Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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…