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Finland is getting into Eurovision spirit. All relevant Finnish news magazines are bringing the contest into the right spotlight

The press centre is still quite empty. The technical equipment is superb and fulfils all need for the journalist. Big screens will show what’s going on in the press conference room, as well as impressions of the stage

Magdi – the Hungarian singer live on stage. Her song “Unsubstantial Blues” is a very untypical song for Eurovision and that’s why there is a need to punctuate it in a different way

There is a new concept brought by the accomplishing broadcaster YLE. - a relaxing area. It’s a place where people can meet and greet and it also has interview areas

The illuminated stage is looking overwhelming. All 42 countries will have a different atmosphere during their presentation. This is how the stage for Belgium is going to look like

The best way to get around here is a Eurovision-car! Of course this car does belong the sponsoring companies and is not available for the general public

Andorra is optimistic and delighted. The three guys were busily involved with interviews and tight schedules

Gerli Padar is the Estonian singer this year. The main thing for her is to take part and to enjoy the international atmosphere. Gerli is the sister of Tanel Padar, who won for Estonia in 2001

The singer Stevan Faddy from Montenegro is waiting for his party in the Euroclub

The sun is shining in Helsinki. That’s a beautiful perspective of the Euroclub at daylight. At this place all the participants are able to meet each other in a casual atmosphere at night

You can see that the city of Helsinki is covered with big screens showing the video clips of the participating countries. The Finns and visitors get used to the music of this year’s Eurovision

The railway station was designed by Eliel Saarinen and opened to the public in 1919. The building is made of mostly Finnish granite and is distinguished by the clock tower and the statues holding lamps outside the main entrance

The stage offers all imaginable designs and atmospheres. Bulgaria’s entry is about water and as you can see there is a river flowing through the Hartwall Arena

Great satellite dishes will be applied for the live transmissions on Thursday and Saturday

This is Evridiki on the beautiful stage. As the song “Comme ci comme ca” goes faster the mosaics mutate at a forced rate. Impressive!

Every country tries to give the best performance on stage. Belarus is using a spectacular wall on which the background dancers look to be glued to

That’s how the scoreboard of the semi-final is going to look like

The first view into the best kept secret: the greenroom! The greenroom is the area, where the performers will watch the shows. Every country has it’s own corner

She is one of the favourites of the semi-final already: Evridiki from Cyprus. She probably is the most experienced Eurovison-singer of this year, because she has already participated for Cyprus in 1992 and 1994

Elitsa from Bulgaria is watching the press conference. She will start at the first position in the semi-final