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The all events and the news concerning to hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for June of 2004 year.
June, 2004
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| 30.06.2004 |
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| 29.06.2004 |
- The website esctoday.com informs that probably Luxembourg will send its representative on the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. This country participated at the Eurovision Song Contest at 1993 last time, then its representatives has borrowed 20th place.
- Ukrainian female singer Ruslana, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, will visit Greece during the period from July, 1 till July, 4, where she is going to give 3 concerts.
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| 28.06.2004 |
- The representative of Malta on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 will be named on September, 24, 2004 during the Final of competition Maltese Junior Song For Europe 04. A deadline of submission of applications - noon of July, 28, 2004. The text of songs may be written on the Maltese language, or on English, or on mixes of these languages, the duration of songs should be not less than 2 minutes 30 seconds and no more than 2 minutes 45 seconds. The jury will select some best of the submitted songs, which will take part at the Final. It is not determined yet how the winner of the Final will be determined - by voting of jury, by televoting, or by voting both of these.
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| 27.06.2004 |
- Martina Siljanovska has been chosen to represent Macedonia on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. She has performed song Doždot and has became the winner of competition Evrosong 2004 Za Deca, which has been hosted on June, 26 at Skopje. The both televiewers and proffesional jury participated in voting procedure.
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| 26.06.2004 |
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| 25.06.2004 |
- According to website Киевские Ведомости, Kiev Authorities have made the decision to lay underground tunnel between right and left coast of the Dnepr river for improvement of the transport connections. Construction of this small underground should be completed till beginning of the the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. It is planning to complete the second and third pavilions of the Kiev’s International Exhibition Center till March of the next year (a stage and make-up rooms will be placed there). The final decision about form of the stage is not authorized yet. The hall was designed for 14 thousand spectators, it is supposed that they will sit on collapsible chairs. Construction of the fourth pavilion (offices will be placed there) will begin at the next year. Simultaneously with it the Kiev town-planning council has made the decision to send the civil-engineering design of the Kiev’s International Exhibition Center to redesign. Council believes that after realization of the project will be completed in that kind, in which it exists now, it will be difficult to use the Center for other purposes, except for hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Female singer Julie Zahra, the part of Julie and Ludwig duet, who represented Malta on the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, has been named the sexiest woman of the Malta of 2004, on the basis of the interrogation, which has been organized by Maltese teleprogram Xarabank.
- According to website esctoday.com, 18-years old singer Luis Ejlli may become one of applicants for participation at national competition Song Festival. Winner of this competition will represent Albania on the following, 50-th Eurovision Song Contest 2005.
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| 23.06.2004 |
- According to website esctoday.com, it is started the search of the participant of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at Finland. By an example of Sweden and Melodifestival, the competition Suomen karsinta 2005 will be host at Finland. It is possible to submit applications for it till October, 1, 2004. All performers should be Finns. It will be host four Semifinals and one Final. The final winner will be determined by results of televoting and SMS-voting.
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| 22.06.2004 |
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| 20.06.2004 |
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| 17.06.2004 |
- According to website esctoday.com, representatives of EBU think to make some changes of Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest. For example, it is possible that the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 will consist of two Qualifying Rounds and Grand Final.
- Probably, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 will be moved from Croatia to Norway. However, it only rumors till now.
- Riga expresses readiness to help to Kiev with preparation of the 50-th, anniversary Eurovision Song Contest.
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| 16.06.2004 |
- The participant of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 who will present Sweden, will be chosen on October, 9, 2004 during the competition Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004. More than 1 400 application forms has been sent for participation at competition. The professional jury should select 10 best songs of these 1 400 which will participate in competition.
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| 15.06.2004 |
- According to website esctoday.com, Greek broadcasting company ERT has addressed to Sakis Rouvas with the offer to represent Greece again already on the following, 50-th Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The singer has not given his consent till now.
- According to the website Эксперт-центр, the vice-president of Organizing committee of hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 - mayor of Kiev Alexander Omelchenko, his assistant Vladimir Yalovyj, director of the Kiev’s International Exhibition Center Anatoly Tkachenko and the president of the National broadcasting company of Ukraine (NTKU) Alexander Savenko has taken part on the organizational meeting.
- EBU demands, that the budget of the Contest have to consist of not less than 9, 5 million Swiss francs. 4,5 million allocates by EBU itself , and the accepting party should allocate another 5 million. Alexander Savenko, the president of the National broadcasting company of Ukraine (NTKU) has given to EBU the governmental guarantees that Ukraine guarantees to spend on hosting of the Contest not less than 5 million Swiss francs. It is planned to sign the agreement between NTKU and EBU about hosting of the 50-th Eurovision Song Contest 2005 at the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kiev, till August, 1.
Besides financial requirements, EBU puts forward some organizational demands - the presence of hall designed for 2 thousand the person, presence not less than 2 thousand places in hotels for residing representatives of official delegations, presence of the equipped press centre designed for a minimum of 600 person. The place of residing of visitors of festival should be located within of 30 minutes of going on taxi from a concert hall and within the limits of one hour of going on taxi from the airport.
Mayor of Kiev declares, that for hosting of the Contest, city, probably, would require financial help from the state budget of Ukraine. “We shall count up our opportunities and if, for example, we will not have enough 12-15 million, I shall bring attention to the question that the government have to find this money. By our calculations, it does not suffice about $2,5-3 million to us to make better, than in Latvia and Turkey to us. I cannot grant from the budget of city. Privileges for the ground, gardening of city - everything, that in a condition, Kiev will make”.
Besides it Svante Stockselius, the supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 will arrive at Kiev on July, 6. Also representatives of the European countries, who are included into administrative council of the Contest will arrive together with him. The delegation plans to examine objects where the Ukrainian Organizing committee suggests to host the Eurovision 2005. It is possible to read more about this on website ForUm.ua.
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| 12.06.2004 |
- The first participant of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 has been named. It is 15-years old singer @lek, who became the winner of Norwegian competition Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2004. @lek will represent Norway with a song “ En stjerne skal jeg bli ” on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 which will be hosted on November, 20 at Zagreb, capital of Croatia. By the way, the true name of the singer is Aleksander Moberg. It is possible to listen competitive songs on website Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2004.
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| 09.06.2004 |
- Website Новiй Канал informs that construction of additional pavilion of the Kiev’s International Exhibition Center for hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was started. The Kiev builders has hammered the first piles. Mayor of Kiev, Alexander Omelchenko, informed, that finally the complex will be accepted in operation not later than May, 1, 2005. The complex was designed for 15 thousand spectators. Also it are planned to construct not less than five new hotel-office complexes in Kiev, also it is planned to defreeze construction of some hotels - Theatrical, Sacred Sofia, Redisson and Leipzig - due to participation of investors. Besides it all other hotels, which are operational today and do not correspond to the European level of 3 and 4-stars, will be reconstructed, and the personnel will be retraining. Besides, it will be given attention to maintenance of the Contest with communications, “sound and light” and also transport service.
- Mayor of Kiev has come out with the assumption, that the Organizing committee of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 may change the date of the Contest’s hosting from second half of May to the beginning of June, 2005.
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| 08.06.2004 |
- 200 000 copies of album “ Wild Dances ” of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 singer Ruslana are sold already. The singer plans to release the European version of the album at the end of June.
- According to website esctoday.com, Germany has made the decision to not participate at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. It is possible to look the probable list of the countries which nevertheless will take part at Contest here
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| 07.06.2004 |
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| 04.06.2004 |
- According to website esctoday.com, about 1 341 000 televiewers in Australia looked the Eurovision Song Contest at this year. Little more persons (1 369 000) has looked last year’s Contest. By the way, the Russian First channel has declared the last year, that people in Australia will look the Contest basically because of participation group Tatu in it. Figures of this year convincingly prove, that duet Tatu wasn’t the main reason of popularity the Eurovision Song Contest at Australia.
- The popular Greek singer - Anna Vissi - has expressed desire to represent Greece on the anniversary, 50-th Eurovision Song Contest 2005. According to website Eurovision-Greece.com, Anna Vissi has told, that if she will be asked to represent Greece, she will agree. The singer already participated on the Eurovision Song Contest twice - she represented Greece at 1980, and at 1982 - Cyprus.
- According to website eurosong.be, Ruslana plans to act on July, 31 with a concert at Kiev. She also has invited Željko Joksimovic, Sakis Rouvas, group Athena and female singer Xandee to take part in this concert. However these participants of the Eurovision 2004 have not answered with the consent to this offer till now.
- Song Wild Dances of Ruslana has won first place in Flemish chart Ultratop at Belgium.
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| 02.06.2004 |
- Ruslana has visited Belgium and Netherlands with the purpose of the advertising her song Wild Dances. Also the female singer is going to visit Germany, France, Monaco and some other countries. It is possible to look photos of Ruslana from her stay in Amsterdam on website esctoday.com.
- According to website proUA.com the city council of the Crimean town Sudak has suggested to host the 50-th Eurovision Song Contest on territory of the Sudak’s Genoa fortress.
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| 01.06.2004 |
- The website eurovisionturkey.net still does not work. Two months has passed already since it has been hacked by the Bosnian hackers.
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