EastVision 02

EastVision 02 was the 2nd edition of EastVision Song Contest. After Nicole Sabouné won in Krakow 2nd edition was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. 34 countries took part in this edition,     and  were automatically prequalified to the grand final as big 6 after being in top 6 in the 1st edition. Rest of 28 countries were split in to 2 semi-finals. In both semi-finals were 14 countries and 9 of them were qualified to the grand final.

Sweden
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.3 million. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi) and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.

Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

Loreen
Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui, known professionally as Loreen, born 16 October 1983) is a Swedish pop singer and music producer. Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, with her entry "Euphoria". The song reached number one in several countries, including Germany and Sweden. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, she sang as the opening act in the first semi-final and as the interval act in the grand final.