Carola attended the press conference yesterday where all competing songs from the Eurovision Song Contest were played to journalists. Carola said that some of her favorites include Russia, Rumania, Greece, Germany, and Switzerland. But she believes the she has a a good chance to make it to the top six.

Click the links below to watch web-TV.

Web-TV: Press conference Aftonbladet
Web-TV: Press conference SVT 24 Nöje

Carola is working on some changes in her performance of "Invincible" at the ESC 2006 May 18. The designer Lars Wallin is working on a new outfit, and the choreographer Roine Söderlundh (who did the show at Cirkus in 2003) will create new choreography.

"I want to be world class", Carola says.

This is a first for Carola! "Evighet" is no 1 on downloaded ring signals in Sweden.

RING SIGNAL
This week	Last week	No of weeks	Title
1	new	1	Evighet	Buy

The 2xDVD "Melodifestivalen 2006" is released in Sweden today. The DVD includes all four semi finals and the finale in the Globe Arena in Stockholm on March 18. The DVD's also include extra material, behind the scenes footage etc. To own this piece of Carola history, order the DVD online today! Link: Buy the DVD Link: Go to Carola International Shop

Carola appeared on "Godkveld Norge" on Norwegian TV2 on Saturday April 1. She was interviewed together with the film director Harald Zwart about her participation in the new movie "Lange flate ballær" where she sings the Norwegian national anthem "Ja vi elsker".

If you missed the show, just click the link below to watch it on web-TV.

Web-TV: Godkveld Norge

(You need to sign up and pay to see the video clip)

There are speculations that Carola will perform at the opening ceremony of the European Athletic Championship in Gothenburg August 6. "

Other performers rumored to perform are Andrea Bocelli, Jessica Andersson, and Peter Cetera.

As soon as we receive official confirmation on these rumors, we will report about it.

The website eurovision.tv published the English lyrics for the English version of "Evighet" - "Invincible". Click below to read the lyrics.

Thanks to Peter and Hampus

Link: The lyrics for Invincible

Universal Music announced today that "Invincible" will be released as a single in Sweden during April, but the exact release date is yet to announced. Carola mentioned earlier that she told the record label that she wanted remixes of the song. Hopefully these will be included on the single.

Remember where you read it first!

Carola will appear on "Godkveld Norge" on Norwegian TV2 tonight Saturday at 10.25pm. Don't miss it!

Carola attended the opening of the Norwegian movie "Lange flate ballær" in Fredrikstad in Norway last night. Carola actually appears towards the end of the movie, singing the Norwegian national anthem "Ja vi elsker dette landet".

According to Norwegian media, Carola got the most attention when she walked the red carpet before the movie.

Link: The movie's official website

Ladbrokes stoped the betting for Carola as the winner in the Swedish Song Contest to make sure they didn't lose to much money (smart move, evidently), but now it's time for the online betting company to present the odds for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Carola is currently at no 2 after Greece's Anna Vissi.

Greece 3.50
Sweden 7.00
Rumania 10.00
Belgium 10.00
Boznia & Herzegovina 13.00
United Kingdom 13.00
Croatia 17.00
Norway 17.00
Germany 21.00

These odds will change over time.

Link: Ladbrokes' website

Carola, whose music is on the soundtrack album, will attend the movie premiere of "Lange flate ballær" in Fredrikstad in Norway tonight (Thursday). It is not clear if Carola will perform or just be a guest at the opening party. Some of the other guests include WigWam (who represented Norway in last year's ESC), princess Märtha Louise, and Wenche Myhre. Link: The movie's official website

During the weekend Carola was doing PR for her upcoming participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece. During her short visit, Carola recorded a segment for Greek morning TV with Alexandra Pascalidou, and performed "Invincible" on a night club with the Greek supertar Anna Vissi, who will compete for Greece in the ESC with her song "Everything".

"Från nu till evighet" - MAY 17 2006

According to Universal Music, Carola's new album "Från nu till evighet" will be released in Sweden on May 17. This is the official release date from the record label, so ignore the dates given on websites like CDON.com.

Remember where you heard it first!

Link: Pre-order the new album

These are the tour dates for Carola's Summer tour 2006

SUMMER TOUR 2006
30.6	Motala	Vätternfestivalen	Coming soon
1.7	Skellefteå	Stadsfesten	Buy tickets
2.7	Västerås	Mälarrock	Buy tickets
6.7	Sundsvall	Gatufesten	Coming soon
11.7	Kristianstad	Kristianstadsdagarna	Buy tickets
15.7	Karlskrona	Stororget	Buy tickets
16.7	Göteborg	Trädgårdsföreningen	Buy tickets
20.7	Borgholm	Slottsruinen	Buy tickets
25.7	Båstad	Tennisstadion	Buy tickets
28.7	Piteå	Piteå Dansar & Ler	Buy tickets
29.7	Östersund	Storsjöyran	Coming soon
7.8	Stockholm	Skansen	Buy tickets

Click the event for more information.
More ticket info to come...

Paddy Power (an online betting company) has started its betting on the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2006, and the most likey winner is Sweden with 8/1, followed by Germany, Greece, and United Kingdom at 9/1.

Sweden 8/1
Germany 9/1
Greece 9/1
United Kingdom 9/1
Belgium 10/1
Switzerland 12/1
Romania 14/1
Croatia16/1
Denmark 16/1
Malta 16/1

Remember, these are really early odds, and they will change over time depending on how people are betting. But it's fun, right?!

Link: Paddy Power's website

Carola will give a concert on the Centercourt in Båstad on July 25 as a part of her Summer tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday March 24.

Carola's new album "Från nu till evighet" does not have a final release date yet, but you can already pre-order the album from CDON.com.

Link: Pre-order the new album

Take a moment and vote for Carola's "Evighet" on Radio Rix FM's "Topp 6 klockan 6". Just click the link below and fill out the form.

Link: Vote for "Evighet" on Rix FM