Today the semi-final of the Azerbaijani national selection for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest was held. From the grandiose show, three qualified for the next stage.

We all know that the best entertainment TV-show in the world is the Eurovision Song Contest, but the perhaps a bit hidden side behind it is that it's also very much valued by professionals all over the world.

Every year, the world's most used online search engine Google publishes a list featuring the most searched terms on the web, called Google Zeitgeist. After adding up all date from Europe, the search term 'Eurovision 2009' was the fastest rising search term during the first half of the year, beating Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga.

The year 2009 marks the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. The last ten days of this year, Eurovision.tv looks back at the remarkable transition that the Eurovision Song Contest went through. We are also inviting you to share your memories with us, right here on the website as well as on Facebook. Today, we're looking back at the tenth and last Eurovision Song Contest of this decade: Moscow 2009, the 54th running of Europe's favourite TV-show!

Serbian broadcaster, RTS has announced that it is to introduce a new selection format to choose its representative for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. One composer will contribute songs to a contest where various artists chosen by the composer and RTS will compete for the right to represent Serbia in Oslo in May.

The video of Alexander Rybak's reprise of Fairytale at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest was chosen as one of the 31 most memorable videos of 2009 by YouTube. The video appeared today on YouTube.com/newyears. The choice is remarkable, as the YouTube new year's project is targetted at a US audience!

The ruling king of the Eurovision Song Contest, Alexander Rybak, and the President of the United States, Barack Obama, had a chance to meet yesterday in Norway.

The search for the German participant for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest is at full speed. More than 4500 musicians have applied to be part of the preliminary shows. Now, the dates and the members of the jury have been revealed and the excitement grows even bigger!

Alexander Rybak, this year's winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, has released a film entitled Fairytale The Movie, documenting his incredible journey since claiming the top prize for Norway in Moscow.

Voters and juries from 13 countries all over Europe have made their decision: The Netherlands won the 7th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine! Congratulations!!