27-05-2009 - Interview with the winners

BESC: Your video was the voters' favourite clip this year on BESC. How about this news?
Inga: It's really nice! Thanks a lot, We are very happy to hear this!

BESC: Who did create the conception of the video?
Anush: The whole conception of the video belongs to the director David Babayan.

BESC: Did You have a desire or idea to realise in the clip?
Inga: Yes, the desire was to create a virus-dance and make people get infected with that:).

BESC: The scenes were filmed in various places, it makes the video more colourful. Are all these places in Armenia?
Anush: Yes, the shootings took place only in Armenia. And it IS colourful and bright, you should visit us someday! :)

BESC: How many days did it take to film Jan jan?

Inga: We did it in 4 shooting days.

BESC: Which was the most memorable moment these days?
Anush: We worried about the bridge scene a lot and the most memorable moment was the one when we saw the dance on the bridge and realized that we got what we wanted.

BESC: We feel the clip gave another message to Your song: "come on, lazy people of modern world, couch potatoes, get up and do something exciting!". Are we right? :)
Inga: Haha:) Yes. It's all about colouring the gray daily life and do something bright altogether.

BESC: Did You watch Your competitors' videos? Did You have a favourite?
Anush: We watched all the videos and would like to mention Belguim, Lithuania, Ireland and Ukraine.

BESC: Could You tell us an interesting or funny story about the shooting?
Inga: Oh, there were so many of them... One of the funniest things is that the idea of the glowing instruments was born suddenly in the middle of the shootings - we didn't plan that, but it turns to be one of the most impressive moments of the clip:)

BESC: What do You think why Your video is so successful?
Anush: Most people love this video because it's message is reachable to everyone.
Inga: It is a cheerful video, it shows unification and equality. Something like "all you need is love", and we express love by our dance.

BESC:Anything else You feel important about the clip?
Anush: Just one comment we receive the most: the more one watches the video, the more is the desire to watch it again. This is the most important thing for us:)

Thank You!

16-05-2009 - The Winner Of The 2nd BESC Award

We collected the votes for 2 weeks until May 15. You sent 1629 votes, but after closing we filtered out 520 of it, because they were invalid: the visitor's voted for own country or they tried to help their favourites more than once in a day. The screening changed the positions. We will develope our system the next time to make faster the processing.

The 31 nominated videos' points

Finally here is the winning video clip (high quality):
Inga & Anush - Jan jan

Production company
SHARM Holding

Director: David Babayan

Editor: Ashot Mkrtchyan

Director of photography:
Mkrtich Malkhasyan

Computer Graphics:
Alik Chakhoyan
Vahan Hovhannisyan

Post Production:
Vahan Hovhannisyan

12-05-2009 - SURPRISE! bESC Screensaver!

And it's 100% free!

Get the flying pictures from the Eurovision clips! Images are from all the 42 videos.
The screensaver was made with InstantStorm (all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows are fully supported, including Windows 95 and Windows Vista).

Click here to download
the install file! (2.99 MB)

All right... and now don't forget to vote for the best clip! Please, read below!

01-05-2009 - Voting started

1. You can vote only once in a day.
2. You can't vote for your own country. (It's detected by IP adress of your internet connection. Rarely it's possible, that your internet service provider uses an other country's IP's. If You can't vote for your chosen country, which is not in where you are, please write me! bescmail [at] gmail.com)
3. Poll close date: 2009. May 15. 5:00 p.m. UTC
+1. Please, don't vote for your favourite song or artist(s). It's the contest of video clips!

29-04-2009 - Clipmix

Let's watch 12 sec. from the videos!

20-04-2009 - The 2nd BESC Award ('09)

Hello Europe, Hello World - Again!

We are glad to announce: here is the 2nd BESC!
Let's choose, which is the best preview video clip made for Eurovision in 2009!
The choice is YOURS!

You can select from 31 videos . If You wouldn't like watch all the 31 clips, use "THE CLIPMIX" menu above [here]! Here You can choose your favs quickly, then go to the "FULL CLIPS" [...]. Finally... VOTE!
Voting: 2009. 05. 01. - 2009. 05. 15. (5:00 p.m. UTC)

This year the nominees are:

Albania: Kejsi Tola - Carry Me in Your Dreams
Andorra: Susanne Georgi - La teva decisió
Armenia: Inga & Anush Arshakyan - Nor Par
Azerbaijan:AySel and Arash: Always
Belgium: Copycat - Copycat
Bosn. & Herz.: Regina - Bistra voda
Bulgaria: Krassimir Avramov - Illusion
Croatia: Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea - Lijepa Tena
Cyprus: Christina Metaxa - Firefly
Denmark: Brinck - Believe Again
Finland: Waldo's People - Lose Control
FYR Macedonia: Next Time - Neshto shto ke ostane
Germany: Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
Greece: Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our Night
Hungary: Zoli Ádok - Dance With Me
Ireland: Sinéad Mulvey & B. Daisy - Et Cetera
Israel: Noa and Mira Awad - There Must Be Another Way
Latvia: Intars Busulis - Probka
Lithuania: Sasha Son - Love
Malta: Chiara - What If We
Moldova: Nelly Ciobanu - Hora din Moldova
Montenegro: Andrea Demirović - Just get out of my life
The Netherlands: The Toppers - Shine
Poland: Lidia Kopania - I Don't Wanna Leave
Romania: Elena Gheorghe - The Balkan Girls
Slovakia: Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková - Leť tmou
Spain: Soraya Arnelas - La noche es para mí
Sweden: Malena Ernman - La voix
Switzerland:Lovebugs - The Highest Heights
Ukraine: Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)
United Kingdom: Jade Ewen - It's My Time



Unfortunately some productions are disqualified. The clips are not regarded as music videos which consist of only a live performance's montage. So we miss the following countries this year:

Belarus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Iceland
Norway
Portugalia
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Turkey

If these countries will come up with a new video on YouTube Eurovision Channel till April 28, they will get the chance of the nomination.

03-2009 - Winner

Letter from the winners

"Hello!
I am writing in the name of the team who produced "Nico & Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume" videoclip, the winner of your contest for the best 2008 Eurovision video.
We are happy that our work liked to so many people and we are proud of our result.
Thank you very much, I wish you succes in your activity.

Best regards,
Tiberiu Rotarescu
Director of Photography
Art Focus International
www.artfocus.ro"

Interview about the clip

Your video clip was filmed in a truly wonderful atmosphere on a beach. How did you manage to catch this atmosphere so well on TV? Can you tell us more about the story behind the video clip?

Vlad: "It was our director, Petre Nastase, who made the video clip - he is really a great artist. He found the locations. They were both very close to each other. One of them was on the seaside, an empty, let's say virgin, beach - there was nothing there, no people, no hotels. It looked like the end of the world, as the song itself describes it."

Nico: "And it was really windy and cold outside!"

Vlad: "Yes, that's true! We shot the first half of the video clip there, and then we moved on to the second location, which was about ten kilometres away, but it was very special. I don't know how the idea came up to our director. It looked almost like the Grand Canyon in the United States there. It was actually an abandoned stone pit, which looked like a huge cliff. When we reached the place, it was a bit cloudy - we didn't have any sun. But then, just before sunset, the sun appeared between the clouds and we had that magical light on the stone walls. And he shouted: 'Ok, NOW! Let's shoot!' We had that light for four minutes. We switched on the full playback, we went through it, and then the light was gone. We were very happy to get that scene. So, in fact, we recorded the whole clip in only twelve hours, and we were very happy that we got such a great result."

Nico: "I think the video clip only turned out that good because we had such a great time with our director and the whole crew. Everyone was so enthusiastic, and we were so pleased and proud to work with such a wonderful team."

(The entire interview)

Finally here is the winning video clip (high quality):
Nico & Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume

Production company: Art Focus International
Director: Petre Nastase
Editor: Marius Puia
Director of photography: Tiberiu Rotarescu

01-02-2009 - Voting started

1. You can vote only once in a day.
2. You can't vote for your own country. (It's detected by IP adress of your internet connection. Rarely it's possible, that your internet service provider uses an other country's IP's. If You can't vote for your chosen country, which is not in where you are, please write me! bescmail@gmail.com)
3. Poll close date: 2009. 03. 01. 12:00 a.m. p.m. UTC
+1. Please, don't vote for your favourite song or artist(s). It's the contest of video clips!

25-01-2009 - Mix of the clips

Let's watch 10-15 sec. from the videos!

25-01-2009 - Welcoming

Hello Europe! Hello World!

It's time to release The 1st BESC AWARD!
Video clips are made to promote the songs of the contests for years.
By now let's choose the best of them! THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

As long as countries are searching their actual Eurovision songs, we will concentrate the clips of last year.

You can select from 32 video clips. If You wouldn't like watch all the 32, use the "SHORT MIX OF THE CLIPS" menu above [here]! Here You can choose your favs quickly, then go to the "FULL LENGHT CLIPS" menu [here]. Finally... VOTE!
Voting: 2009. 02. 01. - 2009. 03. 01.

Why 32?
In 2008 the number of entries was 43, so we would have 43 video clips. But some clip was recorded on national finals (or other shows, where the selected song was presented), they are not regarded as music video. Other clips was made after the contests' finals.
To conclude unfortunately these productions (11) are disqualified. By name:
Ishtar - O Julissi (Belgium)
Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale (Cyprus)
No Angels - Disappear (Germany)
Kreisiraadio - Leto svet (Estonia)
Boaz - The fire in your eyes (Israel)
Jeronimas Milius - Nomads in the Night (Lithuania)
Pirates of The Sea - Wolves of The Sea (Latvia)
Maria - Hold On Be Strong (Norway)
Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar (Portugal)
Jelena Tomašević - Oro (Serbia)
Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (Sweden)
Hopefully these countries will compete for the next award.