Again the same story: Silvia for 2008 Icelandic selection

The controversial Silvia Night is rumoured to be re-entering the national selection in Iceland in 2008 for the eurovision in Belgrade. The rumour started on Youtube and has been spreading, Silvia night is planning a eurovision song contest comeback. Silvia Night participated in eurovision song contest 2006 but didn't make it to the final to many peoples surprise. She ended up at number 13th in the semifinal.

UPDATE
Silvia Night is having chart success after her new album "goldmine" landed at number 1 on the Icelandic chart this according to wikipedia. Her latest released single "Thank you baby" was also number 1 on the single chart in Iceland. Silvia Night is rumoured to be re-entering eurovision song contest 2008 in Belgrade but its still a rumour.The video to her latest single is one of the most viewed videos on youtube right now.
Source of News: oikotimes.com
Source of Video: youtube.com

Cyprus: Lisa Andreas or Despina Olympiou for 2008?

Lisa Andreas was born in Kent, UK, of a British mother and a Greek Cypriot father. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, that took place in Istanbul, Turkey and she is thinking of doing it again if Cyprus’s national television, CyBC , offer her the opportunity to do it.

Lisa Andreas recently declared that if she is asked by the Cypriot broadcaster to represent her country again she would happily do it. Although there are already rumors that Despoina Olymnpiou will represent Cyprus in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, it remains to see if Lisa’s declaration will be taken in consideration by the Cypriot national television.

Lisa represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turkey in 2004 and she placed 5th with Stronger every minute with 170 points giving this way the opportunity for her country to qualify directly to the finals. Lisa has released her new single, Hypnotised, in May 2007.

You can listen to Hypnotised by clicking http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=160613258 through the Beat Factory Myspace.

source esctoday.com

Cyprus: CyBC's plans for JESC 2008

CyBC, the Cypriot broadcaster who will be hosting the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, have released the promo video clip they submitted to the EBU for the country's candidacy. Information on the Arena, the staging and the activities planned for the participating artists has been made public by CyBC who state they are already prepared to face the greatest challenge in the channel's history.

The 2008 JESC will be held in Lemessos, Cyprus's largest resort very popular with international travelers, at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center just outside town. The stadium is already complete with a Press Center and Press Conference rooms, several large halls, a restaurant with views of the Arena and more than 20 dressing rooms. The commentary booths are already in place and the vast underground garage will be used for technical equipment storage. The arena itself will seat 7.500 spectators.

George Papadopoulos, the CyBC production designer, promised a 15 metre in diameter, sealed glass pool-stage from where goddess Aphrodite will rise. There are going to be large screens at the back of the stage, the largest being 12 metres high by 30 metres long. There are going to be projections on all the screens, and this year's innovation from Cyprus will be that some of the screens will offer the children the opportunity to interact, something that has never been done before.

The postcards have been already designed. The children will also shoot their own messages during JESC week. A lot of fun activities have been planned for the young artists and their escorts to make their stay an educational and unforgettable one. They will sail the seas like pirates on a specially designed pirate ship and take part in a Treasure Hunt.

CyBC have invested heavily on new technical equipment and training to meet with the JESC challenge. Cypriot key production staff will work together with experts from the UK to deliver an imaginative and high quality show.

You can watch the entire promo video http://www.cybc.com.cy/junior/junior2008_video.html
(in English), where you can see computer generated images of the stage.

source esctoday.com