Artist selection On 7 January 2007, IBA announced that the band Teapacks was selected as the Israeli representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. A special committee consisting of music industry professionals and members from IBA considered several artists, of which 2006 Swiss Eurovision entrant Liel and Michel Guriashvili were highly considered before Teapacks was…
Eurofest 2007 was the national final format developed by BTRC to select the Belarusian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition consisted of a semi-final and final held on 15 December 2006 and 22 January 2007, respectively. Both shows were hosted by Denis Kurian and Olga Schlager and broadcast on the First Channel…
„Lo, young Mitra, he sings by the river, oh Mitra, eh, oh Mitra“
Eirodziesma 2007 was the eighth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 27 January 2007 and concluded with a final on 24 February 2007. Format The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The semi-finals took place…
The Semifinals The top 12 songs in each semi-final (chosen by 9 jury members – 8 „experts“ & televoting/SMS voting being the 9th member) qualified for the final. Semi-Final 1 – Montevizija – February 24th – RTCG TV Studios, PodgoricaHosts: Danilo Celebic, Zoja Spahic Kustudic & Andrija Miloševic 1 Naci cu te I’ll find you…
„Because grass hasn’t grown yet where my stiletto has stepped“
The French Final was held on March 14th at the La Plaine St Denis TV Studios near Paris, hosted by Michel Drucker & Claudy Siar. The final was the culmination of a ‚Pop Idol‘ type show, solely to select the singer to represent France in the ESC. The song that the winner was intended to…
The Greek Final was held on March 14th at the Votanikos Music Hall in Athens, hosted by Zeta Makripoulia & Giorgos Kapoutzidis. Anna Vissi sang all the songs and the winner was chosen by televoting (60%) & an „expert“ jury (40%). 1 A beautiful night 12.16% 4th 2 Who cares about love 13.72% 3rd 3…
The UK Final was held on March 4th at the BBC TV Studios in London, hosted by Terry Wogan & Natasha Kaplinsky. The winner was chosen by regional televoting, internet voting and SMS voting. 1 Play your game Goran Kay 14 6th 2 Whisper to me Kym Marsh 53 4th 3 Teenage life Daz Sampson…
„I’ll return, I’ll return, I’ll give my life to you“