Mihai Traistariu in Malta

In 3 weeks - the videoclip and the new single will officially be launch in 14 countries in which Mihai has contracts with Record Companies : Greece , Cyprus , Malta , Germany , Austria, Sweetzerland , Sweden , Norway , Denmark, Finland, Spain , Portugal , Romania and Rep. Moldova.

The new cd will be in shops in these countries in 1 month.

This is the 10th album in Mihai' s career and the 17th videoclip.

In June Mihai will have shows in 6 countries : BELARUS , LITHUANIA , SPAIN , MALTA , ITALY AND NORWAY (ALSO FOR EUROVISION SHOW ON 28th).

MIHAI IN NEW WAVE FESTIVAL

Mihai , also , has been chosen in semifinal of one of the biggest European Contest : "New Wave".

There were more than 3000 competitors from all over the world... and after the first selection Mihai has been chosen in the first 100 competitors .

On 11th Mihai will be in Moscow to take part in the semifinal, where a special jury will choose 16 competitors for the big Final. The contest will be held in Jurmala (in Riga) between 25-30 of July and it will be broadcasted in more than 8 countries.

The people will choose their favourites throgh televoting and a jury will select the first 3 awards.

The winners of the competition will get the following awards : 1 - 50.000 dollars 2 - 30.000 dollars 3 - 20.000 dollars

The audience award will lead to the winner a valuable prize from the Company - "Smolensk Diamonds" .

We wish Mihai good luck in Moscow !!!

Marija in Greek TV Show "OLA"

from oikotimes.com

source:ANTENNA TV - www.antennatv.gr

Spain already selecting the Eurovision Dancers

A few weeks ago, the show Mira quien Baila a Eurovision kicked of. The programme is similar to Strictly come dancing although only "unknown" people are taking part. The winning couple will go London.

Preliminary stages have been running since April 30, 20 couples entered the show, hosted by Anne Igartiburu.
Guests of the shows were Emma Ozores, Oscar Ladoire, Maria Reyes, Alex Casademunt (April 30), Milene Domingues, David Civera (ESC 2001 representative, winner of 2nd edition of the show), Claudia Molina and Pedro Reyes (May 7), Carmen Sevilla, Miriam Diaz Aroca, David Meca and Felisuco (May 14), Manolo Sarria, Fernando Romay, Antonia Dell Atte and Estela Gimenez (May 21), Gema Ruiz, Jesus Alvarez, Victoria Vera and Michel Olivares (May 28).

The special selection among celebrity guests of the show will decide the fate of 10,000 Euros prize which will be donated to charity winner supports.

Members of jury: choreographer Poti, actress Tete Delgado, dance experts Joana Subirana and Albert Mota, ballet dancer Antonio Canales and humourist Mariano Mariano.
In each semi jury selects two couples, televoting selects two more and one leaves the project.


source:esckaz.com;esctoday.com

Natasa Theodoridou with Niko Kourkoulis and Sarbel live at ODEON '07- VIDEO

This summer Greece's golden boy Sarbel can be seen at Odeon Thessaloniki, performing with Natasha Theodoridou and Nikos Kourkoulis.









source:http://www.natassatheodoridou.cjb.net/;youtube.com

Carola vs Helena Paparizou in Melodifestivalen 2008?

Swedish broadcaster SVT will do its utmost to make another spectacle of Melodifestivalen 2008.

The apotheosis of the Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade should be a duel between two former Eurovision Song Contest winners: Carola and Helena Paparizou.

In 2008 it will be exactly 25 years ago since Carola won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with the song Främling. The 40 year-old singer wants as many people as possible to join the celebration. Carola already stated to be interested in another Melodifestivalen participation and another European adventure.

As for Helena Paparizou it is a matter of timing, according to Melodifestivalen organiser Christer Björkman. Ever since the Swedish singer won the Eurovision Song Contest for Greece in 2005, he has been in contact with Helena Paparizou concerning a participation in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest selections.

Meanwhile, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet asked for their readers' opinion. The participants in the poll clearly prefer Helena Paparizou to represent Sweden for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, rather than Carola for the fourth time.

source:belgovision.com

Marija's concert in Belgrade - Video

Marija performed a successful concert in Belgrade on the 8th of this month.

Marija Serifovic - Gorka cokolada

Lordi - rehearsal for final night Helsinki 2007

For the ESC final night YLE used FogScreen projection screen in the opening of the Finals with Lordi.



video source:vision.rambler.ru

The ESC – More then just a Song Contest

The great majority of the participants taking part in demandi’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest Survey 2007’ are enthusiastic followers of the event.
From the over 2000 participants 58% consider the ESC to be a year-round event and 28% stated that the contest really excites them for a few weeks each year. Only 1% of participants said that the contest didn’t interest them at all.

Participants were also asked which elements they would like to see reintroduced. Thereby it became obvious that many fans are still unhappy with the voting system changes carried out in 2006. 44% propose that all the results should be read out on TV again. And almost a third of the participants (31%) would like to see the orchestra back on stage. 30% want the musicians to perform in their country’s own language.

For the majority of participants the ESC is more then just a song contest. 57% say that it is a cross-border event which brings Europe closer together. For 39% of the participants, the ESC is a bit of healthy rivalry between all countries. For half of the participants the contest is the most entertaining show they can imagine.

The United Kingdom and Ireland came in last in this year’s final – a result their fans certainly did not expect. Whereas 23% of the UK fans reckoned that Scooch would rank at the bottom of the table, only 7,45% thought that this could happen to Dervish who represented Ireland in this year’s contest.
The ESC 2007 once again led to heated discussions about the so-called ‘political/neighbourly voting’. Whereas the majority of survey participants assume that the voting habits to be slightly political (51%), 30% come to the conclusion that political voting does not play any role at all. 16% however complain that political voting makes the contest’s outcome very predictable.

But is the ESC really predictable? As the survey was carried out prior to the event, one can compare the predictions with the actual outcome.

Predicted outcome/ (actual result)
1. Greece (#7)
2. Sweden (#18)
3. Switzerland (not qualified for final)
4. Serbia (#1)
5. Belarus (#6)

Demandi is an independent information and survey platform concerning all areas of social, cultural and political themes within Europe.

For more information about the Results of the "Eurovision Song Contest 2007" survey click HERE