THE GRAND FINAL OF EUROVISION 2012

Tonight, the Grand Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast LIVE from the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, where 26 countries will compete for the title of Winner of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
Pastora Soler
The broadcast will be hosted by Nargiz, Eldar and Leyla who are all eager to welcome the millions of viewers to Baku for tonight's show!
The 26 acts competing in the Grand Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in order of appearance are:
  1. UNITED KINGDOM - Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Will Set You Free
  2. HUNGARY - Compact Disco - Sound Of Our Hearts
  3. ALBANIA - Rona NIshliu - Suus
  4. LITHUANIA - Donny Montell - Love Is Blind
  5. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam
  6. RUSSIA - Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody
  7. ICELAND - Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
  8. CYPRUS - Ivi Adamou - La La Love
  9. FRANCE - Anggun - Echo (You And I)
  10. ITALY - Nina Zilli - L'Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love)
  11. ESTONIA - Ott Lepland - Kuula
  12. NORWAY - Tooji - Stay
  13. AZERBAIJAN - Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies
  14. ROMANIA - Mandinga - Zaleilah
  15. DENMARK - Soluna Samay - Shoud've Known Better
  16. GREECE - Eleftheria Eleftheriou - Aphrodisiac
  17. SWEDEN - Loreen - Euphoria
  18. TURKEY - Can Bonomo - Love Me Back
  19. SPAIN - Pastora Soler - Quédate Conmigo (Stay With Me)
  20. GERMANY - Roman Lob - Standing Still
  21. MALTA - Kurt Calleja - This Is The Night
  22. F.Y.R. MACEDONIA - Kaliopi - Crno I Belo
  23. IRELAND - Jedward - Waterline
  24. SERBIA - Željko Joksimović - Nije Ljubav Stvar
  25. UKRAINE - Gaitana - Be My Guest
  26. MOLDOVA - Pasha Parfeny - Lăutar

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY EVENING CELEBRATIONS (19-25 MAY)

The Olympic Flame is expected to travel for 70 days an estimated 8,000 miles around the UK giving thousands of communities and individuals their moment to shine a light on the best their area has to offer -- including celebrations of local culture, breathtaking landscapes and dynamic urban areas as the Olympic Flame comes to a place near them.

The Olympic Flame will arrive at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

 Saturday 19 May: PLYMOUTH



 Sunday 20 May: EXETER


 Monday 21 May: TAUNTON



 Tuesday 22 May: BRISTOL




Wednesday 23 May: CHELTENHAM



 Thursday 24 May: WORCESTER



 Friday 25 May: CARDIFF








OLYMPIC FLAME ARRIVES IN THE UK

OLYMPIC TORCH: FLAME IS FLYING TO UK FOR TORCH RELAY


The Olympic flame is on its way to the UK on board a flight from Athens for the start of the 2012 torch relay.

BOA president Princess Anne, Locog chairman Lord Coe and footballer David Beckham are among those accompanying it on the journey to a Cornish air base.

Flight BA2012, a gold-coloured A319 named The Firefly, is due to land just before 19:30BST at RNAS Culdrose.

After a ceremony, the flame flies early on Saturday to Land's End for the start of an 8,000 mile, UK-wide relay.

HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL RECEIVES THE OLYMPIC FLAME


The Olympic Flame has been handed over to the London 2012 delegation, headed by President of the British Olympic Association HRH the Princess Royal, in a Ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Greece.

Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony
As the final part of the Greek leg of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, the handover of the Olympic Flame concluded its 3,000km, eight-day journey around the country.


Attended by President of the Hellenic Republic Mr Karolos Papoulias, the Ceremony featured addresses by President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos and Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) Seb Coe, before the Olympic Flame was handed over to Her Royal Highness.

Spyros Capralos said: ‘The Handover of the Olympic Flame is a key milestone for each Olympic Games as the Torch Relay rallies the world’s athletes to make their final preparations.
'After a fantastic eight-day Torch Relay around Greece we wish London and the whole of the UK well for a successful 70-day Torch Relay and Olympic Games.’

MÁLAGA C.F MAKES HISTORY

Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team currently plays in Spain's League.




Málaga Club de Fútbol played host to Real Sporting de Gijón, in the 38th BBVA League match, held in La Rosaleda stadium in Málaga (1-0) on 13th May 2012. Thanks to a goal from the footballer Rondón, which sees the Blue and Whites finish fourth in the BBVA League, and qualification for the UEFA Champions League, for the first time in the Club’s history.

OLYMPIC TORCH REALY ROUTE

The Olympic Flame will come within 10 miles of 95% of people in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. It will enable local communities to shine a light on the best their area has to offer – including celebrations of local culture, breathtaking landscapes and dynamic urban areas. The interactive map below shows each of the 1,019 communities the Flame will be carried through. Zoom in to see the detail of the route street-by-street. Live in the UK? Enter a postcode in the search box to find out where and when the Flame will be near you... then start planning how you will welcome it! You can also find the locations of evening celebrations, which take place at the end of almost every day of the Relay.





PROUD - HEATHER SMALL - LONDON 2012

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2012

The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 22nd, 24th and 26th of May in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. Azerbaijan won the right to host the contest when viewers and professional juries across Europe chose their 2011 entry Running Scared by Ell/Nikki as winner.

Europe's Favourite TV Show will take place at the newly constructed Baku Crystal Hall. This venue, which was commissioned by the City of Baku, is a brand new multi-purpose indoor arena with an expected capacity of up to 23,000 spectators. Approximately 16,000 people will be able to attend each of the three Eurovision Song Contest live shows in May.


2012 OLYMPIC FLAME LIT IN GREECE

The flame that will burn throughout the 2012 London Olympics was lit in an elaborate ceremony in Olympia, Greece, this morning.

The 2012 Olympic flame is officially alight.
The flame, which will burn throughout the Summer Games in London, was lit at in an elaborate ceremony in Olympia, Greece, this morning.

The Associated Press described how, amid the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, a Greek actress dressed as a "high priestess" invoked the Ancient Greek sun god Apollo before using a mirror to focus the sun's rays and set the torch burning.

The method is highly symbolic, the BBC explained: the Olympic flame represents purity because it comes directly from the sun.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge described it as "a beacon for the Olympic values of friendship, excellence and respect ... a symbol of fellowship and peace."
 

A torch lit from the flame is now on the first leg of its two-week relay around Greece.
 
Some 490 torch bearers will carry the flame the length and breadth of Greece, before it is transferred by airplane to the United Kingdom on May 18.

It will then go on a 70-day journey around the UK, borne by 8,000 volunteers. It is due to reach the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, ready for the opening ceremony.
 

EUROPE DAY - 9th MAY

On the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations.This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration”, is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
Today, the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which, along with the flag , the anthem, the motto, and the single currency (the euro), identifies the political entity of the European Union. Europe Day is the occasion for activities and festivities that bring Europe closer to its citizens and peoples of the Union closer to one another.
Do you know the 27 member countries of the European Union? You can know it here.But first we’re goingo to play.  The Europe Quiz, Europe Map Puzzle, Games, Puzzle, Quizzes, Trivia.
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THE MAY CROSSES FESTIVAL

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