Michalis Hatzigiannis and Reamonn MAD 2007
Mihalis Hatzigiannis & Reamonn - Tonight / Simera (MAD 2007)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Line-up Dutch Junior Songfestival 2007 revealed
Dutch broadcaster AVRO has revealed the line-up for the two semifinals of the upcoming Dutch Junior Eurovision Song Contest selections, to be held on 22nd and 29th September. The final of the Dutch Junior Songfestival 2007 takes place on 6th October. The winner will represent the Netherlands in Ahoy' in Rotterdam.
Semifinal 1 (22 September).
Amy (11), Shelly (11), Lisa (12) - Adem in, Adem uit (Fijnaart).
Demira (10) - Ik wil rocken ('s-Heerenberg).
Jelle (13) - Ik ben verliefd (Nieuw-Vennep).
Renaldo (13) en Nigel (14) - Trill met de bill (Nijmegen).
Tess (11) - Geef elkaar de hand (Rotterdam)
Semifinal 2 (29 September)
Cher (14), Stephanie (14), Jewel (14) - Switch (Voorhout, Amsterdam and Oegstgeest).
Famke (14) - Als je iets wilt (Delden).
Gaia (15) - Zingen is leven (Zoetermeer).
Serge (14) and Dion (10) - Jij hoort bij ons (Oostzaan).
Zanna (11) - Zeg me wereld (Amsterdam)
The Dutch Junior Songfestival will be hosted by Sipke Jan Bousema. On Saturday 8th December, he will also be the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, organised by Dutch broadcaster AVRO in Ahoy' in Rotterdam.
source:belgovision.com
Maro Lytra and Kostas Martakis MAD VMA 2007
Maro Lytra & Kostas Martakis - Summer Wine (MAD VMA 2007)
Helena Paparizou -best female award and best dressed award- MAD VMA2007
Helena Paparizou - MAD VMA 2007 accepting best female award
Helena Paparizou - MAD VMA 2007 accepting best dressed award
Portugal announces rules for Junior
from oikotimes.com
The Portuguese broadcaster will repeat last year’s formula for Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Yesterday, RTP put online the rules for the national selection. As oikotimes.com reported earlier, all the kids between 10 and 15 years old have two months to write and compose original songs and send it to RTP.
Then, a jury will select the 12 songs that will be performed in the live festival.
Portugal participated last year for the first time in Eurovision Junior, with the 14th year old boy Pedro Madeira.
Dervish in Coruña, Spain
Dervish, the group that represented Ireland in Eurovision Song Contest this year, will perform live in Coruña, Spain.
According to eurovision-spain and the newspaper “La Voz de Galicia”, the Irish group is the special guests of "Festival de Ortigueira", next July 8, 10.00 pm.
This known festival is dedicated to Folk and ethnic groups from all over the world.
source:oikotimes.com
Sweden moves JESC national final
from esctoday.com
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has announced that they will be moving the Junior Eurovision Song Contest national final from the originally scheduled 8th September one week earlier to Friday August 31st.
Escsweden.com exclusively reports that TV4 will be moving the Swedish JESC national final one week earlier due to the fact that they will be broadcasting the first Eurovision Dance Contest the next day and they wish to make it a special Eurovision weekend.
The names of the eight young artists that will compete for Rotterdam will be announced in the following months.
Ola says no more Melodifestivalen for The Ark
Ola Salo from The Ark said to Aftonbladet that the group will never do Melodifestivalen ever again. "Now we have won and that's it, it has been a great experience" Salo says. Salo continued by saying that he first wanted to meet Carola in Melodifestivalen but after meeting her he passed with a smile on his face he concluded.
source:oikotimes.com
Eurostars in Allsång på Skansen concert
Allsång på Skansen, the annual Swedish summer “singsong” kicked off on Tuesday in Skansen.
The community singing, which is the exact translation of the word “Allsång”, is all about eating, dancing and having fun watching famous stars on stage performing live in the Skansen wildlife park in Stockholm. The popular event sees this year, as well ,many Eurovision stars and hopefuls, amongst them The Ark, Lasse Berghagen and Nanne Grönvall.
The show is hosted by Anders Lundin known to Eurovision fans as the host of the 2000 contest in Stockholm. A day before yesterday saw the The Ark in their first appearance after this year's Eurovision Song Contest, as well as Melodifestivalen participants Pernilla Wahlgren and Electric Banana Band. In the weeks to follow the Skansen stage will see the following Eurostars:
July 3
Måns Zelmerlöw (Melodifestivalen 2007), Patrik Isaksson (Melodufestivalen 2006)
July 10
Lasse Berghagen, who participated for Sweden in 1975 Eurovision Song Contest and who also hosted the Allsång på Skansen from 1993-2003, managing to increase the ratings to an amazing 2 million viewers and, finally, Lasse Holm, composer of no less than five Melodifestivalen winners.
July 17
Svante Thuresson (Melodifestivalen 2007)
July 24
Peter Jöback (Melodifestivalen 1990) and Marie Lindberg (Melodifestivalen 2007)
July 31
E-type (Melodifestivalen 2004 and coach in this year's Lilla Melodifestivalen Artisterna with Shirley Clamp)
August 7
Nanne Grönvall ( Sweden 1996 and many times Melodifestivalen participant)
The show is broadcast on SVT in HDTV (High Definition) for the first time this year. Ticketing information in English can be found here .
The complete line up and more information in Swedish can be found here.
source:esctoday.com
Varvara in Athens
from esctoday.com
Varvara, the Russian 2005 and 2006 national final runner up, will be visiting Athens, Greece for a single appearance at the Space Club, on July 7th. The popular singer has already tried her luck twice to get the golden ticket for the Eurovision Song Contest and she is said to be willing to try once more for 2008.
Varvara's music style or rather styles combine a multitude of world music traditions. "Modern music should consist of alternative and symphonic music, ethnics of northern Europe and East, electronics and new age, "flavoured" with actual sound" says Varvara, who has her views set on the international market as well.
Varvara will be performing in Athens on 7 July at the Space Club (100 Kifisou Avenue). Tickets cost €20.
Thomas Thörnholm accuses Martin Stenmark of song theft
Songwriter Thomas Thörnholm is accusing Sweden's 2005 Eurovision entrant Martin Stenmark of song theft. It's Stenmarcks song "Hand i Hand" that the songwriter is claiming is to similar to hes song "Simple Man Wishing". On Wednesday the stimm comitee will meet and decide if Martin Stenmarck is guilty of song-theft.
Martin Stenmark represented Sweden in Eurovision song contest 2005 with the Casino inspired song "Las Vegas". Martin has done a huge comeback last year after the disappointing result with a new album which was number one on the Swedish album charts for many weeks.
source:oikotimes.com
Two ESC hosts on heat wave; huge fire in capital Athens
on 28 June oikotimes.com reported
Two recent Eurovision Song Contest host countries, Turkey (2004) and Greece (2006) are suffering from severe heat waves which in some regions approached the 46 (in Greece) and 51 (in Turkey) degrees.
The entire state of Greece is on high alert as huge fires occurred today. The fires cannot be controlled and many of them created in Power Plant facilities. Already many black outs occur in the several cities and the power and telephone network of Greece is in critical condition. The Greek government is on high alert and the entire Fire Department and the Army are on red alert.
Greece so far has 7 confirmed deaths from the heat wave. In the capital Athenians experience one of the worst fires close to the city. The mountain of Parnitha is entirely on fire, the casino was evacuated and the Telecommunication and TV stations antennas are at risk. At the moment there is no possibility for fire department air planes to fly over as it is night. The Greek media are all night on breaking news. Lately it was reported that 2 persons died in Magnisia (central Greece) due to the fire.
In Turkey the situation is close to similar. There are no fires reported so far but the temperature is extremely high for the past 3 days. Even 51 degrees Celsius were reported. A result of the world climate change? At this moment there are people to be saved therefore no one will be able to ask this question to himself.
22:00 CET UPDATEIt is reported that the facilities in the mountain of Parnitha (casino, mobile and radio-telecommunication facilities, army facilities) have been evacuated. Along with the rest of the fires in Greece, the entire state is on foot. At Dervenakia the fire no longer threats the South Greece from major black out, SKAI Television reports.
22:28 CET UPDATENorth parts of the Greek capital are evacuating with their private cars causing a small chaos in the region since the vehicles of the regional Municipalities and Fire Department cannot approach the region. At the moment the hotel located on the top of the mountain Mon Parnes is 300 meters away from the fire. The Parnitha mountain is extremely important to Athens as it includes the last forest treasure of the capital. Many Government officials and Ministers are already in the region. So far no house has been threatened. Mayors from all the neighbour regions have gathered at the Thrakomakedones City Hall to co-ordinate the situation and offer extra assistance.
Lithuania begins preselection for Eurovision Dance Contest
Starting from July 4th LRT begins preselection for Eurovision Dance Contest.
Show "Sokiu Eurovizijos nacionaline atranka" will be hosted by Audrius Girzadas and Izabele Romanovaite (professional dancer, winner of Sokiu desimtuko, Lithuanian Dancing with Stars version in couple with Mantas).
10 professional couples will compete for the right to represent Lithuania in EDC. Among them: Donatas Vezelis and Lina Chatkeviciute (2nd ranked Amateur couple of the country in Standard, 12th ranked couple in the World), Gintaras Svistunavicius and Gabriele Valiukaite (2nd ranked Professional couple of country in Latin), Valerijus and Olga Osadcenkos, Saulius Skambinas and Sandra Kniazeviciute.
Every Wednesday one couple will be evicted and it will be decided by the mixed jury's and televoting's system (most likely 50/50).
As of now it's known that televotes will be converted into Eurovision style (12, 10, 8-1). Jury will be able to give it's favourite 12 points, but it's yet unknown if 10, 8-1 will follow or not.
In Eurovision Dance Contest, which will be held on September 1st, 16 couples will be competing from: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Greece, Poland and United Kingdom.
sources:oikotimes.com;esckaz.com
Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas on tour
Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas continue their live appearances throughout Greece this summer with a summer set list for their fans as it happened in their support act in the opening of the Evanescence concert in Athens on June 23.
They will be accompanied by five musicians who will deliver melodies in rock, electro and some traditional sounds.
THE TOUR DATES
30.06.2007 - Dion
03.07.2007 - Patra
18.07.2007 - Thessaloniki
25.07.2007 - Ithaca
30.07.2007 - Athens
02.08.2007 - Nestorio
04.08.2007 - Corfu
08.08.2007 - Rhodos
09.08.2007 - Siteia
11.08.2007 - Tinos
17.08.2007 - Tichero
29.08.2007 - Herakleion
17.09.2007 - Elioupoli
23.09.2007 - Athens
source:oikotimes.com
Bulgaria starts preparing for Belgrade
Bulgarian TV have planned a detailed national selection process to decide their next representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, while at the same time making an effort to keep the public involved. The campaign kicks off on July 1st when the call for entries begins. This year's slogan is "To be a star, to get on the big stage, turn the summer romance into music."
Bulgarian broadcaster BNT have announced this year's national selection process that will decide who gets the ticket for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. As of October 1, BNT will launch a new weekly show, called EuroBGVision, which will be held at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The show aims to present the Bulgarian public with possible candidates from the local music scene and give the public the chance to send their favourites to a semi final.
EuroBGVision will feature each week live performances of songs which will be followed by discussions on general music topics. At the end of each of the three months (October, November and December) a special show will feature all the songs presented previously in the same month and each time the viewers will select three to go to the semi final.
The songs not selected will be given a second chance, together with all new songs that will be submitted until the end of 2007. At the end of January, an expert jury will select nine of those to go to the semi final as well, raising the number to a total of 18.
Finally, BNT will add three wildcards that will go directly to the final.
source:esctoday.com
Sarbel, Natatsa Theodoridou and Sakis Rouvas in Australia
Sarbel, this year's Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest will be touring Australia next month together with popular Greek singer Natassa Theodoridou.
Sakis Rouvas,who represented the country in 2004 and hosted the 2006 contest will be visiting Australia as well for a single concert in April 2008, together with Antonis Remos.
Sarbel will be performing in Melbourne on July 6 at the Metro Night Club, and at the Westgate Entertainment Complex on July 7.
The following week he will be in Adelaide on July 13 at the HQ Headquarters and in Sydney, at the Enmore Theater on July 14.
More information on tickets and booking can be found here.
Sakis Rouvas will also be visiting Australia for a single appearance at the Melbourn Vodafone Arena on Saturday 12 April 2008, together with popular Greek singer Antonis Remos.
The four-hour concert is expected to sell out due to the popularity of the two singers.
Tickets will be available from October 1 at ticketek. More information can be found here.
source:eurovisionnews;esctoday.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Bucks Fizz and burger flipper David Van Day was banned from driving today
Former Bucks Fizz singer and burger flipper David Van Day was banned from driving today and warned he will be jailed if he gets behind the wheel in the next 12 months.
The failed East Brighton Ward Tory councillor, 57, was given the blunt message after he lost his licence and was fined £275 for drink-driving.
Day, now a public relations worker, was arrested at 11.45pm on Saturday (June 23) driving his Chrysler Cruiser on Dyke Road Avenue.
A breath test revealed he had 47 mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 35 mg.
Day, of Woodruff Avenue, Hove, admitted driving a motor vehicle with excess alcohol at Brighton Magistrates Court.
read more here
Marija cancels trip after hospitalisation
from esctoday.com
Marija Serifovic has been forced to cancel her trip to Norway where she was supposed to be performing tomorrow night at the Eurovision Memory Lane concert in Oslo in front of an estimated 5,000 crowd tomorrow night. Marija is currently hospitalised after straining her vocal chords and will not be able to travel to Oslo.
The producer of the memory lane event told Gaysir website "this is very sad, especially for a young talent such as Marija. She has promised to come to Norway this autumn but until then, she has to rest her voice". He went on to wish Marija a speedy recovery to the problem which is most likely down to her gruelling schedule since winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. Marija played at the Budva festival on Sunday before seeking medical help after pain in her throat.
Although the contest winner will not be travelling to Norway, this year's home entrant, Guri Schanke has stepped in to fill the breach and will be performing tomorrow night.
We are also promised some surprise appearances in what is expected to be the largest Eurovision Memory Lane event so far.
Marija's concert on festival in Budva
from mariaserifovic.net
Tradition of this Festival is that the most popular songers have a concert.
This year it was Marija Serifovic.She had a concert on Plato in front of Stari Grad fortress.
The auditory chanted Marija’s name.
The concert began with song „Destiny“.
Marija’s back vocals sang this song with Marija.
After that, Marija sang other songs and the auditory was standing.
After song aperture, Marija voted. She geft 10 points to „No name“ and 12 points to „Beauty Queen’s“.
Activities in next period
29. June – Duseldorf, Germany – Concert;
30. June – Ofenbah, Germany – Concert;
01. July – Berlin, Germany – Concert;
05.-08. July – Vitebsk, Belarus – Song Festival "Slavjanski Bazar". Stage aperture
source:marijaserifovic.net
Eurovision union
TWO former Eurovision Song Contest winning acts will combine forces to provide an evening of music in Weston next month.
Collectively Bucks Fizz and Brotherhood of Man have achieved six number one records, 30 chart hits, several public and music industry awards and record-sales numbering over 40million. Now the two iconic bands of the 70s and 80s will come together for one show.
Read more here
source:Weston Mercury
Thoughts on Eurovision, cancer and future
from esctoday.com
Riki Sorsa releases his last songs
Riki Sorsa (Finland 1981 with Reggae Ok) has won the fight against cancer at least for now. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in spring 2006 at the age of 54 and spent most of the year undergoing heavy treatment that left him voiceless and nearly deaf, but with his sense of humour intact. Besides his voice he lost 15 kilos.
He also made a brave move in opening a blog on his website where anyone interested was able to follow his fight with its ups and downs.
Unexpectedly, his blog was read by thousands daily and he gave a face to the illness that touches so many every day.
Riki was diagnosed with the illness when he was starting to record a new album but only two songs were ready before he had to stop and now those songs are finally available on an album Haltuus annan sydämein – 18 balladia that was released last month. It includes, as the title suggests, 18 ballads from his career creating this unique CD.
Riki Sorsa has participated in the Finnish Euroviisut four times performing five songs, all of which have reached the top-4. In 1981 he debuted as a solo singer in Finnish after being a lead singer in various bands singing in English. He won with Reggae ok. He only reached a typically Finnish 16th place in Dublin but the single charted later in various European countries. In 1985 was a runner up to Sonja Lumme with Haaveissa vainko oot mun (written by a new comer Kari Kuivalainen who would win in 1986) and scored a huge hit with it. He also sung Lapset maailman with Ami Aspelund reaching 4th place that year. In 1991 he performed Viimeinen tie and gained 3rd place and the year after Silmiisi sun that came 4th.
In his blog, Riki writes with enthusiasm about the Eurovision 2007 in Helsinki. He was very pleased YLE remembered and involved the old Finnish Eurovision singers, and says he felt like in a class reunion when meeting so may fellow competitors and fans from all over Europe who still remember him. He also says he is very proud of being one of those who has had the chance to sing in Eurovision and points an accusing finger against the Finnish media who used to slaughter each and every participant after the usual failure. Thankfully, things have changed now! These days he is slowly getting back to normal life and looking for a job. “I have sung my songs, can’t do it anymore. But there are many things I could do. I want to work. If nothing else, this experience has changed my life. I can now see what is really important in life, what matters” he concludes.
Source:esctoday.com
Koldun "Magic works in Europe" -back stage VIDEO
Magic works in Europe part I
Magic works in Europe part II
Magic works in Europe part III
Magic works in Europe part IV
Eurovision Rock back in UK
Wig Wam return to UK...with The Poodles
2005 Eurovision Song Contest favourites, Wig Wam have confirmed that they will return to Nottingham's Rock City to perform this summer headlining the Thunderground Festival. The band, who provided Norway with an automatic qualification for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest final will be bringing some special guests with a Eurovision connection of their own.
Wig Wam return to the venue where they performed their first British gig last year. Back in October, they were the surprise of the night as they took the crowd by storm, winning the best audience responce of the night. There are likely to be additional dates added for the UK, where Wig Wam still plan to tour later this year.
Read more here
Sabrina - Portugal Semifinal Night - VIDEO
Eurovision Helsinki 2007 - Semi-Final - Portugal - Sabrina
Sabrina prepares summer concerts and new CD
from oikotimes.com
The 2007 Portuguese Eurovision entrant is preparing her summer tour.
Sabrina proudly represented Portugal in the Helsinki 2007 Eurovision edition and reached the 11th place in the semifinal, only four points to qualify to the final.
“It was amazing and fantastic my adventure in Eurovision! I’ll never forget everything what happened to me”, told the singer to oikotimes.com. In her concerts, she will perform not only her Eurovision song, but also other Portuguese entries from the past. “It’s my way to say to everybody that now I’m a Eurovision fan too!”
This afternoon, Sabrina sang and performed “Dança Comigo” in the most viewed afternoon TV-show, titled “Contacto” (SIC Channel). Next weeks, she will perform in many summer festivities all over the country, just before recording her debut CD. The track number is not confirmed yet. For sure, her Eurovision song will be included.
Serebro ESC Dresses Stolen
from escmalta.com
“ The dresses worn by the Russian girl band Serebro during the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest have been stolen.”
Unknown thief/s broke into the hotel room of the Russian girl band Serebro, who represented Russia in this year's Eurovision Song Contest placing third, and stolen amongst others the dresses that the girls wore during their Eurovision performance.
The theft took place in hotel Platan in Krasnodar during Serebro's concert.
The girls, themselves, dicovered after their concert, that someone had broken into their hotel room, and everything was in a mess whilst some of their belongings were gone, including the dresses, that they wore at Eurovision Song Contest, and two digital cameras with their private photos.
The 2007 Bulgaria's Music Awards
The 2007 MM Music Awards on BTV
The winners:
Best pop/dance song :Gravity Co. - Empty World''
Best Debut: Leepra Deluxe
Best Male Singer: Grafa.
Best Hip/Hop or R'n'B song: Upsurt and Mala Rodriges
Best Female Singer:Beloslava.
Best Non-Bulgarian Video :Nelly Furtado – ''All Good Things''
Best duet or group:Gravity Co.
Best video:Gravity Co
Award of the Public: AVA & Star Tattooed - ''Make Me High''
Lifetime Achievement award:Vasil Naydenov
source:oikotimes.com
The Summer London Schlager Party
Following the hugely successful first event in April, the London Schlager Party is back again with its summer edition. In association with esctoday.com, Eurovision Song Contest fans in London will be able to attend the Summer Schlager Party on 6th July at the Loom Bar in London.
The party starts at 8.00pm until 01.30 am and will be held at the Loom Bar, 5 Clipstone Street London W1W 6BB. DJ Dave Simmons-who also djayed at the Helsinki Euroclub this year- will be playing favourite Eurovision hits. Admission is £10.00 and includes a welcome drink of Genuine Swedish Cider.
More informations here
Bryan Adams Rocks Limassol
Set to be one of the biggest musical extravaganzas to hit Cyprus, it promises to be a magical trip into 20 fabulous years of rock and pop history.
The rock n'roll star who had a massive world-wide hit featuring ‘Everything I Do’ (1991) used in the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Speaking about his iminent visit to Limassol: “I haven’t been to Cyprus before and I always wanted to see it, I think it’s about time! We’ve been all around the Mediterranean and flown over Cyprus so many times, it’s now time to land down and come play,” he said.
Konstantinos Hristoforou ,that represented Cyprus in 2005 in Kiev, will star in Bryan Adam's live gig in Cyprus at the Tsirio Stadium in Limassol. The date for the concert will be on Friday June 29.
source:London Greek Radio
Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas at the Mad Awards 2007
Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas at the Mad Awards 2007
source:oikotimes.com
Helena Paparizou at the Mad Awards 2007
Helena Paparizou at the Mad Awards 2007
See also Helena Paparizou - MAD VMA 2007 opening - Medley and Helena Paparizou - MAD VMA 2007 accepting best dressed award
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Nana Mouskouri on British Television
read also Nana's long goodbye
oikotimes.com reports:
The much loved, and much famed, Nana Mouskouri made an appearance on ITV1's popular morning show 'This Morning' earlier today. She was introduced by host Philip Scofield who said that ''the word legend is often overused these days... but this lady certainly is one''.
Nana, who speaks five languages but has sung in eleven, was complimented on this idea as a way of reaching out to people. ''It was never planned that way'' said argueably the most famous Greek musician of all time. ''I wanted to learn other languages and culture to learn more about singing''.
In total, Nana has recorded over 1350 songs in 11 different languages over her carear that has spanned 50 years. She is currently touring the world on a four-year ''Farewell Tour''. ''Life helped me to be a singer... I became a stage person, wonderful things don't last forever. It's better to say thank you to the audience, because if the audience weren't here to listen to me I wouldn't be here'' she said.
Nana was praised for never giving notice to those who said she should change who she was. Indeed, she revealed that at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest- where she entered for Luxembourg- she was told by Harry Belafonte to lose her glasses and change her hair!
As a little bit of fun, hosts Fearne and Phil asked Nana to try on some new, more modern, glasses, which she duly did, with Philip then telling er that her original ones looked best. Nana will be back in the UK in October as part of her 'Farewell Tour'.
You can see photos of Nana on the Show here
Les Fatals Picards in Euroclub - VIDEO
Les Fatals Picards in Euroclub
L'amour à la française
I remember jolie demoiselle
The last summer, nous, la tour Eiffel
I remember comme tu étais belle
So beautiful with your sac Chanel
Sur le pont de la Seine
Let's do it again, again, again, again
You gave me a rendez-vous
What is it, what is it?
Je le cherche à toi dans les rues
Je ne suis pas venir car tu ne l'es plus
Je le regarde partout, where are you?
My heart is bleeding, oh, I miss you
L'amour à la française
Let's do it again, again, again, again
You gave me a rendez-vous
Et je cours, je cours, je cours
I've lost l'amour, l'amour, l'amour
Je suis perdu, here without you
And I'm crazy, seul à Paris
Je tu le manques, sans toi I can't
Et sous la pluie, I feel sorry
Champs-Élysées, alone la nuit
Le Moulin Rouge, I feel guilty
Et le soleil est plus brûlant que les oiseaux
Et dans le ciel, I miss you so
A souvenir, a rendez-vous
Des fleurs, des fleurs, des fleurs for you
Je tu le manques, sans toi I can't
Et sous la pluie, I feel sorry
Je suis perdu, here without you
And I'm crazy, seul à Paris
I remember jolie demoiselle
The last summer, comme tu étais belle
I remember nous, la Tour Eiffel
So beautiful with your sac Chanel
L'amour à la française
C'est que je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime
I give you a rendez-vous
Et je cours, je cours, je cours
I've lost l'amour, l'amour, l'amour
Je suis perdu, here without you
And I'm crazy, seul à Paris
Je tu le manques, sans toi I can't
Et sous la pluie, I feel sorry
Champs-Élysées, alone la nuit
Le Moulin Rouge, I feel guilty
Et le soleil est plus brûlant que les oiseaux
Et dans le ciel, I miss you so
A souvenir, a rendez-vous
Des fleurs, des fleurs, des fleurs for you
Je tu le manques, sans toi I can't
Et sous la pluie, I feel sorry
Je suis perdu, here without...
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Magdi Rusza releases her debut CD album
The 2007 Hungarian Eurovision entrant Madgi Rusza releases her debut CD album titled Ördogi Angyal by CLS Records.
Magdi proudly represented Hungary in the Helsinki 2007 Eurovision edition.
After she qualified from the semifinal to the final, she ranked 9th with 128 pts. The track list of the album:
01. Aprocska blues (Hungarian version of Unconditional blues, ESC 07)
02. Csak a zene
03. Hip-hop
04. Nem vagyor jo neked
05. Uj nap
06. Eltévedt idegen
07. Ciki ez a helyzet
08. Alomangyal
09. Szembejövo sav
10. Nem baj11. Nekem nem szabad
12. Még egy dal
13. A sors a neved
14. Vigyazz a madarra
Hip-hop
source:oikotimes.com;esctoday.com
Climate Change Malta Website Launched
escmalta.com reports:
“ The website for the Climate Change Malta event organsed by the Battista Leisure group has been launched and includes details of the various concerts organised.”
The official website of the Climate Change Malta even that is being organised by the Battista Leisure group is now online and includes various details on the various concerts that will be organised during the event.
Besides various local MSFE, Eurovision and JESC singers, the event will also host Italian star Marco Masini, who will give a concert in Qawra to raise more awareness about Climate change and how one can reduce Co2 emissions and thus reduce global warming, which is one of the most hot current affairs issues.
For more details visit the official website.
Interior Minister objects Cyprus participation to JESC
Mr. Neoklis Silikiotis, Cypriot Internal Minister and political head of CyBC he has opposite opinion as the Administrative Council about Junior Eurovision.
He thinks that the Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) it shouldn't take part in the Junior Eurovision because the children who participate in the contest start to think just like stars from small age while taking part in such a big events.
The CyBC wants to organize the Junior Eurovision two years now. And this year win the bidding to organize the 6th edition of the contest.
The Junior Eurovision 2008 will be held in "Spyros Kiprianou" Palais de Sports in Limassol. Most likely to host the contest is Marina Fillipidou, who made the commentating from Helsinki for CyBC.
East meets West in one-time Soviet St Tropez
Jurmala, Latvia (dpa) - Here's a question for pub quiz addicts: what do Boris Yeltsin, Charlie Mingus, Viagra, Dr Watson and the Gipsy Kings have in common?
The answer is a place you've probably never heard of: Jurmala, once the Soviet Union's equivalent of St Tropez and now the top beach resort in independent Latvia.
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This July and August, some of the biggest names in Russian showbiz are set to strut their stuff on Jurmala's festival stage.
Their names may not be well known in the English-speaking world, but retro-pop group Doktor Vatson, comedy duo Novie Russkie Babki ("new Russian grannies"), balladist Sergei Trofimov and matinee idol Maxim Galkin are daily fodder on Russian TV.
This year, they are set to perform alongside a string of Western stars. From July 12 to 14, Jurmala offers the exotic cocktail of Doktor Vatson, the Gipsy Kings and German group Genghiz Khan.
From July 25 to 30, meanwhile, the resort is set to rock to the sounds of the "New Wave" contest - a showcase for young performers from around the world, jointly organized by legendary Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls and Russian diva Alla Pugachova.
Last year, the contest's top guests included Enrique Iglesias and Russian girl band Via Gra. This year's stars will be similarly high-profile, though their identity will only be released nearer the time, Kokina said.
In August, meanwhile, both Trofimov and Galkin will take to the Jurmala stage, before it looks West to host jazz greats the Mingus Big Band and Latvia's recent Eurovision entry, Cosmos.
Jurmala has not yet quite earned the cachet in the West that it has in the East: no A-listed Western star has yet performed beside Russia's superstars in the town's summer festivals.
But with Jurmala's profile still growing, it is surely not long before its mix of sun, sand and showbiz make it the ultimate place to watch the stars of East and West form new constellations.
Full article here
source:eux.tv
Dana International conquers Israeli radio again
from esctoday.com
Dana International's new single, Love boy, the second one from her new album has stormed the radio stations in Israel. The song reached the first place on the combined airplay chart of all radio stations in the country and has put Dana back in business, for the first time in a long while.
For quite a long while, the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner, Dana International, has kept a low profile in the Israeli music scene. She has been recently signed in one of Israel's leading record labels, Hed Arzi, and a new album is scheduled to be released, probably this August. In the build up to the album's release, Dana has been everywhere in the Israeli media lately: television interviews in all the national channels, magazines and internet websites.
The first single from this upcoming album, Hakol ze letova (Everything is for the better), was released a couple of months ago and gained popularity but nothing compares to the next single, Love boy, which instantly became a massive hit. This summer hit immediately topped the charts in various radio stations and has conquered the first place in this week's combined airplay chart of all radio stations in Israel. The song's chorus containts two verses from an old song of Avi Toledano's (Israel 1982).
Ofer Menachem, Dana's PR manager at Hed Arzi, told Esctoday.com: "We are proud and happy with Dana's success with us. Dana's fans can expect the album to be out real soon and it will be available for purchasing, even from abroad, in the near future". The new album will also include a special remix of one of the other tracks, You get down on me, by the leading DJ, Junior Vasquez.
The song Love Boy, which turned into a massive summer hit and gained the support of the radio stations and music critics, has certainly put Dana International in the spotlight in Israel, after a long while.
You are able to listen to the song on Dana International's official website, by clicking here.
A remix for the song is also available for listening- click here (the tracks will start playing automatically by opening the links).
Co-host announced for Eurovision Dance Contest
It has been known for a while that Graham Norton will host the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest. Now, it has been revealed that Claudia Winkleman will join him as co-host. Furthermore, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman - judges in Strictly come dancing will be commentators for the show to be held on 1st September.
source:oikotimes.com
The results of the MAD Video Music Awards
The 4th annual Mad Video Music Awards were held tonight in Athens, Greece
Helena Paparizou (Greece 2001, 2005), dressed in (chic) black started the show with a full of 60s feeling medley: a cover of "Let the sunshine in" (5th Dimension), followed by her latest hit "Mi Fiyis".
Mihalis Hatzigiannis (Cyprus 1998) also appeared on stage, singing his version of "Tonight / Simera" with Reamonn.
Tamta entered the stage on a vespa (Greece NF 2007) and sang Mika's Relax (Take it easy) in a hi-nrg mash-up with her new hit single "Ayapise me".
The big winner of the night was Mihalis Hatzigiannis, having won 4 awards, while Helena Paparizou left with 2 awards. The Eurostars that were awarded are:
Best video clip (dance): Sakis Rouvas
Best video clip (pop): Mihalis Hatzigiannis
Best video clip (laiko): Peggy Zina
Best video clip (male artist): Mihalis Hatzigiannis
Best video clip (director): Kostas Kapetanidis (Greece 2005 video clip director)
Best video clip of the year: Mihalis Hatzigiannis
MAD VMA for the best dressed artist in a video clip: Helena Paparizou
Best video clip by MAD Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov
MAD VMA for the artist with the most shown video clip on MAD: Mihalis Hatzigiannis
sources:Mad Video Music Awards;oikotimes.com
Monday, June 25, 2007
Dutch national final for Eurovision Dance Contest
oikotimes.com reports:
The Dutch national final for the Eurovision Dance Contest will be on the 4th of August. Lucille Werner will host the contest in which only professional dancers will participate. Televoting will decide which couple will go to London.
Natasa Theodoridou and Sarbel In Sydney
Natasa Theodoridou and Sarbel will be playing at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on July 14th.
Visit Enmore Theatre’s web page for information on the concert.
MAD Video Music Awards 2007 tonight
Greece’s MAD Video Music Awards will be held on the 25th June (tonight) 2007 at the Theatro Vrahon Melina Merkouri!
There will be 17 categories to be won where the public get the chance to vote including The Best Video Clip and Favourite Singer.
After the Pre Show, where you can see (or listen) live the: Fingers Crossed, RainTear, RG, Tang - Ram, Trendy Hooliguns, Κόmi X, Skies kai Ypohthonio the full line up will be:
3 Efhes
C:Real
Apostolia Zoi
Thirio
Kalomoira
Maro Litra
Giorgos Mazonakis
Nikos Markopoulos
Stelios Maximos
Kostas Martakis
Nikos Mihas
Nevma
Nino
Onirama
Helena Paparizou
Antonis Remos
Stavento
Sofia Strati
Tamta
Taraxias
Gianna Terzi
Kostas Tournas
Fili Gia Panta
Mihalis Hatzigiannis
Rallia Hristidou
Ayo Reamonn
Sunrise Avenue
Official website can be found here MAD Video Music Awards 2007
source and photos:Mad Video Music Awards
Andy and Kelly Kainz to dance for Austria
Austrian broadcaster ORF has confirmed that dancing couple Andy and Kelly Kainz have been selected as the pair to represent Austria at the first ever Eurovision Dance Contest, which takes place in September 1 in London.
Both dancers have previously won Austria's version of 'Strictly Come Dancing', 'Dancing Stars'- Andy winning it with Marika Lichter and Kelly, who's one it twice, with Manual Ortega (Austria 2002) and Klaus Eberhartinger respectively.
read more here
source:oikotimes.com
Tatu at MK Zvukovaya Dorozhka festival
On June, 24 at the Luzhniki Arena, Tatu was invited as special guests at the Zvukovaya Dorozhka MK Festival in Moscow.
Serebro, Dima Bilan and another Russian artists was invited too.
Everybody, who was at Luzhniki open-air, heard new t.A.T.u. song translated as Don't Regret. So far the song is only in Russian. Still, here are the lyrics.
Ne Zhaley
Ti ne zhaley
Vse ne naprasno
Litsa ludey
Tayut i gasnut
Mi s toboy molchim
Ti i ya vdvoyom
Dalshe ne hotim
Bolshe ne poyom
Veter v volosah
Nash prostivshiy sled
Slezi na glazah
Nas tam bolshe net
t.A.T.u. performing new song! Ne Zhadey(No Regret)
sources:TatySite.net;bilandima.ru
Serebro "Dyshi" (Breathe) at Alye Parusa festival
Serebro "Dyshi" (Breathe) at Alye Parusa festival
Watch Serebro in Kremlin -Video
4KIDS For Romania - Junior Eurovision
TVR, Romania's National Broadcaster, held yesterday its Junior national final in which for a second consecutive year a group of four kids will represent Romania in Junior Eurovision. The group is called 4Kids and their song in entitled Sha La La.
The members of the band are Sabrina Ioana Stroe, Gabriela Anamaria Bugle, Bogdan Ionut Bidasca, and Mircea Eremia (Alina Eremia's brother, JESC 2005).
Gabriela has already taken part in the national selections of 2005 finishing 5th and 2006 were she placed 2nd.
4Kids managed to collect maximum 12 points from jury and televoting. In the meantime, the Runners-up were Ovidiu Lazar and RBL with 16 points each.
Listen the song:
To re-watch the national final click here
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Anna Vissi in Bulgaria
from oikotimes.com
Anna Vissi was in Bulgaria the last three days, where she gave a VIP concert on June, 23rd, at the opening of the Royal Beach Hotel complex, in Sunny Beach, Black Sea cost.
Lili Ivanova, a living legend of the Bulgarian pop music, was also among the many guests of the concert, which lasted 8 hours and was attended by over 1500 guests. The ex - Crown Prince of Greece Nikolaos was also between the VIP guests and stayed up until the morning, while Anna sent him a special greeting, from the stage.
The day before, Anna was a guest in the tv show "Shouto Na Slavi" (BTV), where she sang her Billboard hit "Call me" and her last Greek single "Nylon" and also talked about her career in Greece and Cyprus.
Anna is not unapproachable and she's not acting like a diva: "It's important for an artist, especially for one like me who's more than 30 years in the industry, to be down to earth and keep in mind that all that's happening in his life is a gift from God".
She remembers she moved in Greece when she was 15. "It was difficult singing the nights and studying, because these years, being a singer was quit suspicious. I just went to a biggest place - Cyprus is Greece as well, what's released in Greece, it's also released in Cyprus, just like here, in Bulgaria. I didn't know I'm famous here".
Many of her hits are translated into Bulgarian. "I don't have a problem with that. It's an honour and a compliment for me when they sing my songs. I believe songs and music should travel". Last year she ended 9th at the Eurovision Song Contest of Athens, even though she was the absolute favourite to win the Festival: "It doesn't matter, but I really want to thank Bulgaria for giving me 12 points. You had a very good and sexy song that year, a beautiful singer as well; I liked it. I like authentic Bulgarian music".
She's currently in Greece and has recently been to Acropolis. "It's a place full of strong energy, as if you are in the heavens. We are very proud of it".
She got married once with Nikos Carvelas, her lifetime composer and partner. "I do believe in marriage, but I do believe in divorce as well. I got married with the right man, because we broke up and we are still friends and have a daughter".
video source:oikotimes;youtube
Vote in the Eurovision-Cyprus awards
Eurovision-Cyprus.ueuo.com is asking fans from around the world to vote in their annual Eurovision awards.
There are twelve categories to vote in:
Best Male Singer,
Best Female Singer,
Best Group,
Best Live Act,
Best Promotional Video,
Best Song,
Best Music,
Best Lyrics,
Best Dressed Act,
Best Commentator,
Best Spokesperson,
Best National Final.
Click the link Eurovision Cyprus Awards to cast your vote.
sources:oikotimes.com;eurovision-cyprus.ueuo.com
Sarbel Golden Album Award - Video
Sarbel Golden Album Award , Athens 12.06.2007
Sarbel Golden Album Part 1
Sarbel Golden Album Part 2
Many thanks to escfans.eu for this video
Romania selects Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry
Romania, the host country of last year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest, selects a representative for Rotterdam tonight. Romanian broadcaster TVR originally selected fifteen candidates, but one of them - Ioana Veronica Ciornea - was forced to withdraw for medical reasons. Tonight's final will be aired as of 19:15 CET.
Live stream: As of 19:15 CET .
Link: www.tvr.ro/jesc
Online petition for EBU to reveal the back-up jury votes
eurovisionthoughts.blogspot.com reports
To: Svante Stockselius & the European Broadcasting Union:
We, the fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, are not happy with the, currently, unfair nature of the voting system. We feel that the voting result of, not only the eastern countries, but the western nations as well, are being adversely affected by the number of immigrants in each country.
It has become a tradition that Germany will always award Turkey 12 points, this could be interpreted as suspicious as the largest population of immigrants in Germany are from Turkey.
The same is happening in all of the Eurovision countries. Ireland has for the last two years given 12 points to Lithuania in the final.
This is also highly suspicious because the highest population of immigrants in Ireland are from Poland and the second highest number are from Lithuania, seeing as Poland was not in the final (but was awarded 10 points in the semi-final) 12 points to Lithuania demonstrates that Ireland's vote may well have been again swayed by the largest immigrant groups of Ireland voting for their own country.
These are just two exaples of what seems to be skewed voting caused by immigrants voting for their home nation while resident in another competing country.We want the results of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest national back up juries to be made public so that a comparison can be made between them and the actual televote results.
This petition is in no way against the Serbian win, and we feel that it may well have occurred even if jury voting was still in place, what we are aiming for is to highlight the inequality that exists between competing nations in the ESC at present.
Our final goal is to see thee reintroduction, either in full or partially, of the national juries. Many, so called, 'Western nations' are at real threat of withdrawing within the next few years if something is not done to assuage their and their national viewing public fears when it comes to immigrants hijacking their countries voting ability. We do not feel in any way that this is a racist accusation or indeed a racist measure that we are proposing, we only want each country's vote to actually put across that country's views on all competing songs.
Evridiki and Korgialas perform at the Evanescence concert
from oikotimes.com
The 2007 Eurovision entrant for Cyprus Evridiki performed at the Evanescence concert as opening act. The time was around 9 when she performed. Among the song she sang was the 2007 Eurovision entry Comme Ci Comme Ca. Oikotimes.com attended the concert and got for you three videos. Check them in our video gallery. The concert took place in Athens last night at the Karaiskakis Stadium.
Watch the other two videos on oikotimes.com
Evridiki at Greek Cypriot Party
Evridiki singing Come Ci Comme Ca at Greek Cypriot Party
source:escfans.eu
Saturday, June 23, 2007
The Ark perform in Norway
Yesterday the Swedish representatives in Helsinki performed in Oslo, Norway. They performed at the 'VG lista showet 2007'. An annual event organised by the newspaper. The show was broadcast yesterday on NRK. In previous years artists such as Wig Wam and Lordi have performed at the event.
The Ark - The Worrying Kind - promo video
source:oikotimes.com
EUROBEAT - Almost Eurovision
The Eurovisionaries
ONCE UPON A TIME...a fellow had an idea to stage a show based upon the Eurovision Song Contest. To do this he invited twenty or so of his very closest friends to come along and make this show a party for all. For two spectacular events these people offered their enthusiasm, talent and support to create the original Eurobeat productions and they will go down in the annals of history as...
Eurobeat – the Eurovision Musical is an original adaptation of the infamous Eurovision Song Contest. Set in Sarajevo and hosted by the glamorous Bronya and her tall, blond, pretty and dumb cohost Sergei they present for the enjoyment of the audience 12 acts representing an eclectic mix of countries.
Whether it be the Swedish pop stylings of Avla, the Russian boy band KGBoiz, from the Hungarian triplets the Molnar Sisters with their powerful folk music (sung in Hungarian of course) to the heartfelt longing of the song for Ireland presented by Ronan Corr, audiences are treated to a smorgasbord of entertainment presented by a cast of 30 performers who sing, dance and whip audiences up into a frenzied state.
In true Eurovision style at the end of the performances the audiences have the opportunity to vote (having been endowed with a nationality on the night and handed a voting form upon entry). The audiences votes are tabulated and then counted down as each country’s votes are given out ’live via satellite’. The event is reinvented every night as the audience dictates who the winners are. Once they are identified by the end of the voting the winners return to the stage for a triumphant reprise of their winning entry.
Source:craigchristie.com;eurobeat.com.au
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