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Yesterday SVT showed the last part of "Inför ESC 2010" that you can watch here. Jury discussed the rest of 2nd semifinal and finalists of this year. Germany, Norway and Croatia has become today's favorites.



Common results of the 2nd semi:
Israel 24
Sweden 21
Croatia 19
Armenia 16
Denmark 16
Turkey 16
Bulgaria 15
Lithuania 15
Romania 15
Georgia 13
Ireland 13
Switzerland 13
Azerbaijan 12
Cyprus 12
Ukraine 9
Netherlands 2
Slovenia 0

Rehearsals in Oslo are already in a full mode and yesterday was the first day of Swedish rehearsals, Anna Bergendahl received positive feedback from press in common and jumped up to #6 by odds.



Also check press-conference with Anna (part 1, part 2).

This year contribution of Swedes in Eurovision is especially massive, we have five Swedish songwriters playing for other countries, two songs produced by Swedes and even one Melodifestivalen participant at the stage.

NORWAY

Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart is Yours
[Hanne Sørvaag, Fredrik Kempe]
(MF-veteran Mr. Kempe and Norwegian-Swedish Hanne Sørvaag who already composed German song in 2008)

DENMARK

Chanée & N'Evergreen - In a Moment Like This
[Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson, Erik Bernholm]
(Thomas G:Son is another legendary name, Henrik composed Eurovision song for Friends)

IRELAND

Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You
[Niall Mooney, Mårten Eriksson & Jonas Gladnikoff, Lina Eriksson]
(Jonas participated before in pre-selections of Malta, Ireland and Denmark and you could hear loads of great stuff from Eriksson family on MF before)

GEORGIA

Sopho Nizharadze - Shine
[Hanne Sørvaag , Harry Sommerdahl, Chistian Leuzzi]
(Hanne was lucky twice to fight for 2 countries this year and Harry is also Swedish songwriter who worked before with Robyn and BoA)

AZERBAIJAN

Safura - Drip Drop
[Stefan Örn, Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman]
(Anders has written and produced songs for Madonna, Janet Jackson, Santana, J.Lo, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Celine Dion and Enrique Iglesias)

ICELAND

Hera Björk - Je Ne Sais Quoi
[Örlygur Smári, Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir]
(Producer of the final version is Niclas Kings who gave tons of hits to Kate Ryan and participated before as songwriter of Belgium-2006 and producer of Iceland-2008)

MALTA

Thea Garrett - My Dream
[Jason Cassar, Sunny Aquilina]
(Producer of this song is Johan Bejerholm who produced Azerbaijan-2009)

BELARUS

3+2 - Butterflies
[Max Fadeev, Malka Chaplin]
(Famous Swedish pianist Robert Wells will perform on the stage with Belorussian band)

Annual tv-show "Inför ESC 2010" currently takes place on SVT-channel. Every week you can see experts panel discussing songs of different participants of upcoming Eurovision. This year you can see among experts Marie Serneholt, Kayo Shekoni (ex-Afro-dite), Lena Philipsson, Thomas Lundin (Finnish artist and tv-host), Rennie Mirro (musical artist and brother of Sarah Dawn Finer), Christer Björkman is host of the show as always. In a third part of the show experts were amazed the most by Israeli singer Harel Skaat and on the other hand left Slovenian representatives - Ansambel Roka Žlindre & Kalamari without any points at all. In the end of the show experts revealed their favorite Melodifestivalen-songs who didn't manage to win the contest. Marie and Mirro chose "Moving On" by Sarah Dawn Finer, Thomas - Shirley Clamp's "Min Kärlek", Kayo - Alcazar's "Not a sinner nor a saint" and Lena - Nanne's "Håll Om Mig". You can see this episode here and see results below. Next week we'll see the last of 4 episodes.

By the way for all Eurovision followers now you can read official blog (in Swedish) of Swedish delegation where you'll find posts by both Christer Björkman (head of delegation) and Edward af Sillén (scriptwriter and director of Melodifestivalen) about everything regarding Anna Bergendahl's and her team's trip to Eurovision in Oslo.

I gårdagens program på SVT ”Inför Eurovision” så fick Israels Harel Skaat toppoäng av juryn som består av Kayo Shekoni, Rennie Mirro, Marie Serneholt, Lena Philipsson och Thomas Lundin (Finland) under ledning av schlagergeneralen och programledaren Christer Björkman. Som väntat fick också Anna Bergendahl höga poäng. Enbart Kayo var tveksam till Sveriges bidrag.
Stackars Sieneke från Holland. Hennes låt “Ik Ben Verliefd ( Sha-la-li!)”
blev totalsågad tätt följt av den Slovenska bidraget ” “Narodno Zabavni Rock”. Oavsett vad man tycker om dessa låtar så är det två av de bidrag som fastnar. Väck mig mitt i natten och jag lovar att sjunga “ Sha-la-lie! Sha-la-la!, Sha-la-lie! Sha-la-la!” för er. Återstår att se hur rätt panelen har. Tidigare har ju deras resultat varit sisådär.

På tal om Eurovision program, så gjorde jag min finska radiodebut i torsdag. Jag medverkade i direktsändning på Sisuradio, som är Sveriges Radions finska kanal. Tur att det inte var TV eftersom det är svårare att dölja fusklapparna i rutan. Känner ni för att lyssna på detta inslag så hittar ni det här:
Lilian och Soili pratar Eurovision i Sisuradio

Dessutom länkar Sisuradio till min blogg de närmaste veckorna. Det tackar jag för! Och här har ni länken till dem: Sisuradio. I fredagen program, 14 maj, medverkar Riki Sorsa som tävlade för Finland i Eurovision 1981. Hans bidrag ”Reggae O.k” var helt klart före sin tid. Resten av Europa förstod inte alls vad en reggaelåt hade att göra i ESC och resultatet blev därefter – en 16:e plats bland de 20 medverkande.



Några kreativa killar i Israel och Schweiz har spelat in denna hyllning till Finlands bidrag. Underbart eller hur!
A tribute video to the coolest Eurovision duo this year, Kuunkuiskaajat, from Finland. Made by 2 fans from Israel and Switzerland. Show your support! :)



Källa/Foto: www.eurovision.tv, www.sr.se, www.rikisorsa.com, JP, Lilian
Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om Eurovision Song Contest, ESC 2010, Anna Bergendahl, Kuunkuiskaajat