Tribute to Domenico Modugno

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50 years ago Domenico Modugno, three times Italian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, together with Franco Migliacci co-wrote the most famous Italian song, Nel blu dipinto di blu(Volare) .

Tomorrow 10th of July a tribute concert to Domenico Modugno will be held in Benevento, Italy and artists will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of this song. The event takes place at the Roman Theatre of the city and will be broadcasted on 13th of July by RAI, the Italian national broadcaster.

Domenico Modugno (1928-1994) participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times (in ’58, ’59 and 66). He achieved the best result in the contest in ’58, when he performed Nel blu dipinto di blu, better known worldwide as Volare, ending 3rd.

The song reached the top of the charts all over the world, even number one in the United States of America, an achievement that would never be repeated again by any entry of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was voted as the second favorite entry in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2005. When Benny Andersson of ABBA received the prize he commented: "I myself voted for "Volare". The song has been covered innumerous times over the years.

Tomorrow, 10th of July a tribute concert to Domenico Modugno celebrates 50 years of the most famous Italian song. The event takes place at the Roman Theatre of Benevento, in Italy. Three days later, on 13th July at 21:20 CET the national broadcaster, RAI, will broadcast the show.
On stage Gigliola Cinquetti will perform some songs of Domenico Modugno.

Gigliola Cinquetti has participated twice in Eurovision Song Contest, winning it the very first time in 1964, with the song Non ho l’età and ended 2nd in 1974 with the song Sì. In 1991 she was the female host of the contest, which took place in Rome, Italy.

Volare

Serebro is number 1 and Koldun number 2

Russia's Eurovision entrants Serebro, who finished third in Helsinki's Eurovision 2007 with 201 points, have made it to the top spot in the Russian airplay charts. "Song Number 1" is, once again, number one in Russian charts.

But Serebro aren't the only Eurovision entry from this year in the Russian charts- Belarus' own Koldun is up three places to number two; last week Koldun occupied the fifth place.

source:oikotimes.com

Serebro in Kremlin

Koldun "Magic works in Europe"

Sarbel In Australia - PHOTOS

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Sarbel kicks off Australian tour

Eurovision Cyprus reports:

Sarbel has begun a short Australian Tour. Accompanied by Natasa Theodoridou, Sarbel began his series of concert on July 6th 2007 singing his hit singles to Australian Fans.

Sarbel, the greek representative of Eurovision 2007, kicked off an Australian tour last friday night. They preform four shows in Australia with greek superstar Natasa Theodoridou which are staged in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

Friday the 6th of July was the first show at the Melbourne Metro Nightclub where he and Natasa performed to many excited fans.Sarbel sung his big hits Se Pira Sobara, Sokolata, Taxe Mou and of course his recent smash hit and eurovision entry Geia Sou Maria.

Also, Natasa and Sarbel sung their duet Na' Soun Thalassa, which the fans adored.

It was Sarbel's first trip down under to Australia where he received a great reception from his Australian fans.

His and Natasa final shows are in Sydney on the 14th of July and Adelaide the 13th of July.

For more information go to:
http://www.greekcity.com.au/content.cfm?id=3259


See photos with Sarbel and Natasha Theodoridou in Australia here

OGAE Luxembourg Eurovision convention

esctoday.com reports:

OGAE Luxemburg are organising a Eurovision Song Contest convention in the hope to raise enough interest in the European microstate for the local broadcaster to join the contest once again. The convention will take place on 22nd September.

Luxembourg, despite its small size can boast an impressive record of five Eurovision Song Contest victories over the years. They were one of the first countries to join in 1956 and they left the contest in 1994, not to return since.

The local OGAE club, in an effort to show the existing interest in the contest and pressure the local broadcaster to reconsider, is organising a convention on September 22nd.

Members of all local media have been invited to attend.

The meeting will be preceded by a Eurovision evening with live singing by the invited artists. Anne Marie David, the 1973 winner, has already confirmed her participation and more artists are expected to join. On Saturday, a great number of activities has been planned for attending fans including a karaoke contest, open to everybody, a quiz, a tombola, disco night and more. The proceeds will go to charity.

If you wish to contact OGAE Luxembourg or any other OGAE club around Europe email ogae@esctoday.com

Eurovision Dance Contest: logo revealed

esctoday.com reports:

The official logo of the Eurovision Dance Contest, which will be held on 1st September for the first time, has been revealed. It features the word Eurovision written in the same way as it is on the Eurovision Song Contest logos without the heart and the silhouette of a dancing couple in front of a star that contains the flag of the host country, the United Kingdom.

Furthermore, it has been revealed that the contest will be presented in both English and French. French was not a clear choice, since France is not taking part in the competition.

The show will be held at the BBC television centre and last for about 2 hours and 15 minutes.

As published before, Claudia Winkleman and Graham Norton witll host the show and Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman will be commentators.

Les Fatals Picards with a busy agenda

After a 22nd disappointed place in 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, the French entrant Les Fatals Picards don’t stop with their music and, with a very busy agenda, they play all around France with more than 10 performances in July.

9 July : Tous sur le pont Blois (Loir-et-Cher)
13 July : Stade Vélodrome Roubaix Roubaix (Nord)
14 July : Terres du son Tours (Indre-et-Loire)
15 July : Rocklang Languidic (Morbihan)
16 July : Les Francofolies La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
21 July : Artist'ô Champs Le Voide (Maine-et-Loire)
27 July : Les Arts la Campagne - Poupet Saint-Malo du Bois (Vendée)
28 July : Les arts'céniques Lisles sur Tarn (Tarn)

source:oikotimes.com

Zdob şi Zdub tour schedule revealed

Zdob şi Zdub, the first Moldovan representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2005 start their international tour today. Over the next weeks, the group will visit Romania, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and their home country Moldova appearing in various festivals.

Complete concert schedule:

13 July: Concert Club, Moscow, Russia
15 July: Jeleznogorsk City’s Day, Kursk Region, Russia
24 July: Danube Linz Europe Tour, Esplanda Dunarii, Galati, Romania
26 July: Danube Linz Europe Tour, Esplanda Dunarii, Izmael, Ukraine
28 July: Staryi Melnic Festival, Chisinau, Moldova
29 July: Peninsula Festival, Targu-Mures, Romania
17 August: Stufstock, Vama Veche, Romania
24 August: Independence Day, Lvov, Ukraine
8 September: Kronopol Festival, Park Miejski, Ary, Poland

Zdob şi Zdub were the debuting representaives for Moldova in 2005. With the song Boonika Bate doba, they finished second in the semi final and 6th in the final receiving twice the 12 points and three times the ten.