Dalita releases new single

Dalita Avanessian
Dalita Avanessian

Dalita Avanessian represented Armenia at the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Welcome To Armenia. She finished in fifth place where the contest was held in her home nation.

Dalita has consistently been progressing very well with her music since the Junior Eurovision and now she returns with her new song It’s Armenians’. The song is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The song can be described as an emotional ballad.

You can see the video for It’s Armenians’ below.

Source: Facebook/Dalitaofficial; www.esccovers.com

EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – COVER ONE

Finally the time has come to publish the 6 covers of the compilation CD’s especially created to celebrate the fact that Eurovision is 60 years old. Over the next few days all 6 covers will be displayed. Once all 6 covers are on board, you can write to us on the website if you interested in winning such a compilation. You have to give us your name, whether you will be in Vienna or not and which of the 6 CD’s you would like if you are a winner – there are plus minus 100 copies to be won. A big thank you to Gerry of the USA for the wonderful designs.

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Apollonia releases ‘Don’t Give Up On Me (Just Yet)’

Apollonia - Don't Give Up On Us (Just Yet) - cover
Apollonia – Don’t Give Up On Us (Just Yet) – cover

Apollonia Lysandrou took part in the Cyprus 2015 Eurovision national selection Eurochallenge competition. Her pop/rock song Don’t Give On Me (Just Yet) has now been officially released through the digital platform iTunes.

Apollonia is a talented up and coming singer/songwriter and musician that has a big future ahead of us. We may well see her take the Eurovision stage in the future.

You can see Apollonia perform Don’t Give Up On Me (Just Yet) below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFujdX2nf8Q

COMPILATION CDs for VIENNA – part 3

The last compilation was really created for DENMARK and is called DANISH DELIGHTS. There are no compilations left as all were taken in Copenhagen; but due to demand for this, we have decided to create a few more for fans in Vienna. Here is the index:

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COMPILATION CDs for VIENNA – part 2

Here is the second compilation CD available for fans in Vienna. This is EUROVISION WE SING YOUR SONGS VOL 10, which contains covers of older Eurovision songs as well as a few bonus tracks, including a cover of a song originally sung by Conchita Wurst. Here is the index:

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COMPILATION CDs for VIENNA – part 1

Besides the 6 compilation CDs to celebrate the fact that Eurovision is 60 years old (the covers of these 6 will be posted soon — Gerry is still finishing his designs), we have a few copies left of the compilation CDs we had in 2014 in Copenhagen. These will be made available in Vienna. The first up is the compilation – EUROVISION WE SING YOUR SONGS VOL 9 – this CD contains Euro covers of 2013 songs and just 2 copies are still available. Here is the index:

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OGAE INTERNATIONAL ELECTIONS

Re: OGAE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTS’ BOARD

Dear Presidents,

According to the OGAE International rules, the new Bureau elections will take place at the next general Presidents’ Meeting in Vienna.
Elections will take place for each position:

*President
*Secretary
*Treasurer
*Board members (2)
*Deputy members (2)

You may find information for each position here: http://www.ogaeinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=197

Currently OGAE International is accepting applications for these positions. Any OGAE member, not necessarily being a board member of his national club, can send the application to any of the positions mentioned above. The persons interested have to send their application letter, a manifesto of sort, who they are, what is their connection to OGAE and what is their plan for the next 2 years should they get elected.

The actual elections will take place in Vienna at the Presidents’ Meeting. The Candidates do not have to be present during the Presidents’ Meeting, but it is of course advisable.

Applications deadline: 20th April, 2015, midnight.

Applications and discussion suggestions should be sent the applicant directly to OGAE International Secretary Alexandros Liapis at alexandrosesc@yahoo.com

BEST OF MELODIFESTIVAL IN AFRIKAANS COMPILATION

In 2013 when Eurovision was in Malmö, we had this compilation available. There has been demand for it again since Måns Zelmerlöw is coming to Eurovision for Sweden and his CARA MIA cover is on this. So I have agreed to make a few more copies available of this compilation in Vienna in the Euro Fan Café.

The index
01 – ELEKTRIES – Andre Huysamen
(Elektrisk of Anniela)

02 – BAD BOY – Burger le Roux
(Man boy of Eric Saade)

03 – KAN EK JOU WYS – David Fourie
(Cara mia of Måns Zelmerlöw)

04 – DANS MET MY – George Meiring
(Pame of Daniel Nitsogiannis)

05 – VIR EWIG EN ALTYD – Guillaume Willemse
(Sista andetaget of Jan Johansen)

06 – LIEFDE – Jan Mattys van Lill & Chrizhan
(Love by Carola Häggkvist & Andreas Johnson)

07 – JY LAAT MY LEEF – Jaycee Crause
(Efharisto of Bosson)

08 – EK SE JOU NAAM – Kobus Muller
(Moving on of Sarah Dawn Finer)

09 – KOM ONS DANS – Leandie Lombaard
(Kom of Timoteij)

10 – LEEF VIR VANDAG – Marlouise
(Odet var min vag of Nordman)

11 – DAAR’S ‘N STER VIR JOU – Nedine Blom & Andries Botha
(Golden star of Elysion)

12 – EK SAL VIR ALTYD LEWE – Patricia Lewis
(Live forever of Magnus Carlsson)

13 – MUSIEK WAT AANHOU SPEEL – Pieter Jordaan
(Something in your eyes of Jenny Silver)

14 – HEMELRUIM – Rea le Roux
(Human frontier of Neo)

15 – GEE JOU HART VIR MY – Shaun Tait
(Lay your love on me of B W O)

16 – GLIMLAG – Steven Sterling
(Under your spell of Evan)

17 – SIEK EN SAT – Sunette Bridges
(Varje timma, var minut of Javiera)

18 – JY IS DIE BESTE – Tobi Jooste
(We are all the winners of Nick Borgen)

COMPILATION CD – SWEDISH COMPOSERS

I received a request from someone to do a compilation CD featuring covers in South Africa of Eurovision songs composed by Swedish composers for other countries than Sweden.

Here is the index

01 – NORWAY 2004
Die lewe is wat jy daarvan maak – Dominec

02 – LITHUANIA 2005
Later en later – Jennifer Zamudio

03 – BELGIUM 2006
Je t’adore – Shine 4

04 – SPAIN 2007
Wees deel van my lewe – Andre Martinez

05 – LATVIA 2007
Hierdie nag – Qualitrio

06 – NORWAY 2007
Dans met my – Leandie Lombaard

07 – LATVIA 2008
Hi hi ho – Willem Botha

08 – IRELAND 2009
Verby met jou – Bianca Pienaar

09 – GREECE 2009
Asemloos – Chrismarche

10 – AZERBAIJAN 2010
Drup oor my hart – Jaycee Crause

11 – DENMARK 2010
In tye soos die – Burger le Roux & Charne Grabie

12 – IRELAND 2010
Dit is vir jou – Jasmyn

13 – NORWAY 2010
Vier seisoene – Steven Sterling

14 – AZERBAIJAN 2012
Wanneer die musiek verdwyn – Cole van Dais

15 – UNITED KINGDOM 2012
Ware liefde maak jou vry – Steve D

16 – NORWAY 2012
Bly – Ruan de Waal

17 – CYPRUS 2012
Kan nie wag nie (la la la) – Chrizaan

18 – AZERBAIJAN 2011
My hart het klaar besluit – David Fourie & Monique Steyn

Fans of Eurovision Song Contest cover songs