Nico and Vlad in Moldova and Ukraine

The Romanian tenor Vlad Mirita and the pop singer Nico have visited Moldova and Ukraine during the promo tour that has been scheduled in order to promote their Eurovision entry "Pe-o margine de lume".

Moldova, their first stop, was full of surprises. On their arrival to Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, they went directly to "Euro TV" show where for a whole hour they talked about their entry and their career.

They also appeared in many TV shows in both countries and gave several interviews in magazines, sites and radio stations.

"We were very warmly welcomed both in Moldova and Ukraine. Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to visit Chişinău, but we promised to go back and talk about us and our plans." declared Nico and vlad Mirita.

Nico and Vlad enjoyed massive media coverage in Ukraine, appearing and being interviewed in no less that 10 major media, 1+1TV, MTV Ukraine, M1TV, 24TV, included.

Nico and Vlad enjoyed thoroughly the online conversation with local fans through the e-motion website which gave them the chance to come to closer contact with the local Eurofans.

In Ukraine, the duo was accompanied by Rusalna’s PR manager Maria Dashenko. Maria gave them a nappy toy which they named Masha and promised to take along to Belgrade as a good luck mascot.

Goran Bregovic- guest at Eurovision

Blic reports:

Marija Serifovic, last year’s Eurovision winner and Goran Bregovic with his "Wedding and Funeral Orchestra", will perform in the floor show of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held between May 20th and 24th at the "Belgrade Arena", while special guest in the semi-finals will be Slobodan Trkulja and the well-known ballet dancer Konstantin Kostjukov.

According to Andrijana Stojkovic from the Eurovision creative team, all three evening programs (two semi-finals and a final) will have a special topic inspired by Serbia and Belgrade, and the program is expected to be really impressive.

The first semi-final will introduce the video "Video Killed the Radio Star", including new versions of the greatest Eurovision hits.
Slobodan Trkulia will perform together with 60 more artists on stage.

Evening of the second semi-final titled "Serbia for beginners" is planned as a kind of pop-circus. Namely, Serbian heritage will be presented through various music styles and the program will be hosted by the famous ballet dancer Konstantin Kostjukov.
The Belgrade National Theater will also be presenting a part of the "Who's singing over there?" Ballet.

The final will start with Marija Serifovic’s performance of the song "Molitva" in a new arrangement, followed by 21 dancers on the stage.
A mini-concert of Goran Bregovic and his "Wedding and Funeral Orchestra" will be held after, Stojkovic said.

Stage construction and decoration at the "Belgrade Arena" is planned to be finished until April 25th, while overall preparations have to be finished until May 10th, before the arrival of the contestants’ delegations in Belgrade on May 11th.

It has been estimated that about 18,000 visitors from all over the world will come to Belgrade during the Eurovision Song Contest (fans from America and Australia have already announced their arrival), out of which 2,500 will only be journalists…

Watch Bilan, Pluschenko and Marton in Prague

On 17th April, during the Ice Skating show in the Arena HC Sparta in Prague which was packed with over 10.000 spectators, Dima Bilan, Evgeny Pluschenko and Edvin Marton performed Believe for the first time in public as a trio and talked about their staging plans for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.




"Ice will be on the Eurovision for the first time, as well as Stradivarius's violin. I will be for the second time. And I hope this time we will smile" said Dima after the show, going on to reveal that there will be five more people accompanying him on the Belgrade Arena stage.

Apart from Olympic figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko and Hungarian violonist Edvin Marton, there will be two backing singers and one dancer. The three performers, each in his own way, will attempt to tell the European audience how to be strong and never stop going after their dreams.

A fighter by nature, Evgeny Plushenko, says: "This song is also about me, Dima and Edvin. Of course, we had much success and a lot of victories, but we have also faced defeat many times. That is why you should never lose heart! When I represent Russia, I want to climb the pedestal only on the first place and listen to the anthem of my country".

source:esctoday.com;youtube.com

Moldova: Geta Burlacu - "A century of love"

Geta Burlacu was born in Moldova and is a famous jazz singer.

She started as a violonist and she continued her studies as a jazz singer. Geta is married and she has two children.

The videoclip of her song "A century of love" was shot in Leusani, at 30 km far away from Chisinau. Geta Burlacu wanted to be shown in her Eurovision promo video the feeling of love in different life period by symbols.

The videoclip cost more than 12,000 USD and in it appeared professional actors, but also Geta`s daughter Elvira, who played the role of a painter.

Moldova will participate in the first semifinal that will take place on the 20th of May in slot 4.

Final version of "Believe" video

Dima Bilan has announced his promo tour destinations which will take him across Europe until May.

Dima Bilan will be travelling to the Czech Republic, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden in April to promote his Eurovision entry, Believe.

In May he will continue his promo tour to Poland, Belgrade and will conclude it in Athens.
The full schedule of Dima's promo tour is as follows:
15.04.2008 - Prague
24.04.2008 - Bucharest
27.04.2008 - Brussels 2
8-29.04.2008 - Amsterdam
30.04.2008 - Stockholm
02.05.2008 - Warsaw
03-04.05.2008 - Belgrade
06.05.2008 - Athens

Final version of Believe video clip

Making of "Believe" part III - video

Dima Bilan's interview for MTV about the video clip for the song "Believe"

Making of video clip "Believe" - part II - photos

Dima Bilan is assisted by Olympic medallist figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko, Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton who will be also accompanying him on stage in Belgrade, as well as well-known Russian photographer Yulia Bochkova and Yana Rudkovskaya, Dima's producer.


















photos:Ekaterina Kosheleva;
tden.ru;
loveradio.ru;
bilandima.ru;izvestia.ru

Rusia: Making of "Believe" part. I

The video clip was shot in four different Moscow venues: the Ice Palace on Hodynskoye Polye, one of the city hospitals, a photo studio and the Star Light restaurant.

Dima Bilan's official videoclip of Believe

The official video clip of the song Believe has been released.The video features the new version of Dima Bilan's song with more violins in the arrangement and a different ending.



As has been clarified by the LIFE.RU correspondents, this video is not a final version of the clip. This is the raw material from which in coming days will be mounted the final version.





photo:izvestia.ru

Eurovision Song Contest News: Rusia: Making of "Believe" part. I#links#links

Eurovision Song Contest News: Making of video clip "Believe" - part II - photos#links

Eurovision Song Contest News: Making of "Believe" part III - video#links

Kalomira's promo tour in Azerbaijan and Romania

Kalomoira's promo tour in Azerbaijan and Romania from ET1 news.

Elnur Huseynov and Samir Javadzade will give concert in Georgia

Azeri Press Agentliyi reports:

Elnur Huseynov and Samir Javadzade, who will represent Azerbaijan in Eurovision Song Contest 2008, will leave for Georgia on April 3.

Head of Azerbaijani delegation in Eurovision-2008 song contest Adil Karimli told APA that they would stay in Georgia by April 5.“Our representatives will sing the song Day after day

Elnur and Samir will also visit TV channels of Tbilisi and give interview to local media representatives.

The clip of "Day after day" will be demonstrated on TV channels in Tbilisi”, he said.Karimli said Huseynov and Javadzadeh would go on a tour to Europe beginning from April 12.

Our representatives will sing "Day after day" in Malta, Romania, Andorra, Moldova and Slovenia.

The Eurovision stage in 3D animated video

Thanks to the following 3D animated video, you can find it out and discover the stage of the Beogradska Arena, from where the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 will be broadcast live on 20th, 22nd and 24th May


Lighting designer Per Sundin's animation of the stage of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.




sources:eurovision.tv;belgovision.com

Dima Bilan recorded video Believe

eurovision.tv reports:



Dima Bilan recorded the video for his 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry Believe. The Russian pop idol found figure skating champion Evgeny Pluschenko and violin player Edvin Marton prepared to contribute to the video.


In the video, Bilan is trying to save a seven-year old boy, who is in need of financial support to cover the costs of surgery. At the mini-movie proceeds, Bilan and his friends organize a beneficiary concert to raise money. years old boy, who needs money for operation



Exclusive pictures taken during the making of the video for Believe
Photographer Ekaterina Kosheleva

Nico and Vlad Mirita will visit Belgium

After Vlad's operation for his nose diaphragm and his recovery, Nico and Vlad Mirita, are ready for their promo tour. They will visit Belgium and are still awaiting confirmation for trips to Spain and Cyprus.

Nico and Vlad Mirita will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Pe-o margine de lume" composed by Andrei Tudor.

The Romanian entry has also appeared on a youtube video subtitled in English for all the fans out there who don't understand Romanian and Italian.

Watch the video clip of the Romanian song with the English subtitles.




You can vote for Pe-o margine de lume on the Romanian top 100 here

Romania will take part in the first semifinal at the 17th position.


source:esctoday.com

t.A.T.u. release "Beliy Plaschik" CD+DVD

The 2003 Russian representatives t.A.T.u are releasing through their official website shop the CD single titled Beliy Plaschik (White Robe) in a special edition.

The double CD single includes a CD and a DVD. Ordering the CD single and been among the first 1.000 persons who do, you will get a signed disk along with the number of the CD you ordered.

The duo are busy this month as they conclude the songs for their album titled Upravleniye Otbrosami set to be released within the month. The two girls are also planning a new film Finding t.A.T.u also set to be released in May along with various concerts and festival participations across Europe.

Watch Beliy Plaschik (White Robe) - video with english subtitles

English Lyrics for Beliy Plaschik

I’m drawing with black paint
A dumb word on the wall
This word is not important for me
This word is not new for you
It's vain for me
It's necessary for you
I’m drawing with black paint
This drawing is very messy

Bullet in the heart
Brain on the door
Nimb and wings
We’re putting on
This white robe
Soul to heaven
We put it in a box
We let it go

Time is 20:10 again
We're not together now
You’re sitting in the corner and crying
Maybe you’re fooling me
I enjoy listening to you
Open only your soul to me
Thoughts won't be needed here
The time is 20:20 again



sources:shop.taty.ru;.tatu.ru;oikotimes.com

Azerbaijan: "Day after day" - promo video

Elnur Huseynov and Samir Javadzade will be representing Azerbaijan in its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.

On 8th March the Azerbaijani Eurovision Song Contest entry's promotional video was filmed at Kyiv’s Arsenal Centre.

The setting was transformed into a magic middle-age castle filled with flames, demons, statues, flying angels and mystic shadows – a perfect environment for Elnur and Samir to unleash their creativity and individuality in their first music video.

Day after day



I love this song!

source:esctoday.com