Who will win Eurovision 2008?

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Dima Bilan will represent Russia in Belgrade with song ‘Believe’. Dima represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Never Let You Go, finishing second. He has several Russian #1 hits and now is interested in making an international career for himself.

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Sirusho will represent Armenia in Eurovision 2008, with song ‘Qele qele’. Armenia takes part in the Eurovision for the 3 time - on the first two occasions the country finished always 8th.

Miodio will represent San Marino in Belgrade with song ‘Complice’. Miodio were unanimously selected by the special jury appointed by the Sanmarinese broadcaster to be the first representatives of the country in the Eurovision among the 50 entries received.
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Jelena Tomasevic will represent the host country at this year’s Eurovision with the song ‘Oro’.
The results in the final:
1. Jelena Tomašević - Oro
2. Aleksa Jelić i Ana Štajdohar - Beli Jablan
3. Beauty Queens - Zavet
4. Betty Boop - Kvar
5. Studio Alektik i Cveta Majtanović - Iznad nas
6. Lejla Hot - Da si tu
7. Marko Vulinović - Sada ili nikada
8. Zoe Kida u Zemlji Gruva - ÄŒudesni svetovi
9. Drum’n'Zez - Dunav
10. Ognjen i prijatelji - Čućemo, čućete

After the Belgium final, the audience decided to send to Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade - Ishtar, with song ‘O Julissi Na Jal’.
The results in the final:
1. Ishtar - O Julissi Na Jal
2. Sandrine - I feel the same way
3. Paranoiacs - Shout it out
4. Brahim - What I like about you
5. Nelson - When I can’t find love

Rodolfo Chikilicuatre will represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest in Serbia, Belgrade in may.

France Télévisions will send Sébastien Tellier to the Eurovision 2008 Song Contest in Serbia, with the song ‘Divine’. This will be the first time in the history of the contest that the French entry will be performed entirely in English.

No Angels will represent Germany in Belgrade with song “Disappear” written by Hanne Sorvaag, Remee and Thomas Troelsen. The No Angels are the most succesful German girl group ever.

Vânia Fernandes will represent Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest in May.
The final results from the national competition are:
In 1st place: Senhora Do Mar - Vânia Fernandes - 20% of vote
In 2nd place: Obrigatório Ter - Alex Smith - 14% of vote
In 3rd place: Em Água e Sal - Marco Rodrigues - 12% of vote

There are two new names in the Russian National final. Their names are well known to the Eurovision Song Contest audience.

Polina Smolova presented Belarus in 2006 but did not qualify for the semi final. This year she will try her luck with Russia. The other name is Sergey Lazarev. He takes part in the national final for first time but his name was highly tipped.

The Russian national final will be on March 8th and will start at 18.40 CET.

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Due to the political developments in Armenia the government has imposed a State of Emergency.

The Armenian national final that was scheduled for March 8th is canceled. The final was set to take place in Academic Opera but in this situation it will be filmed at a television studio. ARMTV’s spokesman said: “It will be unfair and not correct towards people who have recently lost their relatives during these latest developments in Yerevan to hold the concert. Instead, ARMTV is arranging a National Final TV Show. It will take place at the same day and at same time”.

The show should start at 18.30 CET this Saturday.

Expert jury appointed by RTCG - Montenegro broadcaster, has chosen the song thet Stefan Filipovich will perform. Among another 4 songs “Ne daj mi da poludim” has been selected. Composer of the song is Grigor Koprov, author is Ognen Nedelkovich and arranger is Vladimir Dojcinovski. The same song has been recorded in English under the name “Never forget that I love you”.

Probably the song will be performed on March 8th on televised show.

Georgians decided Diana Gurtskaya to represent their country in Eurovision Song Contest 2008. There she will perform the song called “Peace will come” in the second semifinal on May 22nd.

The results from the final are:
Diana Gurtskaya - “Peace will come” - 39.4%
Salome Gasviani - “Share your love” - 32.9%
Irakli Pirtskhalava - “Freedom” - 8.3%
3G (Tako, Nini & Kristine) - “I’m free” - 5.3%
Tika Patsatsia - “Never Change” - 4.0%
Salome Korkotashvili - “Captaine” - 3.0%
Teatroni - “Sakartvelo itsvevs megobrebs” - 2.3%
Vivo - “Life” - 1.3%
Aleko Berdzenishvili - “The beautiful girl” - 1.3%
Tako Gachechiladze - “Me and my funky” - 0.9%
Tamta Chelidze - “Give me your love” - 0.8%
Guga Aptsiauri - “Don’t look at me” - 0.5%

BBC will broadcast both semi finals on 22nd and 24th of May. The announcement was made on the UK final. The British public will be able to vote only in the second semi final. The show will be aired live on digital chanel BBC 3 as it is in recent years. The show on May 24th will be broadcasted live on BBC1.