The UK national final will be hosted by Adrianes Chiles and Christine Bleakley. It will start at 20.00 CET.

Rob McVeigh said “I’m the only one with a ballad and I feel it would be a new approach for the country”. Simona Armstrong another participant said ” “I love singing, I love performing, if you like my song please vote for me”. These are their answers to the question ‘Why should you win Eurovision?”

Sirusho will represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As many their countries, Armenia’s national final will give the chance the public to choose their song among 4 or 5 songs.

The national final will be on March 8th at 18.30 CET. The final will be hosted by Andre and Hayko and Felix Khachatryan. If the singer wants to perform her own song it will be allowed to sing it. That song will be released just before the Armenian final. About that she says:“It is important to choose the best song taking into consideration that people in Europe also vote according to their first impression. When the song is not good for the first time when people hear it, but it is “not bad” for the second time we have a completely different picture. So I trust that this selection will be interesting not only because of new songs, but the votes will draw the most realistic picture we want to have. Let’s see what happens.” 

TV Russia finally announced the participants in the Russian final 2008 for Eurovision Song Contest. A special jury shorted 25 finalists. They will compete on March 9th, in the Akademicheskiy Concert Hall at 21.20 Moscow time.  The winner will be decided by eight - member jury and televoting.

The full list of finalists is:
1. Andrei Makarenko (Nizhniy Novgorod)
2. Nora Adam (Moscow)
3. Natalia Terehova (Moscow)
4. Natalia Astafieva (Chelyabinsk)
5. Anna Mushak (Sankt-Peterburg)
6. A-Studio band (Moscow)
7. Alexandr Panayotov (Ukraine)
8. Prime-Minister band (Moscow, Ukraine, Mongolia)
9. Pierre Narciss & Jam Sheriff (Camerun, Nigeria)
10. Alexei Vorobyov (Tula)
11. Zhenya Rasskazova (Moscow)
12. Yuliya Mikhalchik (Moscow)
13. Aza Bataeva (Grozniy)
14. Anatoliy Alyoshin (Moscow)
15. Elena Gorbushina (Gorskaya) (Moscow)
16. Zhenya Otradnaya (Moscow)
17. Tamila Grischenko (Odintsovo)
18. Roman Bezhin (Moscow)
19. Alsou Zainutdinova (Kazan)
20. Dima Bilan (Moscow)
21. Max Lorens & Satsura (Belarus)
22. Monte-Christo band (Moscow)
23. Sabrina (Moscow)
24. BK band (Pyatigorsk)
25. Olga Vyarvus (Tiraspol)

Nico & Vlad Mirita were chosen to represent their country in Belgrade with the song “Pe o margine de lume”.

The final results from the national competition are:
Nico & Vlad Mirita - “Pe-o margine de lume” - 271 points
Biondo - “Shine” - 264 points
Paula Seling & Provincialii - “Seven days” - 208 points
Catalin Josan - “When we’re together” - 197 points
Zero - “Come this way” - 181 points
Leo Iorga & Pacifica - “Prea mici sunt cuvintele” - 164 points
Nicola - “Fairytale story” - 162 points
Tabasco - “Love is all I need” - 126 points
Rednex feat. Ro-Mania - “Railroad, railroad” - 96 points
LaGaylia Frazier - “Dr Frankenstein” - 93 points
Simona Nae - “The key of life” - 73 points
Yana - “C’est la vie” - 37 points

Tamara feat. Vrcak & Adrian will represent Macedonia in Eurovision Song Contest. In Skopjefest 2008 fifteen songs competed but Tamara won both the jury and the public vote. In the second and third place were Risto Samardiev & Flash and Lambe Alabakovski.

Part of the show in Skopje was dedicated to Tose Proeski, who was killed in a car accident. Ruslan Alehno and Hari Mata Hari took part too.

Eurobandið will represent Iceland in Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. After eleven quarter finals and four semi finals, the audience chose the band with the song “This is my life”. That was one of the most favorite among the public even before the final. At the end of the show were announced the top three.

These are:
Eurobandið – “This is my life”
Mercedes Club – “Ho, ho, ho, we say hey, hey, hey”
Dr. Spock –“ Hvar ertu nú?”

Isis Gee will represent Poland in Belgrade with her song “For life”. The jury and televoters gave her maximum points. Natasza Urbanska took the second place and in third tied Man Meadow, Plastic and Edi An.

Kraljevi Ulice - Kings of the Street have won the Croatian national final Dora. The group will represent the country in Belgrade. They are extremely popular band as they perform daily on Zagreb’s main square.

Kings of the Street took part in Dora 2006 and 2007 so their third performance was the lucky for them. They got the same points from the audience as Antonija Å ola’s song - “Gdje je srce tu je dom”, but the group received more points from the jury.

The complete results:
Kraljevi Ulice en 75 Cents – “Romanca” - 31 points
Antonija Å ola - “Gdje je srce tu je dom” - 31 points
Ivo Gamulin Gianni – “Sanjam” - 25 points
Bonaca & Nera - “Tvoje oko za more du” - 24 points
Maja Å uput - “Lako Zaljubljiva” - 22 points
Tamara Obrovac – “Amor” - 20 points
Emilija Kokich – “Andeo” - 20 points
Prva Liga i Druge – “Vila” - 20 points
Ivana Banfich - “Mir” - 16 points
Pero Galich - “Otvori mi o” - 15 points
Giuliano - “Plava vjestica” - 14 points
Dye & Colors - “Zazmirim iputujem” - 12 points
Alen Islamovich - “Mirno spava kosa plava” - 11 points
Maja Blagdan - “Zvala sam ga Angele” - 9 points
Hari Roncevich - “Lezim na suncu” - 6 points

Dustin the Turkey will represent Ireland in 53rd Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Irlande Douze Pointe”. The winner was chosen by the mixture of televoting and sms.

Ireland is the country with the record of 7 wins in Eurovision Song Contest. The most successful country won in 1992, 1993, and 1994 in a row but after hosting the contest in 1997 the things dramatically changed. In 2005 the country did not reach the final, in 2007 finished last in Helsinki. This year Ireland will take part in the first semi final on May20th.

Ukrainian national final was held and the audience decided Ani Lorak to sing the song Shady lady. She sang all five songs but the public chose the song composed by Philip Kirkorov with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan.

The results are:
“Shady lady” - 14 points
“A dream for a brighter day” - 8 points
“I’ll be your lady” - 8 points
“Ya stanu morem” - 4 points
“Zhudu tebya” - 2 points

The song “DJ Take me away” won in EuroBGvision. The song will perform Bulgaria in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. Unique musical instrument was created specially for the song. Bulgaria takes part in the second semi final on May 22th in the Serbian capital.

The results after the voting are:
Deep Zone & Balthazar - “DJ Take Me Away” - 15.37%
Georgi Hristov & Gianni Fiorelino - “Sogno” - 15.27%
Nikolai Manolov - “Po-Dobre” - 12.98%
Dani Milev - “Slanceto I Mraka” - 11.54%
Svetozar Christov & Vladimir Dimov - “Tired Soul” - 11.26%
Nevena Tsoneva - “Ne Istjesvai” - 9.63%
Desi Dobreva - “Strong” - 9.60%
Ivaylo Kolev - “Should’ve Been The One” - 3.76%
New Generation - “Running Scared” - 3.14%
Ivan & Stani - “You Are Magic” - 3.06%
Simona Sivanio - “Obehstaj Mi” - 2.33%
Te & Preslava Peycheva - “Tazi Vecher” - 2.06%

Tonight will be presented the 5 songs of Boaz Mauda on the broadcaster’s official site. The special show will be broadcasted by IBA. For the first time the songs will be performed to the public next week on Kdam-Eurovision, which is the Israel national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The program tonight will start at 22.45 local time.

The songs in competition are:
“Ke’ilo kan” by Dana International and Shai Kerem
“Masa Haiyai” by Itay Pearl
“Hin’e Ha’or” by Ovadia Hamama -  A duet with Maya Avraham
“Bli ahava” by Henree
“Parparim” by Doron Gal - A duet with Oshrat Phaphir

The semi final of Croatian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 will be held on Friday 22nd.Dora08 will take place in Opatijia. The running order for the show has been announced by HRT and it is:

Bonaca & Nera - Tvoje oko za more duboko
Antonija Å ola - Gdje je srce tu je dom
Ivo Gamulin Gianni - Sanjam
Ibrica Jusic - Iskoci sa mnom iz jureeg vlaka
Martina - Idi leda mi okreni
Zorica Kondža - Za tobom luda
Vlatka Grakalic - Kazi mi
Ivana Radovniković - Kakav tuzan kraj
Mor Roll - Ne razumijemo se
Danijela Pintaric - Dotakni zvijezde
Dani Stipaničev - Ja san umra za ljubav
Kraljevi ulice & 75 cents - Romanca
Maja Å uput - Lako zaljubljiva
Emilija Kokic - Andeo

Six of the fourteen singers will go to the final on Saturday.

Due to the political situation in Serbia, Beovizija 2008- country’s selection show for Eurovision Song Contest will be temporary postponed. This short announcement has been given on Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS. The new date for the semi final and final will be announced to the public shortly.

After the declaration of independence in Kosovo on Sunday, the broadcaster took decision to delay the show temporarily. Sandra Susa is RTS executive producer for entertainment. On a meeting with the singers she will explain them the broadcaster’s decision.

The running order for the Beovizija 2008 semi final had been determined earlier.
1. Studio Alektik and Cveta Majtanovic - Iznad nas
2. Drum’n'Zez - Dunav 
3. Negativ - S tobom bih ostala
4. Mogul - Mojda baš
5. Nenad Ceranic - Slepa ulica
6. Betty Boop -  Kvar
7. Sloba Bajic - Precica do dna
8. Aleksa Jelic & Ana Stajdohar - Beli jablan
9. Beauty Queens - Zavet
10. Andrej Ilic Band - Tijana
11. Lejla Hot - Da si tu
12. Ivana Cosic -  Kao da hodam
13. Tamara Nikezic - Nisi prvi
14. Dejan Vozlic - Ako me huješ
15. Zana Band - U život kockam se
16. Marko Vulinovic - Sada ili nikada
17. Zoe Kida u Zemlji Gruva - Cudesni svetovi
18. Ognjen and friends - Cucemo, cucete
19. Denis and Obule - Bezimena
20. Jelena Tomasevic - Oro

 Ani Lorak was selected to represent Ukraine to Eurovision Song Contest 2008. During the National final, Ani will perform four songs on February 16th. The public will have to choose which one of the song to represent Ukraine.

The titles of the songs are:
I’m your woman (music and lyrics: Bozhena Kostroms’ka)
The dream of a bright day (music: Ani Lorak, lyrics: Yuriy Suc)
Shady lady (music: Philip Kirkorow, lyrics: Karen Kavaleryan)
Ya stanu morem (music: Vitaliy Volkomor, lyrics: Nikolay Brovchenko)

The show for the Ukrainian final will be choreographed by Olena Kolyadenko, her fashion designer will be Angela Lisytsa. She will be supported by male dancers, too.