Ell/Nikki performing theirlast year winning entry  at the 2012 Opening Ceremony in Baku. They won last year's Eurovision with a total of 221 points bringing to Azerbadjan the first title ever. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0kPTWuOXL8&feature=related Ioanis  Tsourveloudis  for escromania.ro

Aysel  performs her Eurovision  entry in the Buta Palace Baku, for the opening and alocation draw ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.  Aysel represented Azrebadjan in Eurovision 2009 with this song alongside Arash, placing 3rd  in Moscow. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehwK-0OBfhc&feature=related source: youtube.com Ionut Demetriad for escromania.ro

Safura performs her Eurovision  entry in the Buta Palace Baku, for the opening and alocation draw ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.  Safura represented Azrebadjan in Eurovision 2010 with this song, placing 5th  in Oslo. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTfE-XE9W8&feature=related source: youtube.com

Lena performs her 2010 winning entry in the Buta Palace Baku, for the opening and alocation draw ceremonyof the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.  Lena won the Eurovision in 2010 with this song, the contest being held in Oslo. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQDZRzkNeN0 source: youtube.com Ionut Demetriad for escromania.ro

This year there was a big show to kick-off the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest season in the Buta Palace in Baku. To assure maximum suspense, the 37 countries represented in the Semi-Finals were drawn from six pots, based on voting patterns from the past years. It was also decided if a country participates in the first or second half of the respective Semi-Final, so that delegations know well in advance on which day they are expected in Baku for their first stage rehearsal. source: eurovision.tv Ionut Demetriad for escromania.ro

This is the theme art for 2012 source: eurovision.tv Ionut Demetriad for escromania.ro

The official Azerbaijani website for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has been launched. link:  http://www.eurovision.az/ source: esctoday.com Ioanis  Tsourveloudis  for escromania.ro

Baku, Azerbaijan -The EBU announces today that the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the newly constructed Baku Crystal Hall. The Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, the governing body of the Contest on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), approved the venue proposed by the Host Broadcaster, Ictimai TV. Ictimai TV, Azerbaijan's public broadcaster and host of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, proposed three venue options and expressed its preference for the new indoor arena. The Baku Crystal Hall, which was commissioned by the City of Baku, is a brand new multi-pu

On the 25th of January, several key events leading up to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Baku. Namely, the traditional Host City Insignia Exchange ceremony and the Semi-Final allocation draw will be held together with the introduction of the theme art. yesterday news: The events of tomorrow will start with the traditional Host City Insignia Exchange where the Mayor of Düsseldorf will hand over a symbolic key to the Mayor of Baku. Thus, it'll be now Baku's turn to host Europe's favourite TV show. This will be followed by a draw which will determine in which Semi-Final this year's

You can now watch 9 of the 10 Austrian candidates performing their potential entries on youtube. Mary Broadcast Band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9B35KQEXmw Trackshittaz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buzp3gn1cnY Norbert Schneider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MbM4K9c0Nc Papermoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQC6ZhKBfY Deladap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qplHN8o4rTk Valerie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRoRBYY8KnA James Cottriall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5C3BBxaTHA Conchita Wurst: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTigY1uqpeI Krautschäd