JESC 2007 - Make a big splash!

esctoday.com reports:

The theme of the forthcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 8th of December will be “Water” and the motto of the event is “Make a big splash!”.

Kim-Lian van der Meij will be the female host of the show.

27 years old musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter, Kim-Lian van der Meij will be the female host of the 5th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. From 2003 to 2006 Kim-Lian hosted the Kids top 20 for the children network Jetix. She is famous for her hit single Teenage superstar and for her cover of Kim Wilde's hit Kids in america.

The theme of the forthcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be Water and the motto is Make a big splash!

5 Water curtains will decorate the show, 50,000 litres of water flow, drops and many wet elements, designed by Ronald van Bersselaar, explain this year’s logo of the singing girl in boots.
Special guest stars of the show will be the band Ch!pz.

The show will open with all 17 participants performing the song One World, written by Jeroen Rietbergen and Ronald Molendijk, on stage of Ahoy’ indoor sporting arena. During the opening act 70 dancers of Dance Academy Lucia Marthas will perform.

This year the EBU have contracted a cooperation with UNICEF. They become officially coproduction partner of the AVRO broadcaster for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

source:esctoday.com

Marija Serifovic and Mihai Traistariu together at Love aid concert

esctoday.com reports:

The winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Marija Serifovic, will give a concert this winter under the title Love aid and Mihai Traistariu will be her special guest. The concert will take place around Christmas in Belgrade or Novi Sad. The show will start with an anthem dedicated to love which will be sung by all the participants of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

The song will be titled Keep it on your mind and it will accompanied by a video clip in “all stars” style. This special song will also be performed during the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade next year.

Marija’s decision to invite Mihai to this show was taken due to the success that Tornerò had in Serbia. The song stayed four months at the at the top of the Radio Ogostar Top50, five weeks in on top of the of Radio Fm Top40 and three weeks at the top of the Radio Belgrade airplay charts. Besides this success, National Radio PTC had Tornerò on it’s playlist for almost one year.

ESC 2008: Preparations are underway

RTS, the Serbian broadcaster who will host the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, continues working intensively to achieve a successful result for next May in Belgrade.

The stage design and the sublogo have already been decided, Evropsko Lice- the competition for the selection of the hosts is in progress, and the technical and logistical preparations necessary are already underway as well.

Two out of the 24 couples who are competing in the final round of Evropsko Lice (European Face) will have the chance of hosting both the semifinal and the final of the Serbian National Final (Beovizija). One of the two lucky couples will have the honour of presenting the Eurovision Song Contest itself, a choice to be made by the RTS viewers. Read more on esctoday.com

source:esctoday.com

Datalied stage image of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest

esctoday.com reports:

The stage design symbolises the two Serbian rivers, the Sava and the Danube and their meeting point, Kalegmedan Park, in the center.

The stage has three circular island stages around its main body. The main one is connected by a bridge to the body of the stage. On the far left and right, behind the other two island stages, there are two vertical transparent video panels which symbolise the two Serbian rivers Sava and Danube.

The main body of the stage symbolises the bridge that connects them. The central piece, comprising a four-piece flying sculpture and two long wavy steel ones, symbolises the Karamegdan Park in Belgrade. The park overlooks the point where the Sava and the Danube meet.

sources:esctoday.com ; evrovizija.com

photo:evrovizija.com

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Junior Eurovision 2007:Tickets reported to be almost sold out!

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam is almost sold out.

Sale started at the 18th of September last month and 7,000 tickets have been sold now. Some tickets are still available for those who plan to visit on their own.

A lot more tickets are still available for the dress rehearsal on Friday evening at www.ticketpoint.nl.

BOOK TICKETS ONLINE http://217.26.114.188/ticket4/showpagina.cfm?ID=4129

source:oikotimes.com

Anna Vissi set for UK date in November

London Greek Radio reports:

The singer had visited Amsterdam (October 5), Brussels (October 7), where she performed Eurovision entrant 'Everything' in a rendition to her greatest hits to date.

The Cyprus diva surprised the audience by singing John Elton's 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word' - "a song I love singing from when I was a child - well actually not a child" , in a jibe to the crowd.

Anna had spoken of Greek communities abroad as an extension of "the other Greece" and wanted her tour to "seduce the non-Greeks with the Greek sound and make them feel Greek during the concert" .

The fans were whipped into a veritable frenzy from Anna's sheer excitement and charismatic fervour. Her concerts in Belgium and Netherlands saw people come from England, Germany, Greece and Cyprus - with at least half of those non-Greeks. Those performances were intended to honour the victims which followed Greece's wild fires.

Her next concert will be in Johannesburg (Emperors Palace, October 13), accompanying her will be newcomer Nikos Oikonomopoulos.

London performance - 2007 Oinoussian Gala

Anna Vissi is set to perform for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Hall on Saturday 3 November, at the invitation of the Oinoussian Association and the Life Action. Event will be under the direction of Mrs. Chrysanthi Pan. Lemos.

The class act will be accompanied by the London Philarmonic Orchestra.

Read more at London Greek Radio