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++ Joan on #1 in the Netherlands ++  Junior Song Contest in Amsterdam ++ Listen to Lena Ph's new single ++ ..

After the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen, last Saturday, the artists of this year's Swedish selection were allowed to release their entries on single. Traditionally this results in a tremendous attack on the local charts. This year is no difference. Looking at the iTunes charts we see Loreen's Euphoria on 1, followed by Danny's Amazing. Seven of the remaining top 10 positions also have their roots in this year's Melodifestivalen. Including Charlotte Perrelli's The Girl that didn't even make it to either one of the finals. In Austris Woki mit deim Popo entered on #2. In the Netherlands Joan entered at #1 and Rafaëlla at #7.

++Croatian Nina Badrić plans no sex till ESC++ ABBA is back! ++ UMK is the word in Finland tonight ++ Vive La France ++ ..

Four times Nina Badrić tried to get a ticket for Eurovision already. Now that she finally managed to get the chance to represent Croatia, she will make sure she is ready for it! "I've decided to prepare myself in the best possible way. Therefore, there is no sex before June," 39-year-old Nina Badrić told Croatian daily newspaper Vecernji List. We feel sorry for Bernard Krasnić, Nina's husband.

Breaking News. After a very exiting voting Georgia managed to get a second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The Candy Group from Georgia managed to leave favorite countries like Russia and Belarus behind and got a first place with just 5 points more than runner up the Netherlands. Candy Music is the winning entry, performed by Candy. See the results and the winning song below.

Armenia is fully prepared for its first ever Eurovision event. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Tonight the ninth edition of the Junior ESC is staged in the Armenian city of Yerevan. The show will start at 19:30 CET.

The show is hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan. Sirusho (Armenia 2008), Molly Sanden (Sweden JESF 2006 & MF) and Vladimir Arzumanyan (winner JESF 2010) will be the musical guests.

News Round-up of the day. Nine of ten Austrian finalists revealed today, number ten will be elected online.

We will still have to wait for the songs untill 9 January, but if you are capable of reading some German, you can follow the links to read about the 9 artists. 01: !DelaDap; 02: Blockstars; 03: James Cottriall; 04: Krautschädl; 05: Papermoon; 06: Norbert Schneider; 07: Trackshittaz; 08: Valerie; 09: Conchita Wurst. The only name we recognize at first sight is Trackshittaz, who rocked this year already. Listen to their dialect hiphop track Oida Taunz, that even reached the first place in the Austrian charts, below.

News Round-up of the day, Eurosong.hr reveals an altered format for DORA 2012, the Croatian national final.

No exact information is available yet, but HRT suposedly is seeking to get back some old fashioned quality in the contest, by giving big artists the posibility to work with songwriters picked by those stars. More information is expected later on in this week.

News Round-up of the day. The 32 songs competing in this years Melodifestivalen will be revealed tomorrow, Christer Björkman announced.

Earlier this week the first entry got selected through internet, the so called webbjoker. That song I mina drömmar is one of many that will be performed in Swedish, Mr. Melodifestivalen Christer Björkman added when he was interviewed by Swedish radio.

News Round-up of the day. Norway determined to do well, is making its national final bigger than ever.

24 songs in stead of 21, no more last chance heat, a pre show every thursday before a semi final. These are some of the changes presented by NRKtoday. Ørland, Larvik and Florø will host a semifinal. The final will be in Oslo like in recent years. 

News Round-up of the day. More and more names are being revealed in the Netherlands, names of artists that have submitted songs this year.

Dutch fansite Songfestivalweblog.nl keeps us updated which names are sure or rumoured. Even some clips and songs have been revealed already. So far nothing that really turns us on. Lisa, Amy & Shelly previously representing the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest are the newest adition to the list.

News Round-up of the day. The Junior ESC will return to the Netherlands next year, the host city is still to be announced. 

The Eurovision Song Contest has lost quite a bit of its appeal in the Netherlands during the last decade. This doesn't go for the Junior contest, which is very popular still. In 2007 the contest was organised successfully in Rotterdam, two years later the Netherlands even managed to win the contest. Next year the contest will be back in the low countries, it is not known where AVRO will organise the event. Most of us here at 12points.tv are Dutch, so no need mentioning that we are enthusiastic about this news!