ESC Today's awards 2008(for Eurovision Song Contest 2008)

Song of the year: PORTUGAL




The complete results:

1. Senhora do mar by Vânia Fernandes of Portugal
2. Hold on be strong by Maria Haukaas Storeng of Norway
3. Hero by Charlotte Perrelli of Sweden
4. This is my life by Euroband of Iceland
5. Shady lady by Ani Lorak of Ukraine
6. Secret combination by Kalomira of Greece
7. Qele qele by Sirusho of Armenia
8. Believe by Dima Bilan of Russia

Previous winners: ROMANIA 2006 and SERBIA 2007.

Best female performance: UKRAINE



The complete results:

1. Ani Lorak of Ukraine for Shady lady - 36.6%
2. Vânia Fernandes of Portugal for Senhora do mar - 27.6%
3. Maria Haukaas Storeng of Norway for Hold on be strong - 18.9%
4. Kalomira or Greece for Secret combination - 10.6%
5. Sirusho of Armenia for Qele qele - 6.3%

Previous winners: Ukraine 2006 and Hungary 2007.


Best male performance: ISRAEL



The complete results:

1. Boaz Mauda of Israel for The fire in your eyes - 39.7%
2. Simon Mathew of Denmark for All night long -19.7%
3. Laka of Bosnia & Herzegovina for Pokušaj - 15.7%
4. Dima Bilan of Russia for Belive - 14.8%
5. Sébastien Tellier of France for Divine - 10.0%

Previous winners: Russia 2006 and Belarus 2007.


Best duo/group performance: ICELAND



The complete results:

1. Euroband of Iceland for This is my life - 57.0%
2. Mor ve Ötesi of Turkey for Deli - 20.7%
3. Elnur & Samir of Azerbaijan for Day after day - 9.8%
4. Nico & Vlad of Romania for Pe-o margine de lume - 8.2%
5. Teräsbetoni of Finland for Missä miehet ratsasta - 4.4%

Previous winners: Finland 2006 and Spain 2007.


Performance of the year: UKRAINE



The complete results:

1. Ani Lorak of Ukraine for Shady lady (41,4%)
2. Vânia Fernandes of Portugal for Senhora do mar (19,4%)
3. Euroband of Iceland for This is my life (14,3%)
4. Maria Haukaas Storeng of Norway for Hold on be strong (13,7%)
5. Kalomira or Greece for Secret combination (11,2%)

Previous winners: Ukraine 2006 and Ukraine 2007.


Best act to not qualifyfrom the semifinals: SWITZERLAND



The complete results:

1. Paolo Meneguzzi of Switzerland for Era stupendo - 37.1%
2. Hind of the Netherlands with Your heart belongs to me - 22.4%
3. Deep Zone & Balthazar of Bulgaria for DJ, take me away - 16.8%
4. Morena of Malta for Vodka - 14.0%
5. Tamara, Vr�ak & Adrijan of F.Y.R. Macedonia for Let me love you - 9.6%

Previous winners: Cyprus 2007

Most traditional Europop song: SWEDEN



The complete results:

1. Hero by Charlotte Perrelli of Sweden - 38.8%
2. This is my life by Euroband of Iceland - 31.3%
3. Casanova by Gisela of Andorra - 14.0%
4. Shady lady by Ani Lorak of Ukraine - 10.1%
5. Vrag naj vzame by Rebeka Dremelj of Slovenia - 5.7%


Composer of the year: PORTUGAL



The complete results:

1. Andrej Babi� for the Portuguese entry Senhora do mar - 28.0%
2. Dana International for the Israeli entry The fire in your eyes - 23.7%
3. Mira Craig for the Norwegian entry Hold on be strong - 22.9%
4. Philip Kirkorov for the Ukrainian entry Shady lady - 12.9%
5. Sébastien Tellier for the French entry Divine - 12.5%

Previous winners: Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006 and Hungary 2007.

Lyricist of the year: NORWAY



The complete results:

1. Mira Craig for the Norwegian entry Hold on be strong - 38.9%
2. Dana International & Shay Kerem for the Israeli entry The fire in your eyes - 24.6%
3. Dejan Ivanovi� for the Serbian entry Oro - 17.4%
4. Kerem Kabadayı, Harun Tekin, Burak Güven & Kerem ÖzyeÄ�en for the Turkish entry Deli - 12.5%
5. Andreea Andrei & Adina �uteu for the Romanian entry Pe-o margine de lume - 6.6%

Best female vocal performance: PORTUGAL



The complete results:

1. Vânia Fernandes of Portugal for Senhora do mar - 42.3%
2. Maria Haukaas Storeng of Norway for Hold on be strong - 24.8%
3. Isis Gee of Poland for For life - 13.9%
4. Ani Lorak of Ukraine for Shady lady - 13.6%
5. Csézy of Hungary for Candlelight - 5.4%

Previous winner: Slovenia 2007


Best male vocal performance: ISRAEL



The complete results:

1. Boaz Mauda of Israel for The fire in your eyes - 61.8%
2. Simon Mathew of Denmark for All night long - 16.6%
3. Andy Abraham of the United Kingdom for Even if - 13.4%
4. Jeronimas Milius of Lithuania for Nomads in the night - 6.0%
5. Ruslan Alahno of Belarus for Hasta la vista - 2.3%

Previous winner: Germany 2007.

Best duo/group vocal performance: ICELAND




Best preview video: UKRAINE




The complete results:

1. Ukraine for Shady lady - 29.9%
2. Iceland for This is my life - 23.9%
3. France for Divine - 21.6%
4. Malta for Vodka - 14.9%
5. Russia for Believe - 9.8%

Previous winners: Greece 2006 and Hungary 2007.

Best dressed performer: UKRAINE



The complete results:

1. Ani Lorak of Ukraine - 29.2%
2. Maria Haukaas Storeng of Norway - 24.6%
3. Isis Gee of Poland - 18.3%
4. Kalomira of Greece - 14.1%
5. Euroband of Iceland - 13.8%

Previous winners: Belgium 2006 and Georgia 2007.

Worst dressed performer: ANDORRA



The complete results:

1. Gisela of Andorra - 34.8%
2. Dustin the Turkey of Ireland - 24.1%
3. Kreisiraadio of Estonia - 16.4%
4. Rodolfo Chikilicuatre of Spain - 14.0%
5. Ishtar of Belgium - 10.7%

Previous winners: Portugal 2006 and Sweden 2007.


Best national final: SWEDEN



1. Melodifestivalen (Sweden) - 60.6%
2. MGP (Norway) - 15.6%
3. Festival da Canção (Portugal) - 10.2%
4. Land of fire (Azerbaijan) - 8.4%
5. Eurosong (Cyprus) - 5.2%

Previous winners: Sweden 2006 and Sweden 2007.

Best national performance not to qualify for Eurovision: SWEDEN



1. Sanna Nielsen of Sweden for Empty room - 44.8%
2. La Casa Azúl of Spain for La revolución sexual - 17.5%
3. Carolin Fortenbacher of Germany for Hinterm Ozean - 14.2%
4. Veronica Akselsen of Norway for Am I supposed to love again? - 11.8%
5. Biondo of Romania for Shine - 11.7%

Previous winners: Slovenia 2006 and Spain 2007.

Best female national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision: SWEDEN



The complete results:

1. Sanna Nielsen of Sweden for Empty room - 42.0%
2. Coral of Spain for Todo está en tu mente - 21.5%
3.Caroline Fortenbacher of Germany for Hinterm Ozean - 13.0%
Leona Daly of Ireland for Not crazy after all - 13.0%
4. Veronica Akselsen of Norway for Am I supposed to love again? - 10.6%

Previous winners: Slovenia 2006 and Spain 2007.

Best male national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision: GREECE



The complete results:

1. Kostas Martakis of Greece for Always and forever - 34.0%
2. Sergey Lazarev of Russia for Flyer - 25.2%
3. Torstein Sødal of Norway for Eastern wind - 20.8%
4. Mikael Konttinen of Finland for Milloin - 11.3%
5. Nicolas Metaxas of Cyprus for Butterfly - 8.7%

Previous winners: Sweden 2006 and Sweden 2007.

Best duo/group national final performance not to qualify for Eurovision: SWEDEN



The complete results:

1. BWO of Sweden for Lay your love on me - 44.8%
2. La Casa Azúl of Spain for La revolución sexual - 19.6%
3. Beauty Queens of Serbia for Zavet - 17.7%
4. Biondo of Romania for Shine - 10.6%
5. Nordman of Sweden for I lågornas sken - 7.3%

Previous winners: Sweden(BWO ) 2006 and 2007 ????.



FINISHED!!!!!

Added: The awards for Best femalr perfomance, Best male performance annd Best duo/group performance.

Added: Performance of the year.

Added: Best act to not qualify from the semifinals and most traditional Europop song.

Added: Composer of the year and Lyricist of the year.

TIDUS wrote:I ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE........!!!!! GREAT CHOICES.

Well, I don't! I hate Portugal's entry. It's way too overated... I think Greece and Kalomira is very underated.
I will also be mad if Sweden don't win the award for best National Final. That's what I'm really nervous for.

Belle wrote:

TIDUS wrote:I ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE........!!!!! GREAT CHOICES.

Well, I don't! I hate Portugal's entry. It's way too overated... I think Greece and Kalomira is very underated.
I will also be mad if Sweden don't win the award for best National Final. That's what I'm really nervous for.

to be truthful Bele Kalomoira isnt my cup of tea at all so even with mentions in categories im satisfied. But Charlottte Pirelli definately is one of my favourite (i still cant get why........u know what i mean).so im waiting to see the other placements....

TIDUS wrote:

Belle wrote:

TIDUS wrote:I ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE........!!!!! GREAT CHOICES.

Well, I don't! I hate Portugal's entry. It's way too overated... I think Greece and Kalomira is very underated.
I will also be mad if Sweden don't win the award for best National Final. That's what I'm really nervous for.

to be truthful Bele Kalomoira isnt my cup of tea at all so even with mentions in categories im satisfied. But Charlottte Pirelli definately is one of my favourite (i still cant get why........u know what i mean).so im waiting to see the other placements....

Well Kalomira and her performance was way more better and funnier to watch than that deadly boring thing from Portugal! Blaaaaaaaah!

Added: Best female vocal performance(LOOOOL, Portugal again), Best male vocal performance and best duo/group vocal performance.

Sabiondo wrote:Sweden must can stop seending ABBA songs every year on ESC..¡¡ Its really borning... :-334-:

Be sure, If Sweden send a ballad you still would call that a "Abba song"! Can you explain the hype for a entry which only placed at 13th place in ESC???? A totally boring ballad??? For not talking about the Russian winner: a awful artist and a forgetable song! Sweden was waaaaaaay better than both Portugal and Russia if we talking about the song. All these countries had bad performances even Sweden. Charlotte's performance was much better in MF than ESC because the Swedish production is way better.

Stop talking Sabi, if you don't know what you talking about!

Belle wrote:Stop talking Sabi, if you don't know what you talking about!

Of course Charlotte was WAYY BETTER than Dima Bilan.. But he win because all the Ex- Soviet / Comunist countries in Europe (Cause the Russian Lenguagge) was voting massive in favor of her, and Sweden dont have many Suedes living OUTSIDE of Scandinavia..¡¡¡

Sabiondo wrote:

Belle wrote:Stop talking Sabi, if you don't know what you talking about!

Of course Charlotte was WAYY BETTER than Dima Bilan.. But he win because all the Ex- Soviet / Comunist countries in Europe (Cause the Russian Lenguagge) was voting massive in favor of her, and Sweden dont have many Suedes living OUTSIDE of Scandinavia..¡¡¡

Old soviet countries: Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia( Imaybe forgot someone). We know many Russians lives in these countries and Israel. Probably in many other countries too.

Sweden has Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Finland. That's it. Of course it live some Swedes in other European countries too. But Swedes are one of the Europeans who have less reasons to move to a another countries. For example many Estonians think about Sweden as a country of freedom and happinness. They want to move to Sweden. Maybe some Russians too. But no Swede think that about ex Soviet countries and other European countries. Be sure Russians DOMINATE in Europe countries compared to Swedes.

Added: Best preview video, best dressed performer and worst dressed performer.

belle have u heard anything about Italy coming back this year? they said san Marinos entrance last year was a possible welcome back for italy..

lol worst dress i was sure it ll be either Andorra or bulgaria.

TIDUS wrote:belle have u heard anything about Italy coming back this year? they said san Marinos entrance last year was a possible welcome back for italy..

No, They wont coming back this year..¡¡¡

I was read in Eurovision-Spain that Italy maybe will come on 2010. The term for the inscrition of entrys counties was over also..¡¡

Sabiondo wrote:

TIDUS wrote:belle have u heard anything about Italy coming back this year? they said san Marinos entrance last year was a possible welcome back for italy..

No, They wont coming back this year..¡¡¡

I was read in Eurovision-Spain that Italy maybe will come on 2010. The term for the inscrition of entrys counties was over also..¡¡

thanks sabito,i miss Italian songs from the ESC.

TIDUS wrote: thanks sabito,i miss Italian songs from the ESC.

Also San Marino wont compite on ESC 2009 With Latvia.

Sabiondo wrote:

TIDUS wrote: thanks sabito,i miss Italian songs from the ESC.

Also San Marino wont compite on ESC 2009 With Latvia.

And because it's in Russia, Georgia has withdrawn too.

Sabiondo wrote:

TIDUS wrote: thanks sabito,i miss Italian songs from the ESC.

Also San Marino wont compite on ESC 2009 With Latvia.

latvia out? why?????

Because the San Marinian & Latvian Television Station havent seriusly economics problems due the global financial crisis, and have problems to pay the inscription for compites..¡¡

Belle wrote:And because it's in Russia, Georgia has withdrawn too.

Georgia will compites on ESC 09 , due that won the ESC Junior in Cyprus, two weeks ago.

Sabiondo wrote:Because the San Marinian & Latvian Television Station havent seriusly economics problems due the global financial crisis, and have problems to pay the inscription for compites..¡¡

THAT CRISIS HAS INFLUENCED THE WHOE WORLD!!!