https://youtu.be/Jtmp-9DIJ5M Scena de anul acesta a fost conceputa de designerii Frida Arvidsson si  Viktor Brattström care sunt vinovati si pentru scena de la Malmo din 2013. " vrem sa facem ceva care sa ii faca pe privitori sa se intrebe...cum poate fi posibil asa ceva?" a declarat Viktor Brattström. " Incercam sa renuntam la proiectii anul acesta si sa ne focusam pe creearea de iluzii optice ajutandu-ne de sala" a declarat Frida Arvidsson. source: SVT, eurovision.tv , youtube.com Ionut Demetriad pentru escromania.com

Vanotek feat. The Code & Georgian - I’m coming home https://youtu.be/t3WRUp-4T0M Jukebox - Come on everybody https://youtu.be/WBw20KvY97Q M I H A I - Paradisio https://youtu.be/q7OXjEc2OGk Ovidiu Anton - Moment of silence https://youtu.be/Q02bzkSBKBk Mihai Băjinaru - Never too late https://youtu.be/ycPaXMY_acE Florena - Behind the shadows https://youtu.be/98PpbgiW0qQ Dream Walkers - Let it shine https://youtu.be/YxguzHrPJrE Doru Todoruţ feat. Irina Baianţ - The Voice https://youtu.be/qwNJ-2Dn6WY Irina Popa - Lasă-mă, eu te las https://youtu.be/Uk6zfr4Rcec Hayley Evetts - Brand new d

Interesting weeek-end with, in my opinion, 3 possible contenders for Stockholm: Ace Wilder from Sweden,  Hardkiss and Brunettes shoot Blondes from Ukraine..... Ukraine qualifiers: The Hardkiss- "Helpless" https://youtu.be/MUxboDwKVp0 Jamala - "1944" https://youtu.be/-pfT6enbCr4 Brunettes shoot Blondes - "Every Monday https://youtu.be/WRWwFzjT31I Sweden qualifiers to the final: Ace Wilder -"Don't worry https://youtu.be/C-8LbubV3gg Robin Bengtsson - "Constellation price" - no video The rest of the countries having semifinals this weekend went on as follows: Hungary qualif

This year's national selection will be held in Baia Mare. The shows from the semifinal and final will take place in  "Sala Polivalenta" which has a capacity of 2500 places. 'This comes as a support for Baia Mare in the city's bid to be The European Cultural Capital in 2021. "It became a tradition to take the Eurovision National Selection in different cities in the country, first Brasov in 2014 and then Craiova in 2015. The mayor and the local authorities made a very nice offer to TVR which we think will compensate the distance betwen Bucharest and Baia Mare"said Iuliana Marciuc from TVR. TVR makes a real eff

Astazi au fost anuntati finalistii selectiei nationale din Ucraina. Pe lista finalistilor apar si cunostinte mai vechi de-ale eurovisionului:  Anastasia Prikhodko (ESC2009 ) si Jamala ( NF 2011) , impreuna cu cea care a castigat XFactor Ucraina in 2012... Iata lista participantilor: 01. SunSay 02. Jamala 03. The Hardkiss 04. Anastasia Prikhodko 05. LaViKa 06. Aida Nikolaichuk 07. Viktoria Petrik 08. NeAngely 09. Peaks of Kings 10. Svitlana Tarabarova 11. Alloise 12. Arkadiy Voityuk 13. Brunettes Shoot Blondes 14. Pringlez 15. Pur:Pur 16. Tonya Matvienko 17. Japanda 18. Vladyslav Kurasov

Here you have the full list from the allocation draw of today.   The order of the competition will be made public by the organisers in due time, based on the dinamic of the show and a few more other criteria. Phoho: eurovision.tv/webtv  

Romania will compete in the seccond half of the seccond semi-final.

This is the official Eurovision Song Contest Logo for 2016 as published in SVT site.

Your hosts for 2016 ! No words needed!!! photo credits: SVT

Ieri a a vut loc la Primaria din Stockholm alocarea tarilor participante in semifinale. Tarile au fost dirstribuite in grupe pentru a fi mai usoara eliminarea votarii geografice si a asezarii tarilor in concurs cat mai aleatoriu.  Iata cum au fost distribuite grupele: Grupul 1: Albania, FYRom , Muntenegru, Slovenia , Croatia, Serbia, Boznia Grupul2: Danemarka, Finlanda, Norvegia, Islanda , Estonia, Letonia Grupul 3: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Rusia, Ucraina Grupul 4: Cehia, Lituania, Irlanda, Malta, Polonia, San marino Grupul 5: Austria, Ungaria, Israel, Moldova, Romania, Elvetia