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Group Izabo for Israel

Today, the national broadcaster of Israel (IBA) has selected internally the rock-pop band Izabo to represent this country in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Time’. Izabo’s entry, ‘Time’, was written by Ran Shem-Tov and Shiri Hadar. The song is described as pop with oriental flavour.

Izabo’s music has been described as a ‘brilliant, action packed combination of psychadelic rock, disco, punk and arabic spices’. Featuring high-to-ultra-high vocals, twisting and expressive Arab-flavoured guitar work, powerfully funky basslines, arrogantly catchy keyboards and intense disco beats, Izabo have established themselves as one of Israel’s most absorbing live acts.

Izabo’s debut LP, ‘Fun makers’, was released late 2003 to great critical acclaim. The songs ‘Morning hero’ and ‘Cook me’ became significant radio hits in Israel. In the following months Izabo signed on to Sony BMG, which released their British debut, The ‘Morning hero’ EP. The release was accompanied by a concert tour which took Izabo to England, Scotland and the Netherlands.

The band is made up of Ran Shem-Tov (vocals and guitar), Shiri Hadar (keyboards), Jonathan Levy (bass guitar) and Nir Mantzur (drums).

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Crystal Hall approved as Eurovision 2012 venue

The EBU announced today that the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the newly constructed Baku Crystal Hall. The Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, the governing body of the Contest on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), approved the venue proposed by the Host Broadcaster, Ictimai TV.

Ictimai TV, Azerbaijan’s public broadcaster and host of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, proposed three venue options and expressed its preference for the new indoor arena.
The Baku Crystal Hall, which was commissioned by the City of Baku, is a brand new multi-purpose indoor arena with an expected capacity of up to 23,000 spectators. Approximately 16,000 people will be able to attend each of the three Eurovision Song Contest live shows in May.
Jon Ola Sand, EBU’s Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest says “We are excited to hold the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in a brand new, state-of-the-art concert hall. Now that we have the assurance that the construction will be ready in time, we can look really forward to the contest.”

The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 22nd, 24th and 26th of May in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. Azerbaijan won the right to host the contest when viewers and professional juries across Europe chose their 2011 entry Running Scared by Ell/Nikki as winner.

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Anggun for France

Right after our private conversation with the Head of French Delegation, member of INFE Greece and member of the Eurovision Reference Group,Mr Bruno Berbères confirmed the rumours about the next French Representative for Baku.
The indonesian Diva, Anggun is the chosen one for France. The french Television is coming in negotiations with several big names for the song entry of France for achieving a high rank again and if possible a victory after 35 years.

Among others , the names for the song composers are David Guetta and Richard Wolf. Anggun is not only popular in France but also in plenty of other countries. Her first album sold approx. 1,5 million albums all over the world and her next albums came up gold and platin.

Anggun declared her enthusiasm: It’s a great honour for me , It’s a great gift.This country has given me a beautiful language.I live in Paris, am married with a French guy, my daughter Kirana eats indonesian rice and french bread.

Mr. Berberes added that the song will be reveal in January.

Anggun – Snow on the Sahara

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Voting procedure to change again

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, it was decided that the televoting system would revert back to the format used before the 2010 Contest in which the phone and SMS lines will open after all songs have been performed instead of opening before the show starts. The results format of each show will remain the same with each country’s votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury

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Turkish Fanclub’s Site Revamped for INFE Network

The Turkish Members of our Network decided to revamp their website for our Network. They also informed the Network of the upcoming Concert of the Turkish Entrant Group , Yuksek Sadakat on 29th January at Taksim Square, Istanbul . The Chairman of the Network will attend the concert and meet with the Group on 29th of January. But a busy programm is being also expected on the day to follow.On 3oth January, Mr. Konstantinos Gkiokoglou will be meeting the Turkish Fans and also former Turkish Eurovision Stars. More infos and plenty of surprises to come soon.You can see our partners’ revamped website here.

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Turkish Fanclub’s Site Revamped for INFE Network

The Turkish Members of our Network decided to revamp their website for our Network. They also informed the Network of the upcoming Concert of the Turkish Entrant Group , Yuksek Sadakat on 29th January at Taksim Square, Istanbul . The Chairman of the Network will attend the concert and meet with the Group on 29th of January. But a busy programm is being also expected on the day to follow.On 3oth January, Mr. Konstantinos Gkiokoglou will be meeting the Turkish Fans and also former Turkish Eurovision Stars. More infos and plenty of surprises to come soon.You can see our partners’ revamped website here.