The auditions shows are over and the Eurochallenge 2 has taken place in Cyprus. 10 acts competed and six have made it through to the final on 1 February.
The same judges as last week selected the songs to progress to the final. They were Elena Patroklou (Cyprus ESC 1991) , Alex Panayi (Cyprus ESC 1995, 2000), Despina Olympiou (Cyprus ESC 2013), Tasos Trifonos, Christer Björkman (Sweden ESC 1992) and Dimitris Kontopoulos (composer of some previous Eurovision songs).
Between each song a preview postcard was shown of the 10 acts working in a music project performing their favourite Eurovision songs.
The six songs to make it to the final are –
Charis Savva & Nearchos Evaggelou – Dila Den Agapo
Giannis Karagiannis – One Thing I Should Have Done
Hovig – Stone In A River
Minus One –Shine
Doody – Magic
Panagiotis Koufogiannis – Without Your Love
Who will make it to represent Cyprus at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest?
Lisa Angell will represent France at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with her song N’oubliez pas. An internal selection by the broadcaster, France 2, selected Lisa with what is described as a ballad.
The song was composed by Robert Goldman. The words of the song are about the First World War and how “we should not forget”.
Bogi is a young and rising star in Hungary. She appeared in the 2013 and 2013 editions of the A Dal national selection with Tükörkép and We All respectively. We All took Bogi to the final four in 2014 and was also an entry at the Eurovision OGAE Second Chance competition in 2014.
Now Bogi returns with her brand new single World Of Violence. The song is composed by Péter Halász and Zoltán G Tóth . The arrangement is by Arnold Vigh and mixed and mastered at Silverhill Studio. The single is available via iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/hu/album/world-of-violence/id956564284?i=956564478. The song will also feature in the 2015 edition of the Hungarian Eurovision selection, A Dal.
You can see the video for World Of Violence below.
Tijane Dapčević & Rinel Day {copyright: tijanadapcevic.info/Rinel Day Full/Facebook/MPM}
Tijana Dapčević performed To The Sky for FYR Macedonia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Now comes a unique duet version with Rinel Day from South Africa. There is a full English version which will be released and sent to the radio stations in South Africa.
There is also a rare three language version where Rinel sings in Afrikaans and Tijana sings her part in Macedonian. Together they sing in English. The English language version will be available through digital platforms such as iTunes.
Rinel Day is a popular recording artist in South Africa and has released top singles and albums there. You can see Rinel’s most recent hit, Ligjare Weg, which should appeal to Eurovision fans, below.
Orgesa Zaimi was on the Eurovision stage as part of the Albanian team as a backing vocalist with Kejsi Tola performing Carry Me In Your Dreams in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
Orgesa has since had solo success in Albania and successfully competed in festivals such as Top Fest and Kenga Magjike. For example she performed Sa Keq in the 2014 Kenga Magjike festival and received much acclaim.
Now Orgesa has just released a brand new English language album. It is entitled Brand New Day. She has recorded music videos for the tracks When You Go, I Don’t Want You Back and Every Minute. The songs have a pop/rock feel and are definitely worth checking out. You can view Orgesa’s videos through her own VEVO channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQEDaNoMuPrKXs1M63Fd8A
Brand New Day is available through all the regular digital platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.
