Turkish press media has started their annual hunt for the name of the next representative of the country in Eurovision song contest. Last year Can Bonomo kindda restored Turkey´s reputation in the contest but achieving a Qualification in the Final and ranking up 7th with 112 points.
Earlier this week, we spoke with our members in Turkey and the information they got is that the representative in Malmo will be none other than Aynur Aydin but it seems that she will facing Işın Karaca. Isin tried to represent Turkey 2 times and she is quite a veteran of the Turkish musc scene known for performing a number of Turkish ballads and also a current host of a television programme which is broadcast on TRT Muzik making her strong candidate. The announcement is probably to be on air as from coming Friday . Stay tuned for more information
Loreen has just won the 57th Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points. This means that next year INFE Network will be reporting you all the Eurovision Song Contest News from the city of Stockholm. The most expected arena to host the next contest is said to be the still under construction Friends Arena.
Here are the complete results of the Gradn Final
Well done Sweden. See you next year in Stockholm.Soon the Winner’s Press Conference will take place.
The day where all Europeans sit in front of their TV sets has finally come.
It’s the Eurovision 2012 Grand Final will take place in a few hours and a new hosting country will be announced. 26 countries are competing this year for the trophy and they are all good. Azerbaijan has proved to Europe , that although way far away they can host such a huge event as the Music “Olympic Games of Europe”. After this we can also except a reentry of Baku City as a candidate city for the Olympic Games as they were not selected for the 2020 Olympic games.
What we will see tonight
26 countries are competing tonight and these are listed according to their appearance order :
1. United Kingdom – Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Will Set You Free
2. Hungary – Compact Disco – Sound of our Hearts
3. Albania – Rona Nishliu -Suus
4.Lithuania – Donny Montell – Love is Blind
5.Bosnia Herzegovina – Maya Sar – Korake ti znam
6.Russia – Buranovskiye Babushki – Party For Everybody
7. Iceland – Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
8. Cyprus – Ivi Adamou – La La Love
9. France – Anggun – Echo (You and I)
10. Italy – Nina Zilli – L’Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love)
11.Estonia – Ott Lepland – Kuula
12.Norway – Tooji – Stay
13. Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva – When The Music Dies
14. Romania - Mandinga - Zaleilah
15. Denmark – Soluna Samay – Should’ve Known Better
1. Get your TV sets tuned in your national broadcaster frequency
2. Invite your friends and organise your personal Eurovision Party
3. Prepare or order your favourite meal ( Pizza, Popcorn,Bier and Gin& Tonic are the most common among Eurofans)
4. Grab a pen and a blank paper and vote for your favourites and last but not least
5. Enjoy your Eurovision Night
INFE Network will be there in the Arena and outside sending the warmest wishes for good luck to all the competing countries. An online review simultaneously to the Grand final will take place tonight through our website plus the full results of the Semifinals and the Winner´s Press Conference.
Shortly after the 2nd Semifinal, the press conference was held with the impressions from the 10 winners.
Lithuania, Donny Montell - Love is Blind
Donny highlightes the fact that is not about big or small countries but about music, he also joked about the fact of not being one of the favourites, he picked the envelope n.4
Bosnia&Herzegovina, Maja Saar – Korake ti Znam
Maja was excited and touched for being in the final, she was asked to tell some words in Bosnian and was also the only one who thanked the huge support from fans, she will perform right after Lithuania; 5th place.
Serbia, Zeljko Joksimovic – Nije Lbujav Star
After Russia and the host country, Zeljko is the artist with more press support in place, he mentioned being older therefore more tired than in 2004 and picked a lucky number; the 24.
Ukraine, Gaitana – Be my Guest
Gaitana was more relaxed and recognized being so nervous during her performance, she invited us to Bakú and even will cook a great dish for us, she got the n.25, will she bring the contest back to Kyev?
Sweden, Loreen – Euphoria
Less expectation than expected for the huge favourite, who had a flop avoiding answering a question about Human Right in Azerbaijan, her envelope contained the n.17
FYR Macedonia, Kaliopi – Crno e Belo
The bigges applause was for Kaliopi, she joked with her ex-husband and composer of Crno e Belo, also requested a big ovation for Lys Assia and expressed her happiness for bringing back FYR Macedonia to the final. Good luck as well with the envelope n.22
Norway, Tooji – Stay
Tooji was all over the place with happiness and confirmed that he is here to win as is colleague Alexander Rybak stated two years ago. He will perform the 12th.
Estonia, Ott Lepland – Kuula
Shy and modest, Estonian media thanked Ott for singing in Estonian and asked him if he also will win Eurovision since he always won any contest he took part on, his draw will be the 11th.
Malta, Kurt Calleja – This is the night
It is about belive and achieve, as Kurt’s lyrics say, the big surprise of the night thanked his great time for the fantastic work done. Kurt asked Can to pick-up his envelope which will be the n.21.
Turkey, Can Bonomo – Love me Back
Can was a bit too sarcastic with the questions received by Turkish media, and answered to the question “What are your rivals”; “My river flood though life but if you asked for my rivals, well in this case everybody here is a rival”. The envelope left was the n.18
Photos / Eurovision.tv
Right after the Second Semifinal in Baku, the 10 Qualifiers headed for their scheduled Press Conference. In this Conference , Artists are asked two questions from the journalists. Right after the conclusion of the Questions each artist draws a number for their appearance in the Grand Final.
So far the Running Order for the Final on Saturday is:
1. United Kingdom – Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Will Set You Free
2. Hungary – Compact Disco – Sound of our Hearts
3. Albania – Rona Nishliu -Suus
4.Lithuania – Donny Montell – Love is Blind
5.Bosnia Herzegovina – Maya Sar – Korake ti znam
6.Russia – Buranovskiye Babushki – Party For Everybody
7. Iceland – Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
8. Cyprus – Ivi Adamou – La La Love
9. France – Anggun – Echo (You and I)
10. Italy – Nina Zilli – L’Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love)
11.Estonia – Ott Lepland – Kuula
12.Norway – Tooji – Stay
13. Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva – When The Music Dies
14. Romania - Mandinga - Zaleilah
15. Denmark – Soluna Samay – Should’ve Known Better
The second Semifinal just ended and the last 10 countries that will compete on Saturday’s Grand Final have been announced.
This leads to 26 countries competing for the honour of hosting the contest next year. These countries are the following as they were announced on tonight’s semifinal results in a random order of course:
1.Lithuania
2.Bosnia & Herzegovina
3.Serbia
4.Ukraine
5.Sweden
6.FYR Macedonia
7.Norway
8.Estonia
9.Malta
10.Turkey
The order of their appearances will take place in a while during the press conference of the 10 Qualifiers.
Turkey is the entry with more chances to get into the final on the Press Center in Bakú, Sweden and Serbia are following on a list completed by Norway, Ukraine, Malta, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Estonia and The Netherlands; Croatia will be the 11th. Bulgaria, Lithuania and Georgia are fighting to avoid the last position.
After the 2nd Semifinal the press conference took place with the 10 artists qualified to the final
Rumanía, Zaleila – Mandinga
Elena was satisfied with the performance and glad to make it to the Final, Romania hasn’t miss any single final so far, they picked the number 14
Moldova, Lautar -Pasha Parfeny
Pasha promised his country to make it to the final, yesterday he made a new promise to be as high as ever before, at least he already picked the magic number 26, last act for Saturday’s final.
Iceland, Never forget – Jonsi & Greta Salome
Jonsi got all the attention from the press but he also shared the questions with her partner in crime , Greta Salomé which highlighted the fact of her song talking not only about sadness but about love and hope. They will perform on the 7th place.
Hungary, Sound of our hearts – Compact Disco
The big surprise of the night was not so lucky on the draw, the picked the n.2. Csaba decided to went party at the Euroclub while their colleagues choosed to go bed.
Denmark, Should’ve known better - Soluna Samay
“I live and love for music and I am so glad that a street musician like me coming from a street musician family made it to the final”, were the words of an excited Soluna who is living the time of her life in Bakú. They will perform on the 15th place.
Albania, Suus – Rona Nishliu
Rona was touched by the support received from fans and dedicated her performance to the victims of the tragic bus accident in Albania last Monday, she was the most acclaimed in the hall and will perform on the 3rd place.
Cyprus, La la Love - Ivi Adamou
Ivi Adamou was excited about the fact that two Cypriot singers made it to the Final, “this is a great achievement for a small country like ours”, Cyrpus will perform on the 8th place
Greece, Aphrodisiac – Eleftheria Eleftheriou
Eleftheria avoided to answer any question according the economical troubles Greece is facing now “I am not here to talk about sad things but to talk and enjoy music and make people happy with it” She decided not to be involved neither supporting her Greek countryfellowmated on this complicated times. She will be the 16th act of Saturdays.
Russia, Party for Everybody – Buranovskiye Babushki
The Press Center was full of Russian journalist eager to question the Russian grannies, they had issues on listening to the music while performing as they did not had any equipment and the Crystal Hall ovation was extremelly noisy. They will perform on the 5th place.
Irlanda, Waterline – Jedward
John and Edward manipulated their own Press Conference picking journalist and trying to be the center of attention, they were tense before their name was picked to the final since it was the last one. This time they will be luckier as they will perform on the 23rd place.
Cyprus has not been very successful in the Eurovision Song Contest since the semi-final system was introduced in 2004 as Aphrodite’s island had managed only twice (2004, 2010) to qualify to the Eurovision Final.
But 2012 has been a lucky year for the Cypriots; not only the Cypriot representative, Ivi Adamou, managed to qualify to the Final but also the Greek representative of Cypriot origin, Eleftheria Eleftheriou, will perform at Saturday’s Final.
During the press conference that followed tonight’s Semi-final, Ivi Adamou has been asked how she feels about this double Cypriot presence in the Final; Ivi replied “Im really happy to perform on the same stage with Eleftheria again on Saturday and this should be consider a great success for a small country like Cyprus”
Ivi will perform on the 8th place while Eleftheria on the 16th. Kali Epitychia Ivi kai Eleftheria!
Right after the First Semifinal in Baku, the 10 Qualifiers headed for their scheduled Press Conference. In this Conference , Artists are asked two questions from the journalists. Right after the conclusion of the Questions each artist draws a number for their appearance in the Grand Final.
So far the Running Order for the Final on Saturday is:
1. United Kingdom – Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Will Set You Free
2. Hungary – Compact Disco – Sound of our Hearts
3. Albania – Rona Nishliu -Suus
4.Entry from 2nd Semifinal
5.Entry from 2nd Semifinal
6.Russia – Buranovskiye Babushki – Party For Everybody
7. Iceland – Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
8. Cyprus – Ivi Adamou – La La Love
9. France – Anggun – Echo (You and I)
10. Italy – Nina Zilli – L’Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love)
11.Entry from 2nd Semifinal
12.Entry from 2nd Semifinal
13. Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva – When The Music Dies
14. Romania - Mandinga - Zaleilah
15. Denmark – Soluna Samay – Should’ve Known Better
