Friday, July 6, 2007
Alla Pugacheva - Primadonna - VIDEO
In 1997, Alla Pugacheva represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin and finished 15th with the song Primadonna.
Alla Pugachyova launches her own radio station - Radio Alla
Russia's top pop diva Alla Pugachyova launches her own radio station, Radio Alla, where she will host a show and play her music every hour.
She has already launched a shoe brand, a perfume, a magazine and a line of potato chips, but pop star Alla Pugachyova reckons her fans want more.
From this month, Russia's answer to Madonna will be played every hour, every day, on her new radio station, Radio Alla.
"People are waiting for such a station," said Alexander Varin, head of Prof-Media Broadcasting Corporation, Pugachyova's partner in Radio Alla. "We all remember that popular joke from the Soviet era -- 'Who's that Leonid Brezhnev? A minor political figure in the epoch of Alla Pugachyova."
The singer burst onto the moribund Soviet pop scene in the mid-1970s with her hit "Arlekino." With her luminous voice and playful style, she swiftly became a star and has never relinquished that status. Now, though, her tangled personal life tends to attract more attention than her music.
The station will play a mix of hits from the 1970s onwards, as well as one or two Pugachyova songs per hour. It's being positioned as a girly alternative to stations such as AvtoRadio and Militseiskaya Volna (Police Band), though critics are dubious of the venture's chances.
Her ex-husband, the peacockish pop performer Filipp Kirkorov, said in an interview he was certain of her success.
"Everything that she puts her hand and her creativity to immediately acquires a definite status, a certain quality."
He also proclaimed, a little unexpectedly, his feelings for Pugachyova.
"Irrespective of the presence or absence of a [marriage] stamp in a passport, nothing decides the relationship between people who are connected by God."
Pugachyova is to host her own show and invite famous guests. Listeners will be able to put questions to her on love and life in general, Varin said.
She'll also help decide what tracks are played. There'll be some contemporary pop, although Varin ruled out acts such as pseudo-lesbian group t.A.T.u. "You need songs that correspond in their soul to Pugachyova's songs," he sniffed.
Varin wouldn't confirm how much is being invested in the station, but said a new studio is being built. The radio station does not yet have a definite date for its launch this month on 98.8 FM.
Pugacheva is perhaps the best known musical performer in Russia and she is considered to be the most successful Soviet and Russian performer in terms of record sales and popularity. In 1997, she represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin and finished 15th with the song Primadonna.
Her ex-husband, Filipp Kirkorov- who also represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 with the song Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana and this year co-wrote the Belarusian entry Work Your Magic, performed by Koldun said also:"Radio is a very good direction for her," Kirkorov purred. "Everything that happens with Alla Pugachyova is successful."
source and photo:The Moscow Times
The latest news on Greek Eurostars
Here are the latest information on various Greece artists directly involved with the Eurovision Song Contest.
Nikos Karvelas (2006 Greek entry composer) is publishing a book titled Pistevo (I Believe). A book written in a hard language but with an excellent usage of the Greek language.
The content of the book should be about personal beliefs and experiences.
The 2005 Greek entry composer and participant in the 2002 national selection Christos Dantis is about to collaborate as of August with Greek preselection artists Litsa Yaggousi (Greek preselection entrant) and Peggy Zina (2002 Greek selection entrant). The collaboration will take place in Thessaloniki.
While touring Greece, Michalis Hatzigiannis (Cyprus 1998) is also collaborating with Yorgos Dalaras in his new CD album. Michalis will compose few songs of Mr Dalaras album tracks. In the meantime the Greek top selling artist is continuing his tour appearances in Greece.
Read more about : Anna Vissi, Katy Garbi, Marinella and other greek artists on oikotimes.com
Serebro in Kremlin - VIDEO
Serebro in Kremlin
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Dulce Pontes to perform at New Seven Wonders Ceremony
from esctoday.com
About 2,200 years later, the world is about to know what the New Seven Wonders are in a massive ceremony broadcast to the whole world on July 7 from Lisbon. Among the guests that will perform on stage there will be Dulce Pontes, who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991.
Stepping on the Estadio da Luz stage will be world renowned personalities of show business like "songstress" Jennifer Lopez, dancer Joaquin Cortés, Holywood Oscar winning actors Hillary Swank and Ben Kingsley, football star Cristiano Ronaldo and opera singer Jose Carreras. The latter has worked in the past in a duet with Dulce Pontes. They will do the opening number of the show with a song called Todos somos um composed and written by Dulce. The song is the hymn of the event and will be performed in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Read more on esctoday.com
Dulce Pontes concert in Bulgaria dedicated to Portuguese EU Presidency
Sofia Echo reports:
Portuguese fado singer Dulce Pontes will stage a concert in Bulgaria on July 11 2007.
The event will be held at 8pm in Hall 1 of Sofia’s National Palace of Culture. It is dedicated to the Portuguese presidency of the EU, which started on July 1 2007 and will last until December 31 2007.
Pontes is famous songwriter and singer who performs various music styles, including pop, folk and classical music. She is often considered among the main contributors to the revival of Portuguese urban folk music called fado.
Pontes reaches eighth place in Eurovision song contest in 1991. She recorded duets with world famous Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras and Cesaria Evora. Pontes also recorded an album with Ennio Morricone.
She features among the most famous and respected Portuguese artists.
Portuguese fado singer Dulce Pontes will stage a concert in Bulgaria on July 11 2007.
The event will be held at 8pm in Hall 1 of Sofia’s National Palace of Culture. It is dedicated to the Portuguese presidency of the EU, which started on July 1 2007 and will last until December 31 2007.
Pontes is famous songwriter and singer who performs various music styles, including pop, folk and classical music. She is often considered among the main contributors to the revival of Portuguese urban folk music called fado.
Pontes reaches eighth place in Eurovision song contest in 1991. She recorded duets with world famous Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras and Cesaria Evora. Pontes also recorded an album with Ennio Morricone.
She features among the most famous and respected Portuguese artists.
Dado Topić dropped from Stones concert
Dado Topić, this year's Croatian Eurovision Song Contest representative, has been dropped as support act at the Rolling Stones concert in Budva, Montenegro.
Dado was meant to be performing with his band 'Time' along with the Sarajevo group 'Regina', at the concert of the British megastars, however the Stones' management team cancelled just four days before the concert was due to take place. The official statement from 'Time' criticised the cancellation of regional support acts, and accused the Stones of acting unprofessionally.They also stated that Dado and 'Time' had planned their whole schedule around the Stones' concert. Instead, the British group 'The Thirst' will support the Stones.
Dado Topić and his group 'Dragonfly' did not qualify for the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, therefore Croatia will have to take part in the semi-final at next year's contest next May in Belgrade.
source:esctoday.com
video:escfans.eu
Lithuanian selection fo JESC in september/october
from esctoday.com
Lithuania will select its representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Rotterdam on 8th December during a televised national. Rumours that have occured lately saying that an internal decision has already been made by LRT therefore turn out not to be true. The selection will be held in September/October, but more details concerning the show(s) are yet to be revealed.
The song has to be performed in Lithuanian only and has to last between 2:30 and 2:45. On stage, there may be up to eight performers, among them - as a singer and/or a musician - the writer(s) of the song. As always, every writer has to be a child but the arrangement has not to be her or his. The deadline for submitting songs to LRT is 20th August.
Lithuania will take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the very first time. Their debut in the adult version in 1994 was not a success at all: After Portugal, Lithuania was (and still is) only the second country to achieve nil points during its first attempt with Ovidijus Vyšniauskas' Lopsine mylimai.
EBU says Palestine not yet ready for membership
from oikotimes.com
EBU would like to support Palestine Broadcasting Service, but they think, that Palestine is not ready for EBU membership and so they don't have chance to participate in upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, MTV 3 reported yesterday. EBU decided during their meeting in Istanbul, that union will support of building Palestine Broadcasting Service. But Palestinians dream to participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 won't come true.
Dima's show at Sochi celebrations
The Russian Eurovision star Dima Bilan gave a performance on 4 July in Sochi at the event celebrating the city becoming the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
On 4 July Dima Bilan came to the city of Sochi to support it in a strong fight for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Approximately 30.000 people gathered on the main square in Sochi to follow the event where the host city was chosen on large screens.
After Jacques Rogge announced that the city to host the Olympic Games in 2014 is Sochi, Dima Bilan was the first to go to the stage to congratulate all the citizens and give a performance. "I feel unbelievable satisfaction and happiness," said Dima.
Sochi is situated on the coast of the Black Sea in Southern Russia. Dima Bilan was the runner-up for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest and has gained international popularity after that.
source:esctoday.com
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