Eurovision Song Contest: Ireland-UK

Burankovskiye Babuski for Russia via Wikipedia

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The second part of my Eurovision Song Contest review.

Country	Singer/Band	Real Names
Ireland	“Jedward”	John and Edward Grimes
Israel	“Izabo”	Ran Shem-Tov Shiri Hadar Jonathan Levi Nir Mantzur
Italy	“Nina Zilli”	Maria Chiara Fraschetta
Latvia	“Anmary”	Linda Amantova
Lithuania	“Donny Montell”	Donatas Montvydas
Macedonia		Kaliopi Bukle
Malta		Kurt Calleja
Moldova		Pasha Parfeny
Montenegro	“Rambo Amadeus”	Antonije Pušić
Netherlands	“Joan Franka”	Ayten Kalan*
Norway	“Tooji”	Touraj Keshtkar*
Portugal		Filipa Sousa
Romania	“Mandiga”	Elena Gheorghe
Russia	“Buranovskiye Babushki”	Granya Baysarova Alevtina Begisheva Zoya Dorodova Galina Koneva Natalya Pugachyova Valentina Pyatchenko Yekaterina Shklyaeva
San Marino		Valentina Monetta
Serbia		Željko Joksimović
Slovakia	“Max Jason Mai“	Miroslav Šmajda
Slovenia		Eva Bato
Spain	“Pastora Soler”	Pilar Sánchez Luque
Sweden	“Loreen”	Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui*
Switzerland	“Sinplus”	Ivan and Gabriel Broggini
Turkey		Can Bonomo
Ukraine	“Gaitana”	Gaita-Lurdes Essami
United Kingdom	“Engelbert Huperdinck”	Arnold George Dorsey

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*Netherlands: Ayten Kalan is of Turkish descent

*Norway: Touraj Keshtkar was born in Iran

*Sweden: Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui is of  Moroccan descent

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Eurovision Song Contest: Albania-Iceland

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The Eurovision Song Contest is the biggest song contest in Europe and Asia, more than 100 Million people watch it live every year.  This year 42 countries are participating. It will take place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan because the winning country is always the host of the next contest. The big final is going to be on the 26th May.

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As I watch this show since I can remember, I also love looking on all the names from the different countries.

So here are the names from the 2012 contest. First column shows the country, the second, the name of the band or a singer with a stage name, in the third column you can find the real names of all artists.

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Country	Singer/Band	Real name(s)
Albania ´		Rona Nishliu
Austria´	“Trachshittaz”	Lukas PlöchlManuel Hoffelner .
Azerbaijan ´		Sabina Babayeva
Belarus´	“Lightsound”	Dmitry Karyakin Vladimir Karyakin Jacopo Massa .
Belgium ´	“Iris”	Laura van den Bruel
Bosnia and Hercegovina ´	“MayaSar”	Maja Sarihodžić
Bulgaria ´		Sofie Marinova
Croatia ´		Nina Badrić
Cyprus ´		Ivi Adamou
Denmark ´	“Soluna Samay”	Soluna Samay Kettel
Estonia ´		Ott Lepland
Finland ´		Pernilla Karlsson
France ´	“Anggun”	Anggun Cipta Sasmi*
Georgia ´		Anri Jokhadze
Greece ´		Eleftheria “Elle” Eleftheriou
Germany ´		Roman Lob
Hungary´	“Compact Disco”	Behnam LotfiGábor Pál Attila Sándor Csaba Walkó .
Iceland´	“Gréta Salóme & Jónsi”	Gréta Salóme StefánsdóttirJón Jósep Snæbjörnsson ´

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This is the first part of my posts about the Eurovision Song Contest, the next will be about the name of the artists of the countries Ireland- UK.

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*The singer Anggun was born in Indonesia, but grew up in France