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Macedonia look for first Eurovision win

Macedonia have arguably the most average record at the Eurovision Song Contest and Vlatko Ilievski has been charged with doing something about it.

The former Yugoslav republic first entered the competition in 1998, finishing 19th. They returned in 2000 to finish 15th before coming back for another 19th placing two years later. They have been regular entrants since 2004 and a 12th placed finish in 2006 is the best they have achieved so far. However, they have failed to reach the final in the last three years. Fans of sports betting often have a small punt on Eurovision, but they will probably want to avoid Macedonia this year.

Ilievski is hoping to change this poor run with his track ‘Rusinka’. Telling the tale of a Macedonian boy…

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Georgia in with a Eurovision chance

Georgia is one of the youngest nations to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest but their record is reasonably solid.

This will be the fourth year they will participate in the competition and they have improved every time. They finished 12th on their debut in 2007 whilst a year later, they finished 11th, despite receiving fewer points. They sat out of the 2009 Contest as a result of Russia’s involvement in the 2008 South Ossetia war – the competition that year was in Moscow and it was adjudged that the lyrics of the Georgian entry were too political. They were therefore barred from competing when they refused to change the words to the song.

Georgia returned in 2010 and netted their strongest ever finish, ending the night…

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Slovakia looking to wow Eurovision fans

R&B is not a genre you immediately associate with the Eurovision Song Contest but Slovakia will be hoping to buck the trend this year.

Like heavy metal overlords Lordi in 2006, TWiiNS will be hoping to use the element of the unknown to storm to success. The difference between the two is that, comparatively, TWiiNS are playing it safe. Their song is a mid-tempo ballad, for which Eurovision is more famed, and the lyrics detail a difficult recovery from a tough break-up, which is again standard fare.

TWiiNS are identical twin sisters Veronika and Daniela Nízlová. They have been performing together since childhood so the Dusseldorf stage will be anything but daunting. When they were younger, they released four successful albums in Slovakia between 2000 and 2005…

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Dana International eyeing second Eurovision win

Dana International has admitted that she let her manager persuade her to go on Eurovision 2011.

The transsexual singer represented Israel in 1998 and stormed to glory with her track ‘Diva’. This was the third time that her nation had won the contest, following up successes in 1978 and 1979.

Her performance 13 years ago was controversial, with many orthodox Jews and conservatives criticising her representing Israel. This merely meant her success took on a new dimension and proved to be one of the most defining moments in Eurovision history.

This time around, Dana is more realistic about her chances, saying: “Unlike in 1998, this time I intend to represent my country, but also myself.

“Of course I hope for the best result and a…

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Self-promotion key to Eurovision success

Promotion is an important part of the Eurovision Song Contest experience, and the acts who get around Europe before the show have a better chance of winning.

What started as a harmless contest designed to unite the nations of Europe after World War II has become a dominant force in the landscape of European music. Often dismissed by many in the United Kingdom, Eurovision is big business in many lands across the continent as prestige and national pride are often at stake.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the early Nineties, many new nations were formed and these struggled to craft an identity. One of the early ways they could to this was to enter the Eurovision Song Contest and wins for Estonia…

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Italy: Back in The Eurovision Song Contest

Western European nations like the UK, France and Italy have an odd relationship with Eurovision. They universally recognise that the show is camp and dated, yet somehow worthy of respect.

The UK seems to struggle more than most. A young entrant with a poor song will tend to be followed by a more serious attempt, as if to reclaim national pride.

In 2010, Josh Dobovie represented the UK after winning a mostly-ignored reality TV show on Channel 5. After scoring a total of 10 points (just edged out by the winning German entry with 246 points), the UK has returned for Eurovision 2011 with a reformed boy band. Unfortunately it’s not Take That – it’s Blue, who despite not having a hit song since 2003, should have…

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Can Ireland scoop Eurovision once again?

When it comes to winning the Eurovision Song Contest, no-one has been as successful as Ireland.

The Irish won the event four times in the 1990s and three times consecutively between 1992 and 1994. The other occasion was in 1996 and it became a long-running joke that the Emerald Isle always won the Contest.

This joke spun the hilarious episode of Father Ted “A Song For Europe” in which the Irish were so desperate to avoid hosting the competition for another year, they chose a ridiculously poor track as their entry in the hope it would lose. Nil points from all juries were deservedly awarded to ‘My Lovely Horse’.

In reality, the Irish did no such thing and were unlucky to lose out in 1997 when…

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Bet on Jonathan Ross

Well that’s it, he’s left the BBC, but what’s in store for the highest paid TV star Jonathan Ross. Well Bookies Paddy Power have released a list of markets for you to second guess his future.

First up let’s look at his replacements. Jonathan Ross has two television shows, his Chat Show on a Friday night, and Film 2010. So there are a lot of options here for the Beeb, as we do have a lot of talent when it comes to this sort of TV, most of them though, have their own shows on other channels, so whether any would switch is something you would have to consider.

So who then will be next to be given a permanent night time Chat Show on the BBC?…

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