The year 2009 marks the end of the first decade of the 21st 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 seventh Eurovision Song Contest of this decade: Athens 2006, the 51st running of Europe's favourite TV-show!

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The winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, Dima Bilan, has been chosen to be among the top five for the Best European Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

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Hadise, the Turkish entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, has been nominated for the highly prestigious Belgian TMF Awards in several categories.

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After a three-year court battle, Viktor Belan lost the right to the stage name Dima Bilan with which he has become hugely known in Russia and Europe, the website Esctoday.com wrote. Bilan took part in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest representing Russia, and finished second with Never Let You Go. Read more »

Polish broadcaster TVP proudly presented the ten participants of Piosenka Dla Europy 2008, the Polish national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. One of them is the Swedish Sandra Oxenryd, who represented Estonia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with Through My Window. Read more »