London Eurovision Party 2012: A big Thank You to you all!

London Eurovision party

Another London Eurovision Party is now over and we want to thank you all for making it such a big success again!

Thanks to our performers Omar Naber, Eva Boto, Filipa Sousa, Compact Disco, Anggun, Valentina Monetta, Sabina Babayeva, Kati Wolf and Kaliopi!

Thanks once again for our hosts Nicki French and Paddy O’Connell and the DJ Dave Simmons.

Nicki and Paddy

Special thanks to our sponsors bmi, escextra.com, Popchips and Shadow Lounge. Please have a look at their websites via the links on the right. Also thanks to Universal Music and Conehead, who are responsible for releasing the Eurovision CDs in the UK this year.

Thanks to all the media, who came to the party and made videos and articles.

Big thanks to all our friends who helped us out before and during the day and of course to the w0nderful London audience, who kept the place rocking until 3 am! See you all again next year.

Make sure you follow us on Twitter and like our page on Facebook via the links on the right to get all the updates of future parties.

Check all the photos on our Facebook page and tag yourselves and your friends!

And finally, here is a resume  of all the action by our great friends at BBC Eurovision:

2012 review: Kaliopi (Macedonia 2012)

Kaliopi

And finally, the performances were finished off by Kaliopi from Macedonia, who treated the London Eurovision audience to her entry in Macedonian and English and as a special treat her non-qualifying previous Eurovision Song Contest entry from 1996.

Escnation.com interview with Kaliopi

2012 review: Kati Wolf (Hungary 2011)

Kati Wolf

The eighth act to take to the London Eurovision stage was a last minute addition: Kati Wolf was in London to help Compact Disco promote their entry to the Hungarians in London and performed her last year’s entry.

2012 review: Sabina Babayeva (Azerbaijan 2012)

 

Sabina Babayeva

The seventh act was Sabina Babayeva from this year’s host country Azerbaijan who performed her Eurovision entry When the music dies.

2012 review: Valentina Monetta (San Marino 2012)

Valentina Monetta

 

The next act was Valentina Monetta from San Marino, who treated the audience to the first, disqualified, version of her Eurovision entry, as well as the official one and one other track.

2012 review: Anggun (France 2012)

Anggun

 

The fifth act was Anggun from France. She was also celebrating her birthday in London and was presented with a birthday cake at the party!

2012 review: Compact Disco (Hungary 2012)

Compact Disco

 

The fourth act was the group Compact Disco from Hungary, who performed two songs for the London audience.

 

 

2012 review: Filipa Sousa (Portugal 2012)

Filipa Sousa

 

The third act was Filipa Sousa from Portugal, who had taken along her parents on their first ever flight! She charmed the audience by also singing the UK entry from 2009 and a Portuguese Eurovision classic.

2012 review: Eva Boto (Slovenia 2012)

Eva Boto

 

The second act was also from Slovenia, this year’s 16-year-old entrant Eva Boto.

Eva Boto interview with Escnation.com

2012 review: Omar Naber (Slovenia 2005)

Omar Naber

The first act to perform was Omar Naber from Slovenia. He is now placed in London and was happy to meet the Eurovision crowd again.

Escnation interview with Omar and Eva Boto

2012 Compilation and UK entry released today

The compilation CD with all the 42 entries has been released today by Universal Music. The double CD is available as a physical CD and download on all major music retail sites now!

Also the UK entry from Engelbert Humperdinck is released today by Conehead. Download and physical CD available on all music retailers now. Please support the UK entry and give it a good chart placing on Sunday!

 

Surprise guest added: Kati Wolf (Hungary 2011)

We have just had confirmation that we can also announce Kati Wolf from Hungary as a special guest today! Her 2011 song was called What about my dreams.

She has recently released a French version of the song:

Pre-order your Eurovision 2012 CD today!

The compilation CD with all 42 entries now available to pre-order on Amazon here

Pre-order your CD from Amazon

Our ninth act confirmed: Kaliopi from Macedonia!

We can now confirm that also Kaliopi from Macedonia will perform at the London Eurovision Party on next Sunday. Her Eurovision Song Contest entry is called Crno i belo.

 

Pre-order the UK Eurovision song for 2012

You can now already pre-order the UK Eurovision Song Contest entry for Baku, Love will set you free by Engelbert Humperdinck!

See here for details 

Our first poster is now here!

London Eurovision Party 2012 poster

Click to see a larger image

New timings for London Eurovision Party!

We have some changes to the timings for the London Eurovision Party! Thanks to the lovely people The Shadow Lounge we can now party until 3am!

Doors will now open at 7pm, with acts on stage at 8.30pm

Book your tickets now here

Confirmed acts so far:

Filipa Sousa from Portugal

Sabina Babayeva from Azerbaijan

Donny Montell from Lithuania

Compact Disco from Hungary

Omar Naber from Slovenia

Valentina Monetta from San Marino

Eva Boto from Slovenia

Anggun from France

Act number eight: Filipa Sousa from Portugal!

We are proud to announce our eighth act for the London Eurovision Party: we welcome Filipa Sousa from Portugal and her song Vida minha.

Read more about Filipa on our artist page here

Sabina Babayeva from Azerbaijan confirmed for the London Eurovision Party

The seventh act to be confirmed for the London Eurovision Party is Sabina Babayeva from the host country, Azerbaijan. Her Eurovision Song Contest entry is called When the Music Dies.

Read more about Sabina on our artist pages here

Donny Montell from Lithuania confirmed as the sixth act

The latest addition to the London Eurovision party will be Donny Montell from Lithuania. His Eurovision Song Contest entry for Baku is called Love is blind.

Read all about Donny on our artist page here

Fifth act is Compact Disco from Hungary

We can now proudly announce that the fifth act at this year’s London Eurovision Party is Compact Disco, a four-piece band from Hungary. Their Eurovision Song Contest entry is called Sound of Our Hearts.

Read all about Compact Disco on our artist page here

Special guest: Omar Naber from Slovenia

We also have a special guest who will be joining us at the London Eurovision Party…Omar Naber, Slovenia’s entry in 2005 will be dropping by to perform the fan favourite “Stop” and show his support to Eva Boto, this year’s Slovenian entrant!

Read about Omar on our artist page

Third act confirmed: Valentina Monetta from San Marino!

The third act coming to the London Eurovision Party will be Valentina Monetta from San Marino. She will perform her song The Social Network Song Oh Oh Uh Oh Oh.

Read more about Valentina on our artist page

Eva Boto from Slovenia is our second guest!

We are delighted to announce our second confirmed act for the London Eurovision party! Eva Boto from Slovenia will be appearing live in London.

Read more about Eva on our our artist page

First guest artist confirmed: Anggun from France!

The London Eurovision Party is thrilled to announce the first act who will be performing at the party is Anggun, who is representing France.
Anggun will be performing her song, “Echo (You and I)”. This is the first time France has attended the London Eurovision Party and we can’t wait to welcome them to London. Anggun will also be celebrating her birthday with us at the London party! We are sure that this will be a birthday party no one will forget!

Click to read all about Anggun on our artist page

 

Watch a video about Anggun’s success story abroad below

 

Photo: Paolo Zambaldi

London Eurovision Party is back!

The London Eurovision Party is back for its 5th year! This year’s event returns to the fantastic venue, The Shadow Lounge, in the heart of Soho, London’s West End.

Many acts from this year’s contest will be in attendance, and will be announced over the next few weeks, plus some very special guests!

Our dynamic duo Nicki French (UK 2000 entry) and Paddy O’Connell – BBC presenter, will be returning to host our event in their own special unique style.

As well as live performances, our resident DJ – fan favourite, Dave Simmons will be playing Eurovision entries from the current year and many more Eurovision classics, plus some exclusive Eurovision mixes! Dance the night away in our ‘Eurovision music only’ disco!

Get your tickets early, as always, this event will sell out!

29th April 2012:

Doors: 7pm

Acts on stage: 8.30pm

Party until 3am!