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Past Eurovision winners Alexander Rybak, Ruslana, Marija Serifovic, Dima Bilan, Helena Paparizou  and Vicky Leandros will perform @ the Greek National Final





A glamorous night is gearing up in Athens for the Greek National Final as already reported. That night we couldn’t miss Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou as the Eurovision tradition orders. Besides the guest appearances by Alexander Rybak, Ruslana, Marija Serifovic and Dima Bilan performing in duets with Kostas Martakis, Eleni Foureira, VEGAS group and Demy oikotimes.com has new information.
During the show another special duet will appear on stage: Cyprus and Greece entrants of Eurovision 2012 will also appear on stage but Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou will perform their Eurovision entries but in a way that will surprise us all! (at this moment we are embargoed with the information). Once again the MAD concept for a show-never-been-made-before brings more excitement to the Eurofans (at least).
The grand night of Greek National Final 2013 is set for February 18
stay tuned for more…

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[BONUS] ROBBED QUEEN Valentina Monetta will represent San Marino once again




At a special press conference held this morning, SMTV has revealed that for the second successive year Valentina Monetta will be performing the San Marino entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The song entitled Crisalide, or Chrysalis in the English version, will also be composed once again by Ralph Siegel, with Mauro Balestri this time providing the lyrics.

In recent weeks there has been much speculation as to who would represent the small republic in Malmö, with many reckoning that a previous entrant would be making a return appearance to the contest.

In that respect the rumours have been correct, as the previous entrant has turned out to be Valentina Monetta who represented San Marino in the 2012 edition.

Since last summer, SMTV had received many different proposals regarding their 2013 entry. The television station appointed a commission made up of three Sammarinese professional musicians, and assisted by this commission SMTV decided to choose the proposal sent in by Ralph Siegel and Valentina Monetta.

Siegel has worked on many songs with Monetta since the summer of 2012. In August they recorded a selected number of songs, amongst which they have chosen Crisalide as the one to be presented to SMTV. The song has been especially written to suit Monetta's vocal characteristics, and is described as having an Italian style melody with a modern pop sound in the final minute, and Monetta is the perfect singer for it, both in Italian and English.

The actual song will be showcased and presented to the public at a later date in a special programme broadcast on San Marino RTV, and via satellite and the web.

SMTV has shared all artistical choices with the production team, and has asked for the asistance of Fabrizio Raggi, a Sammarinese actor and director, who has worked a lot with Monetta during the summer of 2012. He's the director of two shows in which Monetta sings her brand new CD and performs the works of various lyricists. The shows are Camelia and Ma Che Differenza Fa.

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This post was also an excuse to introduce you to Sweden's Anton Ewald: