The microstate Liechtenstein wants to debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. The national broadcaster 1FLTV (1. Fürstendum Liechtenstein Television) applied for membership of the European Broadcasting Union, 1FLTV Director Peter Heeb told local newspaper Vaterland Liechtenstein.

Children between 10 and 15 years old from fourteen nations will compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held on 20th November in Minsk, Belarus. Moldova is represented for the first time, Lithuanian broadcaster LRT, Latvian broadcaster LTV and Swedish broadcaster SVT return.

Dutch broadcaster AVRO has published audio snippets of the eight songs to compete in the AVRO Junior Songfestival 2010 in September. On www.juniorsongfestival.nl you can also listen to Famous, the joint song of this year's Junior Eurovision participants in the Netherlands.

Georgian broadcaster GPB has announced the 13 entries competing in the national selections for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The songs can be heard on GPB's official Junior Eurovision website Junior.eurovision-georgia.ge. The National Final of Georgia will be held in September.

With more than one million fans Celine Dion is the most popular Eurovision artist on Facebook, followed by maNga, ABBA, Lena and Tose Proeski who died in 2007. Lara Fabian is the most popular Belgian artist according to the research by Eurovision.tv. Also become a fan of Belgovision.com through this link.

Pop singer Mika is being lined up to write the next UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, according to British newspaper The Sun. "Mika has all the right ingredients to make a successful song," a BBC source told. "We hope he says yes." The UK finished last with Josh Dubovie in this year's final.