Last night, Cyprus held the Grand Final of their national selection show, The Eurovision Song Project in Nicosia. The final consisted of six contestants (whittled down from the original 60 entries vying to represent Cyprus) and votes consisted of both Jury Votes and the Public who finally announced the winner as Giannis Karagiannis with his entry One Thing I Should Have Done.
What do you think off the Cypriot entry for Vienna?
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IRELAND 1979 – covered in Finnish
The 1979 entry of Ireland, HAPPY MAN by Cathal Dunne was covered in Finnish by Kari Tapio. I have this cover this 1981 or so. Interesting is that I have never heard the original. I got the Kari’s cover purely because I like his singing since he covered various songs of my most loved German schlager male singer, G G ANDERSON.
SECOND NICOLE CD – ONLY RELEASED IN SOUTH AFRICA
NICOLE CD – ONLY RELEASED IN SOUTH AFRICA
MORE WORK FOR THOMAS G:SON
We have heard that Thomas will be helping Nina in Georgia with her entry WARRIOR – doing a new arrangement. Hopefully this will give the song an even more international feel. If I remember correctly, he did the same in 2007 for Malta with the song Vertigo by Olivia Lewis
LOOKING BACK AT COPENHAGEN 2014
As the preparations for Vienna 2015 are in full swing and more acts for this year’s contest are announced, let’s take a look at what Copenhagen offered those who were able to make it to the Danish city in May 2014.
| The Unforgettable Venue: It may have looked desolate from the outside, but it took everyone’s breath away when they first went inside. | |
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| The Audience were part of the show: Not only were fans at home featured on the video screens but the audience participated by setting off confetti guns on command |
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| Meeting up with friends and fans, old and new: You never knew who you would bump into. Friends you hadn’t seen since the last Eurovision, or even the host of the 2012 ESC in Baku, Nargiz Birk-Petersen |
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| Performances during the day: Each day the public in Copenhagen were given the chance to see performances by their favourite Eurovision stars, including Spain’s Ruth Lorenzo and Poland’s Cleo |
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| Performances at night: And each night, those lucky enough to have access to the EuroClub were treated to even more Eurovision personalities, including FYR Macedonia’s Tijana, Israel’s Mei Finegold, Iceland’s Pollapönk and the Israeli Cabaret act, EuroFalsh |
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| And the winner is: In the end, it all became about 1 winner, Conchita Wurst of Austria |
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| But despite all the excitement: There was always time for a bit of sightseeing and champagne. Thank you Copenhagen for a wonderful time! |
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SIXTH QUESTION – of 12
This is a very easy question – with ESC Covers publishing the covers of several Herrey’s vinyl singles, we need you to name one of the 3 Herrey brothers – the first name, so there are 3 to choose from.
HERREY’S – THIRD VINYL SINGLE
I really like this one of Herreys, called DIN TELEFON. It is sung in Swedish and was composed by Lasse Holm and Ingela “Pling” Forsman who have written several euro entries. Lasse wrote entries in at least 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1993 and even was one half of the performer in 1986.
FIFTH QUESTION – of 12
The 5th question revolves around SAN MARINO and I have published three promo CD’s singles, 2012, 2013 and 2014, all three of Valentina Monetta and all three composed by Ralph Siegel. The question is easy, which one took San Marino into the final?
HERREY’S – SECOND VINYL SINGLE
This vinyl single really has a beautiful cover. It is called MIRROR, MIRROR (UPON THE WALL) and it is difficult to tell which of the three brothers is the most attractive – I guess all three had its fair share of fans.
