All performers will be coached by famous Dutch singers during the selection proces. Amongst them are Jan Keizer , Guus Meeuwis , Edsilia Rombley (1998 and 2007), Marianne Weber , René Froger (2009) and Frans Bauer .

Eurovision Song Contest related websites and fans in general are contacting singers and groups of the Portuguese music scene to consider send in songs for Festival da Canção (FC) 2010.

All those interested in submitting an entry to Tu país te necesita in order to represent Spain next May in Oslo, will be able to do so by uploading their profile and music video for their song on the Spanish

Over the last week, the nominations for the 2009 esctoday.com awards took place. Now it is time to reveal the nominees in the 21 categories and to announce that the polls are now open! You can cast your votes until

Belarussian national contest Musical Court is already in full swing and three entries have won a spot in the final: Milaya, My time and Bank, chosen by the public. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14556)

The 15 names revealed now include the two previously announced artist wild cards, Darin and Salem Al Fakir. Most of the names are first timers in Melodifestivalen, but also veterans like Jessica Andersson and Andreas Johnson are included. The list

The 12 invited songs, their titles and authors will be announced and heard now for the first time.

According to RTS PR manager Duska Vucinic, RTS have not made up their mind yet as to which method they will use in 2010 to select their Eurovision Song Contest representative: "We are discussing what would be the best choice.

Dutch public broadcaster TROS is the organiser for this event, which started back in 2007 with the aim of promoting the Dutch music and culture.

The new CD includes 17 songs, taken from her 5 studio albums. Je n'ai que mon âme is part of the track list of course, as well as two duets, Mourir demain with Pascal Obispo and Là-bas with Florent Pagny,

Yesterday, at the anual ceremony Zolotoi Grammofon in Moscow, Ani Lorak, the Ukrainian participant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, won an award for the best song of the year 2009. The track, titled Solnce (Sun), as well as the

Belarussian broadcaster ONT, which was handed over from BTRC the responsibility to carry out the national selection for Eurovision 2010, has published five more songs taking part in Musical court. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14547)

The lady - who represented Sweden in Brussels, back in 1987 - performed a collection of 13 songs, 8 in Swedish and the remaining 5 in English. Lotta sings five of these songs in duet: with Sven Wollter, Christer Sjögren

The first wildcard for the Polish national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest has been chosen. Unknown band Vir and will join the four acts already selected with their song Sunrise. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14546)

The successor of The Toppers is not known yet at the moment, as TROS won't reveal anything yet about their further plans for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The Dutch entry in Oslo will be performed in Dutch language though.

If you have any special photos of Zeljiko Joksimovic in Istanbul during the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest you can send them in (in High Resolution) and the best ones will win a signed copy of Zeljko's new album. The photos

When did the search of the 2010 French entrant begin ? Well, in a way, it began the day after Moscow. France Télévisions wants to go with the same strategy as with Les Fatals Picards, Sébastien Tellier and Patricia Kaas.

Once again, and like in previous years, the Internet will play an important role in the method that RTVE will follow in order to select the Spanish candidate for Oslo. The 2010 Spanish selection method is born under the name

The broadcaster claims that the Melodifestivalen rules are clear on this matter. Thomas Hall, project manager for the 2010 Melodifestivalen, states that "the situation is extremely unfortunate, but our decision is logically simple. Melodifestivalen rules are indisputable: it is part

The broadcaster states that "hundreds of entries" have been received and the jury have already selected the best songs to participate at the national selection for Eurovision 2010, Eurosong. The names of those contributions will be announced in December.