Greek participation. Names that [...]
Ratings of the ESC 2010
Posted: June 2, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden, United KingdomGermany’s win at the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo has certainly contributed to the record viewing figures in Germany: All viewers: 14,69 million (49,1% share) 14-49 years old: 8,38 million (61,6% share) Even more impressing is the fact is that these figures were achieved, while a soccer game as well as a box fight [...]
