Hello everyone and welcome to the 24th edition of Eurovision Theme Contest! The winner of ETC 22 was Niko, the contest host, and he decided this theme. This edition is dedicated to atypical ESC songs and thus its name is
ARE YOU SURE THIS IS YOUR PLACE ?
It is time to call here our presenters, the artists who won ETC 21. Please welcome
ORNA AND MOSHE DATZ
Orna: שלום וברוכים הבאים לחגיגת תחרות נושאי האירוויזיון ה-23 ביחד איתנו
It is my pleasure to open this edition and call all of you cordially welcomed to this edition which is dedicated to not so normal ESC songs. Some of the songs which we have in this edition are too beautiful, some odd, some strange, some of them have a music style which is not very usual in ESC. We have 20 brave participants in this edition and in alphabetical order they are: Andrey, bURN, Centrix, Corlagol, Danijel, Dartacan, Diggiloo, ESCFollower, Gerly, Ijm123, Jirka.cz, Karel, Martial, My Star, Nathan7, Nikky, Niko, Rapsodia, Remy and Westendpad. Now, Moshe, could you please tell us the songs of this edition ?
Moshe: I gladly do that! This songlist is very interesting and I suppose all of you will have problems in voting. So, here come the songs:
01 - Slovenia 2010 - Roka Žlindre & Kalamari - Narodnozabavni rock
02 - Israel 2005 - Shiri Maimon - Hasheket Shenish'ar
03 - Estonia 2010 - Malcolm Lincoln - Siren
04 - Romania 1998 - Malina Olinescu - Eu cred
05 - Austria 2003 - Alf Poier - Weil der Mensch zählt
06 - Russia 2001 - Mumiy Troll - Lady Alpine Blue
07 - Austria 1979 - Christina Simon - Heute in Jerusalem
08 - Germany 2010 - Lena Meyer-Landrut - Satellite
09 - Monaco 1979 - Laurent Vaguener - Notre vie c'est la musique
10 - Luxembourg 1977 - Anne-Marie B. - Frère Jacques
11 - Israel 1987 - Lazy Bums - Shir habatlanim
12 - Portugal 1969 - Simone de Oliveira - Desfolhada portuguesa
13 - Finland 1998 - Edea - Aava
14 - Italy 1990 - Toto Cutugno - Insieme: 1992
15 - Poland 2006 - Ich Troje - Follow My Heart
16 - Monaco 1967 - Minouche Barelli - Boum badaboum
17 - Czech Republic 2009 - Gipsy.Cz - Aven Romale
18 - Ukraine 2007 - Verka Serduchka - Danzing
19 - Spain 2010 - Daniel Diges - Algo Pequeñito
20 - Hungary 2007 - Magdi Rúzsa - Unsubstantial Blues
Orna: Thank you Moshe! I must really agree with you, this list is really very interesting in the all meanings of that word. Anyway, now it is my time to tell you still the rules, which are the same as always:
THE RULES
01 - Don't reveal anyone your own entry.
02 – Listen and watch all the 18 videos very carefully.
03 – Send your votes to Niko by PM, email or in msn, using the traditional ESC voting system giving the best song 12 pts, then 10 pts and 08 – 01 pts. You may of course not vote for your own entry.
04 – Deadline for voting is Thursday, August 19th which means exactly 3 weeks and 2 days from today.
Orna and Moshe: We think we have told you now everything what was needed to tell. We will meet again in a little bit more than 3 weeks. Niko will start posting the videos in a moment. We wish all of you good luck. 
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