2007 Eurovision Song Contest


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#	Country		Performer	Song	National Final
Participants of the Final
1	Bosnia		Marija Sestic	"Rijeka bez Imena" ("Never Wake Me Up") (Goran Kovacic & Aleksandra Milutinovic)	BHEurosong07: Internal selection is scheduled to take place in Bosnia again, submission deadline set for 29th of December. Presentation of the entry is scheduled for March 4th.
2	Spain		D'NASH	"I love you mi vida" (Thomas G:Son & Andreas Rickstrand - Antonio Sanchez Ohlsson & Rebeca Pous del Toro)	Mision Eurovision: Separate selection of the songs and singers will take place. In the final 5 selected singers each will perform extracts of 5 selected songs. Winner will be selected with televoting.
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4	Ireland		Dervish	"They Can't Stop The Spring" (John Waters & Tommy Moran)	National selection of 4 songs will take place on February 16th.
5	Finland		Hanna Pakarinen	"Leave me alone" (Martti Vuorinen & Miikka Huttunen - Martti Vuorinen & Hanna Pakarinen)	Euroviisut: 12 artists will be invited, each with 2 songs. Semifinals will be held on January 20th and 27th, February 3rd and 10th with final on 17th of February.
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9	Lithuania		4Fun	"Love Or Leave" (Julija Ritcik)	Eurovizija: Lithuania will again conduct numerous preselection rounds for new and established singers, using same formula as in 2006. Submission deadline will be set on 15th of December, while preselection will take it's place in January and February with final on 3rd of March.
10	Greece		Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" (Marcus Englof, Alex Papakonstantinou - Mack)	Preselection of 3 participants will take place on 28th of February.
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12	Sweden		The Ark	"The Worrying Kind" (Ola Salo)	Melodifestivalen: Sweden has announced minor changes in Melodifestivalen concept for 2007 expanding 2nd chance round to live event. Semifinals will take place on February 3, 10, 17, 24, second chance round on March 3, Final on March 10.
13	France		Les Fatals Picards	"L’amour a la francaise" (Ivan Callot, Laurent Honel, Jean-Marc Sauvagnargues, Yves Giroud & Paul Leger)	Each of 5 channels of the group France Television (France 2, 3, 4, 5 and RFO) will introduce two artists and two songs for the national final which will take place next March. National final will be broadcasted by France 3 and RFO network.
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15	Russia		Serebro	"Song #1" (Max Fadeev - Daniil Babichev)
16	Germany		Roger Cicero	"Frauen regier'n die welt" (Matthias Hass - Frank Ramond)	Grandprix: Preselection of 3 artists will take place in early March.
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18	Ukraine		Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Andrei Danilko)	Internal selection, winner will be revealed in late January - early February.
19	UK		Scooch	"Flying The Flag (For You)" (Russ Spencer, Morten Schjolin, Andrew Hill, Paul Tarry)	Making Your Mind Up: The UK entry will be chosen on 17th of March, in a primetime special.
20	Romania		Todomondo	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Bogdan Marian Tascau (Mister M) - Marian Bogdan Tascau (Mister M), Vlad Cretu, Ghedi Kamara)	Selectia nationala: Submission deadline is set for January 13th, on 15th of January list of 24 semifinalists will be made, semifinals will take place on 21st of January and 3rd of February, while the national final is scheduled for 10th of February.
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23	Armenia		Hayko	"Anytime You Need" (Hayko - Karen Kavaleryan)	Preselection: Armenia intends to held national final with qualifying rounds depending on the number and quality of submissions received by broadcaster. Submission deadline is set for the end of November.
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List of qualifying round participants
1	Bulgaria		Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov	"Water" ("Voda") (Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov - Elitsa Todorova)	Pesen na Evrovizija: Semifinal of 18 songs will take place on February 3rd, jury will select 9 finalists. 3 more finalists will be added by BNT directly as wildcards/invitations (not from the songs taking part in semi). National final of 12 entries is set for February 24, decision will be taken by televoting.
2	Israel		Teapacks	"Push The Button" (Kobi Oz)	Internal preselection of the performer. Selection of song will take place in mid-February, when Teapacks will perform 4 entries, winner will be decided by televoting and jury voting.
3	Cyprus		Evridiki	"Comme ci comme ca" (Dimitris Korgialis - Poseidonas Giannopoulos)	Internal selection. Song presentation on February 23.
4	Belarus		Koldun	"Work Your Magic" ("Day mne silu") (Philipp Kirkorov - Karen Kavaleryan)	Eurofest: Submission deadline is set for November 20. National preselection of 15 entries will be held in the middle of December, 2 or 3 best performers chosen by jury (2) and televoting (1) will qualify to the superfinal, where they be able to change their songs. Winner and his entry will be named by jury in the end of January.
5	Iceland		Eirikur Hauksson	"Valentine Lost" ("Eg les i lofa thinum") (Sveinn Runar Sigurdsson - Peter Fenner (Kristjan Hreinsson - icelandic))	Songvakeppni Sjonvarpsins: Iceland is planning to have national semifinals and final in January/February. Submission deadline was set on November 16th. All songs in selection will be performed in Icelandic
6	Georgia		Sopho	"Visionary Dream" (Beqa Jafaridze - Bibi Kvachadze)	Internal selection: Internal selection of the singer, open selection of the song, 6 songs will be performed in national final preliminary scheduled for 11th of February, winner will be selected by televoting.
7	Montenegro		Stevan Faddy	"Ajde kroci" (Slaven Knezovic - Milan-Minjo Peric)	Montenegrosong: 10 entries will compete at National final on February 25th, winning song will be selected by televoting. Submission deadline is set on February 9th, all authors and singers should be Montenegro nationals.
8	Switzerland		DJ Bobo	"Vampires Are Alive" (DJ Bobo)	National selection: Switzerland keeps searching for experienced (with at least one top 50 national hit) performers and songwriters and submissions are accepted till 30th of November. SFDRS will have the final word in the internal selection, performer and entry will be announced in late December.
9	Moldova		Natalia Barbu	"Fight" (Alexandru Brasoveanu - Elena Buga)	National preselection: Internal preselection by professional jury will take place. 35 entries were received prior to the deadline.
10	The Netherlands		Edsilia Rombley	"On The Top Of The World" "Nooit meer zonder jou" (Tjeerd Oosterhuis - Martin Gijzemijter, Maarten ten Hove, Tjeerd Oosterhuis)	Songfestival 2007: Internal selection. Song presentation on 11th of February.
11	Albania		Frederic NDoci feat. Aida	"Hear My Plea" "Balada e gurit" (Ardian Hila - Pandi Laco)	Festivali i Kenges: Semifinals will be held on 21th and 22th of December, while national final is set on 23th. Submission deadline is set for 28th of October.
12	Denmark		DQ (Peter Andersen)	"Drama Queen" (Peter Andersen, Simon Munk - Peter Andersen, Claus Christensen)	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix: Denmark will have 2 semifinals (on 26th of January and 2nd of February), of 8 entries each, with top 4 proceeding to the final, and 2 extra wildcards selected by public. Final will take place on February 10th.
13	Croatia		Dragonfly Feat. Dado Topic	"Vjerujem U Ljubav" (Dado Topic)	Dora: Croatia will continue hosting national preselection Dora of 2 semifinals and final scheduled for March 1-2-3.
14	Poland		The Jet Set	"Time to party" (Mateusz Krezan - Kamil Varen, David Junior Serame)	Piosenka dla Europy: Poland has set national final for February 3rd, while submission deadline has been set for November 15th.
15	Serbia		Marija Serifovic	"Molitva" (Vladimir Graic - Sasa Milosevic Mare)	Beovizija: Submission deadline is set for 29th of January. Semifinal of 20 songs will take place on March 7th, with 10 best will qualify to the final on March 8th.
16	Czech Republic		Kabat	"Mala dama" (Ota Vana - Milan Spalek)	Eurosong: National final of 10 entries is set for 10th of March. Participants will be selected based on national IFPI chart released between October 1 and January 5, and up to 3 songs may be nominated directly.
17	Portugal		Sabrina	"Danca Comigo (vem ser feliz)" (Emanuel, Maria Vinhas - Emanuel)	Festival RTP da Cancao: 10 producers will be invided, final on 10th of March. Winner will be selected by 100% televoting.
18	FYR Macedonia		Karolina Gocheva	"Mojot Svet" (Grigor Koprov - Ognen Nedelkovski)	Evrosong 2007: Around 150 entries were received by MKTV, Macedonian broadcaster. It is expected that 15 of them will be chosen for national final to be held on 24th of February 2007.
19	Norway		Guri Schanke	"Ven a bailar conmigo" (Thomas G:son)	Melodi Grand Prix: Three semifinals each of 6 songs set on January 20 and 27 and February 3, second chance round on February 8th, while final will take place next day on February 10th.
20	Malta		Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo" (Philip Vella - Gerard James Borg)	Malta Song For Europe: Final is scheduled for 3rd of February. 14 songs will proceed to semifinal from open submission, where they will be joined by 2 entries from talents show Opportunity 2, from the semifinal (on 1st of February) 6 songs proceed to the final, where 100% televoting will choose the winner of competition.
21	Andorra		Anonymous	"Salvem el mon" (Let's save the world) (Anonymous)	Projecte Eurovisio: Internal preselection. Residents of Andorra can apply, Catalan language of the song is preferred.
22	Hungary		Magdi Ruzsa	"Unsubstantial blues" ("Aproczska blues") (Magdi Ruzsa - Imre Mozsik)	Eurovizo: The winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards will represent Hungary at Eurovision. Shortlist of contenders will be published on 11th of February. The sms voting will decide winner. The award show will be presented on February 24, 2007.
23	Estonia		Gerli Padar	"Partners in Crime" (Hendrik Sal-Saller & Berit Veiber)	Eurolaul: 10 composers were invited to take part in national selection scheduled for 3rd of February. Winner will be decided by televoting in 2 stages, top 3 songs from stage 1 will proceed to superfinal.
24	Belgium		The Krazy Mess Groovers	"Love Power" (Paul Curtiz - Paul Curtiz, Sexyfire (Wakas Ashiq)	Internal selection will take place in January, winner will be revealed on 25th of February.
25	Slovenia		Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga" (Flower of the South) (Andrej Babic - Andrej Babic, Aleksander Valencic)	EMA: Slovenia will organize 2 semifinals of 12 entries each with 14 songs proceeding to the final, which will take place in February. Winner will be selected by televoting.
26	Turkey		Kenan Dogulu	"Shake It Up shekerim" (Kenan Dogulu)	Internal preselection of singer, song presentation to be hold on March 3.
27	Austria		Eric Papilaya	"Get A Life, Get Alive" (Greg Usek - Austin Howard)	Internal selection: song to be announced in March.
28	Latvia		Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte" (Kjell Jennstig - Kjell Jennstig, Torbjorn Wassenius, Francesca Wassenius)	Eirodziesma: Latvia has announced to follow same selection process as last year with semifinals of 10 songs each scheduled on 27th of January and 3rd of February and final on 24th of February with 100% televoting. Submission deadline is set for November 20.