Date added: 3 May 2011 at 22:03
Photographer: Elke Roels (EBU)

Today Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine, Moldova, Sweden and Cyprus had their first rehearsals.

Date added: 3 May 2011 at 22:00
Photographer: Alain Douit (EBU)

Day 3 of rehearsals in Dusseldorf: backstage

Date added: 2 May 2011 at 21:16
Photographer: Pieter Van den Berghe (EBU)

Today was the second day of rehearsals.

Date added: 2 May 2011 at 21:24
Photographer: Alain Douit (EBU)

Today was the second day of press conferences.

Date added: 2 May 2011 at 21:09
Photographer: Elke Roels (EBU)

Today the participants from Malta, San Marino, Croatia, Iceland, Hungary, Portugal, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, and Greece had their first rehearsals.

Date added: 1 May 2011 at 18:49
Photographer: Alain Douit (EBU)

Today was the first day of rehearsals in Düsseldorf.

Date added: 2 May 2011 at 09:57
Photographer: Elke Roels (EBU)

Today the first press conferences took place in the press centre.

Date added: 1 May 2011 at 18:57
Photographer: Pieter Van den Berghe (EBU)

Today the participants from Poland, Norway, Albania, Armenia, Turkey, Serbia, Russia, Switzerland, Georgia and Finland had their first rehearsals.

Date added: 4 May 2011 at 12:18
Photographer: Sietse Bakker (EBU)

Today saw the official opening of the Press Centre for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, officiated by press conference moderators Branislav Katic and Sonia Kennebeck.

Date added: 1 April 2011 at 11:26
Photographer: Fredric Arff

Mr Jon Ola Sand is the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the European Broacasting Union.

Date added: 3 May 2011 at 13:04
Photographer: Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH

The City of Düsseldorf will host the 56th Eurovision Song Contest.

Date added: 16 March 2011 at 21:01
Photographer: NDR

Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab will host the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf.