Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean is a British pop singer who had lots of success in the 1980's. She is best known for the top ten hits Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man), Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) and Who's Leaving Who. She has also worked as a songwriter and producer.

In 1976 and 1984 she participated in the UK national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1976 she sung I Couldn't Live Without You For A Day which came 8th and in 1984 she sung Stay In My Life which came 7th.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - San Marino

Senhit Zadik Zadik, known as Senit, was born on October 1 1979 in Bologna and is an Italian singer. She will represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Senit was born and raised in Bologna by her Eritrean parents and started her career in musicals like Fame, The Lion King and Hair in Switzerland and Germany. In 2002 she returned to Italy and claimed to fame in the Italian music business releasing her debut album in 2006 and her second album in 2007 with a couple of hit singles. In 2009 she released her third album.
In 2011 Senit was chosen to represent San Marino in Düsseldorf with the song Stand By.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - Russia

Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov, better known as Alexey Vorobyov, is a Russian singer and actor who was born on January 19 1988. He sings in English and Russian. He competed in the Russian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with the song New Russian Kalinka which came 5th, in 2009 he competed again but he came 4th with the song Angelom Byt. In 2011 he was chosen to represent Russia with the song Get You. He will perform it under the stage name Alex Sparrow, which is the translation of his Russian name to English.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - Portugal

Homens da Luta is a Portuguese improvisational comedy and musical street show, composed by brothers Vasco Duarte Nuno Duarte. Their songs are a parody of songs sung at the time of the period after 1974 Carnation Revolution, and the characters played are caricatures of the revolutionary singers at the time.They often use the term "Luta" (struggle) to invoque the slogans that became famous during the revolutionary era.One of their most popular songs is E O Povo, Pá?

In 2010 Homens da Luta wanted participate in the RTP Song Festival 2010, with the song Luta Assim Não Dá but their song was disqualified due to not following the rules of the Festival, nor the international ESC.

In 2011, they ran for the contest again with the song A Luta é Alegria which was written by Vasco Duarte. They were in sixth place after the regional juries gave their votes but after the televoting they ended up in first place, winning a trip to Düsseldorf. They will represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Since the group are comedians and not singers, and because their victory was also based on popular support rather than the selected jury, there were some negative reactions.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - Croatia

Dari Kinzer is a Croatian singer who was born in Germany on May 29, 1988. She will represent Croatia at the ESC 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song Celebrate. Originally the song was called Lahor and the first English version called Break A Leg. Daria grew up in Vienna were she studied management and theater. Daria played in musicals like Chicago, Cats, Hair and Beauty and the Beast . She participated in the Croatian national final of 2011 and won with the song Lahor which is translated to Celebrate.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - Poland

Magdalena Tul, born on April 29 1980 in Gdańsk, is a Polish pop singer. Magdalena started her career as a twelve year old and had her first part in 2000 as an actress and singer in the Musical Metro and she played in many other musicals like Grease and Cats. Magdalena had a couple of hits in Poland. In 2005 Magdalena tried to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest but her song didn't made it through the internal selection. In 2011 she tried again with the song Jestem and she won so she will represent Poland in Düsseldorf. Magdalena is singing her entry in Polish.

ESC 2011, semi-final 1 - Norway

Stella Nyambura Mwangi, also knowns as STL, was born on September 1 1986 in Nairobi. Stella Mwangi is a Norwegian/Kenyan singer, songwriter, rapper and pianist. She started her career when she was just eight years old. Stella writes a lot of her music about the situation in her home country Kenya and also about discrimination both Stella and her family had to go through after moving to Norway in 1991. Her work has been used in several movies and TV-series. She has won several awards and in 2011 she won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix with the song Haba Haba, The song is already a big hit in Norway.