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Hundreds of songs get left behind - which were the best in 2011?

In this edition of 3 Points On The Turkey, we look at some of the best songs that got left behind and never made it to Dusseldorf. Imagine the weeks of preparation with make-up, choreography, rehearsals, press, hope and prayer that hundreds of singers and musicians put themselves through, only to find their sour face on the cover of a tabloid - a split-second look when they realised they wouldn't go through. C'est la vie, as someone once said. Here are some of the best and brightest of this year's crop - please feel free to add to the list in the comments section below.

News Round-up of the day. Go gay this summer with your favourite Eurovision stars.

Hello all of you out there. While the heat disappears from Europe, 12points gives you some warmth with news of your favourite Eurovision stars.

News Round-up of the day. Don't be afraid, I am with you.....

That's the title of the film that Eurovision winner Eldar will star in.  Scooch entertained at a gay picknick, Pal Oskar got an award, and that was about it when it comes to ESC news today! Watch Carola perform at Norwegian Allsång på grensen, below.

We just have to share this song, Je ne sais Quoi covered in Finnish......!

News Round-up of the day. Don't try to look as if you don't care less - Who's Bucks Fizz, who are the Sugababes.....

The Guardian reports today about some band name reports, among them Bucks Fizz and the Sugababes. One of the girls in Sugababes is Jade Ewen, who managed to sing the UK back into the top 10, in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. But that Sugababes is not supposed to be called Sugababes anymore....

News Round-up of the day. Nothing confirmed offically but according to Azerbaijani press this will be the location for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. 

The German company Alpine has started the construction of a 25,000 seat arena located in the sea, just off the coastline of central Baku. We cannot be too sure about this news, though, untill the Azeri authorities have confirmed it. And that has not happened yet.

News Round-up of the day. Lys Assia, winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest, tries to be back in the contest for Switzerland again.

Lys Assia send in the song C'etait ma vie (This was my life), written by Ralph Siegel. Before she can take part of the Swiss national selection she has to pas the online selection the Swiss broadcaster SF organised.

News Round-up of the day. Another one of those no news days, well some news from Iceland and the UK then at least. 

150 songs have been submitted to RÚV, the Icelandic broadcaster, which is comparable to last year's number. The Icelandic national final will be held in February and hosted by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir. Iceland could have done well in the 2010 Song Contest, had they selected Yohanna. Yohanna's entry Nótt won the so called second chance contest earlier this week, where non qualifying songs from the national finals get a second chance.

Jónsi gets competition from a fellow returnee in Regína Ósk Óskarsdottir.

Another 5 songs challenged for 2 places in the Icelandic final today, starting on the usual GMT primetime slot. Joining last week's qualifiers are Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir (ESC 2008) & Simbi og Hrútspungarnir. Regína being the female part of Euroband, representing Iceland in 2008.

News Round-up of the day. Strictly Come Dancing star himself calls rumours very premature.

He is camp like Eurovision, he can sing and apparently he can dance too. Enough reason for the Daily Satr to start spreading the news that he might be representing the United Kingdom next year. Russel (60) is a big hit among the viewers of Strictly Come Dancing.