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FIRST REHEARSAL OF SEMI FINAL 1
We are seeing the first rehearsal of the 18 songs in semi final 1 and this is the 10 songs I think will qualify.
01 – Russia
02 – Hungary
03 – Cyprus
04 – Iceland
05 – Austria
06 – Croatia
07 – Netherlands
08 – Malta
09 – Greece
10 – Czech republic
Sergey Lazarov sings ‘You Are The Only One’ for Russia
Sergey Lazarev will sing You Are The Only One at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia. The song and official video have been presented. You Are The Only One is composed by Philip Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos.
The song is an uptempo high energy dance pop track that will rock the Euroclub and dancefloors around the world.
You can see the official video for You Are The Only One below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
SEMI FINAL DRAW
Eurovision news round up
It has been busy time again over the last few days on the Eurovision front.
It has been confirmed Sergey Lazarev will represent Russia at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. A lot of Euro fans will be happy about this news as he has been rumoured and wanted by fans to sing for Russia for a few years now. Phillip Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos have been confirmed as the writers of Sergey’s song.
Malta have selected the 20 acts who will participate in the semi-finals of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest selection for 2016. Ira Losco, Malta’s representative from 2002 is back with two songs. There are also other familiar faces from Malta national selections taking part.
Alive – Jasmine Abela
All Around the World – Deborah C
Chameleon (Invincible) – Ira Losco
Empty Hearted – Domenique Azzopardi
Falling Glass – Corazon
Fire Burn – Dominic
Flashing Lights – Raquel Galdes
Frontline – Danica Muscat
Golden – Brooke
I Love You – Dario Mifsud Bonnici
Kingdom – Christabelle Borg
Light Up My Life – Stefan Galea
Lighthouse – Kimberley Cortis
Little Love – Franklin Calleja
Right Here With You – Sarah Crystal
That’s Why I Love You – Ira Losco
The Flame – Jessika
Under the Sun – Daniel Testa
Young Love – Maxine Pace
You’re Beautiful – Lawrence Gray
Finally, Stéphanie Palazzo has been withdrawn from the Swiss national final due to her song being released in 2013. She has been replaced by Kaceo and the song Disque D’or.
Source: www.oikotimes.com
VIENNA WAS MAGIC
Written by David Thielen (USA)
The first Eurovision I attended in person was Malmö and it was beyond anything I could have imagined. All of it was incredible but of the acts, Zlata had me in tears her song and presentation was so beautiful. And then Cezar, where I left the semi-final thinking OMG what was that, and not liking it at all. And then over the next couple of days it grew on me to the point that it was my second favorite in the final.
And then came Copenhagen. There were a lot of songs I thought were brilliant. But none reached me like Zlata and Cezar. I figured part of that was the first time. And part was that while there were about 10 that I wanted to see win (including Moldova who came in last in their semi), none were as special. And so maybe it was the acts. I did have a wonderful time there and a lot of the music was everything I expected, but no beyond wonderful moments.
So for Vienna I expected once again for it to be like Copenhagen, wonderful but nothing that was beyond anything before. And then…
Monika’s entry from Poland – my god. One of the most uplifting beautiful songs/story I have ever seen. The song by itself is beautiful. The way it was staged was brilliant. One of the most emotional songs ever.
Il Volo’s entry from Italy – possibly the most amazing act at Eurovision ever. And what made it better is I went in thinking their entry was good, but not the best there. Then they came out as the last act, and pulled me in, more and more and more. And by the end they blew me away, far beyond any of my favorites up to that point.
And the list goes on. Russia, France, Sweden all had songs that most years would (or at least should – what were the voters thinking with France) have easily won. Serbia when they broke it open half way through had me jumping and shouting and basically going nuts. I’d say over 30 of the entries were world class.
So there will never be another entry like Zlata or Cezar. But there will also never be another entry like Monika or Il Volo. And that means next year in Sweden I can again expect what I found in both 2013 & 2015 – something absolutely magical.
RATING OF THE PRESS P R OF EACH COUNTRY – PART TWO
Every year I do rate the P R of each each country from a press perspective (seen out of my own eyes mostly) but also taking into account that I hear from others and then give them a point of out 10
Every year some countries SHINE and others are just awful. 2015 was no exception. I have decided to do this in order of appearance via semi final 1 and 2 and then those automatically in the final
SERBIA
I had very little to do with the press people as the president of OGAE Serbia brought me the promo CD with several language versions. As the week went on, many more copies seemed to be given to mindividuls.
8 out of 10
HUNGARY
It was quite easy and I was not neccessary to wait for Tamas arrival to help me. I got the promo CD easily and the whole delegation was nice and friendly.
8.5 out of 10
BELARUS
A huge disappointment, having had always fantastic relations with them, especially in 2009 in Moscow when the head of press, every time she saw me put another gift in my hands, this was such a low point for me. I had for exampled asked no less than TEN times if we could get a t-shirt of Belarus to give to someone to wear at the fanstand – it was the most beautiful t-shirt with the lyrics, yet although they kept saying yes, it never came. I was told no promo CD but a UB stick that looked like a watch. had it not been for Pavel, I would have had nothing. I know why this change but will rather keep quiet on it.
2 out of 10
RUSSIA
A first difficult, In got postcards and t-shirts but they have run out of CD’s by the time they got to my pigeonhole nunber 1576. I had to write to the Swedish composers and CEO’s of the publishing company and then I got the CD for me. Most of these people came especially to say hallo to me at the fan stand and I was able to hand Jasmyn’s cover of the song. I do understand that the Russian people in the delegation were not as clued up to my involvement as the Swedish group. Luckily it all ended well.
8 out of 10
DENMARK
Horror after horror after horror, three years in a row now. Just absolutely nothing and they seem to live by the name of the group “Anti social media”. The chances are slim that I ever will be involved in an Afrikaans cover of a Danish euro song. I wish could give minus points.
0 out of 10
ALBANIA
They made up for last year and I quickly got the CD and DVD.
9 out of 10
ROMANIA
For many years, Romania has been among the top 5 when it comes to my experience with them and 2015 was not exception, so much so that I wore a Romanian T-shirt one day at the fan stand and also the lead singer and his little son came to chat to me when they walked on the red carpet. The song has also jumped into my rankings to number 6.
10 out of 10
GEORGIA
I also have close relations with Georgia, especially when they have a Thomas Gson song and I got the CD almost immediately. I also got gift bags and t-shirts which I were able to hand to other fans. We also took a photo of Georgian head of delegation coming to vote at the fan stand.
10 out of 10
RESULTS – EUROVISION 2015 – VENEZUELA
Now we have a third set of results, this time from our members/fans from Venezuela.
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 57 of 60
With a million voices in our head, it is time to turn to RUSSIA again. And what better way than to have a party. It is their 2012 song PARTY FOR EVERYONE by BURANOVSKIYE BABUSHKI. The Afrikaans cover is by TIAAN GRUNDLING. The Afrikaans lyrics are so funny, inviting the Greeks to bring plates to smash and Russians to supply the Vodka, the French some expensive champagne and the South Africans some mampoer.
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – RUSSIA 2015
Harlani kindly offered to create a second Good Luck Message – this particular message goes to Polina Gagarina who will represent Russia in Vienna. A very elegant looking creative, thanks Harlani.
