Belgrade 2008

The hosts | Logo & brand | The rules | Tickets

A record number of 43 countries will be represented at the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest. And for the first time, the contest features two Semi-Finals!

Welcome to host city Belgrade!

Useful facts | About Belgrade | Sightseeing

As one of the new 'places to be', Belgrade is the perfect place to hold the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. Explore the host city with Eurovision.tv!

Venues of Belgrade 2008

The arena | Press centre and Euroclub

With a capacity of around 20,000 people, the Belgrade Arena is one of the largest venues ever to host the Eurovision Song Contest. Get to know the arena!

Eurovision.tv blog

Curious what's going on behind the scenes? Check out the Eurovision.tv blog...

Event coverage

Between 10 and 25th of May, Eurovision.tv will cover the final stage of the preparations for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest live from Belgrade! Don't miss anything of our daily coverage!

20 May - First Semi-Final
22 May - Second Semi-Final
24 May - The Final

The participants

The participants | Preview video player

Get to know the 43 participants taking part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the participants section.

The hosts

Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović will be your show hosts at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Read more..

Press zone

Accreditation | Accommodation | Releases

Application for press and fan accreditation is open, until the 30th of April. Stay tuned as the press zone will be expanded with more information and features.