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UK: Douze Points for Norway in London
Around 200 fans had been divided into 17 juries to find 10 favourite songs to go forward to the Final preview on May 7th. Ukraine was second followed by Greece on third place. Also Azerbaijan, Ireland, Albania, Slovenia, Estonia, Denmark and Hungary were selected amongst the top 10 favourites.
The full line up for the Retro final preview is thus as follows:
ALBANIA: Carry me in your dreams - Kejsi Tola
ARMENIA: Nor par (Jan Jan) - Inga & Anush
AZERBAIJAN: Always - Aysel & Arash
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: Bistra voda - Regina
DENMARK: Believe again - Brinck
ESTONIA: Rändajad - Urban Symphony
FINLAND: Lose control - Waldo's People
FRANCE: Et s'il fallait le faire - Patricia Kaas
GERMANY: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings Oscar Sings
GREECE: This is our night - Sakis Rouvas
HUNGARY: Dance with me - Ádokzoli
ICELAND: Is it true - Yohanna
IRELAND: Et cetera - Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy
MALTA: What if we - Chiara
MONTENEGRO: Just get out of my life - Andrea Demirovi�
NORWAY: Fairytale : Alexander Rybak
PORTUGAL: Todas as ruas de amor - Flor-De-Lis
RUSSIA: Mamo - Anastasiya Prikhodko
SLOVENIA: Love symphony - Quartissimo feat. Martina
SPAIN: La noche es para mi - Soraya
SWEDEN: La voix - Malena Ernman
SWITZERLAND: The Highest Heights - Lovebugs
TURKEY: Düm Tek Tek - Hadise
UKRAINE: Be my valentine - Svetlana Loboda
UNITED KINGDOM: It's My Time - Jade
To limit the numbers for this popular event, advanced tickets for the final preview on May 7 are compulsory at £3. You can also watch the Eurovision live shows at Retro Bar on the big screen. The semi-finals on 12 and 14 May are free, for the final on 16 May, £3 tickets are needed; all ticket proceeds are going to charity. Tickets are sold at Retro Bar, George Court, London WC2N 6HH.
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Also in London tonight (Friday 24 April) : UKeurovision Schlagerparty @ Enclave. Tickets are on sale now via the official event website at http://www.schlagerparty.co.uk/ or directly from Ticketsource at www.ticketsource.co.uk/schlagerparty.
Related polls
- Norway: Vote for your favourite song in the final of Melodi Grand Prix
- Azerbaijan: Vote for your favourite act in the final of Milli Seçim Turu
- Hungary: Vote for your favourite act in the final of A Dal
- Iceland: Vote for your favourite song in the final of Songvakeppni Sjonvarpsins
- Malta: Vote for your favourite act in the final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Hungary: Vote for your favourite act in the second semifinal of A Dal
- Norway: Vote for your favourite song in the third semifinal of Melodi Grand Prix
- Sweden: Vote for your favourite act in the first semifinal of Melodifestivalen
- Malta: Vote for your favourite act in the semifinal of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Bulgaria: Vote for your favourite act in the Bulgarian national final 2012
- Latvia: Vote for your favourite act in the final of Eirodziesma 2012
- Belarus: Vote for your favourite act in the final of EuroFest 2012
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Im with you Layla
fairytale and singer guy is just like the previous Danish entry
enough with all these spammers trying to attack Alexander with every possible way!This joke of a song has nothing to do with"fairytale"!
Norway was my favorite from the early begining. But it is so clear that there is something wrong. You have to listen this. The song reminds too much the russian song called ”Detswo” by Russian singer Jura Shatunov.
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=kZVLKbgrimM
in 2006 polls n bookies predicted Anna Vissi as a winner while all greeks all ready believed everything which was nothing to win n they were prepared to slebrate 2nd victory in a row, which turned out to be nothing but disaster compare to all prediction n greek efforts, which was wasted.
In 2008 almost every polls showed Charlotte as a winner lol, in the end 18 position suited her flashy performance where she played hero lol, at least the song was not fairytale n confusing
You know wise men while you are right about the bets in 2006 not many people in Greece believed we would win.We didn't expect the 9th place either of course but Anna's team in 2006 wasn't the best and she realy was so tired vocally working everyday and giving concerts that she didn't protect her voice.She stated that after all it was a mistake to go back to eurovision like that.
In 2008 only OGAE thought that Charlotte Perelli could win.No comparison with Alexander.
And in 2005 from the beginning of the polls Elena Paparizou was the big favorite and the winner and she actually won by a landslide.
So there are no rules.When the rehearsals start we will have a clearer picture on the possible winners.
Good luck to Norway
And Good Luck To Armenia
For a Original and Exotic song
Goo Inga&Anush and Goo "Nor Par"
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OH God! I'm well frustrated. I've always been a huge fan of Norway in Eurovision. They've sent some really really good songs, some of which should have done much better than they did.
But I just don't get this year's at all. The lyrics are terrible, he's not brilliant live and it all just seems like a cheap attempt at getting votes from the East. I keep listening to Fairytale to try and see it but unfortunately, I just think it's one of the worst songs in it this year!
Thank you UK!! :-) I am very proud of the norwegian entry, so I appreciate every fan we get! Let us, who like the song "Fairytale", hope that he will qualify for final. And maybe end up top 5. That would be great! But there are very many good songs, so we could never know. Good luck to you all from Norway!
Giving the Rybak haters a little more to work with. Thanks alot.
Ever wondered why ESCtoday never does anything about the Rybak haters? It's because they sympathise.
Stine,
they also picked Finland as the winner of the 1st semi. But knowing they've never picked a winner makes me very worried.
lol
well done uk for the 12 points to norway, its the clear winner this year
all douze points r for norway this year not a surprise lol
Gooooooooooooo Ireland!! 
go hadise goooooooooo
Norway's destination will be like Sweden last year! Sorry guys !
Marcus erola get ready for an epic...surprise(lol)
Norway will definitely won't have the luck of Charlotte Perelli!Maybe Malena Ernman but not Alexander!
Norway will *not* win even the second semifinal...
ukraine second? oh my god.
norway 2009=sweden2088. i don't mean that norway will be 18th LOL but it will not reach top 3 and that will be a failure.
ep i agree
lithanuia should have been in the list
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Who knows what will happen? Thanks for the "douze points", maybe you've guessed right for once 
If dont win Norway(i dont want) i think will win Ukraine,i dont now what will be more bad,
Yay my country has put a curse on Norway to stop it from winning!! What a horrible top three though. Who on earth was at that event? Thats basically my idea of a nightmare top three but thank god that won't happen on the night due to the wonderful jury. That Norway song is ever soo overated and I still fail to see what all the fuss is about and how the bookies are calling it the runaway winner.
Hopefully the Big Four will own all on the night as they really deserve to this year. I can see France winning the overall Jury vote with ease which would be wonderful. I secretly love Albania to. Incredibly cheap song, yes I know but I think it's charming and I love Kejsi!
@Ben Kalomonto
In what universe was Drama Queen a favourite? 
@ chris
hopefully this means you hate UK, spain, romania and bosnia... there the ones i want to win loool
but onto norway yea seriously the song actually fkn annnoys me now man.. it annoys me that much i have to swear when i talk about it lol
It's a little unfair to say that Norway must fail. I heard the song yesterday and I gotta say it's not my favourite. But then maybe that's a good thing, because my two least favourite songs of last year ended up in the top 3. Honestly, do people not know that my opinion is the best one?
all the other predictions are cursed it seems... sweden and iceland failed last year, swizterland and denmark the year before
yeeeey hopefully this means norway will not get in the final.. or finish 8th/9th in the semi and 19th in the final
Epic fail anyone?
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