This weekend the biggest free music festival of Belgium Maanrock takes place in Mechelen. Former Eurovision participants Hadise and Kate Ryan perform on the side stage on the IJzerenleen on Saturday. On Sunday Bab and Oliver from Junior Eurosong and Sandrine perform on the main stage at the market square.

One week earlier than scheduled the candidates of Junior Eurosong 2009 have been revealed. The twelve candidates - Manou, Tune, Haruka, Kiviv, Sepp 'n Sigi, Las Niñas, Thomas, Anke, Pjotr, Laura, T&T and Margo - all recorded two versions of their song. They will be released on a compilation album on 7th September.

Due to a mistake at internet shop Amazon Belgovision.com and everyone who ended up on the page concerned could see the names of the twelve candidates selected for Junior Eurosong 2009 and listen to their songs. Yesterday the names of the Junior Eurosong participants leaked on fansites. Eén confirms the lists.

Polish broadcaster TVP has revealed the viewing figures of last weekend's Sopot Hit Festiwal 2009. No less than 3.009.000 spectators tuned in for the international competition on Saturday night, won by Belgian singer Katerine Avgoustakis. The show became the most watched televison programme of this summer.

Eén presented its autumn programme schedule today. Junior Eurosong 2009, in which the Belgian representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen, will play an important role in September. Junior Eurosong 2009 kicks off on 5th September. On 27th August the twelve candidates will be announced.

Because of the bad weather the Q-Music Sunset Concert of Kate Ryan on the beach of Oostende was postponed tonight. If you want to see Kate Ryan live and acoustic, you get a second chance on Thursday evening at 20:00 CET. Kate Ryan stayed insided the Q-Music Beach House tonight and gave an interview instead.

The recordings of Hit The Road are a big success every week, but on television the show does not attract a big audience yet. Tonight, VTM airs the emission that was recorded in Tielt last Monday. VTM also announced the first names for the next two recordings of Hit The Road in Willebroek and Maaseik.

Tonight at 21:00 CET, when the sun goes down in Oostende, the fifth Q-Music Sunset Concert of this summer kicks off on the stage located next to the Q-Beach House on the beach of Oostende. After Sylver, VanVelzen, Milk Inc. and Natalia it is Kate Ryan's turn to perform her biggest hits live on the Q-Music stage.

Although it's almost half August, Flemish broadcaster VRT still hasn't announced its plans for Eurosong 2010, the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. According to Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws VRT is considering big changes and an internal selection of a candidate for Oslo.

Katerine has won the international summer hit 'Zagraniczny Hit Lata 2009' trophy with her hit single Ayo Technology. In the Sopot Hit Festiwal in the Polish city of Sopot Katerine defeated fourteen other artists including Danzel, Agnes Carlsson from Sweden and Queensberry from Germany.

Belgian singers Katerine Avgoustakis with Ayo Technology and Danzel with Walking On Sunshine take part in the Sopot Hit Festiwal 2009 in the Polish city of Sopot tonight. Katerine and Danzel compete with thirteen other international singers for the title of international summer hit of the year in Poland.

VTM airs the sixth emission of Hit The Road tonight with performances of this year's Turkish Eurovision representative Hadise, Nick & Simon from the Netherlands and September from Sweden. Because their first single All Eyes On Me is doing great in the charts, Jameerah received a second invitation for next week's Hit The Road.

Düm Tek Tek was released on single in Japan today. At the end of August Hadise will be visiting Japan to promote the song she sang to the fourth place for Turkey in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Following Belgium and Turkey, Japan surprisingly seems to become the third country where Hadise breaks through.

The different taste of the Belgian professional jury had a huge influence on the combined Belgian votes in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Only Alexander Rybak from Norway, Hadise for Turkey and Aysel & Arash from Azerbaijan received votes from both the professional jury and the televoting Belgian audience.

The possibility that Katerine Avgoustakis will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo next year exists, but so far she has no concrete Eurovision plans. As we reported earlier on Belgovision.com, Poland and Greece are interested in the Belgian singer who has started breaking through in Europe.