Oprah shows snippets of different artists that have competed in the Eurovision song contest since it began.
Julio Iglesias, ABBA, Celine Dion, Charlotte Perrelli, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, Laka, Ani Lorak, Andy Abraham, Vlad Mirita, Kalomoira, Sakis Rouvas, Elena Gheorghe, Alexander Rybak, Dima Bilan and others.
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Romanian representatives, Nico and Vlad performed "Pe o margine de lume" in the 1st Semi Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and they were qualified for the final.
Romania was drawn 1st in the Final.
Nico and Vlad Mirita and the entire Romanian delegation will arrive in Belgrade tomorrow, on the 11th of May. The two Romanian representatives and Andrei Tudor, the composer of the Romanian song gave on Friday a press conference.
Nico and Vlad have confessed that they feel emotional and proud at the same time.
"There a lot of good songs this year but we are not the one who decides who wins.We will do our best to take the best possible position but the European public decides and we trust it." declared Nico and Vlad.
Nico and Vlad will wear clothes designed by the famous Romanian designer Razvan Sanda while the whole show will be an idea of Mr. Petre Nastase who also released the video clip.
Nico & Vlad Mirita -Pe-o margine de lume (English subtitles)
Besides the song "Pe-o margine de lume", Nico and Vlad also oferred the audience a famous duet of Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, "The Prayer".
It was a good occasion for the public to sing along with Nico and Vlad, as they could not sing the Romanian lyrics of the first song.
Pe-o margine de lume - UK Eurovision Preview Party @ Scala
The prayer - UK Eurovision Preview Party @ Scala
A recording of the performance of the two singers at the concert organized by ARTHIS (House of Culture Belgiano-Romanian), which took place in Market St. Caterina in Brussels.
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.
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
Kalomoira and her song "Secret Combination" were warmly welcomed in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, where the Greek delegation will be staying until Sunday.
The people of Romania have a particular soft spot for the Greek music, as it is widely heard on radio, clubs and mysic shows...
Kalomoira and the Greek delegation were warmly welcomed in Bucharest, where they have been there since Thursday evening.
Teeming with TV shows, the Romanian television hosted Kalomoira in almost all tv channels, both the state-run television and the private ones.
Starting as early as 8am on Friday, Kalomoira performed this year's Greek ESC entry "Secret Combination" at the morning tv show "Neatza cu Razvan si Dani" and the popular "Tonomatul DP2." She then gave a Press conference.
Her agenda also included an appearance at the "Teo live show," where Greece's representative performed in front of several ESC fans. However, it was her participation in the night show "O data in viata," by far the most popular show of the Romanian television, that was a great success, as guests had really packed both the studio and the surrounding place.
In fact, wearing T-shirts with the Greek delegation's logo on, the people not only gave their warmest applause to the Greek pop singer, but they went really mad when she started singing Greek songs!
On Saturday morning, Kalomoira gave interviews to two radio stations, while later on she met with Nico and Vlad Mirita, Romania's 2008 ESC entrants.
Watch Kalomoira at "Razvan & Dani" show
Watch Kalomoira at "Tonomatul DP2"
Watch Kalomoira at "TEO live show"
Watch Kalomoira at "O data-n viata" show
Nico and Vlad Mirita have shot the videoclip of the Romanian Eurovision entry "Pe-o margine de lume".
The location was chosen by the director of the video, Petre Nastase on the Black Sea Beach.
Nico and Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume
esctoday.com reports:
Nico and Vlad has just returned from Greece where they were invited by ERT, the national broadcaster, to participate as guests in the Greek final where they sung their Eurovision entry "Pe-o margine de lume"(At the edge of the world).
Their program was full of interviews to almost every Greek television channel and of course the exclusive interview and photo shoot for the Greek magazine "Downtown" which was a surprise for them as it wasn't on schedule.
The two Romanian participants have talked about the plagiarism case and declared that everything is over. They also prepared the video clip of their song which will be ready in the next days while they are getting ready to continue their promo tour in other countries too.
Full article HERE
Nico and Vlad - Greece National Final
photo:TVR
