We have our first confirmation - Albania! :dancing: Dates indicate national finals:

 

Albania: Kejsi Tola - Më mërr në ëndërr

Andorra: Susanne Georgi - La teva decisió

Armenia: Anush & Inga - Jan Jan

Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash - Always

Belarus: Petr Elfimov - Eyes That Never Lie

Belgium: Patrick Ouchene - Copycat

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Regina - Bistra voda

Bulgaria: Krasimir Avramov - Illusion

Croatia: Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea - Lijepa Tena

Cyprus: Christina Metaxa - Firefly

Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz - Aven Romale

Denmark: Niels Brinck - Believe Again

Estonia: Urban Symphony - Randajad

Finland: Waldo's People - Lose Control

France: Patricia Kaas - S'il fallait le faire

Georgia: Stefane & 3G - We Don't Wanna Put In (DISQUALIFIED)

Germany: Alex Swings, Oscar Sings - Miss Kiss Kiss Bang

Greece: Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our Night

Hungary: Ádokzoli - Dance With Me

Iceland: Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir - Is It True?

Ireland: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera

Israel: Noa; Mira Awad - There Must Be Another Way

Latvia: Intars Busulis - Sastrēgums

Lithuania: Sasha Son - Love

Macedonia: Next Time - Nesto Sto Ke Ostane

Malta: Chiara - What If We

Moldova: Nelly Ciobanu - Hora Din Moldova

Montenegro: Andrea Demirović - Just get out of my life

The Netherlands: De Toppers - Shine

Norway: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale

Poland: Lidia Kopania - I Don't Wanna Leave

Portugal: Flor-De-Lis - Todas As Ruas De Amor

Romania: Elena Gheorghe - The Balkan Girls

Russia: Anastasiya Prihodko - Mamo

Serbia: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić - Cipela

Slovakia: Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková - Leť Tmou

Slovenia: Quartissimo - Love Symphony

Spain: Soraya - La Noche Es Para Mí

Sweden: Malena Ernmann - La Voix

Switzerland: Lovebugs - The Heighest Height

Turkey: Hadise - Düm Tek Tek

Ukraine: Svetlana Loboda - Be my Valentine

United Kingdom: Jade - My Time

 

Thanks to ESCToday forums! ^_^

Calendar

 

# 3/Jan/2009: United Kingdom: preliminary show

# 10/Jan/2009: United Kingdom: 1st elimination show

# 17/Jan/2009: United Kingdom: 2nd elimination show

# 24/Jan/2009: United Kingdom: 3rd elimination show

# 30/Jan/2009: Andorra: National Final

# 31/Jan/2009: Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009

# 31/Jan/2009: Finland: Euroviisut 2009

# 31/Jan/2009: Romania: Final

# 31/Jan/2009: United Kingdom: National final (performer selection)

# 31/Jan/2009: Cyprus: Final

# 01/Feb/2009: The Netherlands: National final (song selection)

# 01/Feb/2009: Slovenia: National Final

# 07/Feb/2009: Malta: National final

# 14/Feb/2009: Iceland: National final

# 17/Feb/2009: Greece: Final (song selection)

# 21/Feb/2009: Bulgaria: National Final

# 21/Feb/2009: Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2009

# 21/Feb/2009: Macedonia: National Final

# 22/Feb/2009: Ukraine: Final

# 28/Feb/2009: Croatia: Dora 2009

# 28/Feb/2009: Portugal: Final

# 28/Feb/2009: Latvia: Final

# 07/Mar/2009: Estonia: Eurolaul 2009

# 08/Mar/2009: Slovakia: Final

# 14/Mar/2009: Sweden: Melodifestivalen Final

 

Thanks to ESCToday Forums! ^_^

Albania's song isn't too bad TBH! :o

I reckon all it needs is a translation for success...

 

I also predict that BuzzJack will love Hadise for Turkey :o

I reckon all it needs is a translation for success...

 

I also predict that BuzzJack will love Hadise for Turkey :o

I am watching a few vids on youtube, and I must say WOW!

The first UK show is now not until the 10th. Four shows instead of 5, with a final 3 in the final rather than two.

Thank you Peter! ^_^

aah, a final 3, the BBC's favourite ploy to maximise money from phonecalls in the final!

 

that's good for me actually as I'm out on Jan 3rd and thought I might have missed the first show

:o at turkish entry...she really looks too hot for eurovision lol

The Eurovision show starts on Saturday :P It's being advertised on TV and everyfink! :smoke: So the rumours of it being pushed back are false :P

whats line up for UK

 

Leona Lewis

take That

Jamelia

Rachel Stevens

 

:rolleye:

whats line up for UK

 

Leona Lewis

take That

Jamelia

Rachel Stevens

 

:rolleye:

Nope Lisa Scott Lee actually :smoke:

 

I'm joking BTW and don't really know ::lolll:

Rachel Stevens would be an epic fail :kink:

The show on this Saturday is just like an introductory thing I think. Live shows start on the 10th. ^_^ And... will we hear the winner tonight? :o I have high hopes for this Turkish entry!

I do also...but I think it's more likely Hadise will get a Sirusho/Kalomoira-esque result.

I'm stil really optimistic. Turkey will be great. And having not seen the UK show yet, I'm not yet dissapointed :)

 

By the way, is it me or does Eurovision season start earlier every year?

Nope - Albania actually released their song earlier last year! It's just more countries are starting earlier these days...

Oh, sorry. Turkey chose their song now anyway - it's called Dum Tek Tek. First thought - good not great....

 

LOL, I knew it would be similar to Qele Qele, but it's practically a sequel for crying out loud :rofl:

to me it sounds exactly like a Helena Paparizou song...she looks quite similar too

 

good song though but very similar to other ESC entries of the past few years...still, it's the best thing Turkey have sent for years