Hello for the second time. My name is Emilian . Last year I wrote many articles about musicians and the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. This year I am writing again about my favourite song competition , Eurovision Song Contest, but this time for 2013.

Eurovision is a competition that countries of Europe sing all together and vote for the country they want to win . In the final the countries give 12 points to the best song , 10 to the second best song and  from 8 to 1 to the rest. The 1st semi-final was on 14th of May 2013 with an amazing opening act: Sing language interpretation of Euphoria by 65 children Lorren . The 2nd semi-final was on 16th May 2013 . The opening act was <<Urban Orchestra>> and the final was on 18th of May 2013 and the opening act was the song << We write the story >>. The interval acts were: Semi-final 1: <<Northen lights>> , Semi-final 2 :<< Swedish popvoices>>, and at the final Lorren sang: ( We got the power, My heart is refusing me and Euphoria) . Swedish Smong sbord by Petra Made and the winner takes it all by Sarah Dawn Finer. 

At the 1st semi-final the countries who sang were: Austria , Estonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Montenegro, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ireland , Cyprus , Belgium, Serbia and top 10 countries were: Moldova, Lithuania, Ireland , Estonia, Belarus, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, Ukraine and teh Netherlands. At the 2nd semi-final the countries who sang were: Larvia, San Marino, F.Y.R.O.M. , Azerbaijan, Finland, Malta, Bulgaria, Iceland, Greece, Israel , Armenia , Hungary, Norway, Albania, Georgia, Switzerland , Romania and the top 10 contries were: Hungary, Azerbaijan , Georgia, Romania, Norway, Iceland, Armenia, Finland, Malta and Greece. 

At the final the top 10 countries were:Hungary was tenth , the Netherlands was ninth, Malta was eighth , Italy was seventh, Greece was sixth, Russia was fifth, Norway was forth, Ukraine was third  with 214 points ,  Azerbaijan was second with 234 points and Denmark came first with 281 with Emelie de Forest who was barefoot and sang the song << Only teardrops>> .

Hi, my name is Emilian ! In this article I am writing about the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision is one of my favourite competitions.

Eurovision is a competition in which countries of Europe sing and then all European countries vote for the  best song. At the Final, European vote from 1-7 and then give 8 , 10 and 12 points . The 1st Semi – final was on 22 May 2012 , the 2nd was on 24 May  and the Final was on 26 May 2012 .

The country which wins, hosts the competition next year. Last year the Contest was held at  Dusseldorf  in Germany and the winner was Azerbaijan with the winning song ”Running Scared Tonight ”  that Ell & Niki sang with 221 points.  Second  came Italy with 189 points and third came Sweeden with 185 points .

This year the Eurovision was held in Baku , Azerbaijan . From the first and  second Semi -Final the 20 best songs  out of 46 went to the Final with six more countries (UK , Germany , Italy ,France and Azerbaijan ). The countries who go to the Final with no danger are called  ” Big 5 ” . The UK , Germany , Italy and France give much money to the Eurovision. Azerbaijan went to the Final because they gave money for the stage.

At the first Semi – Final , the countries who sang were : Montenegro , Iceland , Greece , Latvia , Albania , Romania , Switzerland , Belgium , Finland , Israel , San Marino , Cyprus , Denmark , Russia , Hungary , Austria , Moldova and Ireland and Top 10 countries were Romania , Moldova , Iceland , Hungary , Denmark , Albania , Cyprus , Greece , Russia and Ireland .

At the second Semi – Final the countries who sang were : Serbia , FYROM , The Netherlands , Malta , Belarus , Portugal , Ukraine , Bulgaria , Slovenia , Croatia , Sweeden , Georgia , Turkey , Estonia , Slovakia , Norway , Bosnia & Herzegovina and Lithuania .

At the Grand final The Top 10 countries were 10 : Spain , 9th : Italy , 8th : Germany , 7th : Turkey , : 6th : Estonia and top 5 were 5 : Albania with 146 points , 4 : Azerbaijan with 150 points , 3rd came Serbia with 214 points , 2nd came the sweatest grannys of Russia with 259 points and the winner was  the mysterious Loreen of Sweden with 372 points .

Greece and Cyprus missions didn’t came at a very good place . Greece came 17th with 64 points and Cyprus came 16th with 65 points with Ukraine .

Written by Emilian

Photos and videos selection by Bobhras

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is an English recording artist and songwriter.

She was born on May 5 , 1988 in Tottenham , north London , England , UK and she is 23 years old.

The most popular songs of hers are :
– ” Chasing Pavements ” ( 2008 )
– ” Make Your Feel My Love ” ( 2008 )
– ” Rolling In The Deep ” ( 2010 )
– ” Someone Like You ” ( 2011 )

My favourite songs are : Chasing Pavements , Rolling in the Deep , Someone Like You and Set Fire to The Rain .

DO YOU KNOW ADELE ? WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG ???

By Emilian

Britney Jean  Spears is an American  singer , a songwriter , a dancer , an actress , a video director , an author , and a fashion designer .

She has born on December 2 , 1982 in McComb , Missisipi , U.S.

She plays pop , dance , electro pop  and teen pop.

Britney is awarded with the Grammy award and many other prestigious awards like VMAs , MTV , Europe Awards , People’s Choise Awards , World Music Awards , AMAs , Emmy .

Four of her most popular albums are : Baby one more time ,  Toxic , Hold  It Against Me and Womanizer

She worked  with The New Mickey Mouse Club , Madonna , Nichi Minaj , Rihanna , Ke$ha and with Will.I.Am !

DO YOU LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS ? IF YOU KNOW HER, WHICH ARE YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS ????

By Emilian

HI! My name is Jim and I’m almost 12 years old. I love listening to music!!!

What kind of music do you like?…If you like   ROCK   music, then, I’m your guy…If you don’t like it, that’s fine!

Now I’m talking to you, rock lover. I’ve got some very cool songs for you. I love” Smoke on the water”, ”Poison” , ”Rape me”,” Smells like teen spirit”,” Whole lotta love”, ”Stairway to heaven”,” Like a rolling stone”,” Light my fire”, ”Sweet child o’ mine”, ”Born to be wild”, ”Voodoo child”,”The house of the Rising sun” , ”Somebody to love”, ” Dust in the wind”, ”We will rock you”,” Sultans of swing”,”All day and all of the night”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell me the kind of music you like and… maybe my next article will be about that!

by JD

Michael Joseph Jackson was a famous singer.

He was born on August 29 , 1958 in Gary , Indiana ,US and he died on June 25 , 2009 in Los Angeles , California , US.

He was an American recording artist, a singer, a dancer, an entertainer and a businessman. He was also a composer, a record producer, a philanthropist, a songwriter, a musician and an actor .

Three of his most popular songs are : Billie Jean, Beat it and Thriller.

My favourite songs are Billie Jean and Beat it.

He played Pop , Rock , R&B , Soul , Funk , New Jack Swing and Electronic music . He played the piano, the guitar, the drums, the beatbox and he did Vocals too.

Michael Jackson was a very good man. It is my honor that I wrote this project about him !!!

DO YOU KNOW MICHAEL JACKSON ?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SONG?

By Emilian

This is our crazy happy hippo that dances and sings in a very funny way.

What do you think?

k’o’na,Bessie9