Manuel Carrasco

Manuel Carrasco (born Januari 15 1981 on Isla Christina) is a Spanish pop singer. He rose to fame during his participation in the second edition of Operación Triunfo where he finished 2nd. In the final episode of Operación Triunfo the three most popular artists of the show each sang three songs before an "expert" jury eliminated one song for each singer. The televoting public then eliminated another song for each singer, leaving one song by each of the singers. The public had a week to televote for their favorite. The three songs Manuel sang were Santa Lucía, Sueña Con Ese Momento and Viviré, Moriré which came 3rd in the Spanish pre-selection.

In 2004 Manuel participated in the Latin American song festival II Festival Mundial de Canción in Puerto Rico were he finished 1st with his own song Dibujar Tu Olvido.

He has released four very successful albums.
His first album Quiéreme was released shortly after the shows in 2003 and sold more than 200,000 copies. His latest album was released in 2008.

Manuel is still very popular and successful in Spain and Latin America.

ESC 2011, semi-final 2 - Bulgaria

Poli Genova (born on February 10 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian singer.

As a child Poli was a member o the children group Bon-Bon, founded in 1995. A couple of years later she became the host of the TV show Bon-Bon which became a media phenomenon. Her voice and charming smile are trademarks of Bon-Bon.

Poli graduated from The National Music School focusing on clarinet. Poli is involved in many music and charity projects and is very popular in Bulgaria. In 2005 and in 2006 Poli took part in the Bulgarian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the group Melody. In 2005 they came 9th with the song Otkriy Me Sega and in 2006 they came 4th with Love That You Can't See.

In 2011 Poli participated again in the Bulgarian pre-selection, as a solo artist, and won with the song Na Inat.

ESC 2011, semi-final 2 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Edin Dervišhalidović, born in Sarajevo on September 12 1962, stage name Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. He is a popular singer/songwriter in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is also popular in the other countries such as Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia.

Dino founded the band Merlin in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the band, he has recorded 5 studio albums.

Dino began his solo career under the name Dino Merlin in 1991 and recorded also five studio albums.

Dino Merlin wrote the first national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Jedna si, Jedina. He has also took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Millstreet in 1993,Dino is the author of Sva bol svijeta which was the Bosnian entry that year, and in Jerusalem in 1999,singing Putnici with Béatrice, a French singer. Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997.

In 2011 Dino was chosen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina one again in the Eurovision Song Contest. In Düsseldorf he will sing the song Love In Rewind.

ESC 2011, semi-final 2 - Belgium

Witloof Bay is a Belgian Vocal Band.

In 2005 six friends who all shared the love for jazz, pop, a capella and beatbox decided to perform as a group. They took their inspiration from The Real Group, Take 6, The Swingle Singers and The Singers Unlimited. The band sing both in English and French. The band members come from all parts of Belgium: Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels. They won the Belgian national final with the song With Love Baby.

ESC 2011, semi-final 2 - Belarus

Anastasiya Vinnikova was born on April 15 1991 and is a Belarussian singer. Anastasiya was chosen to represent her country in Düsseldorf. The first song she would sing was Born in Bielorussia but the song didn't follow the rules. So the composers had to write a new song and that song is I love Belarus.

ESC 2011, semi-final 2 - Austria

Nadine Beiler (May 27, 1990) is an Austrian R&B an pop singer. Nadine grew up in Tyrol in Austria and started singing on weddings and parties.Nadine won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. In 2011 Nadine won the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contestwith the song The Secret Is Love.

Omar Naber

Omar Naber (July 7 1981, Ljubljana, Slovenia), born Omar Kareem Naber, is a Slovenian singer and songwriter.

In 2004 won Omar Naber the talentshow Bitka Talentov. After that he became a famous rock singer in Slovenia and some other Eastern European counties.

He participated three times in EMA, the Slovenian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2005 he sung his self-composed song Stop (1st), in 2009 he paticipated again with I Still Carry On (2nd) and in 2011 he tried to represent Slovenia with the song Bistvo Skrito Je Očem.